Pride’s Purge.
The name given to the forcible removal from the House by Colonel Pride and his troopers of over a hundred members of the majority of the Long Parliament. The ejected members were imprisoned, and the remnant, known as the Rump, fell completely under the domination of the army.
Priests’ Charter.
See Pfaffenbrief.
Prince Florizel.
A nickname of George IV, derived from the name he assumed in his correspondence with Mrs. Mary Robinson (Perdita).
Prince of Alchemy.
A sobriquet of Rudolph II, Emperor of Germany.
Princes Expulsion Bill.
A Bill passed by the French Chambers in 1886, expelling from French territory all claimants to the throne and their immediate heirs. As a consequence, Prince Napoleon and the Comte de Paris and his family left France.