Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Conservative Party
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton first Baron Lytton | Bulwer
served as an independent radical Member of Parliament, who in 1832 reformed himself out of a seat. |
| politics | Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton first Baron Lytton | Bulwer-Lytton's jump from radical sympathies to the Tory
party, coupled with his extravagant life and dandyism, made him a flamboyant and controversial figure. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 21 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Sarah Lady Piers | But she moves on from celebration to warning: the human race is fallen, and a ruler needs to guard against ambition (This second Paradise, oh hazard not), Piers, Sarah, Lady. George for Britain. A Poem. Bernard Lintott, 1714. 12 |
| Reception | Jane Francesca Lady Wilde | Following the death of her husband
, JFLW
wrote to Sir Thomas Larcom
, hoping he could help secure her a government pension. Melville, Joy. Mother of Oscar. John Murray, 1999. 143 |
| politics | Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda | The group's agenda was to obtain legislative improvements in child-assault laws, the position of unmarried mothers, equality of both parents in guardianship rights, equal pay for teachers, equal civic service opportunities for women and men... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Louisa Baldwin | A Worcestershire ironmaster, Alfred Baldwin also served as a Conservative
Member of Parliament from 1892. Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Cultural formation | Mary Elizabeth Braddon | The father's side of MEB
's family were landowners with a well-established estate at Skisdon Lodge, St Kew, Cornwall, though her father had trained to earn his living. In an interview in 1888 she... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Burnet | |
| Occupation | Barbara Cartland | BC
was elected, as a Conservative
member for Hatfield, to the HertfordshireCounty Council
, where she served until 1964. Heald, Tim. A Life of Love: The Life of Barbara Cartland. Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994. 139-41 |
| Textual Production | Frances Power Cobbe | On the day that John Stuart Mill
presented to Parliament
the second suffrage petition of the week, FPC
placed a double-column letter in the high Tory
paper the Day supporting Female Franchise, and signed... |
| politics | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
continued to involve herself in the anti-vivisection and suffrage movements after her move to Wales. When the Conservative
government came into power in 1886 she pressed for female enfranchisement through party connections. In 1888... |
| Occupation | John Wilson Croker | JWC
became a lawyer, (moving from Ireland to London after the Act of Union) a Tory
MP, an editor of several eighteenth-century texts (including letters by Lady Hervey
and by Henrietta Howard, Lady Suffolk
)... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | May Crommelin | After this, run-of-the-mill romance for a long time eclipses the potentially subversive hunting angle. Jack and Violet are of course attracted to each other; from the first he is curious to see . .... |
| Occupation | Benjamin Disraeli | After several failed attempts, BD
was elected to Parliament
as Conservative
member for Maidstone in Kent in 1837. Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989. |
| politics | Benjamin Disraeli | As a Conservative
MP, BD
took a marked interest in the Chartist movement and supported the Corn Laws. He was a socially reforming and a markedly imperialist Prime Minister. |
Timeline
February 1809: The Quarterly Review was founded....
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February 1809
The Quarterly Review was founded.
Martin, Philip W. Byron: A Poet Before His Public. Cambridge University Press, 1982.
33
University of Alberta Libraries On-line Catalogue. http://www.library.ualberta.ca/.
20 January 1843: Daniel M'Naghten shot and mortally wounded...
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20 January 1843
Daniel M'Naghten
shot and mortally wounded the private secretary of Sir Robert Peel
, the Prime Minister: his trial for murder changed British legislation on pleas of insanity.
Walker, Nigel. Crime and Insanity in England. Edinburgh University Press, 1968.
90-2
4 December 1845: The position of Peel's Conservative government...
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4 December 1845
The position of Peel
's Conservative
government was severely shaken by a report in the Times that it was about to repeal the Corn Laws.
Chedzoy, Alan. A Scandalous Woman: The Story of Caroline Norton. Allison and Busby, 1995.
215-17
26 June 1846: The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert...
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26 June 1846
The Corn Laws were repealed by Sir Robert Peel
's Conservative
government, after much agitation by groups such as the Anti-Corn Law League
and in face of the growing urgency of the Great Famine in...
30 June 1846: Lord John Russell (a Whig or Liberal, later...
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30 June 1846
Lord John Russell
(a Whig or Liberal, later created first Earl Russell) was invited to form the UK government following the resignation of Sir Robert Peel
, a Conservative
.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
3 November 1855: An advertisement marked the launch of the...
Writing climate item
3 November 1855
An advertisement marked the launch of the conservative (high Tory
and Anglo-Catholic
), weekly Saturday Review; it focused on Politics, Literature, Science, and Art.
Broomfield, Andrea. “Much More Than an Antifeminist: Eliza Lynn Linton’s Contribution to the Rise of Victorian Popular Journalism”. Victorian Literature and Culture, Vol.
29
, No. 2, 2001, pp. 267-83. 274
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989.
553-4
Mitchell, Sally. Frances Power Cobbe: Victorian Feminist, Journalist, Reformer. University of Virginia Press, 2004.
153
28 June 1866: Lord Derby, a Conservative, formed his third...
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28 June 1866
Lord Derby
, a Conservative
, formed his third government.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
27 February 1868: Benjamin Disraeli, a Conservative, became...
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27 February 1868
Benjamin Disraeli
, a Conservative
, became Prime Minister following the resignation of the Earl of Derby
.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
3 December 1868: Following the first general election after...
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3 December 1868
Following the first general election after the Second Reform Act of the previous year, William Gladstone
, a Liberal
, formed the government in succession to ConservativeBenjamin Disraeli
.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
20 February 1874: Conservative leader Benjamin Disraeli formed...
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20 February 1874
Conservative
leader Benjamin Disraeli
formed the government for a second time, in succession to Gladstone
's Liberal
government.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
1880s: Many local Women's Liberal Associations ...
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1880s
Many local Women's Liberal Association
s formed.
Walker, Linda. “Party Political Women: A Comparative Study of Liberal Women and the Primrose League, 1890-1914”. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 165-91.
166-9
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany, 1994.
286
23 April 1880: Liberal William Gladstone formed the UK's...
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23 April 1880
LiberalWilliam Gladstone
formed the UK's government for the second time, following a Conservative
disaster in the general election.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
1884: Tory women were admitted to the newly founded...
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1884
Tory women were admitted to the newly founded Primrose League
.
Walker, Linda. “Party Political Women: A Comparative Study of Liberal Women and the Primrose League, 1890-1914”. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, 1987, pp. 165-91.
166, 170-1
23 June 1885: The Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)...
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23 June 1885
The Marquess of Salisbury
(Conservative
) formed a minority government in Britain.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
8 June 1886: Gladstone's Home Rule Bill for Ireland was...
National or international item
8 June 1886
Gladstone
's Home Rule Bill for Ireland was defeated. The issue split his party, the Liberals
, and eventually the Liberal-Unionists were absorbed into the Conservatives
.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
424-5, 609
Kidd, Colin. “Coalition Monsters”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 5, 6 Mar. 2014, pp. 27-8. 27
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