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A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria
by Joseph Grego
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20 totalA HISTORY OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS AND ELECTIONEERING IN THE OLD DAYS SHOWING THE STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND PARTY WARFARE AT THE HUSTINGS AND IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM THE STUARTS TO QUEEN VICTORIA CANDIDATES ADDRESSING THEIR CONSTITUENTS. ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ORIGINAL POLITICAL SQUIBS, LAMPOONS PICTORIAL SATIRES, AND POPULAR CARICATURES OF THE TIME BY JOSEPH GREGO AUTHOR OF “JAMES GILLRAY, THE CARICATURIST: HIS LIFE, WORKS, AND TIMES” “ROWLANDSON, THE CARICATURIST: HIS LIFE, TIMES, AND WORKS,” ETC. London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1886 [The right of translation is reserved]
PREFACE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
CHAPTER I. CONCERNING EARLY PARLIAMENTS AND ELECTIONS OF KNIGHTS AND BURGESSES.
CHAPTER II. PARLIAMENTARY LIFE UNDER THE STUARTS; PAID MEMBERS.
CHAPTER III. PARLIAMENTS AND ELECTIONEERING UNDER JAMES II., WILLIAM III., AND QUEEN ANNE.
CHAPTER IV. ELECTIONEERING AND PARTY TACTICS UNDER GEORGE I. AND II.
CHAPTER V. SATIRES ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 1754.
CHAPTER VI. JOHN WILKES AS A POPULAR REPRESENTATIVE.
CHAPTER VII. MIDDLESEX ELECTIONS, 1768-9.
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This sweeping narrative traces the colorful world of British parliamentary elections from the early Stuart period right up to the reign of Queen Victoria. Listeners will hear how rival Tories and Whigs turned hustings into theatrical battlegrounds, where promises, patronage, and even outright bribery shaped the composition of the House of Commons. The author paints the era with lively anecdotes about pocket boroughs, borough‑mongering, and the fierce local rivalries that made each contest a community spectacle.
The second half of the work brings the period’s visual humor to life, weaving in contemporary caricatures, satirical squibs, and ballads that mocked candidates and their tactics. These illustrations, described in vivid detail, reveal a society both critical of and complicit in its own political games. By the mid‑nineteenth century, the narrative shows how growing public awareness began to curb the excesses, setting the stage for the reforms that would reshape British democracy.
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A History of Parliamentary Elections and Electioneering in the Old Days Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria Showing the State of Political Parties and Party Warfare at the Hustings and in the House of Commons from the Stuarts to Queen Victoria
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en
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~15 hours (884K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2016-05-24
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Joseph Grego
1843–1908
A lively Victorian writer on art, caricature, and old election customs, he turned his passion for prints and pictures into books that still interest historians today. His work helped preserve the world of artists such as James Gillray and Thomas Rowlandson for later readers.
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