PhD theses
Theses presented for higher degrees at universities in the UK since 1901, under the titles Liberal Party, liberalism and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Compiled for the Liberal Democrat History Group by Dr Richard S. Grayson, and Graham Lippiatt using the Institute of Historical Research database for Higher Degrees in the United Kingdom, Part I: Theses Completed.
- Gladstone and whiggery: a study in Liberal leadership and politics, 1874-86
- The electoral strategy and tactics of the British Liberal Party, 1945-70
- The development of the Liberal Party in England, with special reference to the north-west, 1886- 1900
- The Liberal Party in S.W. England, 1929-59
- Mr. Gladstone’s leadership of the parliamentary Liberal Party, 1868-74
- Stuart Rendel (1834-1913) and his contribution to the development of a distinctly Welsh political programme within the Liberal Party between 1880 and 1895
- The African policy of the Liberal government, 1905-09
- Sir Jerom Murch: case study of a Unitarian liberal and his impact on the Bath community, 1833-95
Supervisor – Dr. David Brooke
- The writings and political activities of Slingsby Bethel, 1617-97
Supervisor – Dr. Jonathan H. Scott
- The penal thought and practice of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, secretary of state for the Home Department, February 1910 to October 1911
- Irish land reform and English Liberal politics, 1865-70
- Some aspects of the history of the Liberal Party in Britain between 1906-1914
- The education question and Liberal politics in N.E. England, 1868-1910
- The divisions of Liberalism: Newcastle politics, 1870-1902
- Liberalism and sociology: L.T. Hobhouse and political argument in England, 1880-1914
- Lloyd George’s pre-Parliamentary political career
- The response of the British Liberal Party and its supporters to Nazi Germany, 1935-8
- Monmouthshire and the Education Act, 1902: the ‘Welsh revolt’ of 1902-5, a study in conflict between national and local government in the field of education
- Whig literary culture: poetry, politics and patronage, 1678-1714
- The ‘politick personality’: Edmund Burke’s political ideas and the Lockean inheritance
Supervisor – Professor Fred Rosen