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Reform of Parliament

Great Britain · Government / Tory Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1829–1846Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1829

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st5 March 1829

London · Government / Tory Party Government

The Roman Catholic Relief Bill passes through the House of Commons

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1st1829

London · Government / Tory Party Government

Requires Catholic MPs to take an oath of loyalty. Pushed through Parliament by Wellington, allows Catholics the vote & sit in Parliament

1846

Robert Peel26 May 1846

London · Government / Tory Party Government

The Corn Law Repeal Bill passes through Parliament

Names involved

Arthur Wellesley Wellington, 1stRobert Peel

Provenance

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