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Tuesday, April 29
Profile: William Villiers Sankey, Chartist aristocrat
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mark
on Tue 29 Apr 2008 13:16 BST
While representing Edinburgh at the convention, Sankey was profiled by The Charter newspaper... more » Thursday, April 24
Northern Star: Chartist newspaper online
by
mark
on Thu 24 Apr 2008 19:00 BST
The three-year Nineteenth Century Serials Edition project will culminate on that day ... more » Tuesday, April 22
Chartism and the Labour Parliament of 1854
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mark
on Tue 22 Apr 2008 12:14 BST
There is no clear date at which Chartism came to an end. For many, the disappointments ... more » Sunday, April 20
Chartists.net: beware of spoof emails
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mark
on Sun 20 Apr 2008 17:53 BST
Please note that the chartists.net domain name is never used to send outgoing email. If, over the past few days, you have received email apparently from “buttress@chartists.net”, then I can assure you that it did not originate from this website. In short, you have been the subject of an email ... more » Sunday, April 6
Profile: Peter McDouall - Chartist hero
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mark
on Sun 06 Apr 2008 11:59 BST
Gaoled twice, losing a daughter during one period of imprisonment due to the terrible conditions suffered by his family, and dying at ... more » |
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William Villiers Sankey came from aristocratic stock. The son of an Irish volunteer and Member of Parliament, he moved among the political elite of his day. Yet he also served as a delegate to the First Chartist Convention of 1839.
The single most important source for anyone looking for a
Chartist ancestor goes online on Tuesday 13 May, when a free, publicly
available and fully searchable run of the Northern Star newspaper is due to be
released online.
The Labour Parliament of 1854 was one of the last
significant Chartist gatherings. A page on the Labour Parliament which also
lists the 40 delegates who attended has now been added to Chartist Ancestors.
Peter Murray McDouall, a Scottish-born doctors radicalised
by his exposure to factory conditions in industrial Lancashire, was one of the
most significant figures in Chartism for a decade. 