Articles by History of Parliament
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Richard Ingoldsby – Reluctant Regicide?
On 29 January 1649, Charles I’s death warrant was signed by 59 men. One of these men, Richard Ingoldsby, later…
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The smallest room in the House
Women have been accessing the Palace of Westminster for centuries, yet sanitary facilities have not always been provided. Chloe Challender,…
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“Get a haircut”Celebrating the career of Lord Chancellor Cowper
10 May 2023 marked the 300th anniversary of the death of William Cowper, Earl Cowper, a rarity among political lawyers…
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The King’s Colonial Men? Re-migrants in Dutch Restoration Politics, 1815-1840
Our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar is back for the winter term. At next week’s seminar Dr Lauren Lauret of University College…
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Captain Ian Fraser MP and the 1926 Wireless Telegraphy (Blind Persons Facilities) Bill
In the mid-1920s, radio technology developments and the BBC’s foundation in Britain led to new and exciting possibilities. Access to…
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Visibility of Disability in the House of Commons: Food for Thought
As the UK marks Disability History Month, today’s guest blogger, Dr Ekaterina (Katya) Kolpinskaya explores the representation of disabilities in the…
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Parliamentarian or Not?
You’ve come to this page to find out the answers to the quiz- so which of these famous names sat…
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Post-Mortem by Print: Reflections on the Death of Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland
In the latest Revolutionary Stuart Parliaments blog, guest blogger William Poulter, a postgraduate researcher at the University of Leeds, discusses how…
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Women in charge? Parliament’s female Housekeepers and Necessary Women, c. 1690-1877
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Mari Takayanagi, senior archivist in the UK Parliamentary…
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Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Reflections
Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of Parliament, guest…
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‘There is not a Minister on this Side, that knows any Thing I either write or intend, excepting the Master of the Rolls and Sir George Radcliffe’: Sir Thomas Wentworth’s reliance on his cabal in the Irish Parliaments of Charles I’s reign
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Charlotte Brownhill of the Open University. On…
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Catherine Despard (c.1755-1815): Wife, Mother, Radical advocate
You may have heard of Catherine Despard from the television series Poldark. In this blog Helen Wilson, PhD candidate with…