Articles by Kathryn Rix
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‘The hero legislator of Uxbridge’: the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills (1887-1915)
100 years ago the Battle of Loos proved deadly for a third MP, as today marks the anniversary of the…
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‘One of the best’: Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (1883-1915)
Sadly the anniversaries of MPs’ deaths in the First World War are coming at very regular intervals currently – today…
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MPs in World War I: Dr. John Esmonde (1862-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the third MP who died fighting in the First World War, and the second…
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MPs in World War I: William Glynne Charles Gladstone (1885-1915)
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the second MP who died fighting in the First World War. Continuing our series…
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‘The first M.P. to fall’: the Hon. Arthur Edward Bruce O’Neill (1876-1914)
Over the next four years, we’ll be blogging short biographies of the MPs who died fighting in the First World…
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‘Watched with considerable curiosity’: The first secret ballot in Britain, 15 August 1872
Dr Kathryn Rix, of the Victorian Commons, tells us about the very first election by secret ballot in Britain… Today…