Articles by History of Parliament
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‘For our honour’s sake we dare not keep them out’: Josiah Wedgwood and the Jews in Nazi Europe
Ahead of our conference and public lecture at Keele University on 22 November to mark the 75th anniversary of…
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Crucible of revolution: Parliament, Putney, and the politics of settlement in the Autumn of 1647
Ahead of tonight’s special edition of our IHR Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar in aid of UK Parliament Week (‘One person,…
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A night in Parliament: Militant Suffragettes and Parliament
We are delighted to post this guest blog in our Women and Parliament series from one of the public historians…
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Life before Parliament: the formative years of Josiah C. Wedgwood, 1872-1904
Last night at the new Newcastle-under-Lyme Library the History of Parliament’s Sammy Sturgess and Emma Peplow, along with British Academy / Wolfson…
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“The Cause of Decency against Indecency”: Lady Chatham and the 1788 Westminster election
The latest post from the Georgian Lords features a guest blog by Dr Jacqueline Reiter, biographer of the 2nd earl…
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Commemorating Josiah C. Wedgwood: new HLF funded project
Today’s blog is the first in the series about our activities in Staffordshire as part of our HLF funded project,…
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Wikidata, British Politicians and the History of Parliament Trust
Today’s post is a guest blog from Andrew Gray of University College London. Andrew explains his Wikidata project which now…
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Life Peerages Act 1958: First Women Life Peers
Today marks the 60th anniversary of the announcement of the first Life Peers after the passing of the Life Peerages Act…
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Voice and Vote: behind the scenes
This blog looks at how the History of Parliament has been involved behind the scenes with the Voice and Vote…
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Currant affairs? Taxation without representation in early Stuart England
With tariffs on imported goods currently in the news, Dr. Simon Healy of the Lords 1604-29 Section provides some food…