William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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The politics of electing the Speaker: The case of Shaw Lefevre (1794-1888)
Following on from our post about James Abercromby‘s highly-charged partisan election as Speaker in 1835, Philip Salmon explores the 1839…
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The Speakership election of 1835
In this article Dr Kathryn Rix and Dr Martin Spychal of our House of Commons, 1832-1868 project discuss a pivotal…