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Even this change did not appease Stanhope and Sunderland, who secured the dismissal of Townshend from the Lord-Lieutenancy in April 1717.[10] On the next day, Walpole resigned from the Cabinet to join the Opposition "because I could not connive at some things that were carrying on",[11] and by joining the opposition he did not intend "to make the king uneasy or to embarrass his affairs."[12] This began the Whig Split, dividing the dominant party for three years. In the new Cabinet, Sunderland and Stanhope (who was created an Earl) were the effective heads.[citation needed] Walpole reversed his earlier support for the impeachment of Robert Harley, the former first minister, and joined with the Tory opposition in securing an acquittal in July 1717.[13]