Member Of Parliament Collection (#10)

Mr Plimsoll addressing the House of Commons, London, mid-late 19th century, (1900). Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Volume IV, (Cassell and Company, London)

Robert Lowe MP, mid-late 19th century. First elected to Parliament as the Liberal MP for Kidderminster in 1852, Lowe (1811-1892)

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, 1926. Balfour (1848-1930) was a British Conservative statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 until 1905

Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, British Whig politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss, British Whig politician, c1890. A Member of Parliament from 1841-1883, Charteris (1818-1914)

William Vernon Harcourt, British Liberal statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Vernon Harcourt, British Liberal statesman, c1890. Harcourt (1827-1904) first entered Parliament as a Liberal Member for Oxford in 1868

Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, English poet and politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton, English poet and politician, c1890. Milnes (1809-1885) was a member of the literary set known as the Apostles Club

Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster, c1890. By the time that Grosvenor (1825-1899) was created Duke of Westminster in 1874

Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, British statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, British statesman, c1890. First elected to Parliament as the Liberal MP for Kidderminster in 1852

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, British statesman, c1890. First elected to Parliament as a Conservative MP in 1857, Cross (1823-1914) came to prominence in the General Election of 1868

Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook, British Conservative politician, c1890. Hardy (1814-1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856

Samuel Morley, abolitionist, political radical, and statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Samuel Morley, abolitionist, political radical, and statesman, c1890. Morley (1809-1886) was the owner of a large and profitable woollen manufacturing business which employed thousands of workers in

William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Edward Forster, British Liberal politician, c1890. Forster (1818-1886) was a Quaker and Liberal member of parliament

Sir Wilfrid Lawson, British politician and temperance campaigner, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Sir Wilfrid Lawson, British politician and temperance campaigner, c1890. First elected to Parliament in 1859, Lawson (1829-1906) was one of the leading figures in the temperance movement

William Henry Smith, British politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
William Henry Smith, politician, c1890. The son and namesake of the founder of the WH Smith chain of newsagents, Smith (1825-1891)

John Walter, British moderate Liberal politician, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
John Walter, British moderate Liberal politician, c1890. Walter (1818-1894) was first elected to Parliament in 1847 as a Liberal MP for Nottingham

Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, British statesman, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh, British statesman, c1890. Northcote (1818-1887) first entered Parliament in 1855 as Conservative MP for Dudley

William Ewart Gladstone, 19th century British Liberal statesman and prime minister, c1905. William Gladstone (1809-1898) was born in Liverpool

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, British statesman and Prime Minister, 1912
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, British statesman and Prime Minister, c1905. A Conservative, Balfour (1848-1930) was Prime Minister from 1902-1905

The House of Commons in 1846 (c1905). Sir Robert Peel speaking on the subject of Free Trade. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Group of Vote Office messengers, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, c1905. Messengers employed to distribute the votes amongst members

Swearing in Members at the House of Commons, Westmister, London, c1905. Opening of Parliament. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Induction of the Speaker elect, House of Commons, c1905. The proposer and seconder conduct the Speaker elect, who according to tradition is supposed to show reluctance to be escorted to the Speakers

William Court Gully, Speaker of the House of Commons, c1905. Gully (1835-1909) served as Speaker from 1895-1905. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith

The opening of Parliament by King Edward VII, c1905. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Justin McCarthy, Irish historian, author and nationalist politician, (c1905). McCarthy (1830-1912) served as a Liberal and Home Rule MP from 1879 until 1900

Bringing Up Our Bill, c1832 (c1905). Most of the leading members of the Reform party are represented in the picture. Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith

A Committee of the House of Commons at the Fleet Street Prison, London, 1729 (c1905). Print published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

Interior of the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1742, (c1902-1905). Artist: John Pine
Interior of the House of Commons, Westminster, London, 1742, (c1902-1905). Speaker Onslow in the chair, Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain, addressing the House

Interior of the House of Lords, Westminster, in 1742, (c1902-1905). Artist: John Pine
Interior of the House of Lords, Westminster, in 1742, (c1902-1905). The Speaker attending to hear the Royal assent to a bill

The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpoles administration
The House of Commons in Sir Robert Walpoles Administration. The Right Honorable Arthur Onslow in the Speakers chair, Sir Robert Walpole at his right hand

Articles of Union Presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706
Articles of Union presented by Commissioners to Queen Anne, 1706 (c1905). Commissioners appointed by English, Scottish Parliaments

Opening of Parliament by Queen Anne, Westminster, London, 18th century (c1905). Dutch picture in which the artist allowed himself considerable licence

The Speakers Procession, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London, c1905. The procession is a stately function which is a daily prelude to the sitting of the House of Commons

The Lobby Bar, House of Commons, Westminster, London, c1905. Members only bar in the House of Commons. Photo published in Parliament Past and Present by Arnold Wright and Philip Smith, (London, c1905)

This House is to Let, c1650s, (c1902-1905). Satirical print depicting Oliver Cromwells expulsion of the members from the House of Commons: Be gone you rogues you have sate long enough

Expulsion of Members by Cromwell, 1653, (18th century). The Dismissal of the Long Parliament; Oliver Cromwell expels members of the House of Commons

Interior of the old House of Commons, St Stephens Chapel, 1793 (c1905)
Interior of the old House of Commons, St Stephens Chapel, London, 1793 (c1905). William Pitt is addressing the House. Members present include Canning, Wilberforce, Sheridan

Burke, the Great Orator, 18th century (c1850s). Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was one of the greatest Parliamentary speakers during the reign of George III

The Right Hon William Henry Smith, MP, 1881
The Right Hon William William Henry Smith, MP, 1881. Portrait of the English newsagent and politician William William Henry Smith (1792-1865)

Joseph Chamberlain, MP, President of the Board of Trade, 1881. Chamberlain (1836-1914) began his career as a Liberal and a campaigner for educational reform

Gathorne Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook, politician and statesman, 1881. Hardy (1814-1906) first entered Parliament as a Conservative member for Leominster in 1856

Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, MP, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1881. Dilke (1843-1911) was a radical Liberal politician who served as MP for Chelsea between 1866 and 1886

Joseph Cowen, MP, 1881. Cowen, the son of a Newcaste-upon-Tyne mine owner, was elected to Parliament as a Liberal in 1874

Sir George Jessel, Master of the Rolls, 1881. Jessel (1824-1883) was called to the bar at Lincolns Inn in 1847. He entered Parliament as a Liberal MP for Dover in 1868

John Arthur Roebuck, MP, 1881
John Arthur John Arthur Roebuck, MP, 1881. John Arthur Roebuck (1801-1879) served as an MP for Bath and Sheffield. In 1855 he presided over a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the mismanagement

Robert Lowe, MP, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Robert Lowe, MP, 1878. First elected to Parliament as the Liberal MP for Kidderminster in 1852, Lowe served as Chancellor of the Exchequer

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers, 1878. After serving as a member of the Government of Victoria, in Australia, Childers returned to Britain and, in 1860, was elected as MP for Pontefract

George Sclater-Booth MP, President of Local Government Board, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
George Sclater-Booth MP, President of Local Government Board, 1878. While a Conservative member of parliament, Sclater-Booth was Secretary to the Poor Law Board

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