Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd earl of Liverpool

Prime Ministers in the House of Lords

Kathryn Rix

March 12, 2026

The retirement of Lord Salisbury in 1902 marked the end of the last premiership undertaken from the House of Lords,…
The royal scandal that helped change British politics: the 1820 Queen Caroline affair

Philip Salmon

June 17, 2020

On 5 June 1820 Caroline of Brunswick returned to England to take her place as Queen Consort to George IV.…
The General Election of 1818

Philip Salmon

June 19, 2018

Today’s blog from Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section, Dr Philip Salmon details the significance of the contentious and rather…