Time Period: 1910-1929
Biography: Lewis Harcourt
The life and career of Lewis ‘Loulou’ Harcourt.
Hilaire Belloc and the Liberal revival
Distributism – an alternative Liberal tradition?
Campaigner against slavery
The life of Sir John Harris (1874-1940), campaigner against slavery and colonial exploitation in Africa and Liberal MP for North Hackney, 1923-24.
Every vote for Llewelyn Williams is a vote against Lloyd George
Examination of the February 1921 by-election in Cardiganshire, where Asquithian and Lloyd George Liberals engaged in bitter internecine warfare.
Hold on, hold out; we are coming
Violet Bonham Carter’s speech after the 1920 Paisley by-election.
One Liberal’s war
The First World War tore the Liberal Party apart. David Dutton looks at how one Liberal MP lived through the conflict.
The first woman Liberal MP
The life and political career of the first woman Liberal MP, Margaret Wintringham (1879-1955).
Lloyd George and the suffragettes at Llanystumdwy
A re-examination of the reopening by Lloyd George in September 1912 of the village institute at his native Llanystumdwy, when the proceedings were blighted by constant suffragette interruptions.
The Liberal Party and the Great War
Introduction to this special issue of the Newsletter.
July-August 1914: Achieving the seemingly impossible
British entry into the war offered the first test of Liberal values and of the calibre of Prime Minister Asquith. Examination of the events surrounding the declaration of war on 4 August 1914.