Commons Collection (page 5)

Wotton, Sir Henry (1568-1639). English author, diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1614 and 1625. Engraving

The Ladies Lords v. Commons golf match
The golf match took place at Coombe Hill, Surrey and ended in victory for the Commons: Miss Seton Karr (Commons); The Dowager Countess of Wilton (Lords) and Mrs Olaf Hambro (Commons). Date: 1919

Suffragette Deputation June 1909 Programme
A souvenir and programme announcing the Deputation to the Prime Minister, Asquith, at the House of Commons on Tuesday June 29th, 1909, at 8 p.m

Macmillan speaking inn the House, Profumo Scandal
" We have not been parties to deception." Artists impression by Juliet Pannett, special artist for the ILN, showing Prime Minister Harold Macmillan

In the Lobby of the House of Commons
Some prominent Parliamentary personalities pictured in the lobby of the House of Commons. In the left foreground are Messrs.A. Maclaren, J. R. Clynes and Philip Snowden

Robert Richardson-Gardner (1827 - 1898), British barrister, militia officer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1890

William Robson, Baron Robson
William Snowdon Robson, Baron Robson (1852 1918), English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1885 and 1910. Caption The Solicitor General

Suffragette Cat Behind the Grille. Cat is barred from the Chamber of the house of Commons. Captioned, The Suffragette Question. Behind the Grille in the Cats Parliament House Date: 1912

W. S. P. U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition
W.S.P.U Handbill Deputation Right of Petition. W.S.P.U Votes for Women handbill announcing a Deputation to the House of Commons, June 29th 1909, referring to The Bill of Rights

Suffragette Charlotte Despard Exeter Hall. Charlotte Despard (1844-1939) addresses a meeting at the Exeter Hall, London after Dickinsons Bill was talked out in the House of commons. Date: 1907

Suffragette-Proof House of Commons. A suffragette-proof palisade or bunker guarded by a policeman is erected at the House of Commons

Suffragettes Prison Dress Deputation. Suffragettes in replica prison uniform - green serge dress, broad arrows on pinafore and white cap, stand beside a black mock prison van

Suffragette Cats Premier House of Commons. A group of suffragette cats address the Prime Minister, Henry Campbell Bannerman (served 1905-1908) on the question of womens suffrage

Suffragette Mr & Mrs. Pethick-Lawrence 1908. Mrs. Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence and Christabel Pankhurst arriving at Bow Street Court, October 14th 1908

Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst Trafalgar Square. Christabel pankhurst speaking to a crowd in Trafalgar Square, inviting then to Come to the House of commons on October 13th. Mrs. Pankhurst and Mrs

Christabel Pankhurst Bow Street 1908. Christabel and Emmeline Pankhurst leaving Bow Street Magistrates Court in October 1908

Suffragettes Attack the House of Commons. Suffragettes waving imbrellas above theeir heads trample policemen in their haste to RUSH the HOUSE of Commons Date: circa 1907

Suffragette Concert House of commons. A Spoof announcement of A Grand Members Concert which will Shortly be given in the House of Commons

Suffragette Fancy Dress Ball Pankhurst. A Spoof programme announcing a Fancy Dress Ball which may shortly be held in the House of Commons Mrs Pankhurst will be forcibly dressed as OPHELIA

Suffragette Demonstration Parliament 1908. Depicts the demonstration on 13th October 1908, when suffragettes, men and women were invited to Rush the House of Commons

Suffragette Votes for Women, Manners for Men. Ugly suffragettes with placards rampage down the road, policemen floored and running for cover

Committee rooms, House of Commons. Jane Bull holds a box labelled, Miss. J. Bull Franchise Realising it is empty, she confronts Herbert Gladstone who thinks, Dear me

Suffragette Vision - Mrs Speaker. The suffragette vision of a woman as speaker of the House of commons with female official holding the Mace. Date: circa 1908

Suffragette, Beware Scantleburys Mice. Lady Politicians Beware! The Force of the future - In the Commons they ll look nice is (tell it not to the suffragettes!) brave Scantleburys Mice

