The Middlesex election affair was a political controversy in Great Britain concerning the election of a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Middlesex in 1769. After being expelled from Parlia
The Parliament of Great Britain was formed in May 1707 following the ratification of the Acts of Union by both the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. The Acts ratified the treaty of
Painting of c. 1708–14 showing Queen Anne addressing the House of Lords in the old Palace of Westminster, depicting the ceremonial union of crown and parliament after the Acts of Union 1707.
The political raree-show: or a picture of parties and politics, during and at the close of the last session of Parliament, June 1779 (1779 etching).