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Ongoing – Great Famine (Ireland): this summer's potato crop is free from blight, but inadequate due to the small area sown. [20] The British Relief Association is founded and raises money throughout England, the United States and Australia to relieve distress, with the help of the "Queen's Letters", two letters from Queen Victoria appealing for assistance.
The 1847 United Kingdom general election was held from 29 July to 26 August 1847. It saw the Conservatives win the most seats but remain divided between Protectionists and Peelites . This allowed the Whigs , led by Prime Minister Lord John Russell , to retain power.
An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time limited for those Purposes respectively until the Twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and forty-eight. (Repealed by Promissory Oaths Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 48))
The Panic of 1847 was a major British commercial and banking crisis, possibly triggered by the announcement in early March 1847 of government borrowing to pay for relief to combat the Great Famine in Ireland. [1] [2] It is also associated with the end of the 1840s railway industry boom and the failure of many non-bank lenders.
Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
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[1] [2] May – The congregations of the United Secession Church unite with most of those of the Relief Church to form the United Presbyterian Church. [3] 4 May – Glenalmond College opens its doors. 17 May – Edinburgh, Leith and Newhaven Railway extends through Scotland Street Tunnel to a new southern terminus in Princes Street, Edinburgh.
Timeline of Welsh history 1847 in The United Kingdom ... This article is about the particular significance of the year 1847 to Wales and its people. ... [1] [2] [3] [4]