PhD theses

Resource Types

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 formation of Liberal Party policy, 1885-92

The Liberal Party and the House of Lords, 1880-1895

The Liberal land campaign and the land issue, c.1906-1914

Aspects of Sheffield Liberalism, 1849-86

Lord Rosebery and Scottish Nationalism 1868-1896

John Morley: a political study, with special emphasis on the relationship between his political thought and practice

The political career of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford 1870-1949

Politics in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the age of reform, 1830-40

Supervisor – Professor W.A. Speck

Radicalism and reform in Burnley, 1842-70

Supervisor – Dr. Iorwerth J. Prothero

The grass-roots organization of the Liberal party, 1945-64

Supervisor – Dr. Michael W. Hart

Liberalism against democracy: a study of the life, thought and work of Robert Lowe, to 1867

Supervisor, Dr Simon J D Green

The Samuelites and the National Government: a study in Liberal survival, August 1931 – November 1933

The survival of the British Liberal Party, 1932-59

Liberals and the Labour Party, 1906-1914

Bradford: radical city in the Liberal age

The Liberal Party in Scotland, 1885-95

The Wail of Jeremiah: the early career of C.F.G. Masterman as an expression of Edwardian Christian Socialism

Lloyd George and the Labour Movement (With particular reference to the years 1914-22)

English Liberal thought: problems of social reform, 1886-1914

Real Liberals and Conservatives in the City of London, 1848-86

Supervisors – Mr. A. William Purdue and Mr. John M. Golby