SHELBURNE, WM. P. FITZ-MAURICE, EARL OF
\ʃˈɛlbɜːn], \ʃˈɛlbɜːn], \ʃ_ˈɛ_l_b_ɜː_n]\
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(1737-1805), while President of the Board of Trade in Grenville's Cabinet in 1763, opposed the Stamp Act and other measures oppressive to the American colonies. He sought to moderate the arbitrary colonial policy of Grafton and Townsend, and ardently opposed the colonial administration of Lord North. He became Premier in 1782, and negotiated the preliminaries of peace with the United States. He resigned in 1783.
By John Franklin Jameson
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