...this around preparing for items to be digitised, or going out on loan or being used in the search room; monitoring environmental conditions; helping researchers handle fragile items and preparing...
...alleged to have had an adulterous relationship with Bartolomeo Pergami, a servant in her household. She returned to Britain in 1820 as Queen Consort after hearing the news that George...
...read our next blog, 'Divorcing a Queen', https://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2020/06/25/divorcing-a-queen-a-bill-of-pain-and-penalties/ Sign up to UK Parliament's Visit Newsletter for the latest updates on visiting and Big Ben, https://parliament.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=3ad7e4c57a864f07e4db008c4&id=e227b1ada0 [1]Jane Robins, Rebel Queen:...
...my research I found that although we have universal enfranchisement, less than half of the younger citizens vote. Using Suffragette history and the Representation of the People Act 1918 to...
...Estate, both in Jamaica. The Knollys Estate mostly produced sugar and rum, while in 1804 Grange Pen is listed as being used for the “hire of enslaved people”. In the...
...and Ireland as it is today, are housed in the Parliamentary Archives. Learn more about the symbols and Acts in our blog Leek, Thistle, Shamrock and Rose: Symbols of the...
...who would become George IV. In a previous blog, I described how whilst searching for documents related to the Queen Caroline Affair, I came across a small envelope with four...
...by Richard Huzzey and Henry Miller’s recent Leverhulme research project ‘Rethinking Petitions, Parliament, and People in the Long Nineteenth Century’ has shown only three petitions were sent to the Commons...
...artist whose works frequently featured in Punch Magazine. You can read our blog about Harry Furniss at https://archives.blog.parliament.uk/2018/03/01/the-wonderful-world-of-harry-furness/ The other part of the exhibit features the beautifully detailed cartoons of...
...chair the Labour Party Conference. The conference was held in Llandudno, North Wales. This newspaper article covers the conference, including Lawrence’s opening address speech. Newspaper cutting featuring Susan Lawrence as...
