IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1145
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Northumberland Election, 1826
Date(s): 1826
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
In the poll leading up to the General Election of 1826, the Northumberland candidates spent 15 days addressing the electors. There was no common ground between the candidates, and they were in fact bitterly opposed to one another. Lord Howick and Mr. Lambton (Whigs) were particularly hostile to Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, then an Independent Reformer, and the ill feeling came to a head on the 10th day. The end result was a duel taking place, early that morning, between Thomas Wentworth Beaumont and Mr. Lambton on the beach below Bamburgh Castle. Shots were exchanged but their seconds, Captain Plunkett for Mr. Beaumont and General Gray for Mr. Lambton, effected a withdrawal of their men without communication.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Ephemera relating to the Northumberland election of 1826, including journals, handouts, posters, press cuttings and song sheets.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 volume.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copyright restrictions. No documents may be photocopied.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No further list required.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Bought in 1959.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds other material concerning elections in Northumberland and Durham (Ref: SR 1126 and 1144).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001