tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post8074809415053594760..comments2023-09-14T17:37:49.571+10:00Comments on Victorian History: The First Jew to Take a Seat in ParliamentDr Bruce Rosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11591761401001848135noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-88720902878254864572010-10-06T10:01:54.017+11:002010-10-06T10:01:54.017+11:00The first practising Jew to sit in the House of Co...The first practising Jew to sit in the House of Commons in accordance with the law was Rufus Isaacs, MP for Reading. He bacame Lord Reading, and for a few years during the Great War was the Viceroy of India. It would be interesting to know if his Jewishness caused any cultural-religious animosity in the Subcontinent.Dr John S. Partingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14478737904624376820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-24248167362256638922010-04-30T17:42:22.997+10:002010-04-30T17:42:22.997+10:00The restriction for non-Anglicans at Oxbridge lead...The restriction for non-Anglicans at Oxbridge lead to the establishment of University College London early in the 19th century - the "godless hole in Gower Street" as the Bishop of London called it, establishing King's College London to counter-act it.LondonGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17532160454896753797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34093396.post-88382537802689672242009-04-25T23:56:00.000+10:002009-04-25T23:56:00.000+10:00The oath WAS indeed useless, out of date (by the 1...The oath WAS indeed useless, out of date (by the 1850s) and offensive. And let me raise another point.<br /><br />Jews were not able to take a degree at Oxford until 1854 and at Cambridge until 1856. In those years, passage of a reform act at least abolished the religious test for graduation (although other difficulties remained for Jews). <br /><br />In some sense I suppose that was to be Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com