Monthly Archives: June 2015

MP of the Month: the remarkable rise of William Schaw Lindsay

Posted on June 29, 2015 by jowen1832

In the Persian Gulf in 1839, William Schaw Lindsay, captain of the merchant ship Olive Branch, was attacked by a sabre-wielding pirate, whom he promptly shot dead. If this brief encounter was almost unbelievably spectacular, Lindsay’s rise from a destitute … Continue reading →

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The Palace of Westminster: the balance between the traditional and the practical

Posted on June 24, 2015 by Kathryn Rix

In this week’s blog Rebekah Moore, one of our AHRC collaborative PhD students, recalls an earlier debate about the cost and location of the UK’s Parliamentary buildings … Last week, a report examining the necessary repairs and alterations to the … Continue reading →

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Waterloo: The Irish Dimension

Posted on June 18, 2015 by sball1832

As we commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of Britain’s epoch-making victory at Waterloo, we examine the contribution made by Irish soldiers who fought in the battle, and in particular the men who later sat in the reformed Parliament for Irish … Continue reading →

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Conference on petitioning

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Kathryn Rix

Readers of our blog may be interested in an event involving our former research fellow, Dr. Henry Miller (now at the University of Manchester’s History Department). During his time at the History of Parliament, he published an article in the English Historical … Continue reading →

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Goodbye and Good Luck to Dr James Owen!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by salmonphilip

This month we bid farewell to Dr James Owen, who is leaving the 1832-68 project for a teaching post in the USA. Since joining us in 2009 James has completed over 200 MP biographies and almost 30 full-length constituency articles … Continue reading →

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