Military history
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MPs in World War I: Francis Bennett-Goldney (1862-1918)
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section continues with our blog series to commemorate those MPs who died during the…
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‘Matters far beyond their reach or capacity’: Parliament and foreign policy in 1621
As Parliament continues to debate Brexit, Dr Paul Hunneyball of the Lords 1604-29 section examines how the House of Commons first…
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The soldiers’ ‘real friend’: John, Earl Ligonier: Huguenot refugee and British commander-in-chief
In this latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton, senior research fellow in the Lords 1715-90 section, examines…
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Irish MPs and the Crimean War 1853-1856
This week at the History of Parliament we are sharing the military history of Parliament through parliamentarians and their military…
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Parliaments, Politics and People seminar – Ex-servicemen and the Liberal Party: the Great War generation and the electoral and parliamentary politics of the 1920s
Today’s blog ahead of our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research this evening, is from…
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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 gallant death in the cause of freedom’: Percy Archer Clive (1873-1918)
Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Commons 1832-1868 Section continues with our blog series to commemorate those MPs who died…
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Life before the RAF: the young air services and Parliament
The 1 April 2018 marks 100 years since the formation of the Royal Air Force, a particularly poignant anniversary for…
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Parliament, Politics and People: The politics of impressment, 1639-41: a Gloucestershire microhistory
Today’s blog is a summary from Sonia Tycko, PhD. candidate from Harvard University about the paper that she presented, as part…
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‘All that he hoped for and all that he had he gave’: Philip Kirkland Glazebrook (1880-1918)
Continuing our series on MPs who died while serving in the First World War, Dr. Kathryn Rix looks at an unlikely former MP…
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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…