Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827 · Politicians · Lived 1770 to 1828 · aged 58
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. Before becoming prime minister he had been foreign secretary, home secretary and secretary of state for war and the colonies.
In history
Napoleon's Escape from Elba · Leader
The Hundred Days and Napoleon's dramatic return set off the final coalition war, a pivotal moment in European power realignment with both military and electoral consequences.
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Napoleon
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
George IV of the United Kingdom+4 more
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4 more1812Named Prime Minister of the United KingdomOffice8 June 1812 to 9 April 18271807Named Home SecretaryOffice25 March 1807 to 1 November 1809Named Leader of the House of LordsOffice25 March 1807 to 9 April 18271806Named Lord Warden of the Cinque PortsOffice1 January 1806 to 1 January 18271804Named Home SecretaryOffice12 May 1804 to 5 February 18061803Named Leader of the House of LordsOffice1 November 1803 to 1 February 18061801Named Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth AffairsOffice20 February 1801 to 14 May 18041799Named Master of the MintOffice1 January 1799 to 1 January 18011770Born7 June 1770People around Robert
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Portrait of Lord Hawkesbury by Lawrence, 1796
Portrait of Lord Castlereagh by Thomas Lawrence. Castlereagh served as Liverpool's Foreign Secretary from 1812 until 1822, playing a major role in assembling the coalition against Napoleon and the postwar Concert of Europe
The Congress of Vienna by Jean-Baptiste Isabey
The Trial of Queen Caroline by George Hayter. George IV's insistence on trying to divorce his wife Caroline of Brunswick caused problems for Liverpool's government.
Lord Liverpool by Thomas Lawrence, c.1827Awards
About this person
He held the constituency of Rye from 1790 until 1803, when he was elevated to the House of Lords, where he was Leader 1803-1806 and 1807-1827.
