The Victorian CommonsDied #OnThisDay 1899 Lord Mexborough, the last survivor of the pre-1832 House of Commons. As Viscount Pollington he had been elected for Gatton in 1831, despite not yet being 21, & he was later MP for Pontefract. There’s more on him in this blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/live-long-and-prosper-longevity-among-nineteenth-century-mps/ #history #19thcentury #HistoryofParliament
#OnThisDay 1853 the Commons debated a measure to tackle the problem of bribery & corruption at elections. An Act was passed in 1854. There’s more on 19thC electoral corruption in this blog from our assistant editor @KathrynRix: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/02/26/corruption-at-elections-in-britain-in-the-19th-century/ #legislatures #19thcentury #HistoryofParliament
190 years ago today was the opening day of the first Parliament elected under the terms of the 1832 Reform Act. William IV did not open Parliament in person, delegating this task to the Lords Commissioners. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1833/jan/29/opening-of-parliament The House of Commons assembled in its ‘dark, gloomy and badly ventilated chamber’ in the former St. Stephen’s Chapel. To find out more about this building, see our earlier blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/01/25/like-herrings-in-a-barrel-the-chamber-of-the-house-of-commons-prior-to-1834/ #19thcentury #HistoryofParliament
Joseph Brotherton was Salford’s first MP, from 1832 until his death #onthisday 1857. An ‘ultra Liberal’, he opposed slavery, child labour & the death penalty, & was one of the founders of @vegsoc Find out more about him in our blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2021/10/27/i-shall-persist-joseph-brotherton-1783-1857-and-late-hours-in-the-commons/ #legislatures #19thcentury #parliament #HistoryofParliament #histodons
Born #OnThisDay 1824 John Tomlinson Hibbert, Liberal MP for his native Oldham 1862-74, 1877-86, 1892-5. He was described by John Stuart Mill as ‘rather clever as well as careful in framing amendments’ to legislation. There’s more on him in our blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/08/29/mp-of-the-month-john-tomlinson-hibbert-1824-1908/ #HistParl #HistoryofParliament #19thcentury #histdons #Oldham
Today we’re revisiting one of our MPs of the Month. William Hughes Hughes was MP for Oxford, 1830-7, where he spent over £70,000 on electioneering. Find out why he was described as ‘one of the most thoroughly unpopular of all the Members’ in our blog: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/mp-of-the-month-william-hughes-hughes/ #HistParl #HistoryofParliament #MPs #19thcentury #histodons
Born #OnThisDay 1802 Charles Pelham Villiers, who holds the record for the longest-serving MP. He represented Wolverhampton from 1835 until his death in 1898. He was a prominent figure in the campaign against the corn laws and served as president of the poor law board, 1859-66. #HistParl #HistoryofParliament #19thcentury #histodons #longevity
We would like to wish all our followers and readers a Happy New Year! Before we return to our desks for 2023, here's our review of some of the research we shared on our blog in 2022: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2023/01/02/happy-new-year-from-the-victorian-commons-6/ #HistParl #HistoryofParliament #19thcentury #histodons
Our last blog of 2022, from our research fellow Stephen Ball, looks at levels of parliamentary attendance and absence among 19th century MPs. Find out more here: https://victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/the-absentee-mp/ #19thcentury #history #histodons #HistoryofParliament #legislatures
Historian1661@jdmccafferty Nayler was tried in the House of Commons, because the Lords, which had been the highest judicial body, had been abolished, raising the question of whether the Commons had inherited its judicial function.
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