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The Tories and Church Patronage: 1812–30

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 April 2011

William Gibson
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For the most part historians of the nineteenth century have tended to categorise the Whigs as the party of reform and the Tories as the party opposed to it. This trend has been strongest in the spheres of political and ecclesiastical history and has been supported by reference to events that led to the reforms of Church and State in the 1830s. The Whig commitment to ecclesiastical reform under Grey and Melbourne has established their reputation in the minds of historians as Church reformers without equal in the era.

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The Journal of Ecclesiastical History , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 266 - 274
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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