Journal of Liberal History

England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

For the discussion and research of Liberal, Liberal Democrat and SDP history

1886-1895

  • Lib-Labs

    The first working class representatives within Parliament were known as "Lib-Lab" MPs. They accepted the Liberal whip while exercising the right to utilise their experience to speak freely on labour issues.

  • Edwardian Liberalism

    Review of H. V. Emy, Liberals, Radicals and Social Politics, 1892-1914 (Cambridge University Press, 1973; reprinted 2008).

  • The Liberal Party and womens suffrage, 1866-1918

    Analysis of the relationship between the Liberal Party and the campaigns for womens suffrage.

  • The farm workers champion

    Biography of one of the first working men to be elected to Parliament, Joseph Arch (1826-1919).

  • The history of the Lib-Labs

    The history of what became known as Lib-Labbery: the representation of labour interests in parliament through the Liberal Party.

  • Gladstonian Liberalism according to Gladstone

    What were the prevailing principles of the Liberal Party in the late Victorian period?

  • Sir Edward Grey (Viscount Grey of Fallodon), 1862-1933

    Sir Edward Grey, third Baronet and first Viscount Grey of Fallodon, was the longest serving Foreign Secretary of the twentieth century, guiding Britain’s foreign policy in 1905-16. In the 1920s, he was a prominent voice on foreign affairs, and a strong supporter of Asquithian Liberalism. Grey’s importance to British politics as Foreign Secretary lay in…

  • Herbert Gladstone (Viscount Gladstone), 1854-1930

    Herbert John, Viscount Gladstone, was the fourth and youngest son of William Ewart Gladstone and his wife Catherine. He was born on 7 January 1854 at 12, Downing Street (now No. 11), which his father then occupied as Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was thus born at the heart of politics, and remained there for most…

  • Charles Bradlaugh, 1833-1891

    Charles Bradlaugh was born on 26 September 1833 in Hoxton, London, the eldest of the seven children of a poor solicitor’s clerk, and he received only an elementary education. Though brought up in the Church of England, he came to doubt the doctrines of Christianity. Pressure to conform drove him from home in 1850 and…

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