House of Lords
- Address: Parliament Sq Sw1
- Vicinity: Palace of Westminster
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1832/07/19 | The Anatomy Act is passed by the House of Lords allowing doctors, anatomy teachers and medical students to dissect unclaimed corpses, typically, bodies of those who died in hospital, prison or a workhouse. | Italian Boy Murder 1831 | ||||
1840/00/00 | Augustus Pugin | Architect | The interior of the Prince's Chamber is designed by Augustus W Pugin. Named after an earlier chamber destroyed by fire in 1834, Prince's Chamber is where Members gather to discuss business as it has direct access to the Lords chamber. | |||
1840/00/00 | Charles Barry | Architect | The Palace of Westminster is built in the perpendicular Gothic style after the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834. | |||
1965/06/15 | Clementine Hozier Churchill | Politician | Clementine Churchill takes her seat in the House of Lords as Lady Spencer-Churchill, a life peerage. |
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Sight Category | Building |
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