Parliament Collection

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin

Suffragette Board Game PANK-A-SQUITH
A suffragette board game called Pank-A-Squith which was first advertised in the pages of Votes for Women, October 1909

Flag of the Scottish Covenanters
The Flag of the Scottish Covenanters. They were Presbyterians sworn to defend their religion, part of a Protestant effort to seize power in Scotland against the English

LCC-LFB fireboat Massey Shaw, Westminster, London
A publicity photograph of the Massey Shaw fireboat with the Houses of Parliament in the background, used by the London County Council to promote the London Fire Brigade in its publications

Big Ben and London Tram
A wet evening at the Westminster Bridge end of the Victoria Embankment, with Big Ben showing the light which indicates that Parliament is sitting. Note also the tram

Routemaster Bus
A No.76 Routemaster bus drives past the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, on its way to Stoke Newington, north London

Gladstone / Home Rule Bill
The House of Commons, February 13 1893. William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister, introduces the Second Home Rule Bill

William Pitt the Younger addressing Parliament
William Pitt (the Younger) addressing the House of Commons

Police Officers London
Police officers wearing old and new uniforms. On left wearing 1980 uniform, on right the old from the period 1959-1980 Metropolitan Police in London near Houses of Parliament

Hull Shops 1970S
A typical late 20th century pedestrian shopping area. This one is in Hull, Yorkshire, England, on the corner of Parliament Street

A Chartist party, 1843
Chartists attempte to force their giant charter through parliament. 1843

Enoch Powell, controversial British politician
(John) Enoch Powell (1912-1998), British politician and Conservative MP from 1950 to 1974

Reichstags Dome by Norman Foster (b. 1935). Berlin. Germany
Dome of the Reichstag, seat of the German Parliament, designed by Norman Foster (b.1935). Interior. Berlin. Germany

Folio of Codex of the Usages depicting the Catalan Parlia
Alfonso IV of Aragon called the kind (1299-1336). King of Aragon and count of Barcelona as Alfonso III, from 1327 to his death. Son of James II and Blanche of Anjou

Poster, River Thames at Westminster, London. Date: 1954

Westminster Bridge and Parliament on a Christmas card
Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben, inside a Christmas card from Stanley Baldwin (at that time British Prime Minister). (2 of 2) Date: 1928

Suffragette Lancashire Lass Arrested. A Lancashire lass in clogs and shawl being Escorted Through Palace Yard by two burly policemen

John Passmore Edwards, Vanity Fair, Spy
JOHN PASSMORE EDWARDS MP (1823 - 1911) Liberal Member of Parliament for Salisbury, Philanthropist, British journalist, owner and editor of the London newspaper The Echo

IRA bombing of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster
The fire started after the IRA planted an explosive device in Westminster Hall, Houses of Parliament, 17 June 1974

Big Ben under Scaffold
Big Ben covered with scaffolding as the masonry is repaired and cleaned

Battle of Lansdowne
BATTLE OF LANSDOWNE The Royalists under Hopton, advancing on Bath, are halted by the Parliament army under Waller : the Royalists win the day, though with heavy Date: 5 July 1645

Houses of Commons / Lords
Lord Palmerston addressing the House of Commons (top) A debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Lords (bottom)

Queen Victoria opening Parliament 1886
Queen Victoria opening Parliament, Lord Chancellor Baron Halsbury reading the Queens speech at Westminster Palace, London. Date: 21st January 1886

GLC-LFB Lambeths pump escape on the road
Lambeth fire stations pump-escape pictured on Lambeth Palace Road, SE1, in September 1966, with the Houses of Parliament in the background

2nd Earl Grey / Lawrence
Right Honourable Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey Member of Parliament

Jos Chamberlain / Vfair 01
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN Liberal MP at the despatch box

Westminster & London C16
London and Westminster in 1584

1832 Victorian Map of Tavistock

Cartoon, The Confidence Trick! (Northcote and Disraeli)
Cartoon, The Confidence Trick

