... comparatively minor works in the next three years, prior to receiving his first chance to break into the world of parliamentary politics by obtaining the appointment of private secretary to the M.P William Gerard Hamilton in 1759. This was to prove a rather abortive partnership for the two men, with Burke leaving Hamilton's employment six years later as the result of a difference of opinion. However, Burke soon managed to find work in a similar capacity with the Marquis of Rockingham in 1765, serving a man who was shortly to become Prime Minister. This helped Burke to pursue a successful parliamentary career in his own right as an M.P from 1766-1794, notably for Bristol but also for various other constituencies at different times. `Although Edmund Burke has been described as a 'party politician and propagandist and a great orator'_, it will later become clear that in general the political influence he ...

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