= Frederick North = '''Frederick North''' was a [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whig]] and later [[UnitedKingdom/ToryParty|Tory]] politician and member of the [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] in [[UnitedKingdom/Democratization|Great Britain]]. <> ---- == History == Frederick North was the eldest son of '''Francis North''', '''earl of Guilford'''. Frederick would only outlive his father by two years, so for effectively all of his life he was addressed only with a courtesy title of '''Lord North'''. North was elected to [[UnitedKingdom/Parliament|Parliament]] in 1754. He was appointed to the [[UnitedKingdom/Treasury|Treasury]] in 1759 and resigned when [[UnitedKingdom/CharlesWatsonWentworth|Watson-Wentworth]] came to power. While he stood for elections as a [[UnitedKingdom/WhigParty|Whig]], he evidently found more common ground with Patriot Whigs (like [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamPitt|Pitt's]] government) and [[UnitedKingdom/ToryParty|Tories]] (like [[UnitedKingdom/JohnStuart|Stuart's]] government). North returned to government in 1766 and emerged as a successor to Pitt and [[UnitedKingdom/AugustusFitzRoy|FitzRoy]]. When FitzRoy resigned in 1770, North formed a Tory government. Following the '''Battle of Yorktown''', [[UnitedKingdom/FrederickNorth|North]] lost a vote of no confidence and resigned. Watson-Wentworth succeeded North in forming a government, but died just months later. [[UnitedKingdom/CharlesJamesFox|Fox]] refused to continue under [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamPetty|Petty]], so he formed a coalition with North and forced a government onto [[UnitedKingdom/GeorgeIII|George III]]. While the coalition would disintegrate within a year, neither could the minority [[UnitedKingdom/WilliamPittII|Pitt]] government effectively govern, until new elections in 1784 handed him a solid majority. His father died in 1790, leaving North to finally inherit his titles and seat in the House of Lords. He himself died two years later. ---- == Policies == North's first government was marked by expansionism and militarism. Within the first year, the '''Falklands Crisis''' forced a mobilization of the [[UnitedKingdom/ArmedForces|Royal Navy]]. This was in the context of [[France/LouisXV|French]] conquest of [[WorldHistory/Corsica|Corsica]] just two years earlier. Charles III of [[Spain/Monarchs|Spain]] invaded and occupied the [[UnitedKingdom/LocalGovernment#Falkland_Islands|Falklands]], but was forced to withdraw. The [[UnitedStates/Democratization#Revolutionary_War|American Revolutionary War]] then occupied North's attention up to his downfall. ---- CategoryRicottone