Georgian Lords
This collection highlights the ongoing research of our House of Lords 1660-1832 section, specifically investigating the House of Lords in the early Georgian period.
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‘Where the disease is desperate, the remedy must be so too’: debating the 1721 Quarantine Act
The latest blog for the Georgian Lords considers the topical issue of quarantine. In the 1720s the government was forced…
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The Princess Mother: Augusta, Princess of Wales, the power behind the throne?
Today, on International Women’s Day, Dr Robin Eagles, editor of our Lords 1715-1790 project, looks at the life of Augusta,…
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Exhibition review: Georgian Delights: Life during the Reign of George IV exhibition review
Last week Senior Research Fellow on the House of Lords 1715-90 project, Dr Stuart Handley, headed off on a field…
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Stand and deliver: sex, scandal and the Beaufort divorce case
In the middle of the 18th century polite society was both shocked and entertained by the lurid details following on…
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A Trojan horse in the House of Lords? The South Sea Company and the peerage
2020 marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most spectacular stock market crashes in British history when the South…
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“Windy music & heat in the House” The failure to reform the House of Lords in 1719
In the spring of 1719 the government introduced a measure for reforming the House of Lords. By its provisions the…
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‘Duely sensible of their obligation’: the role of women in Georgian election balls
With general elections back in the news, the Georgian Lords welcomes back Hillary Burlock for the second part of her…
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Tobacco Fraud and the Prorogation of April 1707
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow in the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Dancing into the Houses of Parliament: the role of balls in Georgian electoral campaigns
The latest blog from the Georgian Lords investigates the importance of dance in the eighteenth-century political process. Our guest author,…
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Manchester and the Lancashire peerage: the background to Peterloo
In the latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton considers the influence of some of the local grandees…
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The Favourite: The Missing Duchess
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow on the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…