 | Alan R. H. Baker, Mark Billinge - Business & Economics - 2004 - 244 pages
...strengthening. John Dunning, Baron Ashburton (1731-83) proposed a motion in the House of Commons in 1780 that: 'The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished.' At the time of the American War of Independence (which we should remember was fought,... | |
 | James Knox Polk - Governors - 1969 - 632 pages
...motion proposed by John Dunning, Baron Ashburton, and passed by the British House of Commons in 1780: "The influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished." 4. Davidson County. 5. While en route to a Whig mass meeting in Athens, Tenn., Ephraim... | |
 | Michael Rush - Political Science - 2005 - 358 pages
...were not alone in this belief: in 1 780 the House of Commons passed what became known as Cunning's motion, 'That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing and ought to be diminished'.4 However, whereas Dunning and his supporters were concerned about the influence that... | |
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That the influence of the Crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished"? 
