This page provides a listing of theses presented for higher degrees at universities in the UK since 1901, under the titles Liberal Party, liberalism and the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Compiled for the Liberal Democrat History Group by Dr Richard S. Grayson, and Graham Lippiatt using the Institute of Historical Research database for Higher Degrees in the United Kingdom, Part I: Theses Completed. In many cases, where a thesis has been published in whole or in part, this is indicated in square brackets.

Theses are listed alphabetically by title. If you wish to find a thesis that relates to a specific person, time period or theme, please use the menu above.

A geographical analysis of the decline of the Liberal Party, 1918-25

Newcastle M.Litt. , 1984

Linked people
Pindar, M.J. (author)

Linked areas
1688-1830





An analysis of the reform of the House of Lords, 1911-2000
Supervisor: Professor Vernon B. Bogdanor
Oxford University , 2006
Citation form:
D.Phil

Linked people
Ballinger, Chris A (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956
1956-1976
1976-1988
1988-2010





An analysis of voting patterns for the Liberal Party, with initial reference to the General Election of 1966

Southampton Ph.D. , 1978

Linked people
Hill, A.P. (author)

Linked areas
Elections
1956-1976





An ideology of transition: the political thought of the Social Democratic Party

Durham M.A. , 1990

Linked people
Laing, M.D. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers





Arthur Markham (1866-1916): coal owner and Liberal M.P. for Mansfield, 1900-16

Leicester M.Phil. , 1991

Linked people
Lumb, Elisabeth E. (author)
Markham, Arthur (subject)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Aspects of Liberal Unionist Party organisation, 1886-1895

Manchester M.A , 1973

Linked people
Thompson, M.J. (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





Aspects of Sheffield Liberalism, 1849-86

Sheffield Ph.D. , 1972

Linked people
Fletcher, David (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886





Asquith, Home Rule and the Gladstonian tradition

Queens University Belfast Ph.D. , 1973

Linked people
Asquith, Herbert Henry (subject)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Marley, Margaret (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1895-1910
1910-1929





Bradford: radical city in the Liberal age

Bradford M.Sc. , 1977

Linked people
Garne, D.F. (author)




British Liberal leaders and the United States, 1874-98

Oxford D. Phil. , 1982

Linked people
Gerlach, M.M. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895
1895-1910





British Liberals and radicals, and the treatment of Germany, 1914-20

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1992

Linked people
Dubinski, Ronald D. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1910-1929





British policy and diplomacy in the Near East during the Liberal administrations August 1892 to June 1895

Oxford D.Phil. , 1960

Linked people
Hilborn, K.H.W. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895





British social democratic factionalism 1981-1996: case studies of the SDP 1981-88 and Liberal Democrats 1988-96

London Guildhall Ph.D. , 1996

Linked people
McKee, Vincent (author)

Linked areas
1976-1988
1988-2010





Campbell-Bannerman as Opposition leader, 1899-1905

Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. , 1983

Linked people
Strong, R.W. (author)
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910





Chartism and liberalism: popular politics in Leicestershire, 1842-74

Manchester Ph.D. , 1991

Linked people
Little, Alan D. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886





Clement Davies M.P. and the Liberal Party

Wales M.A. , 1976

Linked people
Roberts, D.M. (author)

Linked areas
1929-1956
1956-1976





Community politics: a study of the Liberal Democrats in local government

London, Goldsmiths College Ph.D. , 1999

Linked people
Meadowcroft, John (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation





Conservatism and Liberal Unionism in Glasgow, 1874-1912

Dundee Ph.D. , 1983

Linked people
Levy, Catriona (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Conservatives, Liberals and Labour in Yorkshire, 1918-29

Sheffield M.A. , 1976

Linked people
Dugdale, Keith (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956





Edmund Burke and the constitutional crisis, 1778-84
Supervisor - Dr. Leslie G. Mitchell
Oxford, D.Phil , 2001

Linked people
Burke, Edmund (subject)
Kruger, Daniel R (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1688-1830





