Welcome to the History of Parliament’s House of Lords 1660-1832 section. Our current research covers the period 1715-1790, examining the history of the Upper Chamber during the reigns of George I, George II and George III, and features some of the most significant characters of the period. In all the project will produce new articles on 927 peers and bishops. These include several Prime Ministers, among them Sir Robert Walpole (earl of Orford), William Pitt the Elder (earl of Chatham), Thomas Pelham Holles, duke of Newcastle, and Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd marquess of Rockingham, along with less well-known but equally influential politicians.
Although our focus is on members of the Lords, our research also embraces other themes relating to the parliamentary estate, important political families, and key events, such as the Jacobite rebellions, major international conflicts in Europe, America and beyond, and several high profile trials over which the Lords presided.
Staff
Dr Robin Eagles
Editor
House of Lords, 1660-1832
Robin Eagles is a historian specialising in politics and society in the long eighteenth century, and a biographer of Radical MP John Wilkes
Dr Charles Littleton
Senior Research Fellow
House of Lords, 1660-1832
Charles Littleton is a historian and writer on eighteenth century political history and the aristocracy.
Article collection
Georgian Lords
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In his last post for the Georgian Lords, From bills to bullets: Spring 1775 and the approach to war in …
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At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 25 November, Dr Natalee Garrett of The Open University, will …
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For many, the beginning of November means the advent of longer nights as the year winds down to Christmas. Some …
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In this latest post, the Georgian Lords welcomes a guest article by James Orchin, PhD student at Queen’s University, Belfast, …
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The recent death of HRH the Duchess of Kent, who was married to the late queen’s cousin at York Minister …
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The death of Charles James Fox on 13 September 1806, just over eight months after that of his long-term rival, …