Monthly Archives: February 2021

From typhus to trains: the tragic deaths of 19th century MPs

Posted on February 23, 2021 by Kathryn Rix

The biographical format we follow when writing about the 2,591 MPs covered by our 1832-68 project means that we usually have one obvious finishing point: the MP’s death. As we have noted before in our blog on political longevity, many … Continue reading →

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Small borough politics in County Cork, 1832-1868: Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal

Posted on February 12, 2021 by sball1832

This post from our research fellow Dr. Stephen Ball was originally published on the History of Parliament blog as part of a Local History series on electoral politics in Ireland. The county of Cork was widely referred to as ‘the … Continue reading →

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