The Duke of Portland

' This is the first, much needed, biography of the Duke, whose political career spanned most of George III' s reign and who was home secretary during the crisis of the French Revolution and twice head of the government. In his well-crafted study David Wilkinson manages successfully to portray the personality of the man as well as clarifying his political significance as statesman and party leader. ' - Michael Duffy, University of Exeter, UK

' This is a carefully researched and interesting study of a man who twice headed a ministry in the course of a long career, but has been unduly neglected since. If fills convincingly a suprising gap. ' - John Ehrman

' David Wilkinson' s. . . well constructed study of the third Duke of Portland, twice prime minister during the reign of George III, fills an obvious gap in British political history. . . This is indeed a welcome book. ' - Professor James Sack, History Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA