Returning to England, he became secretary to Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, and entered parliament as Bedford's placeman.
12.
His placemen were put in to run the police, turning the guardians of law and order into the guardians of Sharif's interests.
13.
Some borough members were men of little means, sometimes in debt or insolvent, who agreed to become placemen in return for government funds.
14.
It was impossible to defend a system which confined the suffrage to 200, 000 citizens, and returned a chamber of whom half were placemen.
15.
Although there were " technocratic " cabinets in the 1950s and 1960s, the typical government was made up of the zaims or their placemen.
16.
With Crespo's death, Venezuela entered a period of political uncertainty, as Andrade was Crespo's placeman and not a member of the caudillo class.
17.
George III, when it was frequently said that the House of full of lazy time-servers, talentless dependants of peers, and corrupt placemen and government agents.
18.
The pensioners and placemen who voted against him at once lost their places and pensions, the military officer was refused promotion, the magistrate was turned off the bench.
19.
On the other hand, the significant achievements and stature of many " "'Moderate " "'clerics & ndash; such as Principal placemen.
20.
Placeman says he now drives his car on short trips, plays table tennis and is considering going back to work, but at a job less stressful than his former one at the bank.
