Monthly Archives: December 2012

MP of the month: William Christmas

Posted on December 20, 2012 by sball1832

With the festive season approaching, there could be no more fitting ‘MP of the month’ than William Christmas (c. 1799-1867), Conservative MP for the city of Waterford, 1832-5 and 1841-2, whose biography is one of the latest to be added … Continue reading →

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Christmas at Newgate: Edward Glover MP and the abolition of the property qualification

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Kathryn Rix

Less than nine months after he had been elected as MP for Beverley at the 1857 general election, Edward Auchmuty Glover found himself spending Christmas Day in Newgate prison, having been arrested two days earlier. This energetic Irish barrister had … Continue reading →

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Boundary Changes: the Victorian legacy

Posted on December 6, 2012 by salmonphilip

The recent report of the boundary commission, remodelling England’s constituency arrangements in line with population movements, serves as an important reminder of the prominent role played by boundary reforms during the nineteenth century. Every extension of the franchise – 1832, … Continue reading →

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