Congratulations to #HistParl colleague Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones, who has edited a special issue of Parliamentary History!
All the artilces are free to read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...
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Great excitement in the #HistParl office as our research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones gets her hands on a print copy of her special issue of Parliamentary History. It's currently free to access online here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17500206...
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On 14 April 1471, a crucial battle in the Wars of the Roses was fought in Barnet.
Find out more about the battle and its impact via Dr Simon Payling's article for #HistParl.
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18th-century newspapers always know how to cut to the chase:
"the late earl of Uxbridge had the largest stud of horses of any nobleman in Europe, keeping the amazing number of 720 horses and mares, and never rode one of them"
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"The Mouse (according to Order) was adjourned during Pleasure"
Today's surprise reading from the Lords Journals...
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With the Grand National taking place this weekend at Aintree, another chance to consider the importance of horse racing for the politics of Georgian society:
historyofparliament.com/2018/08/02/p...
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299 years ago, Parliament was prorogued following the discovery of a loop-hole in the Act of Union, which was due to come into force on 1 May.
Read Dr Stuart Handley's article for #HistParl, exploring the so-called 'Tobacco Fraud' of April 1707.
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Our colleague @martinspychal.bsky.social will be speaking about Harriet & George Grote. Some of his work on Harriet can be found on the #HistParl website: historyofparliament.com?s=Harriet+Gr...
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446 years ago, the South East of England was struck by the earthquake in two hundred years.
Read Dr Andrew Thrush's article for #HistParl on the earthquake, why citizens thought it happened, and how they responded to it.
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On 3 April 1721, Robert Walpole became First Lord of the Treasury.
Read Dr Robin Eagles' article for #HistParl to find out more about Walpole's rise to power.
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29 Mar 1626: Charles I defends the Duke of Buckingham against #Parliament in a speech written by William Laud #otd #HistParl Almost exactly year earlier on his deathbed, James VI & I had asked Charles to protect Buckingham.
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"his political record is a story of places of profit and dumb votes"
Sir Lewis Namier giving no quarter in his entry on the duke of Bedford's loyal lieutenant, Richard Vernon...
www.histparl.ac.uk/volume/1754-...
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As part of a new #HistParl series, Dr Patrick Little explores how illness derailed a compromise between Charles I and his Parliamentarian opponents.
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On 22 March 1684, William Pulteney, 1st earl of Bath, was born.
Our former colleague, Dr Stuart Handley, in his last post for the #HistParl site last year, reflected on Pulteney’s career after he received his earldom in 1742.
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Later this year, Dr Robin Eagles of the Georgian Lords will be speaking at the University of Nottingham as part of their 'We the People' exhibition, which commemorates the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence.
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www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/a-revo...
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260 years ago today, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
Read Dr Robin Eagles' article for #HistParl to find out more about this controversial legislation and its role in the origins of the American Revolution.
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I had a joyful time presenting at @ihr.bsky.social’s #histparl seminar yesterday: a BIG thank you to @martinspychal.bsky.social & Dr Robin Eagles for making me so welcome, to all who came along in person & online, & to Martin, Robin, & Drs Philip Salmon & Naomi Lloyd-Jones for some terrific leads!
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Prior to the 1770s it was contrary to the privilege of Parliament for details of debates to be reported. In the latest piece for the Georgian Lords, Charles Littleton considers the case of one person who was able to keep an absent peer up to date.
historyofparliament.com/2026/03/17/d...
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The Prime Minister has so far been in office for 1 year and 256 days. Assuming he remains so for another four days, he will overtake Pitt the Younger's second term as PM (1804-1806). He has already far exceeded the 3rd duke of Grafton's tenure (1 year 107 days).
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One of those speaking on the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) bill yesterday was the 16th earl of Kinnoull, a direct descendant of Robert Harley, earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, who is one of the key figures in the early stages of the Lords 1715-90 and was, arguably, the first ever PM.
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The passage of the Hereditary Peers Bill in the Lords yesterday means an end to 366 unbroken years of membership of Parliament by peers claiming their seats by hereditary right.
If one overlooks the hiatus of 1649-1660, their participation dates back to the very beginning of parliaments.
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Ever wondered why May for UK elections? Find out more 👇in my post for the #histparl blog.
If you're a glutton for May Day traditions, parliamentary reform debate & ideas about Anglo-Saxon direct democracy, I'll be expanding at 5:30 (online & in person) on 17 March @ihr.bsky.social 👉 rb.gy/65bzj7
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9 Mar 1607: b. Gervase Holles antiquarian writer, MP & royalist exile #otd (eebo - the speech that got him expelled) #HistParl
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photo of a bronze statue of a man in 18th century clothing holding one hand above his head, in the background trees and a blue sky.
The Georgian Lords have been off on a busman's holiday in Bristol, where it was impossible to miss the inevitable statue to Edmund Burke...
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New post on the #HistParl website from @kathrynrix.bsky.social!
Read it here:
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Excellent to hear Henry Sacheverell remembered today on BBC Radio Wiltshire on the Sue Davies programme.
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In his opening remarks #OTD 1710, the attorney general, Sir James Montagu emphasized that Sacheverell had set out to asperse the queen (Anne) and her Revolution 'by insinuating fears, and suggesting False lies', which were 'not a doctrine proper at this time'.
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engraving of a man in 18th-century clothes with black robes and a white collar, wearing a long grey curled wig.
#OnThisDay 1710 the state trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell got underway in Westminster Hall.
Sacheverell had infuriated the Whig ministry by preaching against the 1688 Revolution. Their efforts to impeach led to widespread rioting and ultimately brought the ministry down.
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"they were so angry with you that it took up a great deal of time and several bottles of wine to appease them"
Lord Bathurst to Lord Gower in 1722, reporting back on a fraught meeting with some of their allies.
Politics as it ought to be done.
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Interesting (if sad) deposition from 1747 of Margaret Ley, a gingerbread maker from Lichfield, who reported being assaulted at her stall in Birmingham by 4 men, because her husband and son had voted Whig at the recent general election.
discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1...
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