Discussion and research on histories of the Lib Dems and predecessors, Liberal Party and SDP, and of Liberalism. Publish quarterly Journal of Liberal History.
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New post from the Georgian Lords on the duke of Grafton's last ditch efforts to avert war in 1776.
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Lloyd George Society Sponsored Event -
Lloyd George at the Fleet Street Festival of Words.
@DamianCollins and @RROBrien in conversation.
Tuesday 12th May 2026, 5pm to 6pm at Temple Church, London, EC4Y 7BB
Tickets & more details available from:
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And a statue of him in Bradford (as he was a Bradford MP - hence the Square and the Railway Station):
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It may appear strange today that a member of the House of Lords could serve as Prime Minister.
However, as @kathrynrix.bsky.social has explored in a new article, the 19th century saw more Prime Ministers leading from the Lords than the Commons.
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This Thursday the voters of Gorton and Denton will elect their new MP. To mark the occasion, Dr Emma Peplow has delved into our oral history archive to look at another by-election that full under the media spotlight: Christchurch 1993.
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Born #OnThisDay 1792 William Collins, Radical MP for Warwick, 1837-52. He was among the minority of 46 MPs who voted in support of the 1839 Chartist petition. There’s more on the Victorian Commons & Chartism here: victoriancommons.wordpress.c…
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#OTD 1915, Hon. Thomas Charles Reginald Agar-Robartes, Liberal MP for St Austell, died, having been wounded at the battle of Loos.
Dr Kathryn Rix explored his life and career on the #HistParl website: historyofparliament.com/2015…
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At 25.4% the Alliance's share was the largest third party share since 1923 when the Liberals received 29.7%. 2 future leaders of what would become the Liberal Democrat Party were elected for the first time - Paddy Ashdown at Yeovil and Charles Kennedy at Ross, Cromarty & Skye.
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Delighted to have an updated version of my study of the Liberal Democrats' disastrous 2015 election campaign published in the Journal of Liberal History (@LibHistoryToday). The party has moved on but the lessons remain vital.
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For #LancashireDay we’re sharing some blogs from our archive. John Morgan Cobbett, like his father before him, represented the borough of Oldham, first as a Liberal, then as a Conservative, 1852-65, 1872-7. Find out more about his parliamentary career: victoriancommons.wordpress.c…
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Died #OnThisDay 1884 Henry Fawcett, the first completely blind MP. He sat as a Liberal for Brighton 1865-74, & Hackney 1874-84. For more on him & the wife, the leading suffragist, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, see our earlier blog: victoriancommons.wordpress.c…
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#OnThisDay 1768 William Pitt, earl of Chatham, stood down as PM. We have an @histparl video about this very unusual father and son team, who were both PMs.
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Bust of David Lloyd George, Liberal Party Leader and Prime Minister (though not at the same time!) @Museum_Cardiff. May be of interest to @LibHistoryToday
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Adopted by the German financier Maurice de Hirsch he was created Baron de Forest by the Emperor Franz Joseph in 1899. Also a friend of Winston Churchill who protected him from prosecution as an enemy alien during WWI: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauric…
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Today we are marking the publication of our senior research fellow Martin Spychal's new book, Mapping the State: English Boundaries and the 1832 Reform Act, available free on open access. Martin gives a brief overview of the book here: victoriancommons.wordpress.c…
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Today is the anniversary of the laying of the foundation stone of the Clock Tower (now the Elizabeth Tower) at the Houses of Parliament. This ceremony was performed not by a high-ranking dignitary, but a 15 year old girl from Rochdale. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.c…
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Born #OnThisDay 1829 Sir Wilfrid Lawson, temperance campaigner and Liberal MP for Carlisle 1859-65, 1868-85, Cockermouth 1886-1900, 1906, Camborne 1903-6. He was, in his own words, ‘a fanatic, a faddist, and an extreme man’.
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There’s a brief biography of Forster by @LibHistoryToday here: liberalhistory.org.uk/histor…
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Statue to the Victorian Liberal Prime Minister and MP for Midlothian, W E Gladstone in Coates Crescent in the West End of Edinburgh. May be of interest to @LibHistoryToday
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The Second Reform Act, which enfranchised large numbers of urban working-class men, received royal assent #OnThisDay 1867. Alongside Derby & Disraeli, one of the Conservative ministers involved in passing it was Sir John Rolt. For more on his role, see victoriancommons.wordpress.c…