Journal of Liberal History

England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history

Leaders

  • The Two Davids

    Examination of how much the failure of the Alliance was due to the failures of its leaders.

  • The unknown Prime Minister

    Review of Ferdinand Mount, Umbrella (Heinemann, 1994).

  • The election of Jeremy Thorpe to the Liberal leadership

    The first phase of the Liberal postwar revival came to an end with the resignation of Jo Grimond as leader. Tim Beaumont recalls the election of his successor.

  • Jo Grimond’s leadership of the Liberal Party

    ‘The personification and the hope of postwar Liberalism.’ The record of Jo Grimond.

  • David Lloyd George

    Owen Lloyd George, the present and 3rd Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, the grandson of Liberal Prime Minister David Lloyd George, will speak about his famous ancestor at the Kettner Lunch (organised jointly together with the Liberal Democrat History Group) to be held at the National Liberal Club on 15th April. The lunch takes place…

  • Clement Davies Liberal Party Saviour?

    Clement Davies led the Liberal Party from 1945 to 1956. During that time, the party came very close to dying out but it survived. He turned down Churchills offer of a government position and in so doing preserved the partys integrity. His tenure was as long as that of Jo Grimond, the hero of modern…

  • Review: An extraordinary life

    Review of Paddy Ashdown, A Fortunate Life: The Autobiography of Paddy Ashdown (Aurum Press, 2009).

  • ‘Maistly Scotch’: Campbell-Bannerman and Liberal leadership

    Assessment of the record of the man who led the Liberals into the 1906 landslide.

  • Roy Jenkins remembered

    Appreciation of the life of Roy Jenkins (Lord Jenkins of Hillhead), who died on 5 January 2003.

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