"He was the greatest orator of the age after the deaths of Pitt and Fox. He was a dynamite statesman of infinite courage and resource."
— George Canning

January 1, 1970

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Prime Ministers of the United KingdomPoliticians from EnglandFreemasonsPoliticians from LondonBritish Ambassadors to Portugal
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A. J. P. Taylor, 'Too clever by half?', The Observer (4 April 1976), p. 27