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The 1820 United Kingdom general election was triggered by the death of King George III and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, King George IV. It was held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy.
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Long description. On the death of the insane George III on 29 Jan. 1820, the prince regent ascended the throne as George IV. The required general election was held shortly afterwards and confirmed that Lord Liverpool’s Tory administration had a comfortable majority in the Commons.
The 1807 Parliament saw George III’s final lapse into insanity and the appointment by the Act of February 1811 of his eldest son George, prince of Wales, as regent; the only assassination of a British prime minister (Spencer Perceval, in the lobby of the House, and, after some initial...
Events from the year 1820 in the United Kingdom. This year sees a change of monarch after a nine-year Regency . Incumbents. Monarch – George III (until 29 January), George IV (starting 29 January) Regent – George, Prince Regent (until 29 January) Prime Minister – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool ( Tory)
These are the most recent volumes in the History of Parliament series to appear, providing the most comprehensive study ever compiled on Parliament between 1820 and 1832, the period of Catholic Emancipation, the trial of Queen Caroline, the pursuit of ‘Old Corruption’ and the Great Reform Act, when the United Kingdom came as close to ...
The Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom by merging the previous Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland. The first Parliament of the United Kingdom was composed of all the members of the last Parliament of Great Britain and some of the members of the final Parliament of Ireland.
4 de ago. de 2022 · These volumes contain biographies of the 1367 Members of the House of Commons from 1820 to 1832, surveys of elections and politics in the 383 constituencies of Great Britain and Ireland over the same period and an introduction which analyses and sets them in context.
