Time Period: 1929-1956
Liberal women in Devon
Review of J. Neville, M. Auchterlonie, P. Auchterlonie and A. Roberts (eds.), Devon Women in Public and Professional Life 1900–1950: Votes, voices and vocations (Exeter University Press, 2021). Review by Mark Egan.
Working with Labour: The Liberal Party and the Balance of Power 1923–31
Conference fringe meeting (online), 11 March 2022, with Professor Philip Williamson and Michael Meadowcroft; Chair: Wendy Chamberlain MP. Report by Joseph Walker.
Solving the ‘problem’ of the twentieth century
Lord Davies of Llandinam’s internationalist alternative to appeasement
A Liberal for all seasons?
The political career of Percy Alport Molteno, 1861–1937 (Part 2: 1914–37)
Back from the dead: the Liberal Party in the 1950s. 19th March 2021
Back from the dead: the Liberal Party in the 1950s. 19th March 2021 In 1951, the Liberal Party’s existence was in grave doubt. At the October general election, the party contested a mere 109 seats, and only six MPs were returned. The party was badly divided over basic questions of strategy, and membership and morale…
Eleanor Acland, 1878-1933
Eleanor Acland was born Eleanor Margaret Cropper in Westmoreland in 1878, into a family with political connections. Her paternal grandfather, Sir James Cropper, was Liberal MP for Kendal from 1880 to 1885, while her maternal grandfather was Lord Knutsford who had been a Conservative MP and secretary to the colonies from 1887 to 1892. After…
Back from the dead: the Liberal Party in the 1950s
Report of conference fringe meeting (online), 19 March 2021, with Dr Mark Egan and Lord William Wallace; chair: Baroness Liz Barker.