Volume I
Chapter I: Influence of the Crown during the Reign of George III.
1 Sources and Limits of royal influence
26 The Grenville and Rockingham Ministries
39 The King, Lord Chatham and Lord North
51 Dunning's Resolutions and the Fall of Lord North
71 Pitt the Younger and the Crisis of 1783-4
83 Pitt and the King, 1784-1801
92 Pitt, Addington, and the Catholic Question
103 The King and Lord Grenville: The Dissolution of 1807
Chapter II: Influence of the Crown during the Regency, the Reigns of George IV., William IV., and her Majesty, Queen Victoria
119 Paramount Influence of the Crown during the Regency
129 The Affair of Queen Caroline
129 Influence of George IV - Catholic Emancipation
138 William IV and Parliamentary Reform
145 Dismissal of the Melbourne Ministry
154 Queen Victoria; the Bedchamber; Palmerston
163 Domination of Politics by the 'Great Families'
Chapter III: Prerogatives of the Crown during the Minority or Incapacity of the Sovereign
167 Regency Legislation of the 1760s
175 The Regency Crisis of 1788-9 (Part I)
184 The Regency Crisis of 1788-9 (Part II)
195 The Regency Crises of 1801 and 1804
206 The Regency Established 1810-11
216 Regency Acts of William IV and Queen Victoria
Chapter IV: Revenues of the Crown: The Civil List: Pensions: Prerogatives of the Crown in Relation to the Royal Family
225 Crown Lands and Revenues before 1760
234 Civil List of George III: Economical Reform
253 Management of the Crown Estate
253 Civil List and other Pensions
262 Powers of the Sovereign over the Royal Family - The Royal Marriage Act
Chapter V: The House of Lords, and the Peerage
281 Present State of the Peerage (1860)
290 Life Peerages - the Wensleydale Case
299 Political Position of the House of Lords
316 Present Significance of the Peerage Chapter VI: The House of Commons
327 Nomination Boroughs - Bribery and Sale of Boroughs
340 Attempts to Restrain Bribery: The Westminster Election
353 Nominated Members outside the English Boroughs
362 Election Petitions: Places and Pensions
376 Bribes, Loans, Lotteries and Contractors
390 Parliamentary Reform: the 18th Century
405 Parliamentary Reform to 1830