American War of Independence: Semiquincentennial Commemorations

Lord Lexden Excerpts

Thursday 14th July 2022 Lords Chamber

[Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)]

I would certainly hope so.

[Lord Lexden (Con)]

Will the Government encourage the organisers of these commemorations to include a lecture by Professor Andrew Roberts, whose recent award-winning biography of King George III shows that the last monarch to reign over the American colonies was no tyrant but a man who kept strictly within his constitutional position?

[Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con)]

I have no doubt at all that the historian Andrew Roberts to whom my noble friend refers will be involved in these celebrations, not least of course because of his work on Winston Churchill, who also had American roots. I am sure that he will take an active part.