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  1. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    The percentage votes for each candidate in the Penryn and Falmouth by- election were as follows (1931 general election): Harcourt Johnstone (Liberal): 46.0 (48.9) A.L. Rowse (Labour): 29.8 (22.7) Conservative candidate: 24.2 (28.4)...

  2. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    The Penryn and Falmouth by-election, caused by the death of Courtney Mansel (Liberal) on 4 January 1933, was held on 27 February 1933. The Liberal candidate was Harcourt Johnstone, who was Liberal MP for Willesden East from March 1923 to September...

  3. A Murder in the Royal Palace in Edinburgh - a Timeline from 1566

    King Louis XIV of France married Princess Elizabeth (born January 1646), the eldest daughter of King Eamon I and Queen Mary of Ireland, in Paris in April 1662. (1) They were 21 and 16 years old respectively. Mary was the eldest daughter of Prince...

  4. Striving for a world transformed by justice and peace - a TL from 1827

    The party allegiance of the hereditary peers were as follows: Conservative: 118 (109) Liberal: 82 (85) (Commonwealth: 1) (Irish Conservative: 5) ------------------ Total: 200 ----------------- There were also 25...

  5. Striving for a world transformed by justice and peace - a TL from 1827

    In late October and early November 1896, borough councils and county councils with populations of 100,000 or more as recorded in the 1891 census, elected their Peers who would sit in the House of Lords. The number elected for each party were as follows...

  6. Keeping the British Liberal Party flag flying high
    Threadmarks: Scottish government, Welsh general election May 1991

    In Scotland the Liberals agreed to give confidence and supply to a Conservative minority government. The Labour/Liberal coalition resigned and the Conservative leader, David McLetchie became First Minister. (1) A general election for the Welsh Parliament was...

  7. Keeping the British Liberal Party flag flying high
    Threadmarks: Scottish general election October 1990

    A general election for the Scottish Parliament took place on 1 October 1990. The number of seats won by each party were (1986 general election): Conservative: 39 (37) Labour: 33 (40) SNP: 30 (22) Liberal: 19 (22) ----------------------- Total: 121 (121)...

  8. Riding the swings and roundabouts of fortune: A timeline from 1885

    In OTL Spencer was a possibility for Liberal leader and Prime Minister after the 1892 general election. (1) He made the following changes to his government: The Duke of Devonshire (formerly Lord Hartington) appointed Lord Privy Seal Lord Kimberley from India...

  9. Riding the swings and roundabouts of fortune: A timeline from 1885

    William Gladstone resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal on 13 October 1891. His resignation was not unexpected. It was widely assumed that he stayed in office to deal with the Irish question. With the rejection of...

  10. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    The World Disarmament Conference opened in Geneva with Ramsay MacDonald as its chairman. William Graham, who was Chancellor of the Exchequer from January 1930 to September 1931, died on 8 January 1932. The subsequent by-election in Edinburgh on 25...

  11. A Murder in the Royal Palace in Edinburgh - a Timeline from 1566
    Threadmarks: English Civil War, Catherine I of England and Wales

    After a further three years and more of fighting, with both sides gaining and losing territory, though with mostly the king and his government losing, the English Civil War ended on 7 July 1675 with the capture of London by the rebels, in co-ordination...

  12. Striving for a world transformed by justice and peace - a TL from 1827

    On 29 October 1897, the Prime Minister appointed George Lansbury to the new post of Assistant Postmaster-General. He had been Commonwealth MP for Bethnal Green South-West since the April 1894 general election. In July 1898, entrance fees to museums were...

  13. Keeping the British Liberal Party flag flying high
    Threadmarks: Labour/Liberal government legislation, congestion charges

    Among the legislation passed by the Labour/Liberal coalition government were the following: the Countryside Act 1992 which gave the right of access to four million acres of formerly closed areas of mountains, moorland, downland and heath; the Access to Rivers...

  14. Riding the swings and roundabouts of fortune: A timeline from 1885

    The Board of Agriculture was created in August 1889. Jesse Collings was promoted from Parliamentary Secretary Local Government Board to President of the Board of Agriculture. The Colonial Secretary, Earl Granville, died on 31 March 1891. In the...

  15. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    The Labour Party manifesto for the March 1927 London County Council election promised slum clearance and constructing new housing; bringing London Transport under municipal control; establishing a municipal bank and municipalising utilities. The number of...

  16. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    In the London County Council (LCC) election on 3 March 1921, the number of councillors elected for each party were as follows: Municipal Reform Moderate (MRM): 67 Labour: 29 Progressive: 28 ---------------- Total: 124 ------------- MRM kept control of the...

  17. A Riot in Birmingham and the Death of David Lloyd George: A Timeline from December 1901

    An election for the London County Council was held on 7 March 1918. The number of councillors elected for each party were as follows: Muncipal Reform Moderates: 66 Progressive: 43 Labour: 14 Indepdendent: 1 ----------------T Total: 124 --------------- On the...

  18. A Murder in the Royal Palace in Edinburgh - a Timeline from 1566
    Threadmarks: English Civil War

    By November 1671, the areas of England controlled by Robert II and his government were as follows: London and all of south-east, southern, and eastern England as far west as the estuary of the River Test, just west of Southampton; then east of a...

  19. America's Funniest President: Mo Udall Presidency & Beyond

    Happy 30th birthday for Monday, CountDVB.

  20. Striving for a world transformed by justice and peace - a TL from 1827

    Among the changes Applegarth made changes to junior ministers on 28 and 29 October were the following: Amie Hicks from Parliamentary Secretary Health and Local Government Board to Parliamentary Secretary Board of Trade, Charles Hobson from Parliamentary...
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