St. John, Henry, Viscount Bolingbroke: Return to England
Return to England
On his return to England, although excluded from the House of Lords, he exerted great political influence, at first supporting but later organizing strong opposition to Robert Walpole. He initiated new methods of opposition to the government, such as the use of parliamentary inquiries, and attacked the government in the pages of a new periodical, the
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- Retirement
- Return to England
- Flight to France
- Political Rise
- Bibliography
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