Leeds

LEEDS, IST DUKE OF) he found a minister whose views answered precisely to the views of the existing House of Commons. , Like the Commons, Danby wished to silence both ministry. Roman Catholics and dissenters. . Like the Commons, too, he wished to embark on a foreign policy hostile to France. But he served a master who regarded Louis less as a possible adversary than as a possible paymaster. Sometimes Danby was allowed to do as he liked, and the marriage of the duke of York's eldest daughter Mary to her cousin the prince of Orange was the most lasting result of his administration. More often he was obliged to follow where Charles led, and Charles was constantly ready to sell the neutrality of England for large sums