19th Century history
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York: exploring the local history of a Victorian constituency
Alongside biographies of 2,591 MPs, our House of Commons 1832-68 project is also researching and writing articles on the 401…
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The queen and the chemist’s son: Matthew Wood MP and the radical defence of Queen Caroline
A hop merchant and former Lord Mayor, Wood brought Caroline out of exile in June 1820 and housed her at…
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Exploring parliamentary history through art
Today’s blog contains details of the Art UK online exhibitions that our researchers have curated during lockdown… The History of…
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The royal scandal that helped change British politics: the 1820 Queen Caroline affair
On 5 June 1820 Caroline of Brunswick returned to England to take her place as Queen Consort to George IV.…
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A politician of conscience: Thomas Edmund Harvey (1875-1955) and conscientious objection
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Mark Frankel, a PhD candidate at the University of…
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‘The power of returning our members will henceforth be in our own hands’: parliamentary reform and its impact on Exeter, 1820-1868
Dr Martin Spychal, research fellow for the Commons 1832-68, uses polling and voter registration data to explore the 1832 Reform…
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Schoolgirls’ visits to the Houses of Parliament, 1880-1918
Ahead of Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Helen Sunderland, a PhD candidate at Corpus Christi,…
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Ancient Britain, the Mother of Parliaments?
St George’s Day seems an appropriate moment to invoke John Bright’s famous, and much misunderstood, statement of 1865 that ‘England…
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Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Open University: The Black and Mixed Ethnicity Presence in British Politics, 1750-1850
We are pleased to announce that the History of Parliament Trust is participating in a doctoral studentship project in partnership…
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William Wilberforce, a Lettre and An Appeal: abolitionism between campaigns, 1807-1823
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from Anna Harrington, a PhD candidate…
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The History of Parliament Trust is on YouTube
Coming up in 2020 the History of Parliament Trust has exciting plans for the expansion of our online resources, the…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Petitioning, Parliament and Representation, 1780-1918
This evening the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar series returns with a paper about Edmund Burke, Whiggism and party,…