Author Archives: salmonphilip

Conference registration now open: ‘Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in the British Isles, c.1790-1914’

Posted on May 19, 2023 by salmonphilip

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“To wring the widow from her customed right”: the debate about the ‘widow franchise’ in nineteenth-century Britain

Posted on May 3, 2023 by salmonphilip

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Registration now open: ‘Politics before Democracy’ Conference

Posted on March 20, 2023 by salmonphilip

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The horse and Victorian politics

Posted on February 10, 2023 by salmonphilip

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Politics before Democracy Conference

Posted on January 10, 2023 by salmonphilip

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The 1872 Secret Ballot and Multiple Member Seats

Posted on November 22, 2022 by salmonphilip

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‘Damn the secret ballot’: the UK’s public voting system before 1872

Posted on July 14, 2022 by salmonphilip

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190th Anniversary of the 1832 Reform Act

Posted on June 7, 2022 by salmonphilip

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‘Standing between two extremes’: James Wentworth Buller MP and the politics of moderation

Posted on March 3, 2022 by salmonphilip

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Happy New Year from the Victorian Commons!

Posted on January 1, 2022 by salmonphilip

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From colonial council to Parliament: the career of John Dunn MP

Posted on November 19, 2021 by salmonphilip

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Colloquium on ‘The British Aristocracy and the Modern World’

Posted on November 8, 2021 by salmonphilip

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The politics of a coronation: reaction and reform in 1821

Posted on July 5, 2021 by salmonphilip

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Pubs and drink in Victorian elections

Posted on April 23, 2021 by salmonphilip

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Vaccination and the Vote: a Victorian dilemma

Posted on March 22, 2021 by salmonphilip

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Professor Angus Hawkins (1953-2020)

Posted on January 6, 2021 by salmonphilip

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Elected without his consent: William Wilshere (1804-67) and the venal electors of Great Yarmouth

Posted on December 16, 2020 by salmonphilip

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A ‘pocket’ borough or a borough needing deep pockets? Abingdon’s elections in the nineteenth century

Posted on November 6, 2020 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Thomas Barrett Lennard (1788-1856)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by salmonphilip

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Floods, Plagues and the Second Coming: Charles Augustus Tulk MP

Posted on March 23, 2020 by salmonphilip

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Sir Robert Peel and the modern Conservative party

Posted on February 5, 2020 by salmonphilip

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Happy New Year from the Victorian Commons!

Posted on January 2, 2020 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Thomas Neville Abdy (1810-1877) and electoral misconduct

Posted on November 25, 2019 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Sidney Herbert – still dancing to Nightingale’s tune

Posted on September 16, 2019 by salmonphilip

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Political Prorogations: a view from the Victorian Commons

Posted on September 4, 2019 by salmonphilip

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‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ Thomas Jones Phillips (1790-1843): pioneering Tory election agent

Posted on August 6, 2019 by salmonphilip

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Political protest in the age of Peterloo

Posted on July 9, 2019 by salmonphilip

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Today’s blog from the editor of our House of Commons 1832-68 section, Dr Philip Salmon, is the first of many pieces in which we will discuss the Peterloo Massacre that took place in…

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Conscience versus constituency: the dilemma facing Henry Sturt MP

Posted on March 29, 2019 by salmonphilip

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Electoral malpractice and uncivil political speech: the case of Alfred Seymour MP

Posted on January 28, 2019 by salmonphilip

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Lord Derby, ‘centre’ parties and minority government

Posted on December 7, 2018 by salmonphilip

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The role and power of the House of Lords

Posted on November 13, 2018 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Henry Fawcett (1833-84)

Posted on July 19, 2018 by salmonphilip

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Upcoming event: Victorian Elections & Political Culture Workshop

Posted on April 17, 2018 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: John Barton Willis Fleming (1781-1844)

Posted on March 28, 2018 by salmonphilip

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Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty Conference

Posted on February 20, 2018 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Hugh Lupus Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor (1825-1899)

Posted on November 30, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Reporting Parliament: a view from the Victorian Commons

Posted on November 17, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty Conference: Manchester

Posted on November 10, 2017 by salmonphilip

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MP of the Month: Sir Philip de Malpas Grey-Egerton (1806-81)

Posted on July 31, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Minority governments and major change: a Victorian view

Posted on June 12, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Local polls and general elections: a Victorian perspective

Posted on May 4, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Call for Papers: conference on ‘Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty’, 3-4 Nov. 2017

Posted on April 6, 2017 by salmonphilip

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Defying the Whip: ‘rebel’ MP of the month, Swynfen Jervis (1797-1867)

Posted on March 13, 2017 by salmonphilip

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MP of the month: James Barlow Hoy (1794-1843)

Posted on September 28, 2016 by salmonphilip

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Petitioning Parliament: two PhD studentships

Posted on August 3, 2016 by salmonphilip

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An ‘upstart from the ranks’: MP of the Month, John Thomas Norris (1808-70)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by salmonphilip

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MP of the month: Rowland Alston (1782-1865)

Posted on January 25, 2016 by salmonphilip

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MP of the month: William Pinney and another kind of ‘slavery election’

Posted on November 29, 2015 by salmonphilip

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180th Anniversary of Town Council Elections

Posted on October 16, 2015 by salmonphilip

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Goodbye and Good Luck to Dr James Owen!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by salmonphilip

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