Articles by Kathryn Rix
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MPs in World War I: William Hoey Kearney Redmond (1861-1917)
In the latest of our blogs on MPs killed in the First World War, Dr Kathryn Rix marks the centenary…
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‘Absolutely our best officer’: Valentine Fleming (1882-1917)
In the latest of our blogs on MPs killed in the First World War, Dr Kathryn Rix marks the centenary…
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Interrupting by-elections
On the day that the Manchester Gorton by-election was due to take place, Dr Kathryn Rix of our Victorian Commons…
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MPs in World War I: Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot (1872-1916)
100 years ago yesterday the Somme claimed another MP: Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot. Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons, blogs…
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MPs in World War I: Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (1879-1916)
Yesterday we marked the death of Hon. Guy Victor Baring, who died on 15 September 1916. Another former occupant of the…
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‘Died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor’: Thomas Michael Kettle (1880-1916)
Continuing our series of short biographies of the MPs who sadly lost their lives fighting in the First World War,…
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‘The thing is to get on with the War’: Duncan Frederick Campbell (1876-1916)
Our blog today returns to our series, all written by Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons, of short biographies…
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Electioneering in Sheffield Brightside… in 1897
Today voters across the country go to the polls. In Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, electors will choose their new MP…
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MPs in World War I: Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach, Viscount Quenington (1877-1916)
Michael Hugh Hicks-Beach had served as Tewkesbury’s Conservative MP for just over a decade when he was killed in action…