Leaders
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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…
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Report: Leaders good and bad
Report of History Group meeting of February 2000, on Liberal, SDP and Liberal Democrat leaders, with Robert Maclennan MP and Professor Peter Clarke.
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Leaders and leadership
Interview with Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the Liberal Party 1967-76.
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Lessons for leaders
Considers the options open to Charles Kennedy and draws some lessons from the historical record.
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‘A sad business’
Examination of Clement Davies’ resignation from the leadership in 1956.
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The 1988 leadership campaign
Following this year’s leadership election for the Liberal Democrats, Harriet Smith looks back to the party’s first such election.
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The last Liberal landlord
Review of Gerard J. De Groot, Liberal Crusader: The Life of Sir Archibald Sinclair (Hurst & Co.,1993).
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Gladstone and books
The Gladstone Lecture, given at St Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, on 8 July 1998, in the centenary year of Gladstone’s death.
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Old heroes for a new leader
Liberal Democrat leadership candidates describe their historical inspirations.