Author: Ballantyne, Archibald
Title: Lord Carteret - A Political Biography : 1690 - 1763
Description: Richard Bentley & Son, New Burlington Street, 1887, 1st edition. Cloth, G. xiv+428pp, index, cloth rubbed & worn, rear board speckled with white paint & the upper board water splashed, rear hinge weak, but with the text block in good order, a good reading copy. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A biography od the political career of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, [ 1690 - 1763 ] the British statesman and Lord President of the Council from 1751 to 1763. Whislt Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington was Prime Minister, Carteret was effectively leader of Great Britain.

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