Led by a new Prime Minister, the controversial Lord Grey, the Whigs have an ambitious agenda of liberal reform.
His cabinet is replaced by a new Whig government – the first in a quarter century.
Wellington is pushed out as Prime Minister. As a Tory, the only reform he has even considered was last year’s successful Catholic Relief Act, which has allowed a Roman Catholic – the Irishman Daniel O’Connell – to take his seat in the House of Commons, much to the dismay of many British Protestants.įinally, on November 15th, a vote of no confidence is held. He was even met with jeers while he attended the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway back in September. Frustrated workers rioted across the country during the past summer and autumn.Īs a result, the Duke of Wellington – once a national hero for taking down Napoleon – is under siege as an unpopular Prime Minister. Young children are working more than 12 hours a day in dangerous mills and mines. The local parishes – long the administrators of poor relief – are totally overwhelmed in this new industrial age, as the numbers of the needy are swelling in growing cities. The burgeoning bourgeoises and Proletariat are now seeking representation in the country’s political order. Steam-powered mill cities are flourishing. The British economy and population are growing. The First Industrial Revolution is in full swing.
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