Burke's Loss at Bristol Reviewed in the Light of New Sources
Abstract
Edmund Burke was elected to the Parliamentary seat for Bristol on November 3, 1774. He was swent into office in the wake of the success of Henry Cruger, a Whig whose local political power finally put an end to the "joint-interest" that had ruled Bristol for the previous twenty years. The next six years in the life of Edmund Burke were to be very busy ones. Not only was he to continue to be a leading mem- ber of the Rockingham Whigs and an outstanding figure in Parliament, but he was now to become a hardworking represen- tative for the second most important city in the kingdom.
Subject Area
European history|Biographies
Recommended Citation
Clifford, Peter, "Burke's Loss at Bristol Reviewed in the Light of New Sources" (1957). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28622579.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28622579
