19th Century history
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How did the routes of political processions and protest marches evolve in London during the nineteenth century?
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on 20 May 2025, Professor Katrina Navickas of the University of Hertfordshire…
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A Westminster Boy Made Good: Charles Barry (1795-1860)
In this guest post, previously published on the Victorian Commons, Dr Caroline Shenton, formerly the Director of the Parliamentary Archives…
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‘Those dark little rooms’: Cecil Forester, the Carlton Club and electoral corruption
Drawing on her first biography for the House of Commons, 1832-1868 project, our new research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones looks…
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The Speaker’s House and the Evolution of the Speakership, 1794–1834
At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on 6 May 2025, Dr Murray Tremellen of York Museums Trust will…
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James Lamont (1828-1913), Arctic explorer and scientist
Our 1832-68 House of Commons project has researched many MPs who were better known for their exploits outside Parliament than…
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‘Made of Stone’ (or not): Statues in Parliament Square
For the past few months our Head of Contemporary History, Dr Emma Peplow, has been on Matt Chorley’s Radio 5live…
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Disraeli and One Nation Conservatism
In this article our former colleague Dr Henry Miller explores the origins of the phrase ‘One Nation’, which is famously…
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Joseph Holdsworth (1789-1857): candidate or returning officer?
In this article Dr Kathryn Rix of our House of Commons 1832-1945 project looks at a very unusual case –…
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Conscience versus constituency: the dilemma facing Henry Charles Sturt MP
On the anniversary of his death on 14 April 1866, Dr Philip Salmon of the Victorian Commons reflects on the…
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Catholics in the Commons after emancipation
Today (13 April) marks the anniversary of the Roman Catholic Relief Act gaining royal assent in 1829, which removed many…
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From Greenwich to the green benches: Alfred Rhodes Bristow (1818-1875)
The ongoing research of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project has found a surprising number of MPs who came from…
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Richard Cobden and his constituencies
In this guest post, originally published on the Victorian Commons website, Professor Simon Morgan of Leeds Beckett University, the principal investigator…