Simon de Montfort, having seized power from King Henry III, called a Parliament with a wider representation catchment than the usual knights and barons; he summoned representatives of cities and boroughs. This was merely to widen his support but it was also the beginnings of what later became the House of Commons.
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Simon de Montfort's Parliament of 1265
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Westminster Hall - Simon de Montfort
Queen Elizabeth II here replied to addresses presented by both Houses of Parl...
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Pearse Morrison
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
1 memorial
Lord David Ennals
Labour politician. Born Staffordshire. Secretary of State for Social Services 1976 - 9. Patron of the Bromley by Bow Centre. Died at home in Belsize Park.
1 memorial
Jeremy Simons
Chairman of the Hampstead Heath Management Committee, in 2012. From our Picture source, June 2015: "Outgoing chairman of the Hampstead Heath Committee, Jeremy Simons, has planted a tree in Golders...
1 memorial
Mr Alderman Cotton, MP
One of the managers of the 1873-75 changes at Aske’s Hospital.
1 memorial
Albert Charles Starr
Mayor of Bermondsey 1929-1930 and then for a period of 3 terms during WW2: 1941-44. Our photo shows a group of officials from the United States during their tour of the Civil Defence Services at B...
2 memorials