John Cam Hobhouse Quotes
His Majesty's Opposition
John Cam Hobhouse, 1786-1869, British Secretary of War, Phrase describing the activities of George Canning and his followers
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In 1628 Parliament, in response to abuses by King Charles I, was about to pass The Petition of Rights–-a type of Bill of Rights. The King gave assurances that the practices—such as forcing nobles to lend him money—would not continue and didn't want to be embarrassed by passage of a law which he claimed would indicate that the Parliament did not trust him and weaken the dignity of the monarchy. The Petition of Rights passed with Cole’s leadership.
In 1875 Benjamin Disraeli had an opportunity to purchase the Suez Canal for Great Britain from the Khedive of Egypt who was in great need of cash. However, Disraeli had to act very fast and there was no way to quickly move an appropriation of the then very large sum of 4 million pounds through Parliament. So he sent Corry to ask Lionel Rothchild, the British financier, for a loan until the government might raise the money. Rothchild asked, what would be the security for such a large loan. Rothchild immediately gave the loan.
This is an interesting variation of the FDR quotation regarding the President and Congress.
This was written shortly before he assumed the crown.
See John C. Calhoun who used Mackintosh’s phrase later.
After the King’s appointment in 1921 she “advised” him on establishing this regime and operating the government. At a time that women could not even vote in England, Bell was a kingmaker and major power in an area of the world that was much more sexist than England at the time.
John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton, GCB, PC, FRS, known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was an English politician and diarist.
