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19th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Constituencies, Elections, Victorian

Parliamentary politics in the London boroughs, 1832-68

At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 19 May, Dr Jeremy Crump of the Institute of Historical Research, will be discussing parliamentary politics in the London boroughs between 1832 and 1868. The seminar takes place on 19 May 2026, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. It is fully ‘hybrid’, which means you can attend either in-person in London at the IHR, or online … Continue reading Parliamentary politics in the London boroughs, 1832-68

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Conferences, Seminars and Events, 18th Century history, 19th Century history, Factions, Georgian, History of Parliament Trust, Modern, Parliamentary Life

The role of political sociability in establishing and maintaining political friendship and alliances in late-Hanoverian Britain, 1760-1837

At the IHR Parliaments, Politics and People seminar on Tuesday 5 May, BrendanTam of the University of Warwick, will be discussing political sociability and friendship in late-Hanoverian Britain. The seminar takes place on 5 May 2026, between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. It is fully ‘hybrid’, which means you can attend either in-person in London at the IHR, or online via Zoom. Details of how to … Continue reading The role of political sociability in establishing and maintaining political friendship and alliances in late-Hanoverian Britain, 1760-1837

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

The King’s Colonial Men? Re-migrants in Dutch Restoration Politics, 1815-1840

Our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar is back for the winter term. At next week’s seminar Dr Lauren Lauret of University College London will discuss how politicians who started their careers in the colonies shaped the culture of Dutch Restoration politics between 1815 and 1840. The seminar takes place on 16 January 2024, between 17:30 and 19:00. It is fully ‘hybrid’, which means you can attend either … Continue reading The King’s Colonial Men? Re-migrants in Dutch Restoration Politics, 1815-1840

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Stuart, 17th Century history, Charles I, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Irish History

‘There is not a Minister on this Side, that knows any Thing I either write or intend, excepting the Master of the Rolls and Sir George Radcliffe’: Sir Thomas Wentworth’s reliance on his cabal in the Irish Parliaments of Charles I’s reign

Ahead of next Tuesday’s Parliaments, Politics and People seminar, we hear from Dr Charlotte Brownhill of the Open University. On 14 November Charlotte will discuss the management of Irish parliaments in the 1630s and 1640s. The seminar takes place between 5:30 and 6.30 p.m. You can attend online via Zoom. Details of how to join the discussion are available here. Sir Thomas Wentworth (later earl … Continue reading ‘There is not a Minister on this Side, that knows any Thing I either write or intend, excepting the Master of the Rolls and Sir George Radcliffe’: Sir Thomas Wentworth’s reliance on his cabal in the Irish Parliaments of Charles I’s reign

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Tudor, 14th Century history, 15th Century History, 16th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Medieval, Parliamentary Life

The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558

Last month, Dr Simon Payling spoke at the final ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar on the ‘Transformation of the Commons, 1386-1588’. Here is Simon’s summary of his paper… The paper described the changing composition of the Commons between the majority of Richard II and the death of Mary I, a significant period in its evolution. The most apparent change was the reversal of an earlier … Continue reading The ‘transformation’ of representation, 1386-1558

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17th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Stuart

David Magliocco, ‘Popularity, “popularity” and popularity: Pepys and popularity’

Dr Robin Eagles reports back from our latest ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar… The last Parliaments seminar returned to the middle years of the 17th century when David Magliocco, armed with an intriguing title, sought to delve into Samuel Pepys’ assessment of the period by examining the multi-faceted term ‘popularity’. The main thrust of his paper centred on the pivotal years 1666-7, which saw the … Continue reading David Magliocco, ‘Popularity, “popularity” and popularity: Pepys and popularity’

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Georgian, 18th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events

Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Nigel Aston ‘Out of retirement: Lord Lansdowne and opposition politics in the 1790s’

At our last ‘parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Dr Nigel Aston (University of Leicester) spoke on William Petty, Lord Lansdowne and his role as an opposition politician in the 1790s. He surveyed Lansdowne’s years after his term as Prime Minister (1782-3), which are often glossed over in accounts of his life. Instead of disappearing into the shadows, Dr Aston argued, during these years Lansdowne was … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Nigel Aston ‘Out of retirement: Lord Lansdowne and opposition politics in the 1790s’

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Stuart, 17th Century history

Parliaments, Politics and People – Simon Healy ‘The Significance (and Insignificance) of Precedent in Early Stuart Parliaments’

Last week our Parliaments, Politics and People seminar returned for the summer term, with the HOP’s own Simon Healy. His paper, ‘The Significance (and Insignificance) of Precedent in Early Stuart Parliaments’ was a longer version of one presented at April’s ‘Writing the History of Early Modern Parliament’ colloquium in Oxford. Healy took a number of examples of conflicts between parliament and the crown during this … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics and People – Simon Healy ‘The Significance (and Insignificance) of Precedent in Early Stuart Parliaments’

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Georgian, 18th Century history, George II

Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Andrew Thompson (Queens’ Cambridge) ‘George II, Power and Parliament’

Dr Robin Eagles reports back from our latest ‘Parliament, politics and people‘ seminar… Neither of the first two Hanoverian monarchs has fared well in popular perception. Both have been dismissed as remote, stolid and very foreign. Our latest seminar by Andrew Thompson challenged some of these preconceptions about the second of the Georges. In his paper Andrew sought to draw together some of his earlier … Continue reading Parliaments Politics and People seminar: Andrew Thompson (Queens’ Cambridge) ‘George II, Power and Parliament’

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19th Century history, Buildings and Architecture, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Victorian

Parliament, Politics and People Seminar: Caroline Shenton

Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the History’s Commons, 1832-68 project and one of the Victorian Commons bloggers, reports back from the second ‘Parliament, Politics and People’ seminar of the term, given by Caroline Shenton earlier this week. The ‘Parliament, Politics and People’ seminar at the Institute of Historical Research recently heard an extremely interesting talk from Caroline Shenton of the Parliamentary Archives on ‘The … Continue reading Parliament, Politics and People Seminar: Caroline Shenton

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