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17 de mar. de 1988 · Douglas Hurd’s Tamworth Manifesto. Bristol in the hands of the mob for three days, the Mansion House and three prisons sacked, rioters killed in Derby, Nottingham Castle burned to the ground – that was the news from England in the summer of 1832. We should not be beguiled by the calm portraits of Sir Robert Peel or his heavy, measured prose.
Douglas Richard Hurd. Douglas Richard Hurd, barone Hurd di Westwell [1] ( Londra, 8 marzo 1930 ), è un politico e scrittore britannico . Esponente del Partito Conservatore, ha ricoperto importanti incarichi di governo durante gli anni ottanta ed i primi anni novanta. Dal 1997 è membro della Camera dei Lords .
15 de jun. de 2009 · Douglas Hurd was foreign secretary from 1989 to 1995; his memoirs were published in October 2003 and he is working on a biography of Sir Robert Peel. October 2010.
27 de feb. de 2010 · T his is a fascinating book and, though there are two authors, it is inevitable that Douglas Hurd's six years' experience as foreign secretary from 1989 to 1995 informs the history. Typically, he ...
This is the debate that lies at the heart of modern politics and Hurd traces its most interesting and influential exponents.He starts with Canning and Castelreagh in post Waterloo Britain; to a generation later, the victory of the interventionist Palmerston over Aberdeen; then to Salisbury (Imperialism) and Grey (European balance of power); and finally to Eden and Bevin who combined to lay the ...
Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell (born 8 March 1930) is a British Conservative politician. He served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995. Quick Facts The Right Honourable The Lord Hurd of Westwell, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ...
The former British foreign secretary, Douglas Hurd, recommends five highly readable political biographies, looking at the lives of some of Britain’s best-known prime ministers of the last 150 years. 1 Edward Heath by Philip Ziegler. 2 Supermac by DR Thorpe. 3 Eden by D R Thorpe.
