Tag Archives: Parliamentary buildings

The ladies’ gallery in the temporary House of Commons

Posted on March 8, 2024 by Kathryn Rix

Continuing our series on parliamentary architecture, and marking Women’s History Month, this blog from our assistant editor Dr Kathryn Rix looks at the provision made for women to witness debates in the temporary chamber used by the Commons between 1835 … Continue reading →

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‘A place of business’: the temporary chamber of the House of Commons, 1835-1851

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Kathryn Rix

In the next of our series on parliamentary buildings, this blog looks at the temporary accommodation used by the House of Commons from 1835 until 1851, after its previous chamber was destroyed by fire in October 1834. The devastating fire … Continue reading →

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Queen Victoria and parliamentary ceremony

Posted on June 2, 2022 by Kathryn Rix

As Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee is celebrated this weekend, we look at the relationship which another long-serving queen, Victoria, had with Parliament, sharing a post which first appeared on the History of Parliament’s blog. On 17 July 1837, less … Continue reading →

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‘Rotatory Parliaments’: The 1848 campaign for parliamentary sessions in Ireland

Posted on April 27, 2022 by sball1832

This post from our research fellow Dr. Stephen Ball looks at a proposal in 1848 to hold sittings of Parliament away from Westminster. The year 1848 witnessed revolutions in Europe and the climax of the Chartist agitation in England. Ireland … Continue reading →

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Four prorogations and a conflagration: Parliament and its buildings in 1834

Posted on June 22, 2021 by Kathryn Rix

Continuing our series on the different buildings occupied by the House of Commons between 1832 and 1868, this blog looks at the makeshift arrangements made for the prorogation in the aftermath of the devastating Westminster fire of October 1834. The … Continue reading →

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‘Like herrings in a barrel’: the chamber of the House of Commons prior to 1834

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Kathryn Rix

In this new series of blogs on the Palace of Westminster, we look at the three different debating chambers occupied by the MPs who sat in Parliament between 1832 and 1868, beginning with the Commons chamber in use until the … Continue reading →

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