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Liberal Democrat History Group AGM 2024
The Annual General Meeting of the Liberal Democrat History Group will take place at 6.30pm on Monday 29 January. All subscribers to the Journal of Liberal History are welcome to participate. The meeting will take place in-person, at the Violet Bonham Carter Room, National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE. It will also be possible…
Liberal Democrat History Group AGM 2023
The Annual General Meeting of the Liberal Democrat History Group will take place at 6.30pm on Monday 30 January. All subscribers to the Journal of Liberal History are welcome to participate. The meeting will take place in-person, at the Violet Bonham Carter Room, National Liberal Club, 1 Whitehall Place, London SW1A 2HE. It will also…
Eleanor Acland – a neglected Liberal activist
By Paul Auchterlonie 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…
Lord Tony Greaves (27 July 1942 – 23 March 2021)
by Michael Meadowcroft Tony Greaves never seemed to age. He had a firm belief that politics was capable of transforming society, and his consistent advocacy of local campaigning, community politics and the necessity for both to be anchored in a radical Liberalism had hardly changed from his Young Liberal days. His election to the Lancashire…
Remembering Shirley Williams
We were saddened to hear of the death of Shirley Williams on 12 April 2021. Shirley played a key role in the foundation of the SDP and of the Liberal Democrats, led the Liberal Democrats in the Lords from 2001 to 2004, and remained active in the Lords and the party until her retirement in…
Tony Greaves: Why I am A Liberal Democrat
Tony Greaves (Lord Greaves) died on 23 March 2021. He was a Liberal legend. The Liberal Party, and the Liberal Democrats, owe an enormous amount to his commitment and drive, in local campaigning, in the House of Lords, and in the development of the party’s policy and ideology. We will publish a full appreciation of…