The History Of Parliament The House Of Commons 1754 1790 3 Vols

France, India and the revolt of the American colonies all had an impact on the business of the House during the second half of the eighteenth century, as detailed in these volumes of the History of Parliament. The subject of the Namier/Brooke volumes concerns a period when politics were dominated in turn by the war with France, the accession of george III, the governance of India and the revolt of the American colonies. The repercussions of those problems upon the House provide the main themes of the Introductory Survey. Largely written by John Brooke, it draws heavily on Namier's views on mid to late eighteenth century politics. The three volumes contain 1,966biographical articles and 314 constituency articles.

This is the first of three volumes of Members' biographical studies in the five-volume set, The House of Commons 1690-1715, in 'The History of Parliament' series. The volumes provide essential information about the 1980 members of the house of Commons elected between 1690 and 1715. In addition to the 'political giants', much interest will be focused upon the less well-known Members, many of whose biographies have not previously appeared in print.

The House of Commons volumes, part of the History of Parliament series, are a major academic project describing the House's members, constituencies and activities covering the period 1386-1832. Consists of biographies of every person who sat as a member of the House during the period concerned; descriptions of each election during the period in each constituency; and an introductory survey, pulling together and analysing the information given in the biographies and constituency histories.