1895-1910
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A squire in the House of Lords
The political life of John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826 – 1902).
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1906: Blissful dawn?
Lecture to the Corporation of London, February 2006.
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, 1836-1908
There have been four Liberals at the head of clearly Liberal governments – Gladstone, Rosebery, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Asquith. Three of them are well-known names. Yet of the four, ‘CB’ was far and away the best party leader. Only Grimond, in very different circumstances, can compare with him. Had Campbell-Bannerman not become leader in…
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Hidden workers of the party
The professional Liberal agents, 1885-1910.
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Organiser par excellence
The career of William Gladstone’s youngest son, Herbert Gladstone (1854-1930).
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The strange case of Edward Hemmerde
David Dutton traces the story of the three-times MP, playwright and judge Edward Hemmerde (1871-1948).
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The 1910 general elections
Turning points in British politics?
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Land and nation in England
Review of Paul Readman, Patriotism, National Identity, and the Politics of Land, 1880-1914 (Royal Historical Society, 2008).
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Report: Fighting Labour – the struggle for radical supremacy in Scotland 1885-1929
Report of the Liberal Democrat History Group meeting at the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference, 13 March 2009, with Professor Richard Finlay, Dr Catriona Macdonald and Jim Wallace. Chair: Robert Brown MSP.