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Administrative Staff
Research Staff
- Dr Beverly Adams
- Dr Stephen Ball
- Dr Andrew Barclay
- Dr Linda Clark
- Dr Ben Coates
- Dr Robin Eagles
- Dr Stephen Farrell
- Dr David Fisher
- Dr David Grummitt
- Dr Stuart Handley
- Mr Simon Healy
- Dr Paul Hunneyball
- Dr Hannes Kleineke
- Dr Vivienne Larminie
- Dr Patrick Little
- Dr Charles Littleton
- Dr Henry Miller
- Dr Charles Moreton
- Dr James Owen
- Dr Ruth Paley
- Dr Simon Payling
- Dr Kathryn Rix
- Dr Stephen Roberts
- Dr Philip Salmon
- Dr David Scott
- Dr Rosemary Sgroi
- Dr Andrew Thrush
History of Parliament Staff
Dr Robin Eagles
Senior Research Fellow, Lords 1660-1832
Research
My work at the History of Parliament concentrates on peers in the 'heart of England', principally those with interests in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Warwickshire, and members of the House of Lords engaged in diplomacy. Several were prominent in the Glorious Revolution, notably Thomas, 1st marquess of Wharton ('Honest Tom') and James Bertie, 1st earl of Abingdon.
My own research interests span the period 1688-1788. I am currently engaged in work on Frederick, Prince of Wales, and the experiences of the earl of Sussex and Lord Cathcart as hostages for the delivery of Louisburg to the French in 1748.
Publications
Principal publications include 'Beguiled by France? The English Aristocracy 1748-1848' in L. Brockliss and D. Eastwood, eds., A Union of Multiple Identities: the British Isles c. 1750-1850, (Manchester University Press 1997), Francophilia in English Society 1748-1815, (Macmillan 2000),'"No more to be said"? Reactions to the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales', Historical Research, 80 (2007) and
'Unnatural Allies? The Oxfordshire Elite from the Exclusion Crisis to the Overthrow of James II', Parliamentary History, 26 (2007).