Commons Collection (page 15)

Civil War / Prides Purge
Colonel Prides purge of the Members unsupporting of the army from the House of Commons

Thomas Hughes / Letter
A letter from the English MP and author of Tom Browns Schooldays - written on House of Commons notepaper

March / Pension Increase
30 old age pensioners marched from St Pauls to the House of Commons to demand an increase from 10 shillings to 1 a week. Here they gather for a chat before the march

Commons Terrace / 1893
MPs and their guests take tea on the terrace of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster

Benchers Taking Commons
The Benchers and Members " taking Commons" in the Middle Temple Hall, London

Social / Tea at Commons
Elegant people and MPs taking tea on the terrace of the House of Commons, Westminster, London

The Reporters Gallery in the House of Commons

Wellington Praised
The duke of Wellington stands at the bar of the House of Commons to receive the congratulations of the Speaker on his victory at Vimiero, Peninsula campaign

WALLER (1597 - 1668)
WILLIAM WALLER Leading Parliamentary commander in the south of England during the first 3 years of the civil war. Also an MP in the Commons

Ireland Parnell Ejected
By order of the Speaker, Charles Stewart Parnell is removed from the Commons by the sergeant-at-arms for obstruction. Date: 3 February 1881

Disraeli / Reform Bill
Disraeli introduces his Reform Bill which would add more than one million voters to the electorate

Lord Charles J F Russell
LORD CHARLES JAMES FOX RUSSELL MP for Bedfordshire and Sergeant at Arms in the House of Commons

Spencer Wilmington
SPENCER COMPTON earl of WILMINGTON statesman, Speaker of the Commons

Great Seal of C wealth
Great Seal of the Commonwealth showing the house of commons in sitting and a map showing England, Wales & Ireland, the Irish Sea & the British Sea

Lloyd George in Commons
David Lloyd George, at this time Minister of Munitions, exhibits a high-explosive fuse in the House of Commons

John Evelyn Denison
JOHN EVELYN DENISON Viscount Ossington, Speaker of the House of Commons

Bradlaugh / Punch
CHARLES BRADLAUGH Statesman and reformer expelled from the Commons for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, 1880

Bradlaugh Expelled
CHARLES BRADLAUGH Statesman and reformer expelled from the Commons for refusing to take the oath of allegiance, 1880

1881 COMMONS / 3 M. P. S
Members of Parliament: Sir Stafford Northcote Lord John Manners Sir Richard Cross

House of Commons C. 1810
The House of Commons in the first decade of the 19th century

Commons Division / 1881
Taking a Division in the House. The Tellers at the table as the members wait for the result of the vote

House of Commons / 1832
The House of Commons in session, two years before it was destroyed by fire

Sir Robert Walpole / H O C
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 1st Earl of Orford English statesman - Whig MP in the House of Commons

Ladies Gallery / Commons
In the Ladies Gallery in the House of Commons, women are permitted to listen to the men running the country

Charles Stewart Parnell re-elected
Charles Stewart Parnell is re-elected as leader of the Irish Party, in Committee Room 15 at the House of Commons, Central London

Gladstones Budget 1860
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE As Chancellor of the Exchequer he presents his budget to the Commons

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