Parliament; Its History, Constitution And Practice
Parliament; Its History, Constitution And Practice
Ilbert, Courtenay, 1841-1924
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The ordinary list of Speakers begins with Sir Thomas Hungerf ord, ' who held the office in the last parliament of Edward III, but there were probably others before him with similar functions. At the beginning of each parliament a member of the house of commons is elected Speaker of the house, and his tenure of office, unless ter- minated by resignation or death, continues during that parliament. The election is made by the house, subject to the approval 139 140 PARLIAMENT of the king, but that ...approval has never been withheld since Charles II objected to the appointment of Sir Edward Seymour in 1679. In the earlier days of parliament the voice of the king in the appointment of Speaker was more of a reality; he was regarded as an officer of the king and a link between the king and the house; and in the seventeenth cen- tury the conflict between his duties to the king and his duties to the house sometimes placed him in serious difficulties. The eman- cipation of the Speaker from the control of the king, the severance of his connection with party during his tenure of office, and the evo- lution of the non-partisan Speaker, armed with great powers, wielding great authority, and exercising his powers and authority in a judicial and impartial spirit, have been ad- mirably described by Mr.
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