An Encyclopaedia of ParliamentFirst published in 1958. |
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Page 384
... returned for towns not incorporated , and the magistrates who returned themselves , were incapable of sitting in Parliament ; but they decided in favour of non - resident Englishmen who had been returned for places they had never seen ...
... returned for towns not incorporated , and the magistrates who returned themselves , were incapable of sitting in Parliament ; but they decided in favour of non - resident Englishmen who had been returned for places they had never seen ...
Page 739
... returned 2 members ; London University , the University of Wales , and Queen's University , Belfast , each returned 1 member ; the Universities of Durham , Manchester , Birmingham , Liverpool , Leeds , Sheffield , Bristol , and Reading ...
... returned 2 members ; London University , the University of Wales , and Queen's University , Belfast , each returned 1 member ; the Universities of Durham , Manchester , Birmingham , Liverpool , Leeds , Sheffield , Bristol , and Reading ...
Page 757
... returned to power . The burning controversy of the session which followed was the issue of Irish home rule . Glad- stone had been newly converted to this policy , which , needless to say , was vigorously opposed by the Queen . A violent ...
... returned to power . The burning controversy of the session which followed was the issue of Irish home rule . Glad- stone had been newly converted to this policy , which , needless to say , was vigorously opposed by the Queen . A violent ...
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