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Women in charge? Parliament’s female Housekeepers and Necessary Women, c. 1690-1877
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Mari Takayanagi, senior archivist in the UK Parliamentary…
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Loud enough to wake the dead? Fireworks and celebration in the mid-18th century
With Guy Fawkes night almost upon us, we can expect to see and hear fireworks going off all across the…
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Catherine Despard (c.1755-1815): Wife, Mother, Radical advocate
You may have heard of Catherine Despard from the television series Poldark. In this blog Helen Wilson, PhD candidate with…
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The Early Career of Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley re-examines the early career of Hugh Boulter, briefly bishop…
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Everyday Experiences of Politics: Material Culture in the Age of Reform, 1780-1832
Our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar is back for the autumn term! At next week’s seminar Kerry Love of the University…
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Tackling congestion in 18th-century London
In the course of the 18th century, Britain’s towns became increasingly congested with private carriages as well as a variety…
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Soft power and stigma: Illegitimate children and the History of Parliament
In 2022, Kate Gibson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Manchester, published her book Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma…
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‘the genuine foundation of our evils’: the Tea Duty Act and Boston Tea Party 250 years on
In the 18th century, tea was a popular drink in America. Yet the East India Company struggled to sell their…
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Who do they think they are? Lineage of members of the House of Lords
One thought he was descended from Adam, another that he was a Hapsburg prince. In this latest blog, Dr Robin…
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‘Almost an afterthought’: Queen Charlotte
The latest series of Bridgerton – Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – has captured viewers with a reimagining of the…
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‘The buzz, the prattle, the crowds, the noise, the hurry’: the Coronation of George III and Queen Charlotte
Royal celebrations in the Georgian period were renowned for their mixture of stately formality and farcical mix-ups. In the third…
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‘The most solemn, magnificent, and sumptuous ceremony’: The coronation of George II and Queen Caroline, 11 October 1727
Contemporaries were agreed that the coronation of George II and Queen Caroline on 11 October 1727 was spectacular. In our…