Leaders
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Campbell as Leader
Interview with Menzies Campbell, Leader of the Liberal Democrats 2006-07, on his political career.
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Gladstone 1809-1874
Review of H.C.G. Matthew, Gladstone 1809-1874 (Oxford University Press, 1988).
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Old heroes for a new leader
As we have done in each of the last two Liberal Democrat leadership elections, in 1999 and 2006, the Liberal Democrat History Group has asked both candidates for the Liberal Democrat leadership to write a short article on their favourite historical figure or figures – the ones they felt had influenced their own political beliefs…
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David Lloyd-George (Earl Lloyd-George and Viscount Gwynedd), 1863-1945
[…]The pinnacle of Lloyd George’s career was the peace-making at Paris in the first half of 1919, leading to the Treaty of Versailles, signed on 28 June 1919. While rightly criticised in many aspects (such as the war guilt clause, the scale of reparations and many boundaries), Lloyd George tilted the settlement in a more…
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Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904
{…}It took Harcourt, like Gladstone, a long time to become a Liberal, but once this affiliation was decided, he became an active and prominent one. He did not completely fulfil his expected potential, being perhaps the classic case of the best Prime Minister we never had. But as a strong contender for another title, that…
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Clement Davies, 1884-1962
[…]rom his boyhood Clement Davies had been fascinated by political life. He was approached as a possible Liberal candidate as early as 1910, but did not consent to stand for Parliament until 1927 when he was chosen as the Liberal candidate for his native Montgomeryshire. Seen initially as an avid radical and a stalwart supporter…
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Archie and Clem
The story of the relationship between the successive Liberal leaders Sir Archibald Sinclair and Clement Davies.
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Archive: Palmerston – Hartley Library
Palmerston’s papers at the Hartley Library, University of Southampton.
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Architect of political realism
Interview with David Steel.