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House of Lords
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Elinor James | As Elianor James, EJ
published To the Lords Spiritual and Temporal (not her only broadsheet with this title) urging the House of Lords
to pass an anti-Dissenter bill which forbade Occasional Conformity. Both EJ |
| Textual Production | Elinor James | In Mrs. James's Thanks to the Lords
and Commons
for their great Sincerity to King George, EJ
again marked an anniversary in national political life and in her career as its interpreter. McDowell, Paula. The Women of Grub Street: Press, Politics, and Gender in the London Literary Marketplace, 1678-1730. Clarendon. 308 |
| Textual Production | Frances Power Cobbe | The essay provides the text of the bill she had drafted by Alfred D. Hill
before she threw her weight instead behind an amendment introduced by Lord Penzance
in the Lords
which was able to... |
| Textual Production | Ruth Rendell | RR
made her maiden speech in the House of Lords
on the topic of literacy. She later spoke on gay rights and on homelessness. Brooks, Libby. “Ruth Rendell: Dark lady of whodunnits”. The Guardian, pp. 16-19. 18 |
| Textual Production | Caroline Frances Cornwallis | She wrote this article at the height of the parliamentary debates on the legal rights of married women. Despite being very ill, CFC
was determined to participate in this discourse and give aid to a... |
| Textual Production | Rose Macaulay | RM
wrote in The Spectator criticising the House of Lords
verdict which acquitted Lord de Clifford
of manslaughter after he had killed someone in a road accident. The father of this Lord de Clifford had... |
| Textual Production | Catherine Marsh | Having published a religio-political pamphlet about the Indian Mutiny in 1857, CM
again became involved politically when the House of Commons
was debating the question of Home Rule for Ireland in 1886. When on 8... |
| Textual Production | Alicia Tyndal Palmer | Her title-page quotes a wish voiced on 1 December 1814 in the House of Lords
that it were possible to summon Sobieski to attend the Congress of Vienna which was even then deciding the political... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Flora Tristan | According to critic Susan Grogan
, the book defies generic classification, blending elements of the political tract, the novel, and the statistical enquiry into social conditions. Grogan, Susan. Flora Tristan: Life Stories. Routledge. 71 |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ruth Rendell | Its protagonist, Martin, Lord Nanther, is a professional biographer working on an ancestor, Henry, first Lord Nanther, who was one of Queen Victoria
's doctors and an expert on haemophilia. This eminent Victorian kept a... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | E. M. Delafield | The object of EMD
's satire is often upper-middle-class social mores. Styles of dress play a prominent role: those with artistic pretensions, for instance, are marked by their sandals and horn-rimmed glasses, sack dresses and... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Dorothy Richardson | Her essays in this journal reflect her wide literary and social knowledge; they include Days with Walt Whitman, Thearchy and Socialism, Down with the Lords, and Nietzsche. Hanscombe, Gillian. The Art of Life: Dorothy Richardson and the Development of Feminist Consciousness. Peter Owen. 190 |
| Travel | Frances Power Cobbe | |
| Wealth and Poverty | Cecil Frances Alexander | Biographer Valerie Wallace
notes that during the later years of her life, CFA
and her husband had amassed a degree of wealth. William Alexander
was also given a seat in the House of Lords
. Wallace, Valerie. Mrs. Alexander: A Life of the Hymn-Writer, Cecil Frances Alexander, 1818-1895. Lilliput. 148 |
| Wealth and Poverty | Elizabeth Thomas | This was the low point (so far) in Thomas's life. Gwinnett had changed his will less than three weeks before his death, and left her 600 pounds, but his family ensured that it did not... |
Timeline
November 1963: Hereditary peeresses (those few women inheriting...
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November 1963
Hereditary peeresses (those few women inheriting a peerage in their own right) were first admitted to the House of Lords
.
1967: Barbara Wootton (created the first woman...
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1967
Barbara Wootton
(created the first woman life peer in 1958) became deputy speaker of the House of Lords
, first woman to sit on the woolsack
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
4-5 July 1967: The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its...
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4-5 July 1967
The Homosexual Law Reform Bill passed its third and final reading in the House of Commons
: scheduled for the late-night slot on 4 July, it passed when 101 supporters remained for the final vote...
1976: A prosecution for blasphemy was brought against...
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1976
A prosecution for blasphemy was brought against the magazine Gay News, for representing Jesus Christ as sexually attracted to men.
9 March 1976: The Trade Union and Labour Relations Bill...
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9 March 1976
The Trade Union and Labour Relations Bill passed the House of Lords
: some political analysts felt this signalled the end of full employment, even the end of the welfare state.
October 1981: Conservative career politician Baroness Janet...
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October 1981
Conservative
career politician Baroness Janet Young
became Leader of the House of Lords
, the first woman to hold this position.
November 1981: Shirley Williams (daughter of Vera Brittain)...
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November 1981
Shirley Williams
(daughter of Vera Brittain
) became the first member of the Gang of Four, leaders of the newly-founded Social Democratic Party
, to win a seat in Parliament
: for Crosby, Lancashire.
1987: Three men were arrested in England for the...
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1987
Three men were arrested in England for the private and consensual practice of sado-masochism.
23 October 1991: The House of Lords ruled that a husband can...
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23 October 1991
The House of Lords
ruled that a husband can be guilty of marital rape; this provision thus became part of British law.
1992: The House of Lords decision in the so-called...
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1992
The House of Lords
decision in the so-called Spanner Case (Regina v. Brown) held consensual sado-masochistic sexual acts to constitute criminal assault if they produce non-trifling bodily harm.
11 November 1992: The General Synod of the Church of England...
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11 November 1992
The General Synod of the Church of England
voted to allow women priests; this was the culmination of a long campaign for the ordination of women.
19 November 1999: At the conclusion of the parliamentary session,...
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19 November 1999
At the conclusion of the parliamentary session, the House of Lords
came to an end as a hereditary legislative chamber, at 5.32 p.m.
19 December 2001: Under a newly defined practice of internment,...
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19 December 2001
Under a newly defined practice of internment, a dozen foreign nationals, all male, were arrested and held in Britain on suspicion of links to organizations suspected of terrorist activity.
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