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The Liberal Democrat History Group promotes the discussion and research of topics relating to the histories of the British Liberal Democrats and its predecessor parties, the Liberal Party and the SDP, and of liberalism more broadly.

We publish the Journal of Liberal History and a range of books – the latest of which is British Liberal Leaders – and shorter booklets – the latest of which is Liberal History: A concise history of the Liberal Party, SDP and Liberal Democrats – organise regular speaker meetings, maintain a Liberal history website and provide assistance with research.

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The fall of the Lloyd George coalition
Monday 11th July 2022 / 18:30
Lady Violet Room, National Liberal Club
2022 marks the centenary of the departure from office of the last Liberal to hold the post of Prime Minister; on 19 October 1922 David Lloyd George resigned after six years as premier. His fall followed the decision of Conservative MPs, meeting in the Carlton Club earlier that day, to end the post-war coalition. Discuss […]
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On this day

27th June 1786
Birth of John Cam Hobhouse, Whig cabinet minister and friend of Lord Byron
Hobhouse started his political career as a radical pamphleteer which earned him a prison sentence in Newgate Prison. The following year in 1820 he was elected to Parliament as Whig MP for Westminster, repesenting the constituency until 1833 and later serving as MP for Nottingham 1834-47 and Harwich 1848-51. After the Whigs gained power in 1830 he […]
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