The Lichfield House Compact was an 1835 agreement between the former Whig government, the Irish Repeal Party and the Radicals to act as one body against the Conservative Party. It allowed O'Connell to

Thomas William Anson, 1st Earl of Lichfield PC, known as Viscount Anson from 1818–31, was a British Whig politician from the Anson family. He served under Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne as Master of the