CHRG forthcoming seminars: 8 April. David Wetherell

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The next CHRG Seminar is scheduled for April 8. Further details below and available on the CHRG website.

8 April

11am – 12pm

Presenter:  David Wetherell

Title: Liverpool plains, Hawkesbury River, City of Liverpool.

Abstract:

Apart from Queen Victoria no prominent Briton has left so deep an imprint on the Australian topography as Robert Banks Jenkinson Lord Liverpool. That he was one of Britain’s longest-serving Prime Ministers is well known. Virtually unknown is that he was part-Indian.

This paper discusses Robert’s Oxford background. Alongside his family and university is the career of his lifelong friend and junior political colleague Charles Wetherell, named in honour of his father.

Until the Age of Reform Liverpool is known for his signature on the Australian landscape; after the Age of Reform, he was dismissed as a mediocrity. The final few moments of the seminar discusses the radical parliamentary changes following his death. These led to the rise of what is now called ‘Whig history’ which dealt a blow not only to Robert’s reputation but meant obloquy, ridicule and political nemesis for his colleague Charles.   

Where?  Burwood C7.06; Waurn Ponds ic2.108; VMP VMP ARTSED 2 36917