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on 18 August 1713 and assembled on the 12 November 1713 (but was then prorogued until 16 February 1714). It was dissolved on 15 January 1715 and would be Queen Anne's last Parliament.
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was the result of an even greater Tory landslide than at the previous election, with 369 pro-government Tories, 162 Whigs plus 13 Whig supporters and 14 others.
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After her death a Commission of Regency dominated by Hanoverian supporters, supervised the transition of the monarchy to
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and Tory leader of the Queen's ministry had major problems in coping with the Tory faction, split as it was between
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supporters and "Hanoverians". He also had to contend with the leadership ambitions of
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List of acts of the 1st session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain
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List of MPs elected in the 1713 British general election
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Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt, Speaker of the House of Commons
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Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
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4th Parliament of the United Kingdom
3rd
5th

House of Commons
Speaker of the House of Commons
Sir Thomas Hanmer
House of Lords
Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Simon Harcourt
Queen Anne
House of Commons
Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bt
Suffolk
Speaker of the House of Commons
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer
Lord High Treasurer
Jacobite
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
George, Elector of Hanover
List of MPs elected in the 1713 British general election
1713 British general election
Oxford-Bolingbroke ministry
List of acts of the 1st session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain
List of acts of the 2nd session of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain
List of parliaments of Great Britain
"The 4th Parliament of Great Britain"
"Fourth Parliament of Great Britain : First session (1 of 3) - begins 16/2/1714"
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