Articles by Kathryn Rix
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Gerald Arbuthnot MP and the Parliamentary War Memorial
Since 2014 Dr. Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project, has been blogging about the 24…
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MPs in World War I: the Hon. Charles Henry Lyell (1875-1918)
Last month we marked the centenary of the last serving MP to be killed in action during the First World…
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‘He chose the forefront of the battle’: Lord Alexander George Thynne (1873-1918)
Here’s the next instalment from Dr Kathryn Rix (Assistant Editor of the House of Commons 1832-1868 project) in her series commemorating…
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‘One of my best and most reliable officers’: the Hon. Oswald Cawley (1882-1918)
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-68 Section continues with her series on MPs who died during WWI.…
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Tackling electoral corruption: how Victorian Britain reformed the trial of election petitions in 1868
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the passing of the Election Petitions and Corrupt Practices at Elections Act, an important part…
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MPs in World War I: Francis Bennett-Goldney (1862-1918)
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section continues with our blog series to commemorate those MPs who died during the…
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‘Of unsound mind’? MPs, mental health and the 1886 Lunacy (Vacating of Seats) Act
Today, during Mental Health Awareness Week, we hear from Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section and…
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‘A gallant death in the cause of freedom’: Percy Archer Clive (1873-1918)
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section continues with our blog series to commemorate those MPs who died…
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‘All that he hoped for and all that he had he gave’: Philip Kirkland Glazebrook (1880-1918)
Continuing our series on MPs who died while serving in the First World War, Dr. Kathryn Rix looks at an unlikely former MP…
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‘His life was lovely and pleasant & he died in glory’: the Hon. Neil James Archibald Primrose (1882-1917)
Continuing our series on MPs who died while serving in the First World War, Dr. Kathryn Rix looks at the…