Background
Following theSplit
The developing hostility also involved Walpole's brother-in-law and close political ally Lord Townshend. Townshend was removed from his role supervising Britain's foreign policy, but was transferred to beReconciliation
Although in 1719 the Duke of Newcastle had suggested that Walpole was so close to the Tories, that at the next election the Whig government would have little trouble in portraying them as part of a single party with the Jacobites by 1720 the Whig rivals began to move towards each other again. A formal reconciliation was agreed between the King and his son. Both Walpole and Townshend returned to office in June 1720, becoming respectivelyAftermath
During the scandal over theReferences
Bibliography
* Black, Jermey. ''Walpole in Power''. Sutton Publishing, 2001. * Dennison, Matthew. ''The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach''.