No. 10, Downing street, Whitehall; its history and associations

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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. Title vignette Introductory.--The builder: Who was George Downing? Downing's career dissected.--The street: The beginnings of Whitehall. The beginnings of Downing street. "His Majesty's house called the Cockpit." Office of first lord of the Treasury.--The house: No. 10. Some of the rooms. A cabinet-room colloquy. Reverie.--Some past associations: Note. Prime ministers from 1735. Walpole, Wilmington and North. The Pitts, father and son. Fox and Grey. Melbourne, Peel, and others. Palmerston, Beaconsfield, Gladstone.--Conclusion.--Historical notes.--Index
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