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Debates Over Income Tax Bill and Despard Case
The Lords discussed the nature and necessity of a new income tax measure amid tensions over Col Despard’s imprisonment and alleged misrepresentations about his case. Lords Grenville Suffolk Holland Auckland and others debated the bill’s principle, duration, and impact on landowners, with warnings against hasty passage and eventual passage of the bill on third reading.
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Col. Despains
Col. Despardy
TBO
Holland
Ld Grenville
Grenville
Suffile
Hirge
Lewis
Lord Holland
Sufi
Lord Grenville
Earl Suffolk
Tole
Hyig Mose
Liverpool
Auckland
Bera
Alfa
Exelind
France
Globe
Hoxiout
Diory
Englithman
D.of Bedford