Georgian Lords
This collection highlights the ongoing research of our House of Lords 1660-1832, section specifically investigating the House of Lords in the early Georgian period.
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Exhibition review: Georgian Delights: Life during the Reign of George IV exhibition review
Last week Senior Research Fellow on the House of Lords 1715-90 project, Dr Stuart Handley, headed off on a field…
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Stand and deliver: sex, scandal and the Beaufort divorce case
In the middle of the 18th century polite society was both shocked and entertained by the lurid details following on…
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A Trojan horse in the House of Lords? The South Sea Company and the peerage
2020 marks the 300th anniversary of one of the most spectacular stock market crashes in British history when the South…
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“Windy music & heat in the House” The failure to reform the House of Lords in 1719
In the spring of 1719 the government introduced a measure for reforming the House of Lords. By its provisions the…
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‘Duely sensible of their obligation’: the role of women in Georgian election balls
With general elections back in the news, the Georgian Lords welcomes back Hillary Burlock for the second part of her…
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Tobacco Fraud and the Prorogation of April 1707
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow in the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Dancing into the Houses of Parliament: the role of balls in Georgian electoral campaigns
The latest blog from the Georgian Lords investigates the importance of dance in the eighteenth-century political process. Our guest author,…
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Manchester and the Lancashire peerage: the background to Peterloo
In the latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton considers the influence of some of the local grandees…
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The Favourite: The Missing Duchess
In the latest blog for the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley, senior research fellow on the Lords 1715-90 section, considers…
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Ich bin in meinem Herzen Englisch: Could George I speak English?
George I’s linguistic weakness was supposedly the reason for the preference shown to his German advisors over most English politicians,…
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“Hymen’s war terrific”: George III’s younger sons and the succession crisis of 1817-20
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of a new member of the royal family, Dr Charles Littleton, senior research…
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The will of the people? The Middlesex elections of 1769
250 years ago, in April 1769, the electors of Middlesex went to the polls: the third by-election they had experienced…