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The Book of the Court - Exhibiting the Origin, Peculiar Duties, and Privileges of the Several Ranks of the Nobility and Gentry (Paperback)
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The Book of the Court - Exhibiting the Origin, Peculiar Duties, and Privileges of the Several Ranks of the Nobility and Gentry (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, General
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index.
Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book
(without typos) from the publisher. 1844. Not illustrated. Excerpt:
... PRIVATE SECRETARY. The situation of Private Secretary to the
Sovereign, which is one of a peculiar nature, resembling very much
the original office of King's Secretary, has been made the subject
of discussion in the House of Commons. It appears that the first
Sovereign (at least, since the Revolution) who employed a Private
Secretary was King George III, to whom a confidential person in
that capacity was rendered absolutely necessary, upon his Majesty
becoming afflicted with the loss of sight. When the late George IV.
became Regent, and Colonel MacMahon, a Privy Councillor, was
appointed his Private Secretary, with a salary of 2000/. per annum,
the subject was brought before the House of Commons on the 14th
April 1812, and caused an animated and important debate. It was
contended that such an office was dangerous and unconstitutional,
as it must inevitably render the person holding it a secret adviser
of the King, with a degree of influence over the royal mind
inconsistent with the forms of government in this country, and
destructive of a fundamental principle of the Constitution, namely,
that no one can use the name of the Sovereign, offer him advice, or
convey his commands, except he be one of the responsible Ministers
of the Crown, answerable to Parliament for his conduct. But it was
said, on the other hand, that the office was not one of
responsibility, but was precisely like that of any other Private
Secretary in any other office of the State, differing only in the
rank of the person under whom it was held; that it was only an
instrument for carrying on the business of the country; that if the
appointment was not divested of all responsibility, there would be
nothing to justify it in the view of Parliament; and it was
particularly stated by Lord Castlereagh...
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