Emlyn Hooson – voice of Montgomeryshire;
Assessing Jeremy Thorpe;
Labour candidates and the Liberals 1868–85;
The Liberal–Tory coalition of 1915.
Journal of Liberal History 86
Issue: 86, Spring 2015Price: £6.00
Contents
Liberal history news: Issue 86
Obituary: Lord Mackie of Benshie; Obituary: Patrick Jackson; Taped interviews; Biography of Rufus Isaacs; Scottish Liberal Party’s evidence to the Royal Commission on the Constitution; Sir Edward Grey; On this day in Liberal history.
Assessing Jeremy Thorpe
Four views on Jeremy Thorpe’s record and character.
The struggle for political representation
Labour candidates and the Liberal Party, 1868–85.
Liberal history quiz 2014
The questions …
A conspiracy of silence?
Lloyd George and Basil Zaharoff.
Liberal history quiz 2014
… and the answers.
Emlyn Hooson
An examination of the life and career of the Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, 1962–79.
The Liberal–Tory coalition of 1915
Report of the History Group evening meeting, 26 January 2015, with Ian Packer and Nigel Keohane; chair: Raymond Asquith (Earl of Oxford and Asquith and great-grandson of Herbert Asquith).
A well-rounded life
Review of John Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Well-Rounded Life (Jonathan Cape, 2014).
Minded to slay national ignorance
Review of James Dixon, Out of Birmingham: George Dixon (1820–98), ‘Father of Free Education’ (Brewin Books, 2013).
A history of by-elections
Review of T. G. Otte and Paul Readman (eds.), By-elections in British politics 1832–1914 (Boydell, 2013).
Servant of the party
Review of Sir Hugh Jones, Campaigning Face to Face (Book Guild Ltd, 2007).
The Liberals in Hampshire: Martin Kyrle’s reminiscences
Review of Martin Kyrle, The Liberals in Hampshire – a Part(l)y History Part 2: Eastleigh 1965–72: out in the suburbs something stirred! (Sarsen Press, 2013).