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The History of Parliament's House of Commons 1832-1868 project. Find more details on our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/
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Our Victorian Commons blog is 12 today! We have well over 300 posts to read on 19thC British political history, looking at elections, MPs, Parliament and lots more: victoriancommons.wordpress.com
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Died #OnThisDay 1866 Samuel Irton, of Irton Hall, Cons MP Cumberland West, 1833-47, 1852-7. After his death his widow reportedly burnt all his family's documents, since ‘as there were no more to bear the name of Irton, these relics could be of no interest to anyone'!
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Shaw Lefevre served as Speaker, 1839-57, and was replaced by John Evelyn Denison, whose invitation from Palmerston to become Speaker ‘took me by surprise’. Find out more about the career of the final Speaker of our 1832-68 period in this blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/01/21/s...
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Abercromby was followed as Speaker by another Whig, Charles Shaw Lefevre, the 2nd longest serving Speaker (1839-57). He had been an MP since 1830, for Downton, 1830-1, Hampshire, 1831-2, and Hampshire North, 1832-57. www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-...
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Abercromby, who served as Speaker until his retirement from the Commons in 1839, oversaw debates in the temporary Commons chamber which was used after the October 1834 fire. Although makeshift, this chamber had advantages over the old chamber. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/a...
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Manners Sutton was defeated in the Speakership election of 19 February 1835 by James Abercromby, a Whig, who was MP for Midhurst, 1807-12, Calne, 1812-30, and Edinburgh, 1832-9. For Abercromby’s pre-1832 Commons career, see www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-...
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Manners Sutton presided over debates in the old House of Commons chamber, before its destruction by fire in October 1834. This was a cramped and uncomfortable space for MPs, as our blog discusses: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/l...
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The Commons elects the Speaker today. There were 4 different Speakers during our 1832-68 period. Charles Manners Sutton, a Tory, had been Speaker since 1817. He was MP for Scarborough, 1806-32, & Cambridge Univ, 1832-5. For his pre-1832 career, see www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-...
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When the new Parliament assembles tomorrow, more than half of MPs will not have sat in the Commons before. This exceeds the 38% of MPs who were new to parliamentary life in 1832. In this blog we looked at the 1832 Reform Act's impact on the Commons: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/06/12/t...
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#OnThisDay 1841 Henry Broadley & Beaumont Hotham were elected for the East Riding of Yorkshire. You can find out about Broadley & his diary as MP here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2015/03/30/t... & about Hotham, a Waterloo veteran, here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/m... #19thC
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#OnThisDay 1848 the Commons voted against the ‘Little Charter’ of electoral reforms (household franchise, the ballot, triennial Parliaments & more equal distribution of seats) proposed by Joseph Hume, rejecting it by 351 votes to 84: api.parliament.uk/historic-han... #19thC
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Born #OnThisDay 1805 Robert Fitzroy, best known for his command of HMS Beagle, on which Charles Darwin voyaged. He was Conservative MP for Durham, 1841-3. Our blog has more on him & his role in pioneering weather forecasting: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/r... #19thC
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Historic #DogsAtPollingStations the Marquess of Chandos's dog escaping the mob at the 1837 Buckinghamshire polling booth... www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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It’s polling day and with pollsters trying to predict results in each seat, we are revisiting our editor Philip Salmon’s blog on how Victorian political parties tried to predict election outcomes: thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/p...
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Just 1 day until polling day and here’s our final Victorian election fact. 1. Elections could be colourful community events, with nominations taking place in public, as well as other election rituals such as the chairing of the victorious MPs. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/03/14/n... #19thC
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Died #OnThisDay 1850 Sir Robert Peel, twice Conservative prime minister. This blog from our editor Philip Salmon explores his relationship with the Conservative party, which Peel helped to shape but also divided: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/02/05/s... #19thC
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It’s 2 days until polling day and our Victorian elections countdown is almost over. 2. Did you know that until 1885, most constituencies elected more than one MP? Find out more about the implications of multi-member seats in our new blog. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/e...
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3 days to polling day and our countdown continues. 3. Although women did not have the parliamentary vote, they could still be active participants in politics in many ways. Harriet Grote played an important part in her husband’s 1832 election campaign: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/05/24/t...
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With 4 days until polling day, we are sharing another Victorian election history fact. 4. Elections could be unruly and violent events, as this guest blog from the Victorian Election Violence Project explains: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/02/06/v... #19thC
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With 6 days to polling day, our history countdown goes on. 6. Elections inspired some famous 19thC writers. Notably Trollope, himself a candidate, & Dickens, who declined to stand as an MP, but used his experiences as a reporter in creating Eatanswill: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/f...
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7 days to polling day & here’s today’s fact you might not know about 19thC elections. 7. MPs could be elected in their absence & sometimes even without their consent. William Wilshere was in Paris in 1838 when he found out he was MP for Great Yarmouth: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/12/16/e...
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For many of us, next week's election will mean a short walk to the polling station. But getting to the poll could be much more complicated in the 19thC. Find out more in our latest blog:
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With 8 days until polling day, our Victorian elections countdown continues. 8. With no limits on the amount candidates could spend at elections until 1883, elections could be very costly. For one constituency needing ‘deep pockets’, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/11/06/a... #19thC
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It's 9 days until polling day and we’re continuing our countdown of Victorian election facts. 9. The secret ballot was not used at parliamentary elections until 1872. Before this, voting took place in public. This blog explains how the system worked: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/08/05/e...
