Kay Midwinter: first female Clerk in the House of Commons – Mari Takayanagi In this blog Mari Takayanagi and Elizabeth Hallam Smith preview the story of Kay Midwinter, one of the pioneering women staff in Parliament featured in their new book, Necessary Women: the Untold S…

Today is World Parliament Day. Read about Kay Midwinter, the first female Clerk in the House of Commons, by Mari Takayanagi #WorldParliamentDay #HistoryOfParliament womenshistorynetwork.org/kay-midwinte...

Portrait of Joseph Addison by Godfrey Kneller.

On This Day 11th March 1710, Joseph Addison was returned as MP for Malmesbury following the death of Henry Mordaunt.
Addison was a poet, playwrite and co-founder of the Spectator magazine as well as a politician.
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Portrait of Charles James Fox by Karl Anton Hickel. He is depicted as a portly figure in black top hat and yellow waistcoat, with papers in hand.

On This Day in History, 28th February 1770, Charles James Fox, became Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. While MP for Midhurst at the time, he would be MP for Malmesbury from 1774-1780.
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I could not write this book without Obsidian. Here is a shot of some organization of material on representation and consent in church and monastic councils in the 12th and 13th centuries: #historyofparliament