The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conse
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge
Robert Peel by RR Scanlan detail
The 1832 United Kingdom general election was held on 8 December 1832 to 8 January 1833. The first election to be held in the newly-reformed House of Commons, the Whigs under Earl Grey won a landslide
1835 United Kingdom general election
…1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large majority. Under the terms of the Lichfield House Compact the Whigs had entered into an electoral pact with the Irish…
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey after Sir Thomas Lawrence copy
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington by John Jackson cropped
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