FTP, identify this British statesman, who returned as prime minister in 1855 and successfully closed the Black Sea at the treaty of Paris, who died in 1865 and who was memorably preferred to Pitt the Elder in a barroom brawl.
He opposed the cautious foreign policy of Lord Aberdeen, favoring the Italian liberals, opposing Louis Philippe, and gaining Hong Kong by the treaty of Nanking. He sent a squadron to Greece to ensure that debts owed to Don Pacifico, a citizen from Gibraltar, would be repaid, but was dismissed by Russell a year later for not consulting the cabinet before welcoming Louis Napoleons seizure of power. FTP, identify this British statesman, who returned as prime minister in 1855 and successfully closed the Black Sea at the treaty of Paris, who died in 1865 and who was memorably preferred to Pitt the Elder in a barroom brawl.
He opposed the cautious foreign policy of Lord Aberdeen, favoring the Italian liberals, opposing Louis Philippe, and gaining Hong Kong by the treaty of Nanking.
Henry John Temple, Viscount {Palmerston}