Grille Incident
| Part of British Women's Suffrage Movement | |
Illustration of the Grille Incident, London Illustrated News | |
| Date | 28 October 1908 |
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| Location | Ladies Gallery, House of Commons, Palace of Westminster |
| Also known as | The Disorder in the Galleries |
| Target | British Members of Parliament |
| Organised by | Women's Freedom League |
| Participants | Muriel Matters, Helen Fox, Violet Tillard, and others |
| Property damage | Gallery Grille Removed |
| Arrests | 15 (14 women, 1 man) |
| Charges | Public disorder |
| Sentence | Fines and/or Imprisonment at Holloway Prison |
| Hansard report | Official Hansard Report |
| Website | UK Parliament Site |
The Grille Incident was a non-violent British Women's Suffrage Movement protest event that took place on Wednesday 28 October 1908 in the Ladies' Gallery of the British Parliament's House of Commons at the Palace of Westminster. The protest was organised and orchestrated by members of the Women's Freedom League and was accompanied by concurrent protests by Women's Freedom League members outside the parliament's Saint Stephens entrance.