William Lowther (1821 1912), British diplomat and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1892. Caption: Westmorland. Date: 1881

WW1, Graphic front cover, the spectre of war 1 August 1914
The Fear that is in all mens minds. Front cover of The Graphic from 1 August 1914 showing Prime Minister Asquith addressing the House of Commons as Britain teetered on the brink of war with Germany

Filmer Honywood (1745 - 1809), English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1774 and 1806. He was elected MP for Kent in 1780 and held the seat until 1796

Crowds assembled in London on the outbreak of WWI
Crowds assemble close to the House of Commons in London, during the afternoon of the August Bank Holiday (3rd August 1914) when war was practically inevitable. Date: 1914

One man, one suffragette: a suggestion to the House of Commons police. Why not keep Dummy Suffragettes(artificial P-nkh-rsts, stuffed B-ll-ngt-ns)

Churchill cheered by the House
Winston Churchill sits down, head in hands, following his speech to the House of Commons on 4 July 1940. On the previous day

Incomings and outgoings on the outbreak of WW1
Incomings and outgoings on the outbreak of the First World War. Top left: Earl Roberts, walking to the House of Commons. Top right: Viscount Morley

First woman MP, 1919
NANCY, LADY ASTOR Vicountess Astor, standing between Lord Balfour and Lloyd George, becomes the first woman MP, 1919. The Front Ministerial Bench beyond the Table is shown here

Arthur Balfour, British politician, giving a talk
Arthur Balfour, British politician and former Prime Minister, giving a talk on lawn tennis at Panshanger, home of Mr Almeric Paget

Ladies Gallery
The Ladies Gallery of the House of Commons, behind a metal grille. The grilles were added in the reconstruction of the Commons following the 1834 fire

Ralph A. Gossett, Vanity Fair, Ape
RALPH ALLEN GOSSETT (died 1885) House of Commons Deputy-Serjeant-at-Arms. Caption: Popular Members Date: died 1885

Edmund Hammond, Vanity Fair, Ape
GEORGE CECIL WELD-FORESTER, 3rd Baron Forester (1807-1886) British Tory and Conservative politician. Member of Parliament for Wenlock from 1828, a seat he would hold for 46 years

Frederic William Farrar, Vanity Fair, Spy
FREDERIC WILLIAM FARRAR (1831-1903) Theological writer. His daughter, Maud, was the mother of World War II British field marshal Bernard Montgomery. Caption: Chaplain to the Commons Date: 1831 - 1903

House of Commons 1852
The rebuilt House of Commons following the fire of 1834. Date: 1852

House of Commons 1835
The House of Commons in its provisional location, following the fire of 1834 and previous to the construction of the present buildings. Date: 1835

Sir Edward Seymour
SIR EDWARD SEYMOUR Statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons. Date: 1633 - 1708

Wm. Viscount Selby
WILLIAM COURT GULLY, first viscount SELBY Statesman, Speaker in the House of Commons before his elevation to the peerage. Date: 1835 - 1909

First Viscount Peel - 2
ARTHUR WELLESLEY, first viscount PEEL son of sir Robert Peel statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons. Date: 1829 - 1912

First Viscount Peel - 4
ARTHUR WELLESLEY, first viscount PEEL son of sir Robert Peel statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons. Date: 1829 - 1912

First Viscount Peel - 3
ARTHUR WELLESLEY, first viscount PEEL son of sir Robert Peel statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons. Date: 1829 - 1912

First Viscount Peel - 5
ARTHUR WELLESLEY, first viscount PEEL son of sir Robert Peel statesman, Speaker of the House of Commons. Date: 1829 - 1912

Robert Peel Speaking
SIR ROBERT PEEL (the younger) speaking in the House of Commons in 1846. Date: 1788 - 1850

Parnell in Parliament
CHARLES STEWART PARNELL Irish statesman seated in the House of Commons during the reading of the Land Bill. Date: 1846 - 1891

Viscount Ossington - 1
JOHN EVELYN DENISON, viscount OSSINGTON Statesman, speaker of the House of Commons before being viscounted. Date: 1800 - 1873

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