HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGU, EARL OF

hălˈəfăks, 1661–1715, English statesman. He and Matthew Prior were coauthors of a parody of John Dryden's The Hind and the Panther, entitled The Town and The Country Mouse (1687). As a lord of the treasury, Halifax proposed (1692) the system of government borrowing that established the British national debt. In 1694 he adopted the proposal of William Paterson to found the Bank of England and was appointed chancellor of the exchequer. The following year he designated Isaac Newton as warden of the mint to effect a recoinage and issued the first exchequer bills. Halifax succeeded Sidney Godolphin as first lord of the treasury (1697–99) and was twice impeached (1701, 1703) for breach of trust as auditor of the exchequer, but he was not convicted. He was reappointed first lord of the treasury on the accession (1714) of George I.

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Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, Secretary of State to Charles II
Book by Violet Barbour; American Historical Association, 1914
Subjects: Arlington, Henry Bennet--Earl Of--1618-1685, Great Britain--History--Charles Ii, 1660-1685
...Bennet there is no end. Those of Charles II and of Abraham Cowley in Brown Miscel...in his Works , those of Ralph Montagu, written while he was ambassador...Bishop Burnet, Sir John Evelyn, the Earl of Ailesbury, the Count de Gramont...
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Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702
Book by J. P. Kenyon; Greenwood Press, 1975
Subjects: Sunderland, Robert Spencer--Earl Of--1640-1702
...Dorothy, Lady Halifax, in 1670...prospects of a career...Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington...brother Charles II and conclude...friend Ralph Montagu. 21 A...experienced Ralph Montagu was left...the crisis of 1673-4...split in Charles IIs Court...uncle the Earl of Shaftesbury...brother-in-law Halifax and his friend...
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The Third Earl of Shaftesbury: A Study in Eighteenth-Century Literary Theory
Book by R. L. Brett; Hutchinsons University Library, 1951
Subjects: Aesthetics, Creation (Literary, Artistic, Etc.), Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper--Earl Of--1671-1713
...considered might put another Stuart on the throne. ____________________ 1 The story has been told of Charles Montagu, later Earl of Halifax, but it is given by Shaftesburys son with such a wealth of detail, that there is little doubt of its...
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Paris 1918: The War Diary of the British Ambassador, the 17th Earl of Derby
Book by David Dutton; Liverpool University Press, 2001
Subjects: Ambassadors--Great Britain--Diaries, Derby, Edward George Villiers Stanley--Earl Of--1865-1948--Diaries, France--Foreign Relations--Great Britain, France--Politics And Government--1914-1940, Great Britain--Foreign Relations--France, World War, 1914-1918--Personal Narratives, British
...this week. Charlie Montagu 1 however did...on the subject of the famous Emperor Charles letter 2 and...the publication of the Emperor Charles letter he takes...1 Lord Charles Montagu 1860 1939 . Son of 7th Duke of Manchester...
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Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester 1647-1680
Book by Vivian de Sola Pinto; University of Nebraska Press, 1962
Subjects: Rochester, John Wilmot--Earl Of--1647-1680
...Many courtiers were with the Duke, and among them, Charles Berkeley, Earl of Falmouth, the Kings dearest friend had been killed...Pepyss patron the old Cromwellian Admiral Edward Montagu, now Lord Sandwich. On 6 July Rochester set out...
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The Exclusion Crisis, 1678-81, and the Earl of Shaftesbury: Joshua Shotton Defends a Much-Maligned Statesman
Journal article by Joshua Shotton; History Review, 2003
Subjects: Cooper, Anthony Ashley (Philanthropist)
...repeatedly refused offers by Charles of a pardon and reward if...contemporaries, most notably the earl of Danby, he appears surprisingly...shown appositely enough by Halifaxs reward for speaking so...on the make, like Ralph Montagu, or an irresponsible frondeur...
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Swift's Corrected Copy of 'Contests and Dissensions,' with Other Pamphlets from His Library
Journal article by A.C. Elias Jr.; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 75, 1996
Subjects: English essays--Collections and collecting, Pamphlets--Collections and collecting, Swift, Jonathan--Works
...the Temple, Halifax and Atterbury...controversialist Charles Leslie, and...speech to the Earl of Rochester...literary patron Charles Montagu (1661-1715...created Baron Halifax in Dec. 1700 and Earl of Halifax in 1714...the time of his elevation...ascription ("Charles Montague Esqre...
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Re-configuring Early Modern Friendship: Katherine Philips and Homoerotic Desire
Journal article by Harriette Andreadis; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 46, 2006
Subjects: Friendship--Portrayals, Homosexuality--Portrayals, Philips, Katherine--Works, Poets--Works
...Philips created with Sir Charles: her mentor, her intended...at court, the vehicle of her displaced agency...guidance. (1) Mary Wortley Montagu to Mrs. Barbara Calthorpe...and sister to the First Earl of Sussex (p. 33nl...Lister of Shibden Hall, Halifax 1791-1840: Her Diaries...
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Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Cynthia Wall; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 46, 2006
Subjects: English literature--Criticism and interpretation, Restoration age literature--Criticism and interpretation
...Cowley, Milton, Edmund Waller, Dryden, and William Congreve with the not-exactly-overstudied figure of Charles Montague, later Earl of Halifax (p. 1). Williams suggests that on the matter of Whig poets, we have taken Popes word for things for far...
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"The Greater Part of My Life Has Been Spent in India": Autobiography and the Crisis of Empire in the Twentieth Century
Journal article by Mary A. Procida; Biography, Vol. 25, 2002
Subjects: Autobiographies--India, Colonies--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Imperialism--Social aspects, India--History
...of Cambridge. Haliflix, Edward Frederick Linley Wood, Earl of Baron Irwin. The Fullness of Days. London: Collins, 1957...Asian Studies, U of Cambridge. Hardinge of Penshurst, Charles, Baron. My Indian Years 1910-1916: The Reminiscences of...
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'The Projecting Age'; William Patterson and the Bank of England
Magazine article by David Armitage; History Today, Vol. 44, June 1994
Subjects: Bank of England--History, Central banks--History, Economic history--United Kingdom, Patterson, William--Economic policy, United Kingdom--History
...of the crowd of projectors with plans in their pockets: the |projector-general Charles Montagu, Chancellor of the Exchequer from May 1694 and later Earl of Halifax, received some seventy-nine proposals for means of long-term borrowing. Many of...


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Bushy Park's Secret Garden Gets [Pounds Sterling]7.2m Restoration
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 13, 2006
...not been appreciated or cared for for more than two decades." The Water Gardens were created in 1710 by Charles Montagu, first Earl of Halifax, before falling into disrepair. Mrs Lom said: "They are central to the Bushy story and are of huge heritage...


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Halifax, Charles Montagu, Earl Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGU, EARL OF hal faks, 1661 1715...Mouse (1687). As a lord of the treasury, Halifax proposed (1692) the system...first exchequer bills. Halifax succeeded Sidney Godolphin as first lord of the treasury (1697 99...
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Montagu, Charles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MONTAGU, CHARLES see Halifax, Charles Montagu, earl of . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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William III , King of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Whig ministers because only the Whigs supported his foreign policy fully. His Whig ministers, most notably Charles Montagu, earl of Halifax , were responsible for establishment (1694) of the Bank of England and the policy of the national debt...


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