A cikin watan Mayu 1762, an maye gurbin gwamnatin Whig na Duke na Newcastle da wanda Scottish Tory Lord Bute ya jagoranci. Magabtan Bute sun yi aiki da shi ta hanyar yada jita-jita cewa yana da dangantaka da mahaifiyar Sarki, da kuma yin amfani da ra'ayoyin da ba na Scottish ba a cikin Turanci. John Wilkes, dan majalisa, ya wallafa Arewacin Briton, wanda ya kasance mai tayar da hankali da cin mutunci a cikin la'antar Bute da gwamnati. Daga bisani aka kama Wilkes don cin mutunci amma ya gudu zuwa Faransa don tserewa daga azabtarwa; an fitar da shi daga House of Commons, kuma ya sami laifin cin mutunci da cin mutunci. A shekara ta 1763, bayan kammala zaman lafiya na Paris wanda ya ƙare yakin, Ubangiji Bute ya yi murabus, ya ba da damar Whigs na Grenville a karkashin George W.
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