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From celebrity to outcast: William Bankes MP (1786-1855)

Philip Salmon

February 26, 2019

Today’s blog is the second of three posts to celebrate LGBT+ History Month. In this blog we hear from Dr…
Revisiting the origins of the Kindertransport on its 80th anniversary

History of Parliament

November 21, 2018

Today is the 80th anniversary of what is now known as the Kindertransport debate in the House of Commons. Ahead…
From ‘my charming angel’ to ‘a fool and tool of a party’: The love letters of Mrs Sarah Sidney to Baron Ossulston

Charles Littleton

November 8, 2018

In this latest blog post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton, senior research fellow on the Lords 1715-1790 section,…
Black History Month: “Pompey, Colonel Hill’s black”, and the politics of footmen in Queen Anne’s London

Paul Seaward

October 24, 2018

October is Black History Month in the UK and today we hear from Dr Paul Seaward, our former Director and…
Before the vote was won: women and politics, 1868-1918

Kathryn Rix

August 29, 2018

Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons 1832-1868 Section explains the relationship between women, Parliament and politics in…
“The Greatest Appearance of Company ever seen”: Parliament, politics and horse-racing in the early 18th century

Robin Eagles

August 2, 2018

With Parliament in recess and ‘Glorious Goodwood’ in full swing, Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the House of Lords 1715-90…
The 1842 Chartist Petition – why over 3 million signatures translated into less than 50 votes

History of Parliament

July 17, 2018

Today’s blog about the 1842 Chartist Petition is part of our focus on wider electoral and political reform throughout this…
‘The last remedy God has left him’: medicine in the 18th century

Robin Eagles

July 12, 2018

Today’s blog from Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the Lords 1715-1790 Section is in keeping with our theme, health, medicine…
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…
“More the air of an assassin than of a gentleman”: Duels and attempted murder in eighteenth-century England

Robin Eagles

June 7, 2018

The recent BBC adaptation of John Preston’s book – A Very English Scandal – about the trial of the former Liberal…
Dudley North, 3rd Lord North and the discovery of the waters of Tunbridge Wells

Ben Coates

May 23, 2018

As part of our focus on health and medicine, Dr Ben Coates of the Lords 1604-29 Section considers the origins…
Becoming a citizen: naturalizations and denizations in the seventeenth century

larminiev

May 1, 2018

In the context of discussion both of ‘the Windrush generation’ and the citizenship aspects of the Brexit negotiation, Dr Vivienne…

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