1830-1859
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Radical failure
Review of Miles Taylor, The Decline of British Radicalism 1847-1860 (Oxford University Press, 1995).
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Gladstone as Chancellor
The Exchequer brought fame to Gladstone but in return Gladstone raised the office to the forefront of politics.
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Report: The repeal of the Corn Laws
Report LDHG meeting of February 1996, with Professor John Vincent.
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Lord John Russell and the Irish Catholics
1829 – 1852: despite the Whig leader Lord John Russell’s efforts to work for justice to Ireland, his policies ended mainly in failure.
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Coalition before 1886
Whigs, Peelites and Liberals: an examination of coalitions before 1886.
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Promoting progress everywhere
Review of Jonathan Parry, The Politics of Patriotism: English Liberalism, National Identity and Europe 1830-1886 (Cambridge University Press, 2006).
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Origins of the party
Review of John Vincent, The Formation of the British Liberal Party 1857-68 (Constable, 1966).
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Richard Cobden and British Imperialism
Cobden’s critique of British imperialism.
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A political man
The political aspirations of William Taylor Haly, a perenially unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1850s.