Monthly Archives: March 2014

MP of the month: John Tollemache and the ‘thraldom of party’

Posted on March 25, 2014 by salmonphilip

Tollemache is best remembered for his pioneering allotment schemes, which originated the phrase ‘three acres and a cow’, later made popular by the land reform campaigns of Jesse Collings MP and Joseph Chamberlain MP. The allotments with three-bedroom cottages he … Continue reading →

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The Knights of St. Patrick

Posted on March 17, 2014 by sball1832

On the day of Ireland’s patron saint, we look at the highest order of chivalry associated with that country, and consider the careers of some of the Members of Parliament who sat in the Reformed Commons and who were created … Continue reading →

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New book: Labour and the Caucus

Posted on March 10, 2014 by jowen1832

One of our Research Fellows on the 1832-68 project, Dr. James Owen, has just published his first book, with Liverpool University Press, Labour and the Caucus: working-class radicalism and organised Liberalism in England, 1868-1888. James recently gave a paper on his … Continue reading →

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