{"id":1514,"date":"2017-05-30T14:57:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T13:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/?page_id=1514"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:02:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T13:02:59","slug":"the-georgian-lords","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center has-light-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-heading\" style=\"color:#510202;font-size:48px;\">Welcome to the Georgian Lords blog series<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/georgian-lords\/\">Click here to read our blog posts<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"562\" data-attachment-id=\"1515\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited.jpg?fit=812%2C634&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"812,634\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"House_of_Lords_Microcosm_edited\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;By Thomas Rowlandson (1756\u20131827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1762\u20131832) (after) John Bluck (fl. 1791\u20131819), Joseph Constantine Stadler (fl. 1780\u20131812), Thomas Sutherland (1785\u20131838), J. Hill, and Harraden (aquatint engravers) (Plate 52 of Microcosm of London (1809)) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited.jpg?fit=300%2C234&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited.jpg?fit=720%2C562&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/house_of_lords_microcosm_edited.jpg?resize=720%2C562&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1515\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The House of Lords, c.1809 by Thomas Rowlandson (1756\u20131827) and Augustus Charles Pugin (1762\u20131832), via <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:House_of_Lords_Microcosm_edited.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Posts here are written by our House of Lords 1715-1790 section and friends, highlighting the new research from our latest project investigating the House of Lords in the early Georgian period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The three contributors are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/staff\/dr-robin-eagles-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Robin Eagles<\/a>, Editor<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/staff\/dr-stuart-handley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Stuart Handley<\/a>, Senior Research Fellow<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/staff\/dr-charles-littleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dr Charles Littleton<\/a>, Senior Research Fellow<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can find out more about the <a href=\"http:\/\/historyofparliamentonline.org\/about\/latest-research\/lords-1660-1832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lords 1715-90 project here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/category\/georgian-lords\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE FOR ALL THE GEORGIAN LORDS POSTS<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GeorgianLords\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow the Georgian Lords on Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lords-books.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" data-attachment-id=\"1518\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/lords-books\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lords-books.jpg?fit=3840%2C2160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3840,2160\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;D5803&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1467204624&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lords books\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lords-books.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lords-books.jpg?fit=720%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/lords-books.jpg?resize=720%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1518\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first History of Parliament volumes concentrating on the House of Lords, published in 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/gh\/academic\/subjects\/history\/british-history-after-1450\/house-lords-16601715?format=WX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Available from Cambridge University Press<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/historyofparliament.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/georgian-lords-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"89\" data-attachment-id=\"1520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/georgian-lords-2\/\" 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The three contributors are: Dr Robin Eagles, Editor Dr Stuart Handley, Senior Research Fellow Dr Charles Littleton, Senior Research Fellow &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/historyofparliament.com\/the-georgian-lords\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span 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