The Durham Report and British Policy: A Critical EssayIn 1838 Lord Melbourne's Whig government in Britain sent the radical Lord Durham to Canada as Governor-General to deal with a colony in the aftermath of a rebellion. Durham's vanity and arrogance made him a poor choice for the post, and he resigned a few months later after the government had been forced to overrule him for exceeding his powers. After his return to Britain he wrote his Report on the Affairs of British North America - and its unauthorized publication in the Times caused a sensation. This report - the famous 'Durham Report' - has been seen as the starting point of the British tradition of colonial self-rule leading through the Statute of Westminster of 1931 to the independent self-governing Commonwealth of today. |
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The reception of the Report | 29 |
The influence of the Report on Commonwealth history | 42 |
The growth of the myth | 74 |
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3rd Earl Grey 3rd series 9 February appointment Archives of Canada argued August Bagot biography Britain British North America Buller C. P. Lucas Cabinet Charles Buller Chester Chester W Colonial Gazette Colonial Office colonial policy colonial self-government cols Commonwealth constitution Coupland December Durham Report Earl of Durham editor Elgin to Grey Ellice Papers Empire evidence federation French Gladstone Glenelg Governor Governor-General Grey Papers H. E. Egerton Hansard's Parliamentary Debates Home Rule ibid Indian January John Journal of 3rd July June Lady Howick letter Lewis Library of Scotland London Lord Durham's Report Lower Canada Mansergh Melbourne ment Metcalfe microfilm Ministers mission Montreal Morning Chronicle National Library Normanby October Oxford Parliament political politician problem Public Archives Public Record Office Quebec radical rebellion reference Reid resignation responsible government Roebuck Russell Papers Russell to Melbourne Sir Charles Spectator Stanley Stephen Tories Union University of Durham Upper Canada vols Wakefield Westminster Whig
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| Titre | The Durham Report and British Policy: A Critical Essay Cambridge Commonwealth series |
| Auteur | Ged Martin |
| Éditeur | Cambridge University Press, 1972 |
| ISBN | 0521085306, 9780521085304 |
| Longueur | 120 pages |
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