In this issue: OId heroes for a new leader: Liberal Democrat leadership candidates’ historical heroes (Ed Davey, Jo Swinson); Welsh Liberal Party 1966–70: New beginnings and the challenge of Plaid Cymru (Nicholas Alderton); Lloyd George’s presidency of the Board of Trade (Ian Ivatt); A lifetime in Liberalism: where do we go now? (The fourth Viv Bingham Lecture, as delivered by Tony Greaves); Gladstone’s first government 1868–74, with Professor Jon Parry and Dr David Brooks (meeting report by Tony Little); review of Smith, Workhouse to Westminster (Seth Alexander Thevoz); review of Brown, The Unknown Gladstone: The Life of Herbert Gladstone (Roger Swift); review of Swift, Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical (Ian Cawood); review of Kerry, Lansdowne: The Last Great Whig (Iain Sharpe).
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Contents
Liberal history news
Appreciation: Richard Moore.
OId heroes for a new leader
Liberal Democrat leadership candidates’ historical heroes.
Welsh Liberal Party 1966–70
New beginnings and the challenge of Plaid Cymru.
Lloyd George’s presidency of the Board of Trade
A review of Lloyd George’s time at the Board of Trade, from 11 December 1905 to 8 April 1908.
A lifetime in Liberalism: where do we go now?
The fourth Viv Bingham Lecture, as delivered by Tony Greaves.
Gladstone’s First Government 1868–74
Meeting following the AGM, 28 January 2019, with Professor Jon Parry and Dr David Brooks; chair Tony Little.
Liberal lives
Review of Trevor Smith, <i>Workhouse to Westminster</i> (Caper Press, 2018).
Restoring Herbert Gladstone
Review of Kenneth D. Brown, The Unknown Gladstone: The Life of Herbert Gladstone, 1854–1930 (I.B.Tauris, 2018).
Aristocratic Radical
Review of Roger Swift, Charles Pelham Villiers: Aristocratic Victorian Radical (Routledge, 2017).
Whig, Liberal or Tory?
Review of Simon Kerry, Lansdowne: the Last Great Whig (Unicorn, 2017).
Letters to the Editor
Elections in Glasgow (Michael Steed).