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3 days ago · Lunae, Martii 19, 1603. THE FIRST SESSION of the FIRST PARLIAMENT of our most gracious Lord King JAMES, begun and holden at Westminster, on Monday the Nineteenth Day of March, in the Years of his Highness' Reign, of England, France, and Ireland, the First, and of Scotland, the Thirty-seventh; and there continued until the Seventh Day of July 1604, and then prorogued until the Seventh Day of ...
1 day ago · Palace of Westminster. / 51.49917°N 0.12472°W / 51.49917; -0.12472. The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England. It is commonly called the Houses of Parliament after the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two legislative chambers which occupy the ...
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3 days ago · The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN: 9780521193146; 6512pp.; Price: £425.00. Though these volumes cover just 12 years of parliamentary history, they are the most substantial yet to be published in the great series that will eventually make up the History of Parliament ...
6 days ago · A Preamble, with the Protestation, made by the whole House of Commons, the 3 of May 1641, and assented unto, by the Lords of the Upper House, the 4th of May. We, the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, of the Commons House, in Parliament, finding to the Grief of our Hearts, that the Designs of the Priests and Jesuits, and other Adherents to the ...
4 days ago · John Simon Bercow ( / ˈbɜːrkoʊ /; born 19 January 1963) [5] is a British former politician who was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Buckingham between 1997 and 2019. A member of the Conservative Party prior to becoming Speaker, he was the first MP since Selwyn Lloyd in 1971 to be elected ...
6 days ago · SPEECHES and DEBATES In the Fifth Session of the First Parliament of King George I. Anno 6. Geo. 1. 1719. The King went to the House of Peers on the 23d of November, with the usual State, when the Lord Chancellor, by his Majesty's Command, read the following Speech to both Houses: King's Speech at opening the Fifth. Session.
May 16, 2024 · The Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619 in the Virginia Colony, was the first elected representative government in America. The members were known as “Burgesses,” and were elected to represent the towns and plantations in the colony. Their purpose was to meet with the Governor and the Governor’s Council to discuss and pass ...
