- In the
political history of Britain,
placemen were
Members of
Parliament who held paid
office in the
civil service,
generally sinecures, simultaneously...
-
Queen Anne "to
prevent the
Court from
swamping the
House of
Commons with
placemen and pensioners", and
described the
process as "anomalous" and "indefensible"...
-
Tories wished to
check the
power of
royal placemen. Tory
desires to
maintain the
absolute ban on
placemen in the
House were
narrowly defeated during...
- from
being a "debating
chamber for notables" to a "club for the shah's
placemen"
during the
Pahlavi era. In the era of the
Islamic Republic, it has shifted...
- Miss
France 2008, the 78th
edition of the Miss
France pageant, was held in Dunkirk, Nord-Pas-de-Calais on
December 8, 2007. The
ceremony was held at TF1...
- executive, and the
threat of
corruption through idle,
useless officials, or
placemen, had
figured prominently in
their explanations of
their exile in America...
- ten to
thirty members. In
royal colonies, the
Crown appointed a mix of
placemen (paid
officeholders in the government) and
members of the
upper class within...
-
published a
manifesto calling for
annual Parliaments, the
exclusion of
placemen and
pensioners from the
House of Commons,
outlawing bribery in elections...
-
executive had
grown too
powerful by the
abuse of
patronage and
government placemen in the
Parliament of
Great Britain. They also
accused Walpole personally...
- making. By the 1630s,
these were
increasingly packed with Olivares' own
placemen,
tasked to
implement his policies. He
placed tight controls on the use...
