Northumberland Election, 1826
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 SR 1145 |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : Northumberland Election, 1826 |
Date(s) | : 1826 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 volume |
Name of creator(s) | : Unknown |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
In the poll leading up to the General Election of 1826, the Northumberland candidates spent 15 days addressing the electors. There was no common ground between the candidates, and they were in fact bitterly opposed to one another. Lord Howick and Mr. Lambton (Whigs) were particularly hostile to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, then an Independent Reformer, and the ill feeling came to a head on the 10th day. The end result was a duel taking place, early that morning, between Thomas Wentworth Beaumont and Mr. Lambton on the beach below Bamburgh Castle. Shots were exchanged but their seconds, Captain Plunkett for Mr. Beaumont and General Gray for Mr. Lambton, effected a withdrawal of their men without communication.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Ephemera relating to the Northumberland election of 1826, including journals, handouts, posters, press cuttings and song sheets.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
1 volume.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
Finding aids:
No further list required.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought in 1959.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds other material concerning elections in Northumberland and Durham (Ref: SR 1126 and 1144).
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Apr 2001
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