1895-1910
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Graham Wallas, 1858-1932
Graham Wallas was born in Sunderland on 31 May 1858, the son of an Evangelical clergyman of the Church of England who later became Rector of Shobrooke in Devon, where the young Wallas was brought up. He went to public school at Shrewsbury and thence to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he read Greats. Wallas…
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Herbert Samuel (Viscount Samuel), 1870-1963
Herbert Samuel was a leading figure in the Liberal Party for over fifty years, from its zenith before the First World War to the nadir of its fortunes in the mid-1950s. With Sinclair, he was the last independent Liberal to serve in the Cabinet. A respected statesman, formidable mediator and administrator, and notable political thinker,…
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William Ewart Gladstone, 1809-1898
Amongst the number of outstanding statesmen in Victorian Britain, Gladstone was unquestionably the greatest. He brought to his public life an exceptional physical, mental and spiritual vitality. He was a man of independent but by no means unchanging mind. His combination of moral zeal and the willingness to think on and on, no doubt explains…
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Asquith and the Liberal legacy
Assessment of Asquith’s record – in a lecture given to mark the centenary of the formation of Aquith’s administration.
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British Liberalism and Irish Nationalism
Review of Eugenio Biagini, British Democracy and Irish Nationalism, 1876-1906 (Cambridge University Press, 2007).
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‘A dynamic force is a terrible thing’
Review of Martin Pugh, Lloyd George (Longmans, 1988).
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Economic strategies and the New Liberalism
New Liberal economic strategies, including free trade and social reform.
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The 1906 landslide: the legacy
Introduction to this special issue of the Journal, on the legacy of the 1906 Liberal government.
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The Liberal Party: Triumph and Disintegration 1886-1929
Review of G. R. Searle, The Liberal Party: Triumph and Disintegration 1886-1929 (Macmillan, 1992).