Tag Archives: Navy

MP of the Month: Peter Rolt (1798-1882), the man who built HMS Warrior

Posted on October 29, 2018 by sball1832

A successful Deptford timber merchant, Peter Rolt rose to eminence as a dockyard contractor and became one of the greatest of London’s shipbuilders. He was elected as Conservative MP for Greenwich in 1852. An ebullient character who was known for … Continue reading →

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MP of the month: Sir Harry Neale and ‘outside interests’

Posted on December 16, 2014 by salmonphilip

The issue of MPs having ‘outside interests’ is not one traditionally associated with the Victorian period, when all MPs were unpaid and had to fund their own election campaigns, often at vast expense. Victorian MPs, almost ipso facto, had to … Continue reading →

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MP of the month: George Henry Seymour, Captain of the Royal Yacht

Posted on October 21, 2013 by sball1832

As today marks the 208th anniversary of Lord Horatio Nelson’s naval victory at Trafalgar, we have chosen a parliamentarian with a notable naval career as our MP of the Month. George Henry Seymour (1818-69), MP for County Antrim, 1865-9, was the scion of … Continue reading →

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MP of the Month: Viscount Ingestre

Posted on February 21, 2013 by millerhenryj

Viscount Ingestre (1803-68) was an Ultra-Tory MP whose greatest claim to fame was as the tireless champion of the dubious inventions of the charlatan ‘Captain’ Warner which would supposedly revolutionise naval warfare. Lord Stanley, the earl of Derby’s heir, noted … Continue reading →

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Naval MPs in the Victorian Commons

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Kathryn Rix

Trafalgar Day (21st October) seems a fitting date to note that the biographies already completed for the 1832-1868 project include several MPs who pursued careers in the navy before entering Parliament. These individuals were generally esteemed as representatives of a … Continue reading →

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