The Correspondence of John Campbell MP, with his Family, Henry Fox, Sir Robert Walpole and the Duke of Newcastle 1734 - 1771

John Campbell’s political letters and writings are here published for the first time, delivering rare and significant insights into eighteenth century English politics and providing a substantial new resource for historians. A unique resource  - John Campbell’s political letters and other writings are published here for the first time This body of work is a substantial and important new source of information for historians working in the field of mid-eighteenth century politics Provides remarkable insights into the politics of the time, and especially into debates in the Commons at a time when Parliament had placed an embargo on the reporting of political debates All letters are fully transcribed and in their original form

Table of Figures vi Acknowledgments vii Abbreviations viii Primary Sources Consulted ix Introduction. The Welsh Campbell 1 Chapter 1 1734-40 43 Chapter 2 1741-2 63 Chapter 3 1743 121 Chapter 4 1744-51 153 Chapter 5 1755-6 203 Chapter 6 1757-8 227 Chapter 7 1760-4 246 Chapter 8 1765-6 269 Chapter 9 1767-71 306 Appendices: Campbell's Political Essays and Other Political Writings 1 Account of the Pembrokeshire Election (1727) 319 2 Copy of a Letter to a Nonjuring Gentleman in Scotland Writ in the year 1727 321 3 Essay on the Act of Settlement c.1758 330 4 Comments on the Preface to Spelman's Sixth Book of Polybius, and upon P. Francis' Orations of Demosthenes (c.1759) 338 5 The Substance of a Letter, to a Friend in Scotland upon the Militia Scheme, August 1762 349 6 Statement upon the Removal of Army Officers from the House of Commons, 1765 357 7 Observations (c. 1770) 358 8 Some Account of the Great Demagogue, 1765 362 Index 369