1859-1886
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Autocrat or cipher?
Review of James Murphy, Ireland’s Czar: Gladstonian Government and the Lord Lieutenancies of the Red Earl Spencer, 1868–86 (University College Dublin Press, 2014).
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A history of by-elections
Review of T. G. Otte and Paul Readman (eds.), By-elections in British politics 1832–1914 (Boydell, 2013).
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The struggle for political representation
Labour candidates and the Liberal Party, 1868–85.
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Jabez Balfour
Businessman and Liberal politician.
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Famous for being famous?
Review of Leo McKinstry, Rosebery: Statesman in Turmoil (John Murray, 2005).
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A very distinguished tightrope dancer
Review of James Chambers, Palmerston: ‘The People’s Darling’ (John Murray, 2004).
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A hand-to-mouth man?
Review of Patrick Jackson, Harcourt and Son: A Political Biography of Sir William Harcourt, 1827-1904 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2004).
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The diary of a somebody
Review of John Vincent (ed.), The Diaries of Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-93): A Selection (Leopard’s Head Press, 2003).