A nation panics. Closure of the banks and the 1825 aftershock.

September 29, 2016

Following the French Wars, Britain’s future should have been full of confidence: “The half century from 1775 to 1825 saw the …

William Henry Baldock joins the 1841 Canterbury Election revelries

June 9, 2016

In the 1841 UK general election, Sir Robert Peel’s Conservatives took control of the House of Commons. The Whigs lost …