Reform Act 1867
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The Representation of the People Act 1867, known as the Reform Act 1867 or the Second Reform Act, is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that enfranchised part of the urban male working cla
"Dishing the Whigs", Fun cartoon. Lord Derby and Benjamin Disraeli "dish" their Whig opponents by introducing more liberal reforms than they had contemplated; their heads are presented on a platter to Queen Victoria.
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, known as Lord Stanley from 1834 to 1851, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served three times as Prime Minister of the U
Reform Act 1867
…The bill was thus defeated and the Liberal government of Russell resigned. The Conservatives formed a ministry on 26 June 1866, led by Lord Derby as Prime Minister and Disraeli as Chancellor of the Exchequer. They were faced with the challenge of reviving Conservatism: Henry John Temple, 3rd…
Lord Derby c. 1867, W. & D. Downey
Portrait of the Earl of Derby by Frederick Richard Say, 1844
1852 illustration of Derby
Derby in 1861