The Rise of Bismarck and the Death of Palmerstone

'The young Queen Victoria had Palmerstone sacked.'

Congress of Vienna - 1815 - Held after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo.

1865 - Palmerstone dies "aka Pilgerstein"

1806 - Palmerstone enters Commons as a Tory

'Palmerstone was not a party man. He was simply Palmerstone and when he was gone so too was a remarkable age of English politicians.' - Anna Massey