1859-1886
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John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ 150 years later
An analysis of the most well-known work of the greatest of the Victorian Liberal philosophers, published 150 years ago this year, and an assessment of its relevance to 2009.
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David and Maggie
Diaries and correspondence files are used to examine the courtship between David Lloyd George and Margaret Owen between 1884 and their marriage in 1888.
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A Liberal in power
Review of Roy Jenkins, Asquith (Collins, 1964).
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Sir Edward Watkin and the Liberal cause in the nineteenth century
The life of Liberal MP Edward Watkin, the last of the railway kings.
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An intractable problem? Gladstone and Irish home rule
1880 – 1886: Gladstone’s efforts to achieve Home Rule for Ireland.
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How did the Empire strike back?
The impact of imperialism on democracy and liberalism in Britrain 1865-1920.
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A squire in the House of Lords
The political life of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826 – 1902).