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It is said to be very hard on his majesty's ministers to raise objections to this proposition. For my own part, I think it is more hard on his majesty's opposition (a laugh) to compel them to take this course.
John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
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John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
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Born:
June 27, 1786
Died:
June 3, 1869
(aged 82)
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John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and diarist.
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Recollections of a Long Life (1786)
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