House of Commons

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Connections Author name Excerpt
politics Eleanor Rathbone
During a House of Commons debate on Indian rule, ER asserted that the only safeguard against [Indian women's] oppression was to give the women themselves a say.
qtd. in
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
111
politics Clara Codd
CC took part in the rush on the House of Commons led by Christabel Pankhurst . She was then arrested and sentenced to time in prison, which she served at Holloway Gaol , becoming the...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In the House of Commons , ER opposed legislation that lowered married women's health insurance benefits. Wives received less than single women, while both groups received and contributed less than men.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
85
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In the House of Commons , ER spoke against the government's Incitement to Disaffection Bill, which, she declared, would tear a hole in British liberties through which an elephant may get through [sic].
qtd. in
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
129
politics Flora Tristan
With the help of a Turkish diplomat she met while in London, FT attended sessions in the British House of Commons and House of Lords disguised as a Turkish gentleman.
Tristan, Flora. Flora Tristan’s London Journal, 1840. Translators Palmer, Dennis and Giselle Pincetl, Charles River Books, 1980.
55
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In the same month that the House of Commons was officially informed of the Nazi holocaust of Jews and other minorities, ER began to pressure the government for a formal debate on the catastrophe.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
135
politics Eleanor Rathbone
When the House of Commons first debated the extermination of the Jews and other despised minorities in Germany and conquered nations, ER urged Britain to secure safety for refugees in neutral states.
Alberti, Johanna. Eleanor Rathbone. Sage Press, 1996.
135
politics Edna Lyall
EL met Charles Bradlaugh after writing to him about a review of her second novel, Donovan, published in his National Reformer.
Payne, George A. "Edna Lyall:" an Appreciation. John Heywood.
28
She made three contributions to the Election Fund set up to...
politics Stella Benson
After the First World War broke out in August 1914, SB sided with Flora Annie Steel in a Women Writers' Suffrage League dispute over supporting the war. Benson and Steel believed in supporting the war...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
In March 1935 ER also spoke in the House about the importance of reserved places for women on Indian Provincial Councils, and against a plan which would have required female potential voters to apply to...
politics Annie Besant
The Monster Petition against parliamentary grants to royal personages
Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992.
101
was presented to the House of Commons , AB having organized signature collection the previous year.
Taylor, Anne, 1932 -. Annie Besant: A Biography. Oxford University Press, 1992.
101
politics Charlotte Despard
The WFL was against violence or damage to property or individual politicians. They organized a protest in which a woman chained herself to the grille of the House of Commons Ladies' Gallery, and they favoured...
politics Eleanor Rathbone
The movement of this bill involved many prominent women in the House of Commons : it had been introduced by Margaret Bondfield , the nation's first female cabinet minister, while Jennie Lee , Lady Cynthia Moseley
politics Constance Lytton
In connection with the suffragist rush on the House of Commons on the second of these days, CL , though not yet a militant, involved herself in behind-the-scenes support for the active demonstrators.
Lytton, Constance. Prisons and Prisoners. Heinemann, 1914.
18-30
politics Ray Strachey
RS volunteered as parliamentary secretary and advisor to Lady Astor , the first woman Member of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons .
Lady Astor was elected on 1 December 1919.
Strachey, Barbara. Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women. Universe Books, 1980.
287

Timeline

March 1796: An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual...

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March 1796

An Abolition Bill, calling for the gradual abolition of the slave trade, put before the House of Commons by William Wilberforce , reached a third reading. It was narrowly defeated when some of its supporters...

31 January 1809: The House of Commons held a hearing on Mary...

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31 January 1809

The House of Commons held a hearing on Mary Anne Clarke 's alleged selling, for her own profit, of positions in the army.
Feminist Companion Archive.

11 May 1812: Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot...

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11 May 1812

Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was shot dead in the lobby of the House of Commons in London by a Liverpool merchant, John Bellingham , who had been ruined in the course of trade with Russia...

