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The Members of the House of Lords and the Hanoverian Succession
Author(s) -
Handley Stuart
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
parliamentary history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1750-0206
pISSN - 0264-2824
DOI - 10.1111/1750-0206.12481
Subject(s) - parliament , queen (butterfly) , politics , ecological succession , period (music) , law , political science , sociology , public administration , art , biology , ecology , hymenoptera , botany , aesthetics
This essay examines what happened in August and September 1714, from the death of Queen Anne on 1 August to the swearing‐in of the new privy council on 1 October, specifically from the perspective of the membership of the house of lords. It confirms that most members were present in London during this period and active in parliament, the privy council, the regency, and politics generally. Very few were absent without a good reason.