Nineteenth-century British premiers : Pitt to Rosebery / Dick Leonard.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

William Pitt, the younger - reformer turned reactionary? -- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth - better than his reputation? -- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville - not quite 'all the talents' -- William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland - Whig into Tory -- Spencer Perceval - struck down in his prime -- Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool - keeping the show on the road -- George Canning - in the footsteps of Pitt -- Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich, 1st Earl Ripon - inadequate stopgap -- Arthur Wesley (Wellesley), 1st Duke of Wellington - military hero, political misfit? -- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - in the footsteps of Fox -- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - mentor to a young monarch -- Sir Robert Peel - arch pragmatist or Tory traitor -- Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - from Whig to liberal -- Edward Stanley, 14th earl of derby - 'the brilliant chief, irregularly great' -- George Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen - failure or scapegoat? -- Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston - master diplomat or playground bully? -- Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield -- Climbing 'the greasy pole' -- William Ewart Gladstone - from 'stern unbending Tory' to 'the people's William' -- Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - skilful opponent of reform -- Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery - seeking 'the palm without the dust'.