Historedia
Person

Lord North

Events
4
Episodes
14
Years
1774–1792

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lord North, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. 1774 British General Election

    1774

    Role: Prime Minister / Government Leader

    1. 5 October 1774 – 10 November 1774 · Great BritainConclusion of Voting

      Voting for the House of Commons concluded on 10 November 1774.

    2. 10 November 1774 · House of CommonsNorth's Majority

      Lord North's government was returned with a large majority.

  2. Passage of the Boston Port Act

    1774–1776

    Role: Prime Minister who introduced the Port Bill

    1. 18 March 1774 · Parliament of Great BritainIntroduction of the Port Bill

      Lord North introduced the Port Bill to Parliament on March 18, 1774, proposing a blockade of Boston until restitution was made.

    2. 31 March 1774 · Parliament of Great BritainPassage of the Boston Port Act

      The British Parliament passed the Boston Port Act on 31 March 1774, officially closing the port of Boston as a punitive measure.

    3. 1 June 1774 · Port of BostonEnforcement of the Blockade

      The British Army, under Thomas Gage, enforced the blockade of Boston, filling the city with troops to maintain the closure.

    4. 1 January 1776 · Parliament of Great BritainRepeal of the Boston Port Act

      The Boston Port Act was repealed on 1 January 1776 by section 42 of the Prohibitory Act 1776.

  3. Publication of The Wealth of Nations

    1776–1792

    Role: prime minister who drew on the book for the 1777 budget

    1. 1776–1778 · British literary debateContemporary Criticism over the East India Company

      In the 1778 second edition of his poem's introduction, Mickle attacked Smith's laissez-faire doctrines on the East India Company question.

    2. 1776–1789 · British publishingLater Editions in Smith's Lifetime

      Five editions appeared during Smith's lifetime; the 1784 third edition added an index for the first time and incorporated his Additions and Corrections.

    3. date unknown · later history of economic thoughtMarxian and Liberal Reception

      Marx called the book the true Bible of eighteenth-century classical political economy, while Marxian economics critiqued the tradition it founded.

    4. 9 March 1776 · place of publication not attested in supplied passagesPublication of The Wealth of Nations

      Smith's treatise appeared on 9 March 1776 in two volumes, the culmination of roughly a decade of work and his central intellectual project.

    5. 12 April 1776 – 1778 · British political and literary circlesEarly Reception and Hume's Assessment

      Within weeks of publication, David Hume reportedly judged the book too demanding to become as popular as Gibbon's Decline and Fall.

    6. 17 February 1792 · House of CommonsParliamentary and Political Influence

      William Pitt praised the treatise in the Commons in 1792, and it was quoted by Whitbread, Fox, and Wilberforce in debates that year.

  4. Appointment of the Carlisle Peace Commission

    1778

    Role: British prime minister who sent the commission to seek a negotiated settlement

    1. 1778 · Britain's dispatch of commissioners to North AmericaAppointment of the Carlisle Peace Commission

      In 1778 Britain dispatched a peace commission to North America to negotiate terms with the Continental Congress during the American Revolutionary War.

    2. October 10, 1778 · publication in the Hartford CourantCommission Manifesto Circulated

      The commissioners circulated a manifesto that was printed in the Hartford Courant on October 10, 1778.

Sources

  1. 1774 British general election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-19
  2. Boston Port Act Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-15
  3. The Wealth of Nations Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-21
  4. Carlisle Peace Commission Wikipedia