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In many ways the tone and composition of government remained heavily aristocratic for much of the reign. Queen Victoria’s prime ministers included four earls, a marquess, a viscount and the younger son of an earl.
- Daily LIfe
The Victorian age was the first in which childhood was...
- Commerce
AS SAFE AS THE BANK OF ENGLAND. In an age when sustained...
- Victorians
New developments in the study and rearing of plants were...
- Religion
The government had begun to remedy this. In 1818 it had...
- Food and Health
BEER AND TEMPERANCE. Beer was by far the most popular drink...
- War
Victorian Britain was both the greatest power in the world...
- Child Labour in The Lake District
A FATAL ERRAND. On 29 November 1849 Kit Cloudesdale, a...
- The Dilessi Massacre and a Gothic Revival Masterpiece
The Studley Royal estate was then owned by George Robinson,...
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3 dni temu · After the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act, local government, if developing unevenly, was a major part of the new machinery of government. There was a great flowering of civic administration and civic pride during the early and mid-Victorian period in Britain.
These details are why this census is seen as the first census of real value to family historians. This document, the Population Act 1840, provided the legal framework for these changes. It created Commissioners for taking Account of the Population, responsible for implementing the Act.
21 sty 2022 · The first full decade of the Victorian Era, the 1840s, saw a wave of changes that would shake the United Kingdom and the British Empire forever. From new governments at home to new territory abroad, Britain as we know it was fundamentally altered every year.
15 lut 2014 · This Chronology presents important dates in the history of social change and social reform in Britain in the 19th and early 20th centuries including parliamentary reform, industrialisation, urbanisation, industrial disputes, advances in technology, labour rights, sanitary conditions and health protection, education, social welfare, female ...
This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1840.. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland).For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament of Scotland.
29 mar 2011 · Overview: Victorian Britain, 1837 - 1901. By Professor Eric Evans. Last updated 2011-03-29. During the Victorian era, Britain could claim to be the world's superpower, despite social inequality at...
