The War of Jenkins' Ear with Spain is said to have been provoked by the display of a mutilated ear at a Commons' Committee in 1738. The war contributed to the decline of Walpole's power in Parliament.
In late Ju1y 1809 the duke of Portland’s ministry sent 39,000 troops to the Dutch island of Walcheren in the mouth of the River Scheldt. The ensuing military disaster contributed to the collapse of the ministry. The chancellor of the exchequer Spencer Perceval became prime minister and formed a...
