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British Government and Cabinet (1762-63)
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
, served as
Prime Minister of Great Britain
during 1762?1763. He was the first
Tory
Prime Minister since the
Harley ministry
during 1710–1714 though his ministry was largely made up of
Whigs
.
Bute resigned following fierce criticism of his signing of the
Treaty of Paris
with its perceived lenient terms for France and Spain despite Britain's successes in the
Seven Years' War
. The
Bute ministry
consisted largely of the same members as its successor, the
Grenville ministry
.
George III
favoured Bute, but could not keep him in government (
Whiteley 1996
, p. 44).
Ministry
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References
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- Browning, Reed (1975).
The Duke of Newcastle
. Yale University Press.
ISBN
9780300017465
.
- Hibbert, Christopher (1999).
George III: A Personal History
. Penguin Books.
- Whiteley, Peter (1996).
Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America
. The Hambledon Press.