Sentences with phrase «catholic emancipation»
Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea 1829The Duke, who was then prime minister, fought a duel with Lord Winchilsea after he had introduced the final steps in catholic emancipation.
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He opposed Catholic emancipation, Lords reform and supporting war against Napoleon and the abolition of the slave trade.
Both parties were internally divided over issues such as protectionism and Catholic emancipation.
Could the mosaic have suggested what would have been in the air still so soon after the Catholic emancipation of 1825?