1688-1830
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Earl Grey (Charles Grey), 1764-1845
Charles Grey, second Earl Grey, Viscount Howick and Baron Grey, was the Prime Minister who oversaw the Great Reform Act of 1832, which overhauled the country’s parliamentary electoral system and was the culmination of two years of intense political crisis. Born on 13 March 1764, at Fallodon in Northumberland, his youth was spent in a…
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The Year of the Fox
2006 sees the bicentenary of the death of the Whig leader Charles James Fox. This article looks at how Fox is commemorated in stone.
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Thomas Paine, 1737-1809
Thomas Paine was born on 29 January 1737 at Thetford in Norfolk and was educated at the local grammar school. His father was a stay-maker, and this was Paine’s first occupation. In 1759, he married Mary Lambert, the daughter of a customs officer, but she died within a few months. This may have determined him…
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Charles James Fox, the Repeal of Poynings Law, and the Act of Union
1782 – 1801: the critical period in Irish and British history during which many of the seeds of the present troubles were sown.
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Philosopher of freedom
Wilhelm von Humboldt and early German Liberalism.
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Thomas Paine and the radical liberal tradition
To coincide with the publication of the special issue of the Journal of Liberal History on Liberalism and the Left (summer 2010), we are delighted to welcome Prof Edward Royle and Dr Edward Vallance to the History Group for an evening focusing on the life, works and influence of Thomas Paine. In the two centuries…
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Crunch times for the Liberal Democrats?
Interviews with Tim Razzall and Chris Rennard.
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Biography: Edmund Burke
The career and political thought of Edmund Burke.
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Grimond’s rival
The life and political career of the contentious, individualistic, right-wing Liberal MP for Cardiganshire from 1945 until 1966, Captain E. Roderic Bowen MP (1913-2001).