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With 10 days until polling day, it’s time for our ‘10 things you might not know about Victorian elections’ countdown. 10. Before 1918 not all constituencies voted on the same day, with several weeks between first and last polls. On election timing, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/j...
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Peter Rolt, who was born #OnThisDay 1798, was Conservative MP for Greenwich, 1852-7, but was better known as the builder of Britain’s first ironclad warship, HMS Warrior, in 1860. Find out more about him in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/m... #19thC
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There's a week until the #CfP deadline (28/6) for The Radical North, 1779-1914: A Symposium in Memory of Malcolm Chase (Leeds, 29/11/24).
We're seeking proposals for 20min papers on radicalism in northern England from 1779-1914. All the details are in the link.
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Voters will be heading to the polls next month, in a rare July election, but summer elections were much more common in the 19thC. Our latest blog from @martinspychal.bsky.social explains why and looks at the impact which this had: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/20/j... #19thC
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Born #OnThisDay 1811 John Bowes. He represented South Durham for 15 years (1832-47) but never spoke in debate in the Commons. He is best known as the founder of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle. Find out more about him in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/m... #19thC
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A major figure in the campaign against slavery and a leading speaker for the Anti-Corn Law League, George Thompson born #OnThisDay 1804. He became MP for Tower Hamlets in 1847. Find out more about him @martinspychal.bsky.social's blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/12/12/m... #19thC
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#OnThisDay 1815 the Battle of Waterloo took place. Our editor Dr Philip Salmon looked at the involvement of Waterloo veterans in politics in this blog: thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2015/06/18/m... #19thC
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Britain’s first completely blind MP, Henry Fawcett, began his parliamentary career as MP for Brighton from 1865. His wife Millicent Garrett Fawcett (the leading suffragist) became his 'eyes and hands' at Westminster. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/m... #SussexDay
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We’re marking #SussexDay by revisiting two of our MP of the Month posts. Both these Brighton MPs were active supporters of votes for women. George Faithfull championed the rights of female voters at Brighton’s local elections: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/m... #19thC
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Died #OnThisDay 1877 Mary Carpenter, who campaigned for social reform, esp. in relation to education and prisons. In 1852 she gave evidence to a select committee on juvenile delinquency. There's more on her in this excellent article from Sarah Richardson: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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#OnThisDay 1854 the Bristol MP Francis Henry Berkeley brought forward a motion for the secret ballot, as he had done every year since 1848. Find out more about his campaign: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/09/27/t... #19thC
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Featuring plates, pipes, medals, handkerchiefs and more, our new blog from our editor Dr Philip Salmon looks at nineteenth-century election memorabilia. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/e... #19thC
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Born #OnThisDay 1847 Millicent Fawcett, leading women’s suffrage campaigner. Her husband Henry was the first completely blind MP & she acted as his ‘eyes and hands’. Find out more about them in our earlier blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/07/19/m... #19thC
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A reminder that the deadline to apply to join us as a Research Fellow is this Friday, 14 June (and the same deadline for the House of Lords 1640-60 post). Full details here: thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2024/05/22/j...
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#OnThisDay 1845 the Commons rejected Charles Villiers’s proposal to repeal the corn laws. This reform was enacted the following year by Sir Robert Peel as prime minister, splitting the Conservative party into Peelites and Protectionists. api.parliament.uk/historic-han... #19thC
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Charles Dickens also reported for the press on parliamentary elections, which helped to inspire his depiction of Eatanswill in the Pickwick Papers. Find out more about his unpleasant experience of the Northants North by-election in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/02/07/f... #19thC
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Died #OnThisDay 1870 Charles Dickens. In the 1830s he wrote reports of parliamentary debates for the Mirror of Parliament, a rival publication to Hansard which was owned by his uncle. Find out more in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/11/17/r... #19thC
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#OnThisDay 1858 the House of Commons discussed whether votes at elections should be taken by secret ballot, one of several occasions on which Henry Berkeley raised this question in the Commons. Find out more in @martinspychal.bsky.social's blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/09/27/t... #19thC
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#OnThisDay 1866 the first mass petition for women's suffrage was presented to the House of Commons by John Stuart Mill. Find out more about it in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/06/07/t... #19thC
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Died #OnThisDay 1871 John Rolt, MP for West Gloucs 1857-67, a former draper’s apprentice who as attorney general helped to pass the 1867 Reform Act. Find out more about his political career here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/10/23/f... #19thC
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The 1841 general election was prompted by a vote which took place in the House of Commons #OnThisDay. After Viscount Melbourne's ministry lost a critical vote of confidence by one vote, Parliament was dissolved later in June and a general election took place. #19thC
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Our new blog today highlights some of our research on the theme of elections and electioneering, from constituency boundaries to canvassing, and from corruption to the chairing ceremony. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/03/e... #19thC
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The foundation stone of the Clock Tower had been laid almost 16 years earlier, on 28 September 1843, by Emily Kelsall, a 15 year old from Rochdale. Find out why she was given this task in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/06/11/f... #19thC
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#OnThisDay 1859 the Great Clock in the Elizabeth Tower (often referred to as Big Ben) began keeping time. www.parliament.uk/bigben On the same day the House of Commons re-appointed John Evelyn Denison as Speaker: api.parliament.uk/historic-han... #19thC
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This general election, I'll be following the Georgian Elections Project by @georgianlords.bsky.social and the History of Parliament Trust! #GeorgianElections #Politicalhistory #generalelection2024
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