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1 de dic. de 2005 · Abstract. Between 1848 and 1867, the reform of parliament was one of the key subjects of political debate in Britain. The central figure in this debate was Lord John Russell, but his approach to reform has been little understood. This article uses Russell's extensive writings and speeches on reform, accumulated over a period of fifty ...
- Robert Saunders
- 2005
- Overview
- Major acts
- Interesting facts
- Biography
Whig 1846 to 1852, 1865 to 1866
“I have made mistakes, but in all I did my object was the public good.”
Factory Act 1847: limitations on factory working hours. Public Health Act 1848: improving the sanitary conditions of towns and populous places.
He was the last Whig Prime Minister. Charles Dickens dedicated the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, to him, “In remembrance of many public services and private kindnesses.”
Lord John Russell, later Earl Russell, was the principal architect of the Great Reform Act in 1832, and was one of the main promoters of parliamentary reform in the nineteenth century. As Home Secretary, he reduced the number of criminal offences punishable by death, so that only murder and high treason could be punished by execution.
Russell was shy, vain and uninterested in cultivating the rapidly expanding media. This made his governments easy targets for radical critics who condemned his 1846 to 1852 ministry as aristocratic and out of touch.
15 de ago. de 2020 · Overview. Second Reform Act 1867. The 1832 Reform Act proved that change was possible. The parliamentary elite felt that they had met the need for change but among the working classes there were demands for more. The growth and influence of the Chartist Movement from 1838 onwards was an indication that more parliamentary reform was desired.
28 de ago. de 2007 · Abstract. The second reform act came at the close of a remarkable period of constitutional debate, in which seven different governments had committed themselves to reform. Yet historians have shown little interest in this debate, seeing it as largely irrelevant to the making of the second reform act. This article seeks to reconnect ...
- Robert Saunders
- 2007
The 1850s saw Lord John Russell introduce a number of reform bills to correct defects the first act had left unaddressed. However, no proposal was successful until 1867, when Parliament adopted the Second Reform Act .
- An Act to amend the representation of the people in England and Wales
- 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 45
- 7 June 1832
- Lord Grey, Prime Minister
The fact that the reform bill of 1867 was the work of a Conservative government has always seemed paradoxical, although it became clear soon after its passage that the bill was less of a paradox than supposed at first. Like the great Reform Act of 1832, the Act of 1867 produced profoundly conservative consequences, and they were conservative ...
The Second Reform Act essentially enacted household male suffrage for parliamentary elections in urban areas in England and Wales, and is an important landmark in British political and constitutional development (Acts for Ireland and Scotland were passed in 1868).
