Events from the year 1847intheUnitedKingdom. Monarch – Victoria Prime Minister – Lord John Russell (Whig) Foreign Secretary – Henry John Temple, 3rd...
The1847UnitedKingdom general election was conducted between 29 July 1847 and 26 August 1847 and resulted inthe Whigs in control of government despite...
The Parliament of theUnitedKingdom currently has 650 parliamentary constituencies across the constituent countries (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern...
investment in America and to pay for food imports to theUnitedKingdom overwhelmed the recovery, and both measures reached new low levels by October 1847. Recovery...
list of acts of the Parliament of theUnitedKingdom for the year 1847. Note that the first parliament of theUnitedKingdom was held in 1801; parliaments...
Until the advent of the railways, theUnitedKingdom used local mean time. Greenwich Mean Time was adopted first by the Great Western Railway in 1840 and...
related to 1847. 1847 (MDCCCXLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar...
Since 1922, theUnitedKingdom has been made up of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales (which collectively make up Great Britain) and Northern Ireland...
throughout the UnitedKingdom, it is illegal to buy sex from a person under 18 where the perpetrator does not reasonably believe they are 18 or over. In England...
TheUnitedKingdom is a constitutional monarchy where executive power is delegated by legislation and social conventions to a unitary parliamentary democracy...
The 1837 UnitedKingdom general election was triggered by the death of King William IV and produced the first Parliament of the reign of his successor...
This is a list of UnitedKingdom general elections (elections for the UK House of Commons) since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament...
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of theUnitedKingdom. Like the lower house, the House of Commons, it meets inthe Palace of Westminster...
Poor Law becomes responsible for providing relief of the destitute. 26 August – 1847UnitedKingdom general election concludes with Repeal Association candidates...
from the year 1922 intheUnitedKingdom. Irish affairs occupied an important place in politics throughout this year. 1922 saw the establishment of the Irish...
The monarchy of theUnitedKingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by theUnitedKingdom by which a hereditary...
known as the Government of theUnitedKingdom) is the central executive authority of theUnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The government...
There are five types of elections intheUnitedKingdom: elections to the House of Commons of theUnitedKingdom (commonly called 'general elections' when...
for constituencies in Wales 2010–15 List of UnitedKingdom MPs by seniority, 2010–15 Category:UK MPs 2010–2015 "Current State of the Parties: Dissolution...
is the capital and largest city of both England and theUnitedKingdom, with a population of around 8.8 million, and its metropolitan area is the largest...
The prime minister of theUnitedKingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet. There...
The Parliament of theUnitedKingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of theUnitedKingdom, and may also legislate...
This is a list of cities intheUnitedKingdom that are officially designated such as of 12 November 2022[update]. It lists those places that have been...
Law enforcement intheUnitedKingdom is organised separately in each of the legal systems of theUnitedKingdom: England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern...
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