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.
- The Liberal Unionist Party until December 1887
- Liberal policies and nationalist politics in Ireland, 1905-10
- Elite migration from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party, 1917-24, and the interaction with popular politics through the Union of Democratic Control
- The Liberal Party in W.Yorkshire, 1885-95
- Lloyd George in British politics, 1922-1931
- The Rev. James Brown Armour and Liberal politics in N. Antrim, 1869-1914
- British Liberal leaders and the United States, 1874-98
- John Stuart Mill, George Jacob Holyoake and the ‘social question’: themes of continuity in mid 19th-century radicalism and socialism
Supervisor – Dr. Gareth Stedman Jones
- Herbert Gladstone, Ireland and radicalism
Supervisor – Dr. Allen J. Warren
- The political dynamics of N.E. Wales, with special reference to the Liberal party, 1918-35
Supervisors – Professor Duncan M. Tanner and Dr. William P. Griffith
- Gladstone, Irish nationalism and the Home Rule question, 1882-93, with particular reference to the Ulster problem
- An analysis of voting patterns for the Liberal Party, with initial reference to the General Election of 1966
- The Liberal Party of Stoke-on-Trent and parliamentary elections, 1862-80: a case study in Liberal- labour relations
- The Liberal Party in Cornwall, 1918-39
- Richard Cobden and the intellectual development and influence of the Manchester School of Economics
- The political committee of the Reform Club
Supervisor – Dr. A.J. Warren
- British policy and diplomacy in the Near East during the Liberal administrations August 1892 to June 1895
- John Stuart Mill and male support for the Victorian women’s movement
Supervisor – Professor John W. Burrow
- The British general election of 1929
Supervisor – Professor Peter F. Clarke
- The Labour and Liberal parties in an area of Conservative ascendancy: the case of Gloucestershire
Supervisor – Mr. A. William Purdue