1895-1910
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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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Eleanor Acland, 1878-1933
Eleanor Acland was born Eleanor Margaret Cropper in Westmoreland in 1878, into a family with political connections. Her paternal grandfather, Sir James Cropper, was Liberal MP for Kendal from 1880 to 1885, while her maternal grandfather was Lord Knutsford who had been a Conservative MP and secretary to the colonies from 1887 to 1892. After…
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Bertha Bowness Fischer
‘One of the most effective and most welcome workers.’ An examination of the career of the first female Liberal political agent.