People’s Party.
Perdita.
The name by which Mrs. Mary Robinson, the favourite of George IV, was generally known.
Père des Lettres.
Francis I of France was called the Father of Letters.
Permanent Settlement.
The arrangement by which Lord Cornwallis finally adopted the Zemindari System of land tenure in Bengal in 1793. (See Zemindar).
Péronne, Treaty of.
A treaty between Louis XI of France and Charles the Bold of Burgundy, in 1468, by which Louis, who had been treacherously imprisoned by Charles, obtained his release in return for certain important concessions.