While foreign secretary this man had negotiated the Treaty of (*) Amiens, and while PM he established the gold standard, opposed the slave trade, and passed the Six Acts.
This prime minister supported Lord Landsdowne's move to create a committee on free trade, and one scandal during his ministry occurred with the passing of a Bill of Pains and Penalties against a figure whose name had earlier been removed from the liturgy. This man's increase on the tax on newspapers was opposed by Robert Carlile and Henry Hetherington, and the growth of the Hampden club movement led to him suspending habeas corpus. While foreign secretary this man had negotiated the Treaty of (*) Amiens, and while PM he established the gold standard, opposed the slave trade, and passed the Six Acts. Arthur Thistlewood attempted to kill important ministers of this man like Lord Sidmouth and George Canning in the Cato Street Conspiracy. Becoming Prime Minister after Spencer Perceval was shot, his term included the Peterloo massacre. For 10 points, name this Tory who led Britain during the defeat of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna.
This prime minister supported Lord Landsdowne's move to create a committee on free trade, and one scandal during his ministry occurred with the passing of a Bill of Pains and Penalties against a figure whose name had earlier been removed from the liturgy.
Lord {Liverpool} [or Robert {Banks Jenkinson}, {2nd earl} of {Liverpool}]