Electoral politics in Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1832-85
Supervisor - Mr. Alan J. Heesom
Durham, M.Phil , 2002

Linked people
Wickham, Michael (author)

Linked areas
Elections
1830-1859
1859-1886





Elite migration from the Liberal Party to the Labour Party, 1917-24, and the interaction with popular politics through the Union of Democratic Control

Open University, B.Phil. , 1984

Linked people
Woodward, B. C. (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929





English Liberal thought: problems of social reform, 1886-1914

Oxford D.Phil. , 1972

Linked people
Freeden, Michael (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Factors and variations in Liberal and radical opinion on foreign policy, 1885-99

Oxford D.Phil. , 1950

Linked people
Gross, R.H. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895
1895-1910





For women, for Wales and for Liberalism: women in Liberal politics in Wales c.1883-1914

University of the West of England , 2007
Citation form:
PhD

Linked people
Masson, Ursula (author)

Linked areas
Women
1886-1895
1895-1910





Gladstone and Liberalism: the political development of W.E. Gladstone, 1845-59

Leicester Ph.D. , 1981

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Lynch, M.J. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886





Gladstone and whiggery: a study in Liberal leadership and politics, 1874-86

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1984

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





Gladstone's Fourth Ministry, 1892-94: policies and personalities

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1975

Linked people
Brooks, D.R. (author)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
1886-1895





Gladstone's policy towards the Colonies, 1835-1855

Oxford B.Litt. , 1977

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Farnsworth, S.H. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1830-1859





Gladstone, Irish nationalism and the Home Rule question, 1882-93, with particular reference to the Ulster problem

Trinity College Dublin Ph.D. , 1984

Linked people
Loughlin, J.P. (author)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





Herbert Gladstone, Ireland and radicalism
Supervisor - Dr. Allen J. Warren
York, MA , 1999

Linked people
Gladstone, Herbert (subject)
Lee, Richard A (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





Ideas of the Liberal Party: perception, agendas, and liberal politics in the House of Commons, 1832-1852
Suprevisors - Dr. John Stevenson and Professor David S. Eastwood
Oxford D.Phil , 1998

Linked people
Coohill, Joseph (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Party organisation
1830-1859





Inventing economic imperialism: British Liberals change their minds about capitalism and war
Supervisor - Professor Michael S. Freeden
Oxford, D.Phil , 2005

Linked people
Proudman, Mark F. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895





Irish land reform and English Liberal politics, 1865-70

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1970

Linked people
Steele,  (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886





Jo Grimond's leadership of the Liberal party
Supervisor - Professor Ben Pimlott
London, Ph.D , 1997

Linked people
Grimond, Jo (subject)
Sell, Geoffrey (author)

Linked areas
Leaders
1956-1976





John Maynard Keynes and international relations: idealism, economic paths to war and peace, and post-war reconstruction

Oxford, D.Phil , 1996

Linked people
Keynes, John Maynard (subject)
Markwell, Donald J (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1910-1929





John Morley: a political study, with special emphasis on the relationship between his political thought and practice

Oxford D.Phil. , 1965

Linked people
Hamer, D.A. (author)
Morley, John (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers





John Stuart Mill and freedom of expression
Supervisor - Professor Fred Rosen
London, Ph.D , 2000

Linked people
Mill, John Stuart (subject)
O'Rourke, Kevin (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859
1859-1886





John Stuart Mill and male support for the Victorian women's movement
Supervisor - Professor John W. Burrow
Oxford, D.Phil , 1996

Linked people
Mill, John Stuart (author)
Dyer, Anton (author)

Linked areas
Women
1830-1859
1859-1886





John Stuart Mill, George Jacob Holyoake and the 'social question': themes of continuity in mid 19th-century radicalism and socialism
Supervisor - Dr. Gareth Stedman Jones
Cambridge, Ph.D , 1996

Linked people
Mill, John Stuart (subject)
Holyoake, George Jacob (subject)
Lee, Matthew (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859
1859-1886





