GB 0097 SR 1144 - Northumberland and Durham elections

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GB 0097 SR 1144

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Northumberland and Durham elections

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  • 1820-1832 (Creation)

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1 volume

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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.

Archival history

Also known as R 1144.
GB 0097 SR 1144 1820-1832 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Unknown
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.

Also known as R 1144.

Bought in 1959.

Scrapbook containing ephemera relating to elections in Northumberland and Durham, 1820-1832, including posters, portraits, handouts and song sheets.

1 volume.

Open.

No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
English

No further list required.

The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds other material concerning elections in Northumberland (Ref: SR 1126 and 1145).

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. Apr 2001 County Durham Durham Elections Electoral systems England Europe Internal politics Northumberland Political science Politics UK Western Europe London

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Bought in 1959.

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Scrapbook containing ephemera relating to elections in Northumberland and Durham, 1820-1832, including posters, portraits, handouts and song sheets.

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1 volume.

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Open.

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No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds other material concerning elections in Northumberland (Ref: SR 1126 and 1145).

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British Library of Political and Economic Science

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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.

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  • English

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