Published by Primary Source Microfilm

The 27 crises documented in this collection cover the whole span of the reign of Queen Victoria. They include the first political crises of the Queen's reign:

• The bedchamber crisis in 1839
• The defeat of Peel in 1846
• The difficulties of cabinet-making in the 1850s
• Derby's "Who's Who?" Ministry of 1852
• The period of the Second Reform Bill
• Gladstone's resignation in 1873
• The constitutional crises of 1884 and 1886
• The reconstruction of Lord Salisbury's Cabinet in October 1900

The 3,100 documents that make up the collection throw new light on how Palmerston, Disraeli, Gladstone and others became Prime Minister.

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