Mitchell, Sally. Dinah Mulock Craik. Twayne.
chronology
House of Commons
Connections
| Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | Dinah Mulock Craik | Dinah Mulock
contributed to the Cornhill a female perspective on parliamentary debate in The House
: ladies' gallery. Houghton, Walter E., and Jean Harris Slingerland, editors. The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals 1824-1900. University of Toronto Press. 5: 563-4 |
| Literary responses | B. M. Croker | BMC
was charmed to see myself in print, but . . . awaited with terror the reviews. She hoped, in fact, that a certain great weekly journal (probably All the Year Round, formerly Household... |
| Reception | Victoria Cross | This novel was mentioned in the House of Commons
debates concerning gender equity in pay: the Labour
MP George Lansbury
commended it as an extraordinary book. Mitchell, Charlotte. Victoria Cross, 1868-1952: A Bibliography. Victorian Fiction Research Unit, School of English, Media Studies and Art History, The University of Queensland. 1 |
| 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... |
| Publishing | Florence Dixie | The Times printed a letter from FD
about the rejection of a suffrage bill by the House of Commons
on 30 April, arguing that women must support only politicians who commit themselves in writing to... |
| Textual Production | Lady Eleanor Douglas | LED
published The Star to the Wise, which takes the form of a petition to the House of Commons
. Douglas, Lady Eleanor. Prophetic Writings of Lady Eleanor Davies. Editor Cope, Esther S., Oxford University Press. 101ff |
| Literary responses | George Eliot | Lewes
, who wrote that if the book was not a hit I will never more trust my judgement in such matters, Eliot, George. The George Eliot Letters. Editor Haight, Gordon S., Yale University Press. 3: 10 |
| Publishing | Olaudah Equiano | Ten days later the Public Advertiser printed his letter of 13 March to Lord Hawkesbury (later Lord Liverpool)
, President of the Board of Trade, offering material for the committee investigating the slave trade (which... |
| Occupation | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | She attended important debates in the Strangers' Gallery of the House of Commons
, and had to read and write for her husband: I grappled with newspapers and Blue-books . . . and learned more... |
| politics | Millicent Garrett Fawcett | MGF
was acutely aware of the potential represented by members of parliament, as is shown in her initiative in founding the Speaker's Conference on Electoral Reform
in 1916, to bring together MPs who were prepared... |
| Reception | Monica Furlong | The original book and its successor sold extremely well, and the prayers became widely used. But a rude review in the Daily Telegraph led to questions in the House of Commons
, particularly about a... |
| Textual Features | Maggie Gee | This is also a state-of-England novel, set in a modern Britain which is both both glitzy and frightening. Indeed, the level of looming threat in the story, both explicit and inexplicit, makes it quite hard... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Charlotte Guest | CG
described her wedding in detail when she resumed writing her journal three weeks after the event. When she first spoke up in church she mumbled a little, but then got her voice under control... |
| Textual Production | Mary Agnes Hamilton | Mary Agnes Hamilton
published a thriller, Murder in the House of Commons. Mavrogordato, E. E. “Murder in the House of Commons”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1550, p. 798. 798 Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Occupation | Mary Agnes Hamilton | In gaining her seat she polled more votes than any woman standing for Labour. As some male Labour MPs wore red ties, she wore red shoes in the House of Commons
, and was soon... |
Timeline
14 January 1766: William Pitt appealed to the House of Commons...
Building item
14 January 1766
William Pitt
appealed to the House of Commons
to treat America as a kindly, paternalistic husband would treat a wife.
4 February-13 April 1769: Disputes occurred over John Wilkes's right...
National or international item
4 February-13 April 1769
Disputes occurred over John Wilkes
's right to take his seat in the House of Commons
, from which he had been expelled for the first time in 1764.
After March 1770: Following representations by merchants to...
National or international item
After March 1770
Following representations by merchants to the House of Commons
, the duties on colonial trade with America imposed in 1767 were repealed—all except that of threepence a pound on tea.
6 February 1772: The House of Commons rejected a petition...
National or international item
6 February 1772
The House of Commons
rejected a petition to drop the Creeds and Thirty-Nine Articles as requisites to Anglican
belief.
1778: The House of Commons barred women from attending...
National or international item
1778
The House of Commons
barred women from attending debates to listen from the gallery, as they had often done until then.
6 April 1780: The Radical cause in Britain was advanced...
National or international item
6 April 1780
The Radical cause in Britain was advanced when the House of Commons
passed a motion by John Dunning (later Baron Ashburton)
, that the influence of the crown has increased, is increasing, and ought to...
27 February 1782: The House of Commons, on news of the British...
National or international item
27 February 1782
The House of Commons
, on news of the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, urged George III
to end the war with the United States.
17 June 1783: Sir Cecil Wray, a maverick independent politician...
National or international item
17 June 1783
Sir Cecil Wray
, a maverick independent politician and reformer, presented in the House of Commons
a Quaker petition for the abolition of slavery.
1-2 July 1784: Famine in the Shetland Islands was brought...
National or international item
1-2 July 1784
Famine in the Shetland Islands was brought to the attention of the House of Commons
.
5 November 1788-10 March 1789: George III's illness and palpable incapacity...
National or international item
5 November 1788-10 March 1789
George III
's illness and palpable incapacity produced the Regency Crisis: the issue was whether or not power would devolve to the Prince of Wales
.
1789: During the year following passage of the...
National or international item
1789
During the year following passage of the Slave-Trade Regulation Bill, the House of Commons
postponed until next session a decision about abolition; meanwhile a push for regulation as opposed to abolition was gaining ground.
2 March 1790: Charles James Fox proposed in the House of...
Building item
2 March 1790
Charles James Fox
proposed in the House of Commons
the repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts (instruments of discrimination against Dissenters
). Next day his motion was voted down (its third rejection in four years).
19 April 1791: Wilberforce's motion to abolish the slave-trade...
National or international item
19 April 1791
Wilberforce
's motion to abolish the slave-trade (put on 18 April) was defeated in the House of Commons
.
2 April 1792: William Wilberforce moved once again in the...
National or international item
2 April 1792
William Wilberforce moved once again in the House of Commons
for complete abolition of the slave trade. The ensuing all-night debate ended in a victory, 230 votes to 85.
11 May 1792: Fox again proposed in the House of Commons...
Building item
11 May 1792
Fox
again proposed in the House of Commons
that civil rights should be extended to Dissenters
; Burke, who had defended Dissenters in the past, furiously disagreed.
Texts
No bibliographical results available.