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Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel (2021)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2021). Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel. Parliamentary History, 40(1), 148-167. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12548

In May 1961, the firm of Longmans published the first volume of Norman Gash's monumental life of Sir Robert Peel. Mr Secretary Peel: The Life of Sir Robert Peel before 1830 was hailed at the time as a landmark and has proved surprisingly durable as a... Read More about Norman Gash and the Making of Mr Secretary Peel.

A Great Electioneer and His Motives Reconsidered: The 4th Duke of Newcastle (2020)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2020). A Great Electioneer and His Motives Reconsidered: The 4th Duke of Newcastle. Parliamentary History, 39(1), 190-204. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12484

The fourth duke of Newcastle (1785-1851) is recognised as one of the most prominent peers with electoral influence in early-19 th century Britain. This article considers the way in which he deployed that influence and the purposes to which it was tur... Read More about A Great Electioneer and His Motives Reconsidered: The 4th Duke of Newcastle.

The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair? (2018)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2018). The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair?. Midland History, 43(2), 208-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729x.2018.1522464

© 2018 University of Birmingham. This article re-considers Nottingham’s role in the events immediately preceding the Pentrich Rebellion of 9–10 June 1817, as well as its reaction on the night of the Rebellion and during its aftermath. It does so in l... Read More about The Pentrich Rebellion – A Nottingham Affair?.

Nottinghamshire and the Great Peace: Reflections on the End of the Napoleonic Wars, 1814–1815 (2016)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2016). Nottinghamshire and the Great Peace: Reflections on the End of the Napoleonic Wars, 1814–1815. Midland History, 41(1), 20-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/0047729X.2016.1159856

© 2016 University of Birmingham. This article explores Nottingham's ambivalent attitude to the battle of Waterloo, which concluded hostilities between England and France in June 1815. It poses a contrast between Nottingham's muted reaction to Waterlo... Read More about Nottinghamshire and the Great Peace: Reflections on the End of the Napoleonic Wars, 1814–1815.

Patrician landscapes and the picturesque in Nottinghamshire c.1750-c.1850 (2015)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2015). Patrician landscapes and the picturesque in Nottinghamshire c.1750-c.1850. Rural History, 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956793315000023

This article considers the Dukeries estates of north Nottinghamshire in the hey-day of aristocratic power and prestige, from the mid-Georgian to the mid-Victorian period. It poses a contrast between visitors’ impressions of the area as one of constan... Read More about Patrician landscapes and the picturesque in Nottinghamshire c.1750-c.1850.

Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828 (2014)
Journal Article
Gaunt, R. A. (2014). Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828. Parliamentary History, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12096

This article considers Robert Peel’s role in the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in 1828. Traditionally overshadowed by the larger campaign to secure catholic emancipation in 1829, the repeal legislation assumes importance in Peel’s political... Read More about Peel's other repeal: the Test and Corporation Acts, 1828.