Theme Intriguing People
Jeremy Bentham advocates Women’s Suffrage 1818
Jeremy Bentham was a radical thinker leader in utilitarianism and working for the greater good including being ahead of his time on women’s rights.
Read MoreRegency Act 1811
George, son of George III, becomes Prince Regent
Read MoreJane Austen 1775 – 1817
Over two hundred years ago, Jane Austen wrote about contemporary society with such passion and subtlety that her novels remain as vivid and fresh as when they were first penned. Her writings give family historians great context as we try to imagine life in the early 1800’s. She died on 18th July 1817, at…
Read MoreSense & Sensibility published
Just a snippet of Jane Austen
Read MoreGilberts Act 1782
Gilberts Act 1782, another act that disadvantaged the poor…and this was supposed to be one of the better ones?
Read MoreWorkhouse Test Act 1723
Workhouse Test Act of 1723 was more of the same in terms of oppressive laws thinly disguised as a programme of social welfare that worked in reality more as a form of repression and implied punishment. The plight of the poor was not as yet something that governments saw as anything but a problem and cost to be minimised. Find out more in this article and a series of connected posts tell the story of the history of lay in respect of the poor.
Read MoreAct of Settlement 1662
Act of Settlement 1662
Read MoreHerbert George Blondie Hasler 1914-1987 DSO OBE
Blondie Hasler credited with set-up of what became the SBS on the authority of Lord Louis Mountbatten.
Read MoreFactory Act 1850
Redefining the working day, the Factory Act 1850
Read MoreThe Factory Acts in C19th Britain
Factory Acts C19th, how did they impact on your family?
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