1859-1886
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A Liberal for All Seasons?
An examination of the political career of Percy Alport Molteno, 1861–1937 (Part 1: 1861–1914).
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Sir Robert Torrens (1812-84)
I am looking for the papers of Sir Robert Torrens, who was elected to Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge in 1868, representing the Liberal Party. He lived for many years in South Australia, where he developed the land titles system that still bears his name. He moved to England in the 1860s, where he…
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The language of elections
Review of Luke Blaxill, The War of Words: The Language of British Elections, 1880–1914 (Royal Historical Society, Boydell Press, 2020).
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William Ewart Gladstone
Simon Heffer’s chapter on Gladstone from Iain Dale’s new book, The Prime Ministers.
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Richard Cobden, 1804-1865
Richard Cobden is most famous for his advocacy of free trade and as a leader of the Anti-Corn Law League. He has been described as clothing free trade with a moral cloak. The repeal of the Corn Laws, and the subsequent embedding of the cause of free trade and cheap food in working-class beliefs, were…
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Liberalism and the Gladstone salon
Review of Phyllis Weliver, Mary Gladstone and the Victorian Salon: Music, Literature, Liberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2017).