Tag: Parliamentary news

18th Century history, Elections, Georgian Lords

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 that year since one of their two MPs, John Wilkes, had been expelled from Parliament. Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the House of Lords 1660-1832 Section, examines the background to the election and how Parliament resolved the crisis. John Wilkes had originally been returned as … Continue reading The will of the people? The Middlesex elections of 1769

Robin Eagles4 Comments
Georgian Lords, 17th Century history, 18th Century history, Georgian, Parliamentary Life, Stuart

Reporting the House of Lords 1660-1832

The latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Robin Eagles reports back from last month’s conference of the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies in Oxford, which members of the section attended to speak about the project. A month has now passed since members of the House of Lords 1715-90 project, in company with Dr Paul Seaward, attended the annual conference of the British Society … Continue reading Reporting the House of Lords 1660-1832

Robin Eagles2 Comments
Stuart, 17th Century history, Conferences, Seminars and Events, Elections, Local History, Social history, Welsh History

Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Sarah Ward, ‘”I am nothing discuraged to present you with the Parliament newse”: parliamentary news, personal interest and political action in north-east Wales, 1640-88’

Our final ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of the year took place last week, as Sarah Ward of Oxford University, gave a paper on ‘I am nothing discuraged to present you with the Parliament newse’: parliamentary news, personal interest and political action in north-east Wales, 1640-88. Here Sarah reports back on her paper… This paper delivered the preliminary findings of an examination of the news … Continue reading Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Sarah Ward, ‘”I am nothing discuraged to present you with the Parliament newse”: parliamentary news, personal interest and political action in north-east Wales, 1640-88’

History of ParliamentLeave a comment