The English Constitution · Character
William IV
King whose reign saw the Reform Act of 1832.
minor
First appearance: II
William IV's tie to Lord Palmerston is one of the pressures that moves The English Constitution—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Noted as giving no steady continuing guidance and being unfit to give it.
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With Lord Palmerston (professional): Lord Palmerston served as Foreign Secretary under King William IV, with a generally cooperative but occasionally tense relationship. With Queen Anne (family): Queen Anne and William…
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- Professional
- Family
- Other
Character groups
- Early constitutional monarchs and premiers
- Protagonist
- Wide-ranging political and intellectual figures
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- Closing
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- Lord Palmerston
professional · ambivalent
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- Queen Anne
family · ambivalent
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