Tag Archives: Conservative Party History

Parliaments, Politics & People Seminar: Gary Hutchison, ‘‘A distant and Whiggish country’: The Conservative Party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847’

Posted on March 7, 2017 by

At our last ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar, Gary Hutchison (University of Edinburgh – and former winner of the HPT’s undergraduate dissertation prize) spoke on his research into the Conservative Party and Scottish elections after 1832. Here he gives an … Continue reading →

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MPs in World War I: Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot (1872-1916)

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

100 years ago yesterday the Somme claimed another MP: Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot. Dr Kathryn Rix of the Victorian Commons, blogs on his life… Gerald Archibald Arbuthnot was killed in action on 25 September 1916 while serving with the Grenadier Guards … Continue reading →

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‘The hero legislator of Uxbridge’: the Hon. Charles Thomas Mills (1887-1915)

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

100 years ago the Battle of Loos proved deadly for a third MP, as today marks the anniversary of the seventh MP who died in fighting in the First World War. Continuing our series of short biographies of these men, Dr … Continue reading →

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‘One of the best’: Lord Ninian Edward Crichton-Stuart (1883-1915)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by

Sadly the anniversaries of MPs’ deaths in the First World War are coming at very regular intervals currently – today marks the 100th anniversary of the sixth MP who died in the fighting. Continuing our series of short biographies of … Continue reading →

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‘Elections and how to fight them’: electioneering a century ago

Posted on May 5, 2015 by

We continue our series on election campaigning through the centuries today. Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the Victorian Commons, gives us an insight into the campaign trail at the turn of the 20th century… The title of this post, … Continue reading →

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