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| Picture No | 10218568 |
| Date | 1880 |
| Description | Charles Bradlaugh MP at the Bar of the House of Commons, 188 |
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Engraving showing Charles Bradlaugh MP (1833-1891) at the bar of the House of Commons in 1880. Bradlaugh was a social reformer, elected as MP for Northampton in 1880, who refused to take the Commons oath as he was an unbeliever. As such, he was ejected from the Commons and was unable to take his seat in Parliament. In 1886 he relented and took the oath and his seat.
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| Source | Illustrated London News. 1880. top page 1. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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