1832 in the United Kingdom
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Events from the year 1832 in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - William IV of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Tory
[edit] Events
- 12 February - serious cholera epidemic begins in London from the East London. It is declared officially over in early May but deaths continue. It claimed at least 3000 victims .
- 4 June - The Great Reform Act becomes law, extending suffrage to the whole of the upper middle class, and abolishing the rotten boroughs.[1]
- 4 July - University of Durham founded, the first in England since 1209.
- December - General election, the first under the new system of voting, gives the Whigs a decisive majority.[2]
[edit] Publications
- Walter Scott's novels Count Robert of Paris and Castle Dangerous.
[edit] Births
- 27 January - Lewis Carroll, author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman, and photographer (died 1898)
- 12 March - Charles Boycott, land agent, origin of the word "boycott" (died 1897)
- 14 May - Charles Peace, criminal (died 1879)
- 17 June - Sir William Crookes, chemist and physicist (died 1919)
- 30 September - Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, field marshal (died 1914)
- 2 October - Edward Burnett Tylor, anthropologist (died 1917)
- 28 November - Leslie Stephen, writer and critic (died 1904)
[edit] Deaths
- 13 January - Thomas Lord, cricketer and founder of Lord's Cricket Ground (born 1755)
- 27 January - Andrew Bell, educationist and priest (born 1753)
- 6 June - Jeremy Bentham, philosopher (born 1748)
- 23 June - James Hall, geologist (born 1761)
- 21 September - Walter Scott, historical novelist and poet (born 1771)
[edit] References
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 257-258. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
