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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

John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
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Born: June 27, 1786
Died: June 3, 1869 (aged 82)
Bio: John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton known as Sir John Hobhouse, Bt, from 1831 to 1851, was a British politician and diarist.
Known for:
  1. Recollections of a Long Life (1786)

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