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Author Archives: Kathryn Rix
‘The only really important public service I performed’: John Stuart Mill’s women’s suffrage amendment, 20 May 1867
Our MP of the Month is John Stuart Mill (1806-73), who sat as Liberal MP for Westminster, 1865-8. One hundred and fifty years ago this week, the House of Commons voted for the first time on the question of granting … Continue reading
Posted in MP of the Month
Tagged 1867 Reform Act, divisions, John Stuart Mill, MP of the Month, petitioning, women, women's suffrage
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New publication: ‘The Second Reform Act and the problem of electoral corruption’
An article by our assistant editor, Kathryn Rix, on ‘The Second Reform Act and the problem of electoral corruption’ has just been published in a special issue of Parliamentary History, edited by Robert Saunders, and entitled ‘Shooting Niagara – and after?’ The … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, Publications
Tagged 1867 Reform Act, 1868 Election Petitions Act, corruption, Election petitions
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‘The son of one of the best men who ever adorned the country’: William Wilberforce (1798-1879)
Trading heavily on his family name, William Wilberforce (1798-1879), eldest son and namesake of the noted anti-slave trade campaigner, was elected in 1837 as Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Hull, which his father had represented from 1780 until 1784. During one election … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, MP of the Month
Tagged Bradford, Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, Taunton, William Wilberforce
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Happy New Year from the Victorian Commons for 2017
We would like to wish all the readers of the Victorian Commons a very Happy New Year for 2017! We’re looking forward to another year of blogging, but in the meantime, here are some of our blog highlights from 2016. … Continue reading
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New book: Parties, agents and electoral culture in England, 1880-1910
Our assistant editor, Dr. Kathryn Rix, has just published her first book, with Boydell and Brewer, in the Royal Historical Society’s Studies in History series, entitled Parties, agents and electoral culture in England, 1880-1910. She shares some of the key … Continue reading
MP of the Month: John Gully (1783-1863)
Following on from the History of Parliament’s blog series on ‘Unlikely parliamentarians’ to mark Parliament Week 2016, our MP of the Month is another unlikely parliamentarian. John Gully, ‘an advanced reformer’, served as MP for Pontefract for five years from … Continue reading
MP of the Month: James Lamont (1828-1913), Arctic explorer and scientist
Our MP of the Month blog for October comes from Dr Matthew McDowell, of the University of Edinburgh, who has contributed to our 1832-68 project with articles on Buteshire and its MPs. In this guest blog, he explores the career … Continue reading
Posted in Biographies, Guest blog, MP of the Month, Scotland
Tagged Arctic, Buteshire, Electioneering, exploration, James Lamont, religion, Scotland
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