19th Century history
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From ‘People’s Champions’ to ‘Tribunes of the People’: popular politicians in Parliament, c. 1810 to 1867
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Simon Morgan of Leeds Beckett…
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‘So much dignity and efficiency’: John Evelyn Denison, Speaker of the House of Commons, 1857-72
The new year calls for a new blog series, so throughout 2022 we’re taking a closer look at some of…
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Gladstone and Ireland: A Financial Approach
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Douglas Kanter of Florida Atlantic…
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Henry Dundas: A ‘great delayer’ of the Abolition of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Ahead of next Tuesday’s Virtual IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Stephen Mullen of the University…
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‘Restless, turbulent, and bold’: Radical MPs and the opening of the reformed Commons in 1833
MPs and peers returned to Westminster earlier this month after over a year of upheaval, disruption, and online chambers. In…
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Parliament and the Naval Review
In today’s blog our director Dr Paul Seaward is casting his eyes out to sea, with a look into the…
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Victorian MPs and holidays
With the summer holiday season well under way, our blog today looks at how nineteenth-century MPs spent their vacations, and…
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The ‘Glorious Twelfth’
Did you know that the twelfth of August was an important date in the Victorian and Edwardian political – and…
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The Graphic Parliament: Picturing the House of Commons 1880-1920
At the end of June, History of Parliament Director Dr Paul Seaward joined House of Commons photographer Jess Taylor to…
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The power of the (silk) purse: electioneering in nineteenth-century Macclesfield
In today’s blog Dr Kathryn Rix, assistant editor of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project, takes a local history look…
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George Huntingford, bishop of Hereford and tutor to Viscount Sidmouth
The Georgian Lords are delighted to welcome a guest blog from Laurence Guymer, master at Winchester College, on the influential…
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The Imperial Afterlife of Warren Hastings, 1818-1947
In today’s blog we hear from Alfie Banks formerly of the University of Southampton, winner of the History of Parliament…