A Political History of the House of Lords, 1811-1846 : From the Regency to Corn Law Repeal / Richard W. Davis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Richard W., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The history of England's House of Lords in the nineteenth century has been largely misunderstood or ignored by historians. Richard W. Davis argues that the Lords were not primarily reactionary or obstructive, but rather a House in which much beneficial legislation was enacted. More conservative in political questions than the Commons perhaps, the Lords at least equaled them in compassion for the poor and suffering. While many historians also argue that after the Reform Act of 1832 the Lords had little real power, the Lords actually had precisely the same power after the Act as before: a bill could become law only after it passed both Houses of Parliament. They also had the power of veto and used it, particularly from 1833 to 1841 after the passage of the Act that is supposed to have so weakened them. The Whig House of Commons did not appreciate the actions of the Conservative majority in the Lords, but the electorate, becoming more conservative with every election, cared not at all.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

1. A King, a Prince, and Civil and Religious Liberty

2. The Regency Crisis

3. The Catholic Question

4. The Ways Begin to Part

5. The Parting of the Ways

6. Peterloo and Queen Caroline

7. Efforts at Emancipation, 1819–1825

8. Questionable Theories and Practical Politics in the 1820s

9. Lansdowne and Canning

10. The Constitutional Revolution Begins, 1828–1829

11. Reform

12. Resurgence

13. Cooperation and Confrontation

14. The Municipal Corporations Act

15. Irish Questions

16. Discontented Conservatives

17. The Jamaican Constitution and the Education Controversy

18. Wellington, Peel, and the Triumph of the Conservatives

20. Religious Conflicts Begin, 1843

21. The Dissenters Chapels Act, the Factory Act, and the Welsh Bishops Bill

22. The Maynooth Grant, 1845

23. Corn Law Repeal, 1845–1846

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 31. Jan 2022)

ISBN:

1-5036-2684-9

OCLC:

1294424144