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“The Greatest Appearance of Company ever seen”: Parliament, politics and horse-racing in the early 18th century

Robin Eagles

August 2, 2018

With Parliament in recess and ‘Glorious Goodwood’ in full swing, Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the House of Lords 1715-90 section, considers the importance of racing in Georgian society as an opportunity for political display… In the late summer of…
‘The last remedy God has left him’: medicine in the 18th century

Robin Eagles

July 12, 2018

Today’s blog from Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the Lords 1715-1790 Section is in keeping with our theme, health, medicine and Parliament. This theme is particularly significant this month as last week in the UK we celebrated 70 years of…
The soldiers’ ‘real friend’: John, Earl Ligonier: Huguenot refugee and British commander-in-chief

Charles Littleton

July 4, 2018

In this latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton, senior research fellow in the Lords 1715-90 section, examines the career and lasting influence of one of the pre-eminent British generals of the middle years of the 18th century.…
“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England

Robin Eagles

June 7, 2018

The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston’s book – A Very English Scandal – about the trial of the former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe for conspiracy and incitement to murder, prompted us at the HPT to think about other parliamentarians with links…
When is a degree, not a degree?

stuart03630ebada

June 5, 2018

In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow for the Lords 1715-90 section, considers the topical issue of university degrees and the need for appropriate qualifications in the early eighteenth century. University degrees are…
Duchesses in the Gallery: women watching the eighteenth-century House of Commons

Paul Seaward

May 31, 2018

This month’s installment of our ‘Women and Parliament’ blog series comes from the HPT’s Dr Paul Seaward, who is currently holder of a British Academy / Wolfson Foundation Research Professorship for his project, Reformation to Referendum: Writing a New History of…
‘Skulking on the Poop’: the court martial of Captain Henry Rufane 1745

Robin Eagles

May 15, 2018

Today’s blog for Mental Health Awareness Week is from Dr Robin Eagles of the Lords 1660-1832 Section. He describes the controversy surrounding the mental and physical health of Marine Captain Henry Rufane during his trial following a battle at sea with…
‘A noble sight’: the Prince’s Chamber and Royal Lyings in State in the Eighteenth Century

History of Parliament

May 3, 2018

In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, we are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Dr Rachel Wilson, Research Fellow for the Leverhulme Trust funded Sheridan Project at the University of Leeds, who considers the ceremonial uses of…
Why political history still matters

History of Parliament

March 22, 2018

Dr Katrina Navickas from the University of Hertfordshire was the keynote speaker at the History of Parliament Trust and Durham University’s Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty conference, which was held at the People’s History Museum in Manchester in November 2017. She…
Public Petitioning and Parliament, 1689-1760

History of Parliament

March 20, 2018

Today’s blog from Philip Loft, currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge, is part of our week of social media activity about all things petitioning, protest and franchise reform. This is ahead of our public event on the…
What Shall we do with the Children?

stuart03630ebada

March 8, 2018

In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley considers the difficulties one peerage family experienced in providing for a large family, the strategies pursued and the resulting careers of the offspring of the first Baron Barnard. Eighteenth-century…
Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar Series – Speaking in the Newspaper: Richard Brinsley Sheridan in April 1798

History of Parliament

February 27, 2018

Today’s blog is from Prof. Robert W Jones, who is professor of eighteenth-century studies in the School of English at the University of Leeds. He is also the principal investigator for the Leverhulme-funded project, ‘The Political Work of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’,…