Born #OTD 1937, Teddy Taylor represented Glasgow Cathart (1964-1979), Southend East (1980-1997), and Rochford and Southend East (1997-2005). Taylor was one of the ‘Maastricht Rebels’ who voted against John Major’s bill to implement the Maastricht agreement ow.ly/76ct50NytfW

The Battle of Culloden was fought #OTD 1746 bringing to an end any chance of a Stuart restoration.
The government army was led by the duke of Cumberland. Although he gained a brutal reputation he later became effectively a royal #PrimeMinister :
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New on the #HistParl blog this morning Dr Robin Eagles takes a look at US 'Founding Father' Benjamin Franklin's opinion of British politics in the 1760s... @georgianlords

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Read the blog here:
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New on the #HistParl blog this morning Dr Robin Eagles takes a look at US 'Founding Father' Benjamin Franklin's opinion of British politics in the 1760s... @georgianlords

#Franklin
Read the blog here:
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#DYK that one of the predominant ways people in the 18th century educated themselves on politics was via the subscription library?

Find out more in this blog, taken from the Oxford Centre for Intellectual History ‘Recovering Europe’s Parliamentary Culture, 1500-1700’ project 👇
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Previously on our blog Mari Takayanagi & Elizabeth Hallam Smith, authors of 'Necessary Women' - the first book to tell the stories of women who worked in Parliament - looked at ‘Jane’ and the last days of Bellamy’s Refreshment Rooms...

Read the blog here: ow.ly/oGnV50OUETS

Look out for a new blog coming from History Of Parliament this week on Franklin's view of British politics in the 1760s...
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With #spring in the air, this #MPMonday is Sir William Spring!

MP for Suffolk in 1624 and 1628, and Bury St Edmunds in 1625, Spring features in our Commons 1604-1629 vols: ow.ly/yO8q50IEOJ6 ⛅💐

#OTD 1471, a crucial battle of the Wars of the Roses was fought: the battle of Barnet.

Find out about the battle and the impact it had on Yorkist and Lancastrian alliances👇 ow.ly/j1tA50Nr9U3

Born #OTD 1738, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd duke of Portland, Prime Minister 1783 and 1807-9. His time as an MP was short, with no record of his ever speaking in the chamber before entering the Lords in 1762.

But his bio still features in our volumes: ow.ly/P6Gr50z0KeW

#OTD 1829 the Catholic Emancipation Act was given Royal Assent, permitting members of the Catholic Church to sit as Members of Parliament.

The Act was passed following vigorous campaigning by Irish MP Daniel O'Connell. Read more on the #HistParl website: ow.ly/Q69850EjNF9

#OTD 1640 until the 5th of May 1640, the Short Parliament sat.

This Parliament brought Charles I's 11-year-long 'personal rule' to an end. Find out more about the named Parliaments of the 17th century👇 ow.ly/7P4q50Nrarz

The bitter rivalry between the Cecils and Robert Devereux divided the court during the 1590s. Find out who became the queen’s chief minister👇 ow.ly/PbvF50MXI1K

Died #OTD 1866, Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood.

The MP for Preston 1832-1847 founded and gave his name to the seaside town of Fleetwood in Lancashire. Find out more about his career and legacy in this blog from TheVictorianCommons 👇 ow.ly/bylz50IENf6

If you didn't manage to make it to #Harley300 but would like to know more about the man behind 'The Great Ministry' of 1710, have a look at the seminal piece in History Of Parliament 1690-1715 by D.W. Hayton (available to read online).
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Really excited to be speaking at this Institute for Government event on whipping, sharing all the secrets revealed in the History Of Parliament oral history interviews!

Many thanks to everyone who came yesterday to a fabulous day rethinking the legacy of Robert Harley - particular thanks to History Of Parliament and British Library for sponsoring.
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#ICYMI last year Professor Sarah Richardson explored how widows, many of whom could vote in local elections, assumed a central place in some of the debates about giving women the parliamentary vote👇 WarwickHistory TheVictorianCommons ow.ly/oqbM50O7NaK

Members of the House of Lords have traditionally been more involved with coronations than their Commons counterparts, but as this blog shows, MPs also played their part in coronation festivities in 1902, although some chose to stay away...
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#ICYMI , recently on the #HistParl blog Dr Alex Beeton took a closer look at what can be learned from the 'Scribbled Books'- the notes made by Clerks of the House of Lords in the 17th century...

Read about them in the blow below:
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