Parliament, Politics and Policy in Britain and Ireland, c.1680 - 1832

This book employs a variety of methodologies, including thematic survey, biographical enquiry, and specific study, to examine British and Irish parliamentary history between the exclusion crisis and the Great Reform Act. Casts new light on familiar themes and also introduces previously unexplored issues Discusses important topics and figures of the period, such as Robert Peel; Frederick, Prince of Wales; Irish regulation of trade; the Excise Crisis; the impact of the West Indies on the mid-Georgian elections; and the Glorious Revolution of 1688 Utilizes the Irish Legislation Database to re-examine the history of the pre-Union Irish parliament Unites the scholarship of prominent figures in the field with the voices of younger historians

List of Contributors vi Abbreviations ix Foreword Clyve Jones James Kelly 1 W.A. Speck David W. Hayton 3 Bibliography of the Published Works of D.W. Hayton Clyve Jones Richard A. Gaunt 8 Samuel Pcpys and Corruption Mark Knights 19 The Glorious Revolution, Parliament, and the Making of the First Industrial Nation John Beckett 36 The Irish Parliament and the Regulatory Impulse, 1692-1800: The Case of the Coal Trade Eoin Magennis 54 The Private Bill Legislation of the Irish Parliament, 1692-1800 James Kelly 73 The Irish Parliament and Print, 1660-1782 Toby Barnard 97 Censorship, Salvation and the Preaching of Francis Higgins: A Reconsideration of High Church Politics and Theology in the Early 18th Century Alex W. Barber 114 Securing the Hanoverian Succession in Ireland: Jacobites, Money and Men, 1714-16 Charles Ivar McGrath 140 The House of Lords and the Excise Crisis: The Storm and the Aftermath, 1733-5 Clyve Jones 160 The Attack of the Creolian Powers: West Indians at the Parliamentary Elections of Mid-Georgian Britain, 1754-74 Perry Gauci 201 Loyal Opposition? Prince Frederick and Parliament (1729-51) Robin Eagles 223 Peel's Other Repeal: The Test and Corporation Acts, 1828 Richard A. Gaunt 243 Index 263