Parkes, Joseph, 1796-1865
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Epithet: of Add MS 38985
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Epithet: radical politician
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Joseph Parkes, British politician and solicitor.
Parkes played a critical role in the political reform movements and electoral changes of the mid-ninetheenth century in England. Parkes was an essential go-between for the moderately dissenting and more radical members of the Whig party. Parkes's daughter, Elizabeth Rayner (Bessie) Parkes was the mother of British writer Hilaire Belloc.
Edward John Stanley, British politician.
Stanley entered parliament as a Whig in the last unreformed election of 1831. As a Whig candidate, Stanley forged a strong relationship with Joseph Parkes and the two men correspondened frequently during their political careers.
From the description of Joseph Parkes and Edward John Stanley correspondence, 1834-1860 (bulk 1835-1843). (Boston College). WorldCat record id: 503562144
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- Banbury, Oxfordshire (as recorded)
- York, Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Reading, Berkshire (as recorded)
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Kars, Turkey (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
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- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
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- Mauritius, Indian Ocean (as recorded)
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- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- Chester, Cheshire (as recorded)
- Peterborough, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Great Britain (as recorded)
- Birmingham, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Tavistock, Devon (as recorded)
- Preston, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Wigtown Burghs, Wigtownshire (as recorded)
- Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Southwark, Surrey (as recorded)
- Naples and Sicily, Kingdom of, Italy (as recorded)
- Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Lambeth, Surrey (as recorded)