9 June 1812: The Earl of Liverpool became Prime Minister...

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9 June 1812

The Earl of Liverpool became Prime Minister following the assassination of Spencer Perceval .
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
202
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
The Concise Dictionary of National Biography: From Earliest Times to 1985. Oxford University Press, 1995, 3 vols.
Barrell, John. “Shoot first, ask questions later”. The Guardian, 12 May 2012, p. Review 6.
Review 6

15 February 1816: Lord Elgin petitioned the House of Commons:...

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15 February 1816

Lord Elgin petitioned the House of Commons : he wanted to compel the British Museum to buy his collection of ancient Greek artefacts, the Elgin Marbles (especially the famous frieze from the Parthenon in Athens).
Brewer, John. The Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Century. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997.
282-6
Boase, Thomas Sherrer Ross, editor. English Art, 1800-1870. Clarendon, 1959.
132

1818: A Select Committee of the House of Commons...

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1818

A Select Committee of the House of Commons recommended that the eleven free copies of books which publishers were currently obliged to provide for the Copyright Libraries be limited to a single copy for the...

4 May 1829: The Earl of Surrey (heir to the Duke of Norfolk)...

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4 May 1829

The Earl of Surrey (heir to the Duke of Norfolk) became the first Roman Catholic elected to the House of Commons since the Reformation.
Norman, Edward R. The English Catholic Church in the Nineteenth Century. Clarendon, 1984.
68

27 December 1831: A major slave uprising, the Baptist War,...

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27 December 1831

A major slave uprising, the Baptist War, Christmas Rebellion, or Great Jamaican Slave Revolt, began with the setting afire of the Kensington Estate. Over the next two weeks it spread to several more parishes, causing...

18 April 1835: After the defeat of the Peel Ministry in...

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18 April 1835

After the defeat of the Peel Ministry in the House of Commons , the second Ministry of Viscount Melbourne (William Lamb , a Whig) was formed.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
115
Keller, Helen, editor. The Dictionary of Dates. Macmillan, 1934, 2 vols.
I: 205

January 1837: The London Working Men's Association prepared...

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January 1837

The London Working Men's Association prepared a Six Point petition for submission to the House of Commons .
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
19

1838: The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House...

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1838

The Infant Custody Bill passed in the House of Commons but was rejected by the House of Lords .
Huddleston, Joan, and Caroline Norton. “Introduction”. Caroline Norton’s Defense, Academy Chicago, 1982, p. I - XIII.
ix

12 July 1839: Thomas Attwood and John Fielden proposed...

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12 July 1839

Thomas Attwood and John Fielden proposed consideration by the House of Commons of a petition for universal manhood suffrage bearing a million signatures.
Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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1841: The autobiographical A Narrative of the Experience...

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1841

The autobiographical A Narrative of the Experience and Suffering of William Dodd : A Factory Cripple appeared in London.
Carlisle, Janice. “Introduction”. Factory Lives, edited by James R. Simmons, Broadview Press, 2007.
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1842: A bill to legalize marriage between a man...

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1842

A bill to legalize marriage between a man and his deceased wife's sister was introduced in the House of Commons . It did not pass.
Anderson, Nancy F. “The ’Marriage with a Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill’ Controversy: Incest Anxiety and the Defense of Family Purity in Victorian England”. Journal of British Studies, Vol.
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, No. 2, 1982, pp. 67-86.
68, 79
Behrman, Cynthia Fansler. “The Annual Blister: A Sidelight on Victorian Social History and Parliamentary History”. Victorian Studies, Vol.
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, June 1968, pp. 483-02.
490

13 April 1848: The House of Commons rejected the third petition...

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13 April 1848

The House of Commons rejected the third petition for universal manhood suffrage.
Schwarzkopf, Jutta. Women in the Chartist Movement. St Martin’s Press, 1991.
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Royle, Edward. Chartism. Longman, 1980.
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