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Liberal Party
Connections
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politics | Constance Smedley | Living at Minchinhampton opened Smedley's eyes to the poverty and deprivation prevalent in the English countryside, and from a moderate Conservative she became an active Liberal
supporter. The Pageant of Progress, which charted the... |
politics | Thomas Moore | He supported the Whig Party
. These party sympathies were cemented through his friendship with Byron
, an ardent Whig. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 96 |
politics | Henrietta Müller | Her predecessors had argued that it was impossible for two women to oversee all education of girls in London (while boys had forty-seven men attending to their interests). Nevertheless HM
, flying her stripes with... |
politics | Annie S. Swan | In the light of the First World War and its aftermath, ASS
's latent interest in politics came to life, taking the form of a desire to serve the League of Nations
(whose later fall... |
politics | Queen Victoria | QV
's 1837-1901 reign was the longest of any British monarch. By taking a dedicated and active role in the rule of her country—despite her assertion that I never interfere in politics Edith, Countess of Lytton,. Lady Lytton’s Court Diary, 1895-1899. Editor Lutyens, Mary, Rupert Hart-Davis. 43 |
politics | Kate Parry Frye | The Frye family was actively political throughout KPF
's formative years, mostly on behalf of the Liberal Party
: her mother
expected Kate to attend the North Kensington Women's Liberal Association
meetings hosted in the... |
politics | Lady Margaret Sackville | UDC activities played an important role in the decline of the Liberal Party
and the rise of the Labour Party
: Joining the UDC became a sort of half-way house between leaving the Liberals and... |
politics | Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence | The magistrate sentenced eleven women (ten arrested outside parliament and one, Sylvia Pankhurst
, arrested at the court) to two months in Holloway Prison's second division (which at this time held convicted criminals, while... |
politics | Rudyard Kipling | When the Liberal Party
came to power in Britain in 1906 he judged its government corrupt. He disapproved of its handling of strikes by workers between 1910 and 1912, and even more of its... |
politics | Rudyard Kipling | |
Occupation | Henry Peter, Baron Brougham | In 1802 Henry Brougham
helped to found the Edinburgh Review; he became a regular contributor to this reigning Whig
periodical. To the first twenty numbers he contributed eighty articles on subjects ranging from science... |
Occupation | Henry Peter, Baron Brougham | He was called to the English bar in that year, and began a successful law practice in London. He headed |
Occupation | Thomas Babington, first Baron Macaulay | TBBM
received his first public attention after publishing an essay on Milton
in the Edinburgh Review. He later sat for the Whig Party
in Parliament
. There he took a role in passing the... |
Literary responses | Harriet Martineau | The Illustrations catapulted HM
into fame: she was lionized by London society. She received flattering responses from Coleridge
and from her precursor as a political economist, Jane Marcet
. Chapman, Maria Weston, and Harriet Martineau. “Memorials of Harriet Martineau”. Harriet Martineau’s Autobiography, James R. Osgood, pp. 2: 131 - 596. 212, 214 |
Literary responses | Eleanor Rathbone | Opponents of ER
's plans included members of the Conservative
, Liberal
, and Labour
parties, though the Independent Labour Party
gave the plans its official support in 1926. In 1925 some members of the... |
Timeline
5 March 1894: The Earl of Rosebery (Liberal) became Prime...
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5 March 1894
5 December 1905: Liberal leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,...
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5 December 1905
Liberal
leader Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, a known supporter of women's suffrage, formed the government of the UK, following the surprise resignation of Conservative Arthur James Balfour
.
7 February 1906: A general election brought the Liberal Party...
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7 February 1906
A general election brought the Liberal Party
to power in Britain by a great majority.
7 April 1908: Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal) became the...
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7 April 1908
Herbert Henry Asquith
(Liberal
) became the British Prime Minister following the resignation of Campbell-Bannerman
.
November 1909: The controversial People's Budget of David...
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November 1909
The controversial People's Budget of David Lloyd George
passed successfully through the House of Commons
; three weeks later, however, it was vetoed by the Lords
.
January 1910: A general election was fought in Britain...
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January 1910
A general election was fought in Britain on the issue of Lloyd George
's people's budget of the previous year: the combined Conservative
and [Ulster] Unionist Parties
came in only two votes behind the Liberals
7 November 1911: The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry...
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7 November 1911
The British Prime Minister, Herbert Henry Asquith
, told members of the People's Suffrage Federation
that his Liberal government would bring forward, next session, a Manhood Suffrage Bill or Reform Bill.
1912: The Liberal Government began censoring Votes...
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1912
The Liberal
Government began censoring Votes for Women, the Women's Social and Political Union
's weekly journal.
11 April 1912: Asquith brought forward the Liberal party's...
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11 April 1912
Asquith
brought forward the Liberal party
's third Home Rule Bill for Ireland (since 1886) in return for election support from John Redmond
of the Irish Party
.
“Living Heritage. Parliament and Ireland. Third Home Rule Bill”. www. parliament.uk.
May 1912: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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May 1912
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
established the Election Fighting Fund to allow it to support Labour
candidates in constituencies where a Liberal
anti-suffragist was running.
17 June 1912: The Liberals' long-promised Franchise Bill...
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17 June 1912
The Liberal
s' long-promised Franchise Bill passed its first reading in the House of Commons; its second reading followed on 12 July 1912.
14 December 1918: The post-war general election (sometimes...
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14 December 1918
The post-war general election (sometimes called the coupon election) was the first in which some British women (those over thirty with a property qualification of their own or their husband's) voted.
15 November 1922: In the British general election the Conservative...
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15 November 1922
In the British general election the Conservative Party
, under its recently-elected leader Bonar Law
, won a majority of 77, ending David Lloyd George
's Liberal
-Conservative coalition.
6 December 1923: A general election was held in Britain....
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6 December 1923
A general election was held in Britain.
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