Alexander Raphael
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Alexander Raphael was a British politician who was the first British-Armenian to serve in the House of Commons. He was returned as a Whig MP from the Irish constituency of County Carlow, at a by-elect
St Raphael's Church, Surbiton
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Print of the Palace of Westminster, before it burnt down in 1834
Victoria Tower in London
Two of the incumbent speakers of the Parliament, Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle (left) and Lord Speaker The Lord Forsyth of Drumlean (right), March 2026