Category: 19th Century history

Women and Parliament, 17th Century history, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Georgian, Social history, Victorian

Women in charge? Parliament’s female Housekeepers and Necessary Women, c. 1690-1877

Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Mari Takayanagi, senior archivist in the UK Parliamentary Archives, and Elizabeth Hallam Smith, historical research consultant at the Houses of Parliament. On 28 November they will discuss the women who once operated behind the scenes at the House of Lords… The seminar takes place on 28 November 2023, between 5:30 and 6.30 p.m. … Continue reading Women in charge? Parliament’s female Housekeepers and Necessary Women, c. 1690-1877

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Victorian Commons, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, 20th century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Victorian

Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Reflections

Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of Parliament, guest blogger, Patrick Duffy, PhD candidate at Trinity College, Dublin, discusses the new interdisciplinary approaches presented at this conference. The Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference in Durham last July was a hugely enjoyable, beneficial and thought-provoking experience. As a historian interested in issues such as identity and … Continue reading Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Reflections

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Catherine Despard (c.1755-1815): Wife, Mother, Radical advocate 

You may have heard of Catherine Despard from the television series Poldark. In this blog Helen Wilson, PhD candidate with the History of Parliament and Open University, who is researching the Black and Mixed Ethnicity Presence in British Politics, 1750-1850, discusses Catherine’s marriage to Edward Despard and their status as an interracial couple involved in radical campaigns. The Despard conspiracy occurred in early 1802 and … Continue reading Catherine Despard (c.1755-1815): Wife, Mother, Radical advocate 

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Victorian Commons, 19th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Irish History, Social history, Victorian

Political practices: new directions in political history in the long nineteenth century

Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of Parliament, guest blogger Dr Helen Sunderland, a historian based at the University of Oxford, discusses the new directions of research that were presented and considers what might be next for political history. Two packed days at the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference at Durham University last month showcased the … Continue reading Political practices: new directions in political history in the long nineteenth century

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Victorian Commons, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, 20th century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events

Reflections on the Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference

Continuing our series reflecting on the Organise! Organise! Organise! conference hosted by Durham University and supported by the History of Parliament, guest blogger Erin Geraghty, Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham, shares her thoughts on the fresh perspectives offered on British and Irish political history. In July, Durham University hosted ‘Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in Britain … Continue reading Reflections on the Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference

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Georgian, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Electoral Reform, Social history

Everyday Experiences of Politics: Material Culture in the Age of Reform, 1780-1832

Our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar is back for the autumn term! At next week’s seminar Kerry Love of the University of Northampton will discuss material culture and the everyday experience of politics between 1780 and 1832. The seminar takes place on 3 October 2023, between 17:30 and 19:00. It is fully ‘hybrid’, which means you can attend either in-person in London at the IHR, or … Continue reading Everyday Experiences of Politics: Material Culture in the Age of Reform, 1780-1832

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19th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Social history, Victorian

The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) Online: An exploration in Active Citizenship

Today is the official launch of the Letters of Richard Cobden Online. This resource contains a searchable collection of digital transcripts of letters written by Cobden and a virtual exhibition of the original documents. Dr Simon Morgan, Principal Investigator for the project, explains more… Tuesday 19 September sees the official launch of the Letters of Richard Cobden Online. Fittingly for such a great Parliamentarian, this … Continue reading The Letters of Richard Cobden (1804-1865) Online: An exploration in Active Citizenship

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Georgian, 17th Century history, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, Legal history, Social history, Victorian

Soft power and stigma: Illegitimate children and the History of Parliament

In 2022, Kate Gibson, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Manchester, published her book Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England, 1660-1834. To measure the impact of stigma and disadvantage on children born outside of marriage she utilised the History of Parliament Online. In this blog she explains how the History of Parliament provided her with essential information and her findings on how illegitimacy … Continue reading Soft power and stigma: Illegitimate children and the History of Parliament

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Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Review

Last month Durham University, supported by the History of Parliament, hosted the conference Organise! Organise! Organise! Collective Action, Associational Culture and the Politics of Organisation in Britain and Ireland, c.1790-1914. This conference saw historians declare that the study of long nineteenth-century political history was here to stay. Guest blogger George Palmer, PhD candidate at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, reflects on the conference. In welcoming attendees to … Continue reading Organise! Organise! Organise! Conference Review

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Victorian Commons, 19th Century history, Elections, Factions, Women and Parliament

‘Another of my female politicians’ epistles’: Harriet Grote (1792-1878), the 1835 Parliament and the failed attempt to establish a radical party

In the fourth of his articles on Harriet Grote (1792-1878), our research fellow Dr Martin Spychal looks at Harriet’s involvement in the abortive attempt to establish a radical party at Westminster in the wake of the 1835 election. In November 1834 four years of Whig government came to an end with the appointment of a Conservative ministry. The change in government led to a general … Continue reading ‘Another of my female politicians’ epistles’: Harriet Grote (1792-1878), the 1835 Parliament and the failed attempt to establish a radical party

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