Trial of Queen Caroline

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constitutional crisis parliamentary proceeding political trial

The Trial of Queen Caroline was a highly publicized 1820 British parliamentary proceeding attempting to dissolve King George IV’s marriage on grounds of alleged adultery, which became a major political and constitutional crisis.

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Label	Occurrences
Queen Caroline affair	1
Trial of Queen Caroline canonical	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional crisis ⓘ parliamentary proceeding ⓘ political trial ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
cause	allegations of adultery against Queen Caroline ⓘ attempt by George IV to dissolve his marriage ⓘ
chronology	reign of George IV ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
defendedBy	Henry Brougham ⓘ Thomas Denman ⓘ
describedBySource	Hansard ⓘ surface form: British parliamentary records contemporary newspapers ⓘ pamphlet literature of the 1820s ⓘ
endDate	1820-11-10 ⓘ
hasEffect	boost to the Whig opposition ⓘ constitutional controversy over royal and parliamentary powers ⓘ damage to the popularity of King George IV ⓘ major political crisis in Britain ⓘ strengthening of public opinion as a political force ⓘ
hasPart	second reading division in the House of Lords ⓘ
hasParticipant	UK government ⓘ surface form: British government Henry Brougham ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ George IV of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George IV Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ⓘ surface form: Lord Liverpool Queen Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ Thomas Denman ⓘ Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Tory Party Whig Party ⓘ
hasQuality	highly publicized ⓘ politically divisive ⓘ sensational ⓘ
influenced	development of British public opinion ⓘ later debates on press freedom in Britain ⓘ
legalBasis	Pains and Penalties Bill 1820 ⓘ
location	House of Lords ⓘ Palace of Westminster ⓘ
mainSubject	Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ marriage of George IV and Caroline of Brunswick ⓘ
mediaCoverage	extensive newspaper reporting ⓘ
opposedBy	British Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whig politicians
outcome	Pains and Penalties Bill abandoned ⓘ marriage of George IV and Caroline not legally dissolved ⓘ
pointInTime	1820 ⓘ
prosecutedBy	Attorney General for England and Wales ⓘ surface form: Attorney General of England and Wales Lord Liverpool ministry ⓘ
significantEvent	mass public demonstrations in support of Queen Caroline ⓘ processions and illuminations in London ⓘ riots and disturbances in British cities ⓘ withdrawal of the Pains and Penalties Bill ⓘ
startDate	1820-08-17 ⓘ
supportedBy	Conservative government of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Tory government

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Lord Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Trial of Queen Caroline ⓘ

Liverpool ministry → significantEvent → Trial of Queen Caroline ⓘ

this entity surface form: Queen Caroline affair