Outputs (6)

Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914 (2024)
Journal Article
Blaxill, L., Cohen, G., Hutchison, G., Kuhn, P. M., & Vivyan, N. (online). Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914. Past & Present: A Journal of Historical Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae017

This article analyses over 19,000 articles from newspapers and parliamentary commission reports to reveal endemic electoral violence in England and Wales between 1832 and 1914. It offers a new understanding of the phenomenon in three main ways. First... Read More about Electoral Violence in England and Wales, 1832–1914.

‘a distant and whiggish country’: the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847 (2020)
Journal Article
Hutchison, G. D. (2020). ‘a distant and whiggish country’: the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847. Historical Research, 93(260), 333-352. https://doi.org/10.1093/hisres/htaa010

This article examines the role of the Scottish Conservative party in shaping the underlying culture of Scottish politics in the 1830s and 1840s, utilizing numerous collections of private papers, newspapers, memoirs and legal texts. It focuses on the... Read More about ‘a distant and whiggish country’: the Conservative party and Scottish elections, 1832–1847.

An 'Illegal union of lawyers, and writers, and political Baronets' : the Conservative party and Scottish governance, 1832–1868 (2019)
Book Chapter
Hutchison, G. D. (2019). An 'Illegal union of lawyers, and writers, and political Baronets' : the Conservative party and Scottish governance, 1832–1868. In J. Gregory, & D. J. Grey (Eds.), Union and disunion in the nineteenth century. (1). Routledge

‘Party Principles’ in Scottish Political Culture: Roxburghshire, 1832–1847 (2019)
Journal Article
Hutchison, G. D. (2019). ‘Party Principles’ in Scottish Political Culture: Roxburghshire, 1832–1847. The Scottish Historical Review, 98(Issue Supplement), 390-409. https://doi.org/10.3366/shr.2019.0426

In this article it is argued that everyday processes and rituals entrenched political identities in post-reform political culture. The intensification of formal party allegiances—that is, deep and enduring loyalties towards factions within the establ... Read More about ‘Party Principles’ in Scottish Political Culture: Roxburghshire, 1832–1847.

Wigtown Burghs, 1832–1868: A Rotten Burgh District? (2018)
Journal Article
Hutchison, G. D. (2018). Wigtown Burghs, 1832–1868: A Rotten Burgh District?. Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 91, 93-104

‘The Manager in Distress’: Reaction to the Impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1805-7 (2017)
Journal Article
Hutchison, G. D. (2017). ‘The Manager in Distress’: Reaction to the Impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1805-7. Parliamentary History, 36(2), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-0206.12295

Impeachments have long since ceased to be a feature of British politics. Much scholarly attention has been given to past impeachments, particularly the unsuccessful prosecution of Warren Hastings. Little consideration, however, has been given to the... Read More about ‘The Manager in Distress’: Reaction to the Impeachment of Henry Dundas, 1805-7.