Catalogue Number
NMLH.2015.12
Object Name
Medal
Title
By Unity Our Rights Victorious
Events
1832 Great Reform Act
Date
1832
Description
A medal produced in 1832 to celebrate the passing of the Great Reform Act. The Great Reform act, or the First Reform Act, brought limited parliamentry reform by disenfranchising 56 'rotton' boroughs in England and Wales, created 67 new constituencies for new towns such as Manchester and Birmingham and extended the vote to all men who owned property over £10. For many, the reform did not go far enough and the call for further change continued over the decades to come.
Medal reads:
By Unity our Rights Victorious
Reverse:
Passed by a Majority of 84 in the House of Lords, June 4th 1832, The Reformation of the People's Rights.
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