Members of St Kilda Parliament, Isle of Harris, Scotland
Members of the St Kilda Parliament, Isle of Harris, Scotland. It was an informal, democratic group of men who met on a regular basis in the village street to agree on any work to be done

Sir Francis Crossley, businessman, philanthropist and MP
Sir Francis Crossley (1817-1872), 1st Baronet of Halifax, British carpet manufacturer, philanthropist and Liberal Party politician. Date: 1860s

Hungary - Budapest - The Parliament Building. The buildings were built according to plans of the architect Imre Steindl between 1885 and 1902. Date: circa 1930s

George Lansbury Pamphlet, Smash Up the Workhouse
The cover of George Lansburys 1909 pamphlet Smash Up the Workhouse

Big Ben / Lantern Slide
Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Baxters House, High Street, Kidderminster - Dining Rooms
Baxters House, High Street, Kidderminster (not Stourbridge as incorrectly labelled on the card!!) - Dining Rooms

Abraham Lincoln Statue, Westminster, London
Statue of US President Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Parliament Square, Westminster

Ramsay MacDonald leaping into the limelight
Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) British Labour politician, leaping into the limelight over the backs of Bonar Law (Conservative) and Lloyd George (Liberal) when he won the General Election in 1922

The Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and conspirators
Early 19th century impression of the main protagonists in the conspiracy to blow up Parliament in 1605. From left, Tesmond, Garnet, T. Percy, Catesby, I. Wright, Guy Fawkes, I

Votes for women air balloon, 1909
Votes for women more in the air than ever: the suffragettes dirgible for the opening of Parliament

Lord de Grey and Ripon, Vanity Fair, Ape
GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827-1909), known as Viscount Goderich (1833-59) and as the Earl de Grey and Ripon (1859-71)

Dennis Skinner, Labour MP for Bolsover, Derbyshire
Dennis Edward Skinner (b 1932), Labour politician, MP for Bolsover since 1970. Well known for his outspoken remarks in parliament, for which he has been suspended more than ten times

Joseph Alfred Sparks campaigning
Joseph Alfred Sparks (19011981) - a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician

First female to speak in the House of Commons
Margaret Travers Symons (1879 - after 1951), suffragette, the first woman to speak in the House of Commons, who made her way in after running past policeman, Mr Idris into the chamber

Hogarth, Beer Street. A political print supporting a ministerial measure against the unlimited sale of gin

Big Ben and Parliament Square Date: 1960s

Disraeli / Parl Speech
BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1st Earl of Beaconsfield; statesman, Prime Minister and novelist speaking in parliament. Date: 1804 - 1881

Sir Charles Dalbiac, British army officer and MP
Sir James Charles Dalbiac (1776-1847), British army officer (rising to Lieutenant General) with the 4th Light Dragoons, and MP for Ripon. Date: early 19th century

Cable laying, Houses of Parliament, London
Laying cables in the street outside the Houses of Parliament, Central London

French Railway Poster - Paris to London
French Railway poster, advertising the route by rail from Pari to London via Rouen, Dieppe and Newhaven, departing from the Gare St. Lazare

Thames Embankment by night - View toward Westminster, London
Thames Embankment by night - View toward the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London. Note the elctricity saving of only lighting every other light. Date: circa 1910s

The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962
Front cover of The Tatler for May 1962 celebrating London Fashion Week and featuring three models (Jean Shrimpton at the back)

Alfred Onions, Welsh Labour MP
Alfred Onions (1858-1921), Welsh Labour MP for Caerphilly and Treasurer of the South Wales Miners Federation

Met Police officer giving directions
A Metropolitan Police officer in Central London, giving directions to a young woman in a Rover 90 saloon car, with the Houses of Parliament in the background

An architectural group in Westminster
A London vista, with a horse-drawn tram and carriages, and several buildings of note including Westminster Hospital, Big Ben, Parliament Square, St Margarets Church

