UK Parliamentary Archives

Manuscript volume of seven chapters: (1) "The new Etimologie and significations of Parliaments...; (2) Of the quantity of Parliaments; (3) Of the qualities of Parliaments; (4) Of the Relation of Pa...

The full title of this manuscript volume is, "Memorial concerning a Kings Minority, and the Administration of Government during the Kings Minority." It includes manuscript corrections. The volume...

On Parliamentary Privilege. Contemporary transcript, perhaps made in the Parliament Office, of the report presented by Selden to the House of Lords in 1621.

This series include letters, speech notes, newspaper cuttings, meeting and conference papers relating to the life and political career of Sir John Tilney, Conservative MP for Wavertree.

Records of William Jowitt, lawyer, politician and author, including correspondence with colleagues and acquaintances, transcripts of speeches on legal or political issues, newspaper cuttings relati...

The papers of Sir Denis Le Marchant consist of correspondence received, mainly of a political nature as well as some general and personal letters (LEM/1/1-19). They also include press cuttings con...

The document commences with some brief notes of parliamentary proceedings in 1625, particularly of 11 and 12 August. Then there is a diary of the proceedings of the House of Commons and some of it...

Photograph copy of the original diary (MAN/66/1). This includes a key to the shorthand symbols used by Rich in the diary.

Collection of copies, some original manuscripts and some transcriptions of various items, (letters, orders, warrants), autographed by Prime Ministers, some Monarchs and other politicians.

This fon...

Material relating to Sir Stuart Samuel's career and family, and to national politics.

This fonds contains records in English and Hebrew

This is a collection of photocopies of original documents owned by Messrs RM and RW Willcocks.
WIL/1 contains two volumes of black and white photographs of volumes labelled "The Willcocks Collectio...

The file comprises a manuscript volume of the proceedings, being a verbatim transcript from Mr Gurney's shorthand notes, before the Select Committee relating to a double return for the Borough of H...

The file comprises a manuscript volume of proceedings of the Special Committee set up to investigate the conduct of Sir Robert Walpole, Government Minister, with a view to impeachment. This documen...

This is predominantly material relating to Haden-Guest's experiences in Russia.

This fonds contains records in English and Russian

Material relating to Blake's biography of Andrew Bonar Law, which he was commissioned to write by Lord Beaverbrook. Published in 1955, it was entitled 'The Unknown Prime Minister'.

This fonds cont...

This series consists of various historical manuscripts previously collected and held by the House of Commons Library, and now made available in the Parliamentary Archives.

The collection includes ...

This is a collection of papers of Arthur Bottomley, comprising documents related to his position as Deputy Regional Commissioner of the South East of England during the Second World War; papers reg...

Receipt by John Bryan[t], on receiving from John Stockdale, publisher (1749?-1814), "a manuscript copy, my property, entitld (sic) - The duty of a Member of Parliament of the Commons of England".
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Papers including political, business and personal correspondence, minute books of the British Commonwealth Union and minutes of the Carlton Club Political Committee, diaries and notes.

Almost thir...

Correspondence and papers relating to his political career. Includes letters from the young Winston Churchill and Renton's election manifestoes. The papers reflect Renton's support for Free Trade, ...

This diary for 1904 contains mainly brief entries about Jeffreys's personal life, with some references to parliamentary members and events. There are newspaper cuttings referring to political even...

HL/PO/JO/27/1 contains records of the House of Lords: Journal Office: Peers' Elections.
HL/PO/JO/27/2 contains records of the House of Lords: Journal Office: Peers' by-elections.

This satirical postcard is written as if it were a concert programme and refers to several politicians and political events of 1911 and 1912 as well as the Suffragettes. The political events referr...

Miscellaneous working papers, correspondence and financial records produced by the History of Parliament Committee and the History of Parliament Trust, as well as a third revision of the first of t...

This volume is dedicated to Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chancellor, and is divided in twelve sections, described in an introduction entitled "The contents of the fourth part of this brief regis...

Parliamentary diaries containing entries relating to speeches, Bills being passed, and other proceedings in Parliament in the 1886 and 1887 sessions.

This collection consists of a diary of the Peace Conferences in Paris (1918-1919), two Dinner Club Session Attendance Books for 1912 and 1917 including political cartoons, and the "Hooligans Guest ...

Two large scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings which chart the career of Norah Runge O.B.E and her election as M.P for the London district of Bermondsey, Rotherhide in 1931. The scrapbooks wer...

The records of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association consist of two series. The first series (CPA/1) consists of Financial Records, Membership Books and Reports; the reports include Addresses ...

The papers collected by Robert Cooke relate to the buildings on the Parliamentary estate and their contents and form an important collection on this subject. In particular, they include a collecti...

Two volumes of autographs of Peers, MPs, Parliamentary Officials and others, 1870-71 and undated, with alphabetical lists of members, 1872 and 1873, marked as a key to the volumes. With miscellane...

Letter from Sir George Radcliffe to his wife referring to the Petition of Right.

Copy of letter from Sir George Radcliffe to his wife referring to the Petition of Right.

This is an account of Charles James Fox' speech entitled 'The Speech of the Hon. James Fox at a general meeting of the electors of Westminster, held in Westminster Hall on Monday the 10th December ...

Jeffreys's diary contains mainly brief entries about his personal life.

Draft (?) report by Spencer Compton to the Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, Lord High Treasurer regarding the Memorial of Edward Pauncefort, Esq. The report mentions that Guy Palmes was appointed...

These papers were accumulated by the Montagu family, the Earls of Manchester. Most of the documents relate to Edward Montagu (1602-1671), 2nd Earl of Manchester. They are mainly correspondence, i...

The papers fall into three main groups: the papers of David Soskice (STH/DS), the papers of the Hueffer and Madox Brown families into which David Soskice married (STH/BH), and the papers of Frank S...

This is the Strangers' book of the House of Commons for the 1843 parliamentary session. It comprises two columns, one for the signatures of the members and one for their visitor or 'stranger'. It...

Three letters to Sir Egerton Brydges: one from Charles Abbott, first Baron Tenterden of Hendon and Lord Chief Justice; and two from his son, John Henry Abbott, second Baron Tenterden. The first le...

The Beaverbrook Papers contain correspondence and a variety of papers, photographs and other images, maps and a few artefacts covering every aspect of the life and work of Lord Beaverbrook, politic...

These are mainly general letters, particularly of thanks or instructions from Beauclerk to George Corner, his solicitor. In one letter (BEA/5) Beauclerk comments on the election in Surrey East on ...

BRA consists of the papers of Henry Brand, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872-1884. The papers comprise firstly a series of approximately 400 original letters or drafts and copies of letters...

The document commences with some brief notes of parliamentary proceedings in 1625, particularly of 11 and 12 August. Then there is a diary of the proceedings of the House of Commons and some of it...

Original specimen colour copies of lithographs by the political cartoonist, Tom Merry, for St Stephen's Review 1886, 1887 and 1891. Featuring public figures and politicians of the day, including G...