UK Parliamentary Archives

This collection comprises two documents. One is a writ for the arrest of Adam Baines for breach of privilege and the other is a petition from Adam Baynes himself to the House of Commons for his rel...

Contains a photograph of Geoffrey Lloyd as a boy c 1910 and a letter from Dorothy Lloyd (Geoffrey Lloyd's mother?) dated 1931 to Mrs Long concerning the photograph.

Papers of Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne 1816-66: comprising a letter regarding an unspecified petition 1839 and a printed cartoon entitled: "This House to Let", c. 1851.

Royal invitations from the Princess of Wales and Queen Victoria (1897) and a programme of events for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee (19-28 June 1897), invitations for the Queen's procession and her ad...

Three letters from Clement Attlee to Oliver, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley concerning Clement Attlee's introduction in the House of Lords, 18 Dec 1955, 28 Dec 1955 and 5 Jan 1956.

Illustrated Supplement to the 'Graphic' of August 6th 1892, Members of New Parliament.

Album of photographs (and some cuttings) relating to: the British Parliamentary Mission to China, 1942; a visit to London by a Chinese delegation, 1943; and, the unveiling of a memorial to Sun Yat ...

This list of MPs covers the English counties, the Cinque Ports, and the Welsh counties. The list is divided into counties, then constituencies. The MPs names are written under the name of their c...

Order to Thomas Fauconbridge, Esquire, Receiver General of the Revenue, to pay £35 to Oliver Saint John, Esquire, His Majesty's Solicitor-General, for his fee for half a year's service. It is sig...

This is a version of a speech that William Hakewill gave during a debate in the House of Commons regarding impositions on 28 June 1610. Hakewill opposed impositions, and used precedents to attack ...

This is a manuscript volume with no title. Pencil annotations ascribe the volume to William Bromley (1664-1732), former Speaker of the House of Commons. The volume covers the years 1547 to 1731. ...

The volume is labelled in another hand, 'Copy of an Imperfect Tract of the Ld Keeper Guilford relating to the Jurisdiction of the House of Peers'. The document itself begins, 'An Answer to the Cas...

The first three volumes contain the transcripts of questions to, and answers of, witnesses to the Select Committee investigating the disputed election in Chippenham of 1802. The fourth volume cont...

The album contains autographs of various peers, MPs and others. Among the documents is a permit from Lord Wellington [Arthur Wesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852)] to Lord Bathurst [Henry Bat...

Album of original ink or pencil drawings and cartoons, mainly featuring politicians and judges or relating to court cases. Most of the sketches are not dated, but those that are suggest a date-ran...

Deed whereby Sommers nominates Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke as his proxy in the House of Lords. The deed is a standard form with spaces for the names of the peer and his proxy and the date, whic...

This file consists of two speeches made in the House of Commons on 25-26 March 1755 (HL/PO/RO/1/29/1-2). The name of the speaker is not noted on the documents, but he is identified as George Bubb ...

The letter is addressed 'Dear Doctor'. Suffolk states that he has declined the office of Secretary of State. Regarding his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, Suffolk states that, "Lord North is desi...

Letter from George Treby, MP for Dartmouth, dated Whitehall 9 Feb 1733[/4]. The letter is probably to Walter Carey, the other MP for Dartmouth. Treby refers to local politics in Dartmouth and the...

Photographs taken during the visit of Winston Churchill to Norway, 11-15 May 1948. They include scenes of Churchill being greeted by King Haakon and Crown Prince Olav, the presentation of an hono...

These papers include political and personal correspondence, press cuttings and visitors' book.

The political correspondence, kept in one folder only, is of some interest, comprising mostly handwri...

The papers of Henry Graham White comprise political papers and correspondence including constituency and election material, papers concerning Liberal Party organisation, draft bills, committee repo...

The series contains Qualification Rolls up until 1858, when this declaration was abolished. The text of the relevant declaration is given and signatures of the Members making the declaration are en...

Correspondence addressed to Speaker Lowther on a variety of subjects, including the Labour Party and accommodation in the House of Commons.

This is a manuscript version of the tract, "Parliament's Antiquity and Dignity" by Sir Robert Cotton. It is further entitled in the manuscript, "That the Kings of England have been pleased usually...

The volume entitled "Speakers of the Parliament" comprises a list of Speakers of the House of Commons to 1804. For each Speaker, there is a summary biographical description and a sketch of his coa...

Three separately paginated manuscripts bound in one volume: John Glanville's speech on presentation as Speaker of the House of Commons, 15 April 1640; Sir Harbottle Grimston's speech, 14 April 164...

The full title of the manuscript is, "A Speech Delivered by Master Grimstone of Lincoln's Inn, in the Lower House of Parliament, on the second sitting day of the Parliament."

The full title of the manuscript is, "Sir Francis Seymour's speech in the House of Commons of April 1640." In this speech, Seymour speaks against granting a subsidy to the King before grievances ...

This is a contemporary copy of a speech entitled, "Sir Beniamen Rudgiars alias Ruddiers speech in Parliament in November Anno Domini 1640." The speech relates to religion (especially Puritans), Ch...

Letter to the Earl of Hertford concerning his desire that his nephew, Lord Beauchamp, should be one of the Knights of Parliament "for this Shire" [Somerset]. The writers also note the Earl's wish ...

Copies of Warrants from the Duke of Grafton to Lord Lynn, Master of His Majesty's Jewel Office: "to deliver for the use of Lord Harrington's Office seven silver boxes to contain the Great Seal with...

Concerning disbursements by Charles John Shore, 2nd Lord Teignmouth during the election for Marylebone Borough.

Contemporary transcript of entry for 9 February 1677/1678 (printed in "Debates of the House of Commons from the year 1667 to the year 1694", volume V, pp 122-144, 1769). This entry covers an import...

Letters, minutes, pamphlets and news cuttings relating to the subjects of House of Lords Reform and Proportional Representation gathered by William Bull in the course of his work.

The letters refer to the elections of 1754 and 1761, and the return of Sir Thomas Clarke as MP for Loswithiel. They are from the Duke of Newcastle (five letters), Lord Bute (one letter), Charles Yo...

Letter books and other papers created and acquired as a result of the work of Peter Vargas as private secretary to the Government Whips.

List of Strangers admitted to the House of Commons' Chamber, with signature of sponsoring Member.

List of Strangers admitted to the House of Commons' Chamber, with signature of sponsoring Member, with 5 pages of manuscript notes giving the dates where signatures of notable parliamentarians ma...

Petition of MPs to David Plunket, MP, First Commissioner of Works, known as "The Cary Scroll". The MPs draw the attention of the First Commission of Works to the need for a system of communication ...

The papers include circulars to MPs about the formation of the Committee (Jan 1939), reports (incomplete) on the committee's work and other memoranda by Eleanor Rathbone, Graham White et al. (1940...