Georgian
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When is a degree, not a degree?
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow for the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Duchesses in the Gallery: women watching the eighteenth-century House of Commons
This month’s installment of our ‘Women and Parliament’ blog series comes from the HPT’s Dr Paul Seaward, who is currently…
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‘Skulking on the Poop’: the court martial of Captain Henry Rufane 1745
Today’s blog for Mental Health Awareness Week is from Dr Robin Eagles of the Lords 1660-1832 Section. He describes the controversy…
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‘A noble sight’: the Prince’s Chamber and Royal Lyings in State in the Eighteenth Century
In the latest post for the Georgian Lords, we are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Dr Rachel Wilson,…
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Parliaments, Politics and People Seminar Series – Speaking in the Newspaper: Richard Brinsley Sheridan in April 1798
Today’s blog is from Prof. Robert W Jones, who is professor of eighteenth-century studies in the School of English at the…
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Reporting the House of Lords 1660-1832
The latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles reports back from last month’s conference of the British Society…
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‘By God my Lord, if you can bear this you are the strongest man in England’: the appointment of ‘Harley’s Dozen’ new peers in the winter of 1711/12
Current rumours suggest that the government may be on the point of boosting the numbers of Conservative peers in the…