Organization
House of Commons
Elected lower house of the Parliament of Great Britain, and later of the United Kingdom.
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Connections 8
members
- William Ewart Gladstone 8 Apr 1840 Primary record 1
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Scholarship & press
2
Van der Eng calls him "Member of the British parliament".
signed into law
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Tea Act of 1773
10 May 1773
Primary record
3
With the Lords and the Crown, as the enacting words say.
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Government of India Act, 1858
2 Aug 1858
Primary record
4
With the Lords and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
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East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act, 1873
15 May 1873
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With the Lords and the Queen, as the enacting words say.
involved in
- Commons debate on the war with China, April 1840 divided 262 to 271 on the motion on 9 April Primary record 6
- Impeachment of Warren Hastings impeached him in 1787 Scholarship & press 7
- House of Commons inquiry into Clive, 1772-73 resolved on the State's gains, and on Clive's services Scholarship & press 8
Timeline 4 dates
- 10 May 1773 House of Commons signed into law Tea Act of 1773
- 8 Apr 1840 William Ewart Gladstone member of House of Commons
- 2 Aug 1858 House of Commons signed into law Government of India Act, 1858
- 15 May 1873 House of Commons signed into law East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act, 1873
Proof 8 sources
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War with China, adjourned debate (Hansard, House of Commons, 8 April 1840), UK Parliament (Historic Hansard), 8 Apr 1840.
Primary record
Mr. W. E. Gladstone said, the hon. and learned Gentleman who had just sat down
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Colonial rekening: what does the Netherlands owe Indonesia? (Pierre van der Eng), New Mandala, Australian National University, 1 Dec 2025.
Scholarship & press
first articulated by Indian scholar and Member of the British parliament Dadabhai Naoroji in 1901
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The Tea Act, 13 George III c. 44 (10 May 1773), Parliament of Great Britain (text via Digital History, University of Houston), 10 May 1773.
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be it enacted by the King's most excellent majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parliament assembled
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Government of India Act, 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 106, 2 August 1858), Parliament of the United Kingdom (text via Lawsisto), 2 Aug 1858.
Primary record
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled
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The East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 17), Parliament of the United Kingdom (legislation.gov.uk), 15 May 1873.
Primary record
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in the present Parliament assembled
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War with China, adjourned debate (Hansard, House of Commons, 9 April 1840), UK Parliament (Historic Hansard), 9 Apr 1840.
Primary record
The House divided on the resolution:—Ayes 262; Noes 271: Majority 9.
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Warren Hastings (essay, Edinburgh Review, October 1841), Thomas Babington Macaulay (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1841.
Scholarship & press
Our feeling towards him is not exactly that of the House of Commons which impeached him in 1787
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Lord Clive (essay, Edinburgh Review, January 1840), Thomas Babington Macaulay (text via Frances Pritchett, Columbia University), 1840.
Scholarship & press
The Commons resolved that acquisitions made by the arms of the State belong to the State alone, and that it is illegal in the servants of the State to appropriate such acquisitions to themselves.
They resolved that this wholesome rule appeared to have been systematically violated by the English functionaries in Bengal.
Wedderburne moved that Lord Clive had at the same time rendered great and meritorious services to his country; and this motion passed without a division.
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