Dr Stuart Handley

Former Senior Research Fellow, House of Lords 1715-90

shandley@histparl.ac.uk

Current Research/Role

I am a former Senior Research Fellow in the House of Lords 1715-90 Section, having joined the History originally in 1987, whilst finishing my PhD. After briefly leaving the History in 1999, I rejoined in 2004 as a part-time researcher for the House of Lords 1660-1715 section, becoming a full-time researcher on the same section in 2009. I have written articles for volumes on the House of Commons 1690-1715 and the House of Lords 1660-1715, plus over 300 articles for theOxford Dictionary of National Biography covering the period c.1350-1960. With Eveline Cruickhsanks and D. W. Hayton I edited The House of Commons 1690-1715. I retired from the History in 2025.

Research Interests

My wider research interest include political history 1660-1760, especially legislation and the interaction of local and central affairs.

Publications

Books

The House of Commons 1690-1715 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002) [co-edited with E. Cruickshanks and D. W. Hayton].

Chapters in Books

‘Henry Pelham’, in I. Dale (ed.), The Prime Ministers (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2020).

‘Members of the House of Lords and the Hanoverian Succession’, in R. A. Gaunt and D. W. Hayton (eds.), Peers and politics, c. 1650-1850: essays in honour of Clyve Jones (Wiley-Blackwell, Parliamentary History Book Series 39:1. 2020), pp. 126-42.

Journal Articles

‘Provincial Influence on General Legislation: the case of Lancashire, 1689-1731’, Parliamentary History 16:2 (1997), pp. 171-84.

‘Local Legislative Initiatives for economic and social development in Lancashire, 1689-1731’, in Parliamentary History 9:1 (1990), 14-37.

Specialisms: Parliament, House of Commons, House of Lords, legislation, Whigs, Tories