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Author Archives: Kathryn Rix
Parliament versus the People: the Newport rising of 1839
Originally posted on The History of Parliament:
Today marks the 180th anniversary of the Newport rising when government forces and Welsh Chartists clashed in the town of Newport. Here’s Dr Philip Salmon, editor of our House of Commons 1832-68 project,…
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A female politician? Lady Derby and mid-Victorian political life
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Continuing our series on Women and Parliament, Dr. Jennifer Davey of the University of East Anglia looks at the influence of Mary, Countess of Derby (1824-1900) within the worlds of high politics and…
Posted in Guest blog, women
Tagged aristocracy, Female participation, Lady Derby, women
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Collaborative Doctoral Award with the Open University: The Black and Mixed Ethnicity Presence in British Politics, 1750-1850
We are pleased to announce that the History of Parliament Trust is participating in a doctoral studentship project in partnership with the Open University. Applications are invited for an Open-Oxford-Cambridge AHRC DTP-funded Collaborative Doctoral Award, for entry in 2020-21. The deadline … Continue reading
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Tagged BME History, Collaborative Doctoral Award, Open University
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MP of the Month: George Augustus Constantine Phipps, Earl of Mulgrave (1819-1890), MP and colonial governor
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of our MP of the Month, George Augustus Constantine Phipps, who, after a short stint in the army, served in the Commons as Liberal MP for Scarborough, 1847-51 and 1852-57, under his … Continue reading
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Tagged Born1819, colonies, Earl of Mulgrave, Marquess of Normanby, Nova Scotia, Queensland, royal household, Scarborough, whip
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MP of the Month: John Fenton (1791-1863)
In 1832 John Fenton, a Nonconformist Whig from a local banking and textile manufacturing family, was elected as the first MP for his native Rochdale, which had been given a parliamentary seat by the 1832 Reform Act. He lost to … Continue reading
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Tagged photography, Rochdale, Roger Fenton, treating
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Ethnic minorities in Parliament: a new addition to the Victorian Commons
In our research on the membership of the House of Commons between 1832 and 1868, we previously identified two non-white MPs: John Stewart, MP for Lymington, 1832-47, the illegitimate son of a West Indian plantation owner, who was probably of … Continue reading
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Tagged BME MPs, ethnic minorities, Henry Galgacus Redhead Yorke, Henry Redhead Yorke
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The Speaker and the same question: a view from the Victorian Commons
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In today’s blog Dr Philip Salmon, editor of the 1832-1945 House of Commons project, explores some of the historical background behind recent Parliamentary rulings relating to Brexit. The rules governing UK parliamentary procedure,…
