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From ‘my charming angel’ to ‘a fool and tool of a party’: The love letters of Mrs Sarah Sidney to Baron Ossulston
In this latest blog post for the Georgian Lords, Dr Charles Littleton, senior research fellow on the Lords 1715-1790 section, considers a surprise find among the personal papers of a Whig peer in the early years of the eighteenth century. … Continue reading
“The Greatest Appearance of Company ever seen”: Parliament, politics and horse-racing in the early 18th century
With Parliament in recess and ‘Glorious Goodwood’ in full swing, Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the House of Lords 1715-90 section, considers the importance of racing in Georgian society as an opportunity for political display… In the late summer of … Continue reading
‘The last remedy God has left him’: medicine in the 18th century
Today’s blog from Dr Robin Eagles, Editor of the Lords 1715-1790 Section is in keeping with our theme, health, medicine and Parliament. This theme is particularly significant this month as last week in the UK we celebrated 70 years of … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century history, Early modern history, Health and Medicine, social history
Tagged Bath, Health, John Shadwell, Medicine, Tunbridge Wells
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Dudley North, 3rd Lord North and the discovery of the waters of Tunbridge Wells
As part of our focus on health and medicine, Dr Ben Coates of the Lords 1604-29 Section considers the origins of the famous spa at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and ponders whether the parliamentary context might shed light on the date … Continue reading
Event review: Parliament and Popular Sovereignty in the nineteenth century, 22 March 2018.
Today’s blog is a summary of our afternoon event about Parliament and Popular Sovereignty in the nineteenth century, which was held before Easter at the Palace of Westminster … On 22 March 2018 the History of Parliament hosted an event … Continue reading
Why political history still matters
Dr Katrina Navickas from the University of Hertfordshire was the keynote speaker at the History of Parliament Trust and Durham University’s Parliaments and Popular Sovereignty conference, which was held at the People’s History Museum in Manchester in November 2017. She … Continue reading
Posted in 18th Century history, 19th Century history, social history
Tagged Chartism, Grenfell, John Wilkes, March, Peterloo Massacre, Petitioning, Petitions, Press, Protest
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Public Petitioning and Parliament, 1689-1760
Today’s blog from Philip Loft, currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge, is part of our week of social media activity about all things petitioning, protest and franchise reform. This is ahead of our public event on the … Continue reading