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The Debate in the House of Lords on ‘No Peace without Spain’, 7 December 1711: A New Source
Author(s) -
JONES CLYVE
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
parliamentary history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1750-0206
pISSN - 0264-2824
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-0206.2008.00063.x
Subject(s) - law , administration (probate law) , political science , test (biology) , house of representatives , history , politics , paleontology , biology
The debate in the house of lords on ‘No Peace without Spain’ in December 1711 was the first test of the strength of the administration of Robert Harley, earl of Oxford, in the upper House. Though there are more sources for this debate than is normal for proceedings in the Lords, few can claim to be by eyewitnesses. A newly ‘discovered’ anonymous letter from an eyewitness found in the papers of the lord great chamberlain's office in the Parliamentary Archives gives a detailed account of this important debate.