1910-1929
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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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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.
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Champion of Liberalism
Biography of the left-leaning Liberal MP for Leicester, 1910-13, Eliot Crawshay-Williams (1879-1962).
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The two great wartime leaders
Review of Richard Toye, Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness (Macmillan, 2007).
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Lloyd George’s Flintshire loyalist
The political achievement of John Herbert Lewis MP (1858-1933).
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Life with Lloyd George
A. J. Sylvester’s Life with Lloyd George remains a unique source of information. This article examines its preparation, publication and impact.
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The First World War and Liberal values
Was the Liberal Party fatally wounded by the war because liberalism proved incapable of coping with the strains of a major modern conflict? Professor Chris Wrigley questions the accepted view.
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Labour, the Liberal Party and the Great War
The Great War laid many of the foundations for Labour’s supplanting of the Liberals in the subsequent decade. Analysis of the relationship between the two parties during the war.