Robert Jenkinson (1770-1828) - entered the parliament in 1790 and held the three great offices of foreign state, foreign secretary, home secretary and secretary for war. He became prime minister in 1812. He admired Pitt and his balanced system of government. He was often regarded as a mediocre, but he exercised a firm control over major decisions. He resigned in 1827.
Liverpool form a Tory government after the assassination of Spencer Percival in May 1812. Liverpool was first choice to replace Percival, but after several forming Whig government he was chosen. Liverpool was supposed to be an unimaginative person, however known for having a safe pair of hands.
Liverpool faced several difficulties when he was in government as there was the Queens affair in 1820, but failed to upset Liverpool. Moreover the unpopular monarch was becoming an issues as the taxes were high and the extravagant behavior was irresponsible.
Parliament general notes
• Between 1821 and 1823 Liverpool’s cabinet was having a new loo, as a new mood began to emerge.
• The government had barely survived the post war slump and deep social unrest, and against the odds government came out strong and enlighten.
• In 1815 the Corn Laws were created to protect the corn market in the UK, this meant that corn was not to be imported if the price of corn is below 80 shillings per quarter. However many say that government only passed this law to protect their own business, as most of them own farms or large areas of land.
• The gaming law was established in 1816, this meant that anybody found poaching could be severely punished. This law was caused because of rising crime rates due to the increase in price of corn, which was important in a working class person’s diet.• In 1816 the habeas corpus law was created again in reaction to the increase in crime and political agitation. The law meant that anybody could be arrested and had no trial, this was abolished in 1817 because it was costing too much money to maintain, but mainly due to the fact that nobody wanted to be arrested as they knew that they would just be sent to prison.
• In 1819, a series of though repressive acts were brought in, these were later known as the six act. These were created to respond to the high amounts of unrest in towns and cities.
• The authorities aimed to repress and silence the views of the working class with the six acts, they were there to safeguard the upper classes.
• In 1819, the factories act was created to improve to a point the working conditions of workers. Part of this act was the limit to children’s working hours as it was capped at 12hours.
• In 1824, the combinations act was replaced after pressure from skilled artisan class lead by Francis Place.
• Between 1822 and 1824, there was a short trade boom, where the unemployment was falling and wages were rising. However, the boom caused a rise in living costs, this lead to a huge depression in 1824 after the boom.
Overview of the Tory Party 1815-1830
• The Tory party had dominated politics between 1815 and 1830. The PM lord Liverpool made some crucial changes to parliament and his cabinet.
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