Granville was off-and-on foreign secretary, as Susan said. His policies were considered “pliant” and “temporizing”.Queen Victoria’s opinion of Granville: “Lord Granville behaves miserably; he never even answers my remarks!!”Beatrice Webb’s opinion of Granville: "He is an inconsiderable man, pleasant enough. But mental insignificance joined to great political position is irritating . . . "Joseph Chamberlain’s opinion of Granville: “One does not expect to sit next to an ‘old nurse’ in the Cabinet Council.”To other contemporaries Granville was known as ‘Puss’.Not sure who to sit next to him . . .
Granville was off-and-on foreign secretary, as Susan said. His policies were considered “pliant” and “temporizing”.Queen Victoria’s opinion of Granville: “Lord Granville behaves miserably; he never even answers my remarks!!”Beatrice Webb’s opinion of Granville: "He is an inconsiderable man, pleasant enough. But mental insignificance joined to great political position is irritating . . . "Joseph Chamberlain’s opinion of Granville: “One does not expect to sit next to an ‘old nurse’ in the Cabinet Council.”To other contemporaries Granville was known as ‘Puss’.Not sure who to sit next to him . . .