A Character of the Trimmer Being a Short Life of the First Marquis of Halifax [Paperback]

This book, first published in 1946, provides a biography of the statesman and writer Sir George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax.Helen Charlotte Foxcroft (18651950) was a renowned British historian and literary editor. In this book, which was first published in 1946, Foxcroft provides a concise biography of the statesman and writer Sir George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax, also known as 'The Trimmer'.Helen Charlotte Foxcroft (18651950) was a renowned British historian and literary editor. In this book, which was first published in 1946, Foxcroft provides a concise biography of the statesman and writer Sir George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax, also known as 'The Trimmer'.Helen Charlotte Foxcroft (18651950) was a renowned British historian and literary editor. In this book, which was first published in 1946, Foxcroft provides a concise biography of the statesman and writer Sir George Savile, 1st Marquis of Halifax, also known as 'The Trimmer'. The text condenses and updates material taken from an earlier two-volume work, The Life and Letters of Sir George Savile (1898). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life of Savile and British history.Preface; 1. Birth, ancestry, and childhood; 2. Youth; 3. The Restoration. Savile enters politics. Ascendancy of Clarendon; 4. In the House of Lords. Ascendancy of Buckingham and the 'cabal'. The embassy of 1670; 5. Under Danby's ascendancy; 6. The 'Popish plot'. Fall of Danby. The opposition in office; 7. In retreat: February to September 1680; 8. The exclusion contest of 1680/1; 9. In the government, 16815; 10. In disgrace, 16858; 11. The revolution, 16889; 12. In office, February 1688/9 to February 1689/90; 13. In opposition to the end: summary; Notes and references; Index.