Scottish History
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‘An Auld Sang with a New Tune’: Devolution to Scotland in the 1970s
Today’s blog is from guest blogger Tom Chidwick. Tom is writing a history of the 1979 referendum in Scotland and…
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A Highland canvass in a ‘pocket county’: Ronald Gower (1845-1916) and the 1867 Sutherland by-election
Continuing our series on Scotland and his series on Lord Ronald Gower (1845-1916), Dr Martin Spychal, research fellow for the…
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Q. When is a Shire not a Shire? A. When it’s a Stewartry! Kirkcudbright in the 1650s
Continuing our series on Scotland, Dr Patrick Little, senior research fellow for the House of Commons 1640-1660 project, explores the…
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A Farewell to Arms, Kilts and Sporrans: banning Scottish Highland dress in the aftermath of Culloden
Continuing with November’s local history look at the Scottish presence in Parliament, today Dr Robin Eagles, editor of our Lords…
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‘None can sit here but a natural liegeman’: Scots at Westminster in the Jacobean era
As a prelude to this month’s spotlight on politics in Scotland to mark St Andrew’s Day, Dr Paul Hunneyball, assistant…
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All over in 4 ½ minutes? The battle of Prestonpans, 21 September 1745
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles considers some of the Members of Parliament involved in…
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Northumberland in the British Civil Wars
This month’s local history focus is Northumberland and we’re kicking things off with a look at the county during the…
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The Mystery of the ‘Black Box’ and the ‘true’ heirs of Charles II
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles probes the mysteries of the ‘black box’ that was…
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Tobacco Fraud and the Prorogation of April 1707
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow in the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Legislating for the United Kingdom’s four nations in the age of reform, 1830-1852
Ahead of tonight’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, we hear from James Smith, a doctoral candidate…
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Voting and not voting in Cromwellian Scotland
Today, on St Andrew’s Day we have a Scotland themed blog from Dr Patrick Little of the House of Commons…
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Irish Disputes at Westminster
To launch our new James I to Restoration blog, and also mark St Patrick’s Day, Dr Patrick Little of the…