Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Humanities/2018 August 25

= August 25 =

Orders from the CofE on the subject of poor M
In Roy Jenkins' Asquith we read a letter from Lord Rosebery to H. H. Asquith in which Roseberry (then the Prime Minister) tells Asquith (Home Secretary) that he "received orders from the C of E on the subject of poor M on Friday afternoon". Why was Arnold Morley (then the Postmaster General) "poor M", and why was the Church of England writing to the PM about him? DuncanHill (talk) 17:15, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Perhaps: "This was Arnold Morley [standing for election in Nottingham in 1895], Liberal, whose involvement in a scandal concerning bribery at the previous election had lost him much support". From Economic and Social Change in a MIdland Town: Victorian Nottingham 1815-1900 (p. 222). The Church of England feel it their duty to advise when misbehaving ministers ought to resign, Cecil Parkinson being the last that I can think of. Alansplodge (talk) 17:30, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe this 1887 article is the "corruption" referred to above. It seems rather small beer. Alansplodge (talk) 11:56, 26 August 2018 (UTC)