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 Marquess of Hartington, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1871-4: a study in policy and politics
Supervisor – Dr. A.J. Warren
- Manchester Liberalism, 1918-29
Supervisor – Dr. Peter C. Lowe
- The prince of the Whigs: the life and career of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Supervisor – Dr. Leslie G. Mitchell
- University Liberals and the challenge of democracy, 1860-86
- The decline of the Liberal Party in parliament and in the constituencies, 1914-1931
- The growth of third party support in Britain: a comparative study of the electoral bases for the Liberal and Scottish National Parties successes during the 1970s
- Popular liberalism in the English counties, 1885-1906
Supervisor – Mr. John M. Prest
- Welsh Liberalism, 1868-96: a study in political structure and ideology
- Asquith, Home Rule and the Gladstonian tradition
- Gladstone’s policy towards the Colonies, 1835-1855
- The radical thread – political change in Scotland: Paisley politics, 1885-1924.
Supervisor – Professor W. Hamish Fraser
- The radicalism of Joseph Chamberlain: his ideas and actions in the context of Birmingham in the 1870s
Supervisor – Dr. Carl S.A. Chinn
- The working library of William Ewart Gladstone
Supervisor – Dr. Jon M. Lawrence
- The genesis and significance of the 1886 Home Rule split in the Liberal Party
- The Parliamentary Labour Party and its relations with the Liberals, 1910-14
- Radical Liberals and Liberal politics, 1906-c.1924
- The New Liberalism and the challenge of Labour in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1885-1914, with special reference to Huddersfield
- The religious ideas and attitudes of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1859)
- Lloyd George and Irish Home Rule, 1886-1914
- Factors and variations in Liberal and radical opinion on foreign policy, 1885-99