Marriage of Baroness Burdett-Coutts to William Ashmead-Bartl
Engraving showing the marriage of Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906) to William Ashmead-Bartlett (1851-1921) in Christ Church, Piccadilly, London, 1881

Statue of Richard I
RICHARD I, THE LIONHEART The statue of King Richard I, by Carlo Marochetti, outside the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London

Battle of Langport
BATTLE OF LANGPORT, Somerset The Parliament army under Fairfax delivers a crushing defeat to the Royalists under Goring

Disraeli Speaks / 1875
Tory Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli speaks during a debate on Irish Home Rule

Prison to Citizenship
Fighting with grit, to the front bit by bit, Determined in Parliament one day to sit... this is the House that man built

Westminster / 1910 / Big Ben
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge

Westminster / Parl 1926
Westminster by night

Eminent Politicians / 1886
Eminent politicians including Gladstone, Randolph Churchill and Charles Stewart Parnell gather in the Commons Lobby

Richard Coeur Lion statue, Palace of Westminster, London, Victorian period

1832 Victorian Map of Launceston

Margaret Wintringham during her election campaign
Margaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924

Tynwald Hill - St John s, Isle of Man (" where the new Manx Laws are made" )

Caricature of Lord Salisbury, Conservative party leader
Caricature of Lord Salisbury (Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, 1830-1903)

Frederick Edwin Smith
FREDERICK EDWIN SMITH first earl of BIRKENHEAD (1872 - 1930), Barrister, Member of Parliament and Lord Chancellor Date: 1909

Margaret Wintringham (1879 - 1955), British Liberal Party politician, MP for Louth between 1921 and 1924

Suffragettes Chalking Pavement Deputation. A group of W.S.P.U members in replica prison dress chalk the pavement announcing the deputation to Mr. Asquith, 24th february 1909

Sir Godfrey Baring, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GODFREY BARING, 1st Baronet (1871-1957) Liberal Member of Parliament for Barnstaple and the Isle of Wight. Caption: Isle of Wight Date: 1871 - 1957

House of Lords Interior
The Royal Gallery, House of Lords, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London. Date: early 1930s

St. John s. Isle of Man
St. Johns Church, on Tynwald Hill, Isle of Man, where a service is held every year, on 5th July, before the ceremony of choosing a new Parliament takes place on Tynwald Hill. Date: 1960s photo

Queen Victoria at the railway ticket office
Queen Victoria depicted at the railway ticket office with her luggage, about to travel to London to open Parliament. Date: 1886

Cartoon, The Futurist (House of Lords reform)
Cartoon, The Futurist -- Bonar Law and Asquith on the failure to reform the House of Lords. Date: 1913

Frederick Dufferin Vf 70
FREDERICK TEMPLE HAMILTON-TEMPLE BLACKWOOD 1st MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN & AVA British diplomat and administrator Date: 1826 - 1902

Disraeli as Pm / 1868
Disraeli addresses the Commons for the first time as Prime Minister, following Lord Derbys resignation. Date: March 1868

Devonshire / 7Th / V Fair 74
SIR WILLIAM CAVENDISH 7th DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE Statesman and benefactor Date: 1808 - 1891

James Griffiths
James Jim Griffiths, Labour M.P. for Llanelli, Wales from 1936 to 1970

Lionel L. Cohen, Vanity Fair, Lib
LIONEL LOUIS COHEN (1832-1887) English financier, politician, and communal worker. Trustee and later manager of the London Stock Exchange. MP for Paddington North

Key figures behind tariff reform from Birmingham area
The key figures behind tariff reform from the Birmingham area. Tariff Reform introduced by Joseph and Austen Chamberlain in 1903

London Romance
A couple shelter from the rain under a red umbrella during a romantic walk beside the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, central London. Date: 1960s

Taking a tumble has its compensations
" The New Compensation Act" - " Hooray! I believe I ve broken my arm

Whitehall 1837
William IV travels to Parliament for the last time along Parliament Street, passing the Board of Trade and the Treasury

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