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Robert Spankie, born #OnThisDay 1774, followed an unusual career path, from reporting on parliamentary debates in the 1790s to speaking in them as an MP in the 1830s. Find out more in our blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2020/01/27/fro…

For #Archive30 #ArchiveAdvice here is our Resources page, which contains links to many of the free to access resources we use for our research on 19th century British political history: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/resources/

Died #OTD 1857, Joseph Holdsworth. In 1841, he was elected as Liberal MP for Wakefield. However, as Dr Kathryn Rix of TheVictorianCommons explores, his parliamentary career was cut very much short: historyofparliament.com/2025/04/18/jos…

For #Archive30 #ArchiveTravel we have our editor Philip Salmon’s short article on the different means of transport used to travel to the poll in the 19th and early twentieth centuries. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/27/get…

It’s #FunAndGames as today’s #Archive30 theme and we are looking at one of the most accomplished cricketers to sit in the post-1832 House of Commons, the East Worcestershire MP Charles George Lyttelton, who came from a family of keen cricketers: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/the…

Died #OnThisDay 1837 John Blackburne, Liberal MP for Huddersfield, 1834-7. He had played an important role in the reform of municipal government in 1835. There’s more about this new system of local elections in this blog from our editor Philip Salmon: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/180…

For #Archive30 #PopularItem our most popular post ever is on Disraeli and one nation Conservatism. We're guessing it may have helped with some A-Level and undergraduate essays, and there's lots of other useful material for History students on our site. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/dis…

For #Archive30 #SomethingNew we have our article on a MP involved with a new technology. Peter Rolt, MP for Greenwich, 1852-6, was later famous as the builder of Britain’s first ironclad warship, HMS Warrior. victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/mp-…

It is #ArchiveObject for #Archive30 today, so here’s our article about objects connected with 19th century elections, from souvenir plates and jugs to medals and bookmarks: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/ele…

Talfourd was MP for Reading, a constituency for which Dickens himself was asked to stand in 1841, but declined on the grounds of the costs involved.

For #Archive30 #ArchiveNightmares we have a nightmare scenario in which an MP accidentally caused his wife’s death through the incautious storage of gunpowder. Find out more here about events at Lissanoure Castle in 1847: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2013/11/05/a-c…

For #Archive30 #ArchiveBuildings we’re sharing our article about a less well known parliamentary building: the temporary chamber used by the House of Commons after much of the old Palace of Westminster was destroyed by fire in 1834. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2022/10/28/a-p…

For #Archive30 #ArchiveCollections we have our collection of blogs on Harriet Grote, a leading figure in radical politics in the 1830s. Find out more about her activities, including election work for her husband and campaigning for the secret ballot: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/tag/harriet-gr…

It was such a pleasure to speak at this morning’s History Of Parliament event on the changing House of Lords, with The Georgian Lords and Dr Philip Salmon from TheVictorianCommons – and to (I hope successfully) chair a discussion with Lords Grocott and Salisbury, remembering 1999

Our new post from our research fellow Dr Naomi Lloyd-Jones looks at the Conservative MP Cecil Forester, said to be 'the best looking man in the Commons', and his behind the scenes involvement in electioneering through the Carlton Club: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/tho…

With local elections happening in many areas today, here's our earlier article on the complexities of 19th century municipal polls: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2017/05/04/loc…

Charles Tilston Bright, who died #OnThisDay 1888, was among the Victorian MPs who came from scientific & engineering backgrounds. He was Lib MP for Greenwich, 1865-8, but was better known for overseeing the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2019/02/20/mp-…