1895-1910
Marquess of Hartington (Duke of Devonshire), 1833-1908
The birth of the modern Liberal Party in 1859 brought together three disparate elements, Whigs, Peelites and Radicals. Hartington, as he was known for most of his political life, epitomised the Whig contribution to government – rich, aristocratic but driven by noblesse oblige to take public office. When he broke with Gladstone in the 1880s it…
Herbert Henry Asquith (Earl of Oxford and Asquith), 1852-1928
H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister from April 1908 to December 1916, bore the chief part in some of the greatest Liberal achievements of the twentieth century. Herbert Henry Asquith was born at Morley, West Yorkshire, on 12 September 1852. His father died when he was eight, and in 1863, sent to London to live with…
The Liberal Party, Unionism and political culture in late 19th and early 20th century Britain
A one-day seminar organised by Newman University College and the Journal of Liberal History. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw great changes in British political culture. The gradual emergence of a mass electorate informed by a popular press, debates about the role of the state in social policy, Imperial upheavals and wars all…
I blame Sir Edward Grey
Review of John Charmley, Splendid Isolation? Britain and the Balance of Power 1874-1914 (Hodder & Stoughton, 1999).
Whigs, Liberals and History
Review of Victor Feske, From Belloc to Churchill: Private scholars, public culture and the crisis of British Liberalism, 1900-1939 (University of North Carolina Press, 1996).
The ‘New Liberalism’
Review of George L. Bernstein, Liberalism and Liberal Politics in Edwardian England (Allen & Unwin, 1986).
‘There are things stronger than parliamentary majorities
Review of Alan O’Day, Irish Home Rule 1867-1921 (Manchester University Press, 1998).
Who did it?
Review of George Dangerfield, The Strange Death of Liberal England (Serif, 1997).
Report: Landslide for the left
Report of LDHG meeting of September 1996, on the 1906 election, with John Grigg and Andrew Adonis. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate, Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate, Annual subscription (print plus digital) – overseas, Annual subscription (print plus digital), standard rate, UK or Annual subscription (print…
Education and the Liberal rank and file in Edwardian England: the case of Sir George White
The political career and beliefs of one of the major proponents of Liberal education policy in the Edwardian period. To access this content, you must purchase Annual subscription (digital) – unwaged rate, Annual subscription (digital) – standard rate, Annual subscription (print plus digital) – overseas, Annual subscription (print plus digital), standard rate, UK or Annual…