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Removal of Earl of Bute and fall of Pitt era ministers
In a 1763 account the Parliament celebrates the removal of the Earl of Bute from First Commissioner of the Treasury. It condemns his corruption and misrule, notes deteriorating public credit, and critiques three ministers who soon took power, accusing them of self-serving plunder and despotic tendencies within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Bute
Treasury
England
Pitt
House of Brunswick