1832 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year1832 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
[edit]- Monarch–William IV
- Prime Minister–Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey(Whig)
- Foreign Secretary–Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
- Secretary of War–Earl of Ripon
Events
[edit]- 8 January –Bell's New Weekly Messenger(London) becomes the first known English newspaper to include apolitical cartoon.[1]
- 12 February –second cholera pandemicbegins to spread inLondon,starting fromEast London.It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. It will claim at least 3000 victims. InLiverpool,Kitty Wilkinsonbecomes the "Saint of the Slums"[2]by promoting hygiene.[3]
- 7 June – theGreat Reform Actbecomes law, abolishing mostrotten boroughsand redistributing Parliamentary seats to newer urban centres of industry and commerce, while extendingsuffrageto malecopyholdersand leaseholders of rural property with a minimum annual value or renters of property in boroughs also with a minimum annual value (£10 in most cases).[4]It is estimated that this raises the number of English voters from 400,000 to 650,000.[5]A separatehustingis required for every 600 voters.[6]Similar legislation is passed for Scotland (theScottish Reform Act)[7]and Ireland (An Act to Amend the Representation of the People of Ireland, theIrish Reform Act).[8]
- 4 July –University of Durhamfounded by Act of Parliament at the instigation of the authorities of the city's cathedral.
- 16 July – "The Bad Day": 31sixareens,the traditional fishing craft ofShetland,are lost in a storm with 105 crew.[7]
- 19 July –Anatomy Actprovides for licensing and inspection ofanatomists,and for unclaimed corpses from public institutions to be available for their dissection.
- 1 August –Prescription Actreforms the law related toeasementsand establishes the right ofancient lights.
- 7 August –William Howley,Archbishop of Canterbury,has his coach attacked by an angry mob on his first official visit toCanterburybecause of his opposition to the Great Reform Act.[9][10]
- 11–14 August – the body of James Cook, a bookbinder executed the previous day for the murder of his creditor Paas, is hung in irons on agibbetinLeicester,the last time this practice is carried out.[11]
- 1 September – reformerJoseph Liveseydraws up the first public pledge ofteetotalisminPreston, Lancashire.[12]
- 8 December–8 January 1833 –general election,the first under the new franchise, gives theWhigsa decisive majority.[13]
Publications
[edit]- Dr James Kay's studyThe moral and physical condition of the working-class employed in the cotton manufacture on Manchester.
- SirWalter Scott's lastWaverley novelsCount Robert of ParisandCastle Dangerous,published as the 4th series ofTales of My Landlord'collected and arranged byJedediah Cleishbotham'.
Births
[edit]- 16 January –Sister Dora,born Dorothy Pattison, Anglican nun and nurse (died 1878)
- 27 January –Lewis Carroll,born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, children's author, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and portrait photographer (died 1898)
- 12 March –Charles Boycott,land agent, origin of the word "boycott"(died 1897)
- 14 May –Charles Peace,criminal (hanged 1879)
- 17 June – SirWilliam Crookes,chemist and physicist (died 1919)
- 30 September –Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts,field marshal (died 1914)
- 2 October –Edward Burnett Tylor,anthropologist (died 1917)
- 28 November –Leslie Stephen,writer and critic (died 1904)
- Full date unknown –Boston Corbett,Union Army soldier who shot and killedAbraham Lincoln'sassassin,John Wilkes Booth(died 1894)
Deaths
[edit]- 13 January –Thomas Lord,cricketer and founder ofLord's Cricket Ground(born 1755)
- 27 January –Andrew Bell,educationist and priest (born 1753)
- 10 March –Muzio Clementi,Roman pianist, composer and piano manufacturer (born 1752)
- 6 June –Jeremy Bentham,philosopher (born 1748)
- 23 June –Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet,geologist (born 1761)
- 26 August –Robert Radcliffe,cricketer (born 1797)
- 21 September – SirWalter Scott,Scottish historical novelist and poet (born 1771)
References
[edit]- ^"Today in History".Metro.London. 8 January 2024. p. 4.
- ^"'Slum Saint' honoured with statue ".BBC News.4 February 2010.Retrieved9 April2011.
- ^Rathbone, Herbert R. (1927),Memoir of Kitty Wilkinson of Liverpool, 1786–1860,H. Young & Sons
- ^"Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840".Archived fromthe originalon 22 September 2007.Retrieved12 September2007.
- ^Phillips, John A.; Wetherell, Charles (1995). "The Great Reform Act of 1832 and the Political Modernization of England".American Historical Review.100(2): 411–436.doi:10.2307/2169005.JSTOR2169005.
- ^Roberts, Matthew (2008).Political Movements in Urban England, 1832–1914.London: Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ab"Notable Dates in History – From the Scottish Reform Bill (1832) to the outbreak of the First World War (1914)".The Flag in the Wind.The Scots Independent.Archived fromthe originalon 5 December 2014.Retrieved29 July2014.
- ^The law journal for the year 1832–1949,Abridgment of statutes, vol. X, E. B. Ince, 1832
- ^"Assault on His Grace The Archbishop of Canterbury".The Times.No. 14927. London. 10 August 1832. p. 3.
- ^Garrard, James (2004).Archbishop Howley 1828–1848.The Archbishops of Canterbury Series. Farnham: Ashgate. pp. 47–8.ISBN978-1-4724-5133-0.
- ^"James Cook".The Newgate Calendar.Archivedfrom the original on 30 December 2010.Retrieved2 February2011.
- ^"Blue plaques in Preston".BBC.2008.Retrieved7 May2013.
- ^Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992).The Chronology of British History.London: Century Ltd. pp. 257–258.ISBN0-7126-5616-2.