Joseph Chamberlain and the Unauthorized Programme

Oxford D.Phil. , 1970

Linked people
Chamberlain, Joseph (subject)
Simon, A. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Social policy
1886-1895





Joseph Cowan of Newcastle and radical Liberalism

Northumbria at Newcastle Ph.D. , 1993

Linked people
Hugman, Joan (author)
Cowan, Joseph (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers





Labour's attitudes to social reform, 1900-14
Supervisors - Professor Ian Levitt and Dr. Alan Pratt
Central Lancashire, M.Phil , 2002

Linked people
Benson, Dennis (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1895-1910
1910-1929





Land, liberty and empire: Josiah C. Wedgwood and radical politics, 1905-24
Supervisor - Dr. Anthony C. Howe
London, Ph.D , 2003

Linked people
Mulvey, Paul (author)
Wedgwood, Josiah Clement (subject)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1895-1910
1910-1929





Liberal and Labour politics in two Northumberland mining constituencies, 1885-1924

Council for National Academic Awards M.Phil. , 1989

Linked people
Hodnett, R.M. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Liberal Party organization and politics in Birmingham, Coventry and Wolverhampton, 1886-1914, with particular reference to the devopment of independent labour representation

Birmingham Ph.D. , 1978

Linked people
Wright, R. A. (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Liberal policies and nationalist politics in Ireland, 1905-10

Kent Ph.D. , 1968

Linked people
Hepburn, A.C. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1895-1910
1910-1929





Liberalism against democracy: a study of the life, thought and work of Robert Lowe, to 1867
Supervisor, Dr Simon J D Green
Leeds University , 2007

Linked people
Ingham, Christopher (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1859-1886





Liberalism and sociology: L.T. Hobhouse and political argument in England, 1880-1914

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1977

Linked people
Collini, S.A. (author)
Hobhouse, Leonard Trelawney (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Liberals and the Home Rule issue, November 1885 - July 1886: the leaders and the rank and file, with special reference to certain localities

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1988

Linked people
Goodlad, G.D. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





Liberals and the Labour Party, 1906-1914

Oxford D.Phil. , 1974

Linked people
Petter, M.E. (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation
1895-1910
1910-1929





Lloyd George and Irish Home Rule, 1886-1914

Bristol M.Litt. , 1976

Linked people
Lloyd George, David (subject)
McCarry, T.J. (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





Lloyd George and the Labour Movement (With particular reference to the years 1914-22)

London Ph.D. , 1974

Linked people
Lloyd George, David (subject)
Wrigley, Chris (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929





Lloyd George and Welsh liberalism: collected essays

Aberystwyth Ph.D. , 2001

Linked people
Lloyd George, David (subject)
Jones, J. Graham (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers





Lloyd George in British politics, 1922-1931

Edinburgh Ph.D.

Linked people
Lloyd George, David (subject)
Campbell, J.M. (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956





Lloyd George's pre-Parliamentary political career

Wales M.A. , 1974



Linked areas
Leaders
1886-1895





Lord Rosebery and Scottish Nationalism 1868-1896

Edinburgh Ph.D. , 1996

Linked people
Akroyd, R.J. (author)
Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





Manchester Liberalism, 1918-29
Supervisor - Dr. Peter C. Lowe
Manchester, Ph.D , 1998

Linked people
Jones, Brendon (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929





Millicent Garrett Fawcett, 1867-94: 'an excellent guerrilla partisan'?

York, MA , 1998

Linked people
Fawcett, Millicent Garrett (subject)
Whitely, Justine (author)

Linked areas
Women
1859-1886
1886-1895





Monmouthshire and the Education Act, 1902: the 'Welsh revolt' of 1902-5, a study in conflict between national and local government in the field of education

London, M.Phil , 1996

Linked people
Griffiths, Eirwen (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1895-1910





Mr. Gladstone's leadership of the parliamentary Liberal Party, 1868-74

Oxford D.Phil. , 1961

Linked people
Clayton, J.D. (author)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
Leaders
1859-1886





Political communications and party development in Britain: the Social Democratic Party from its origins to the General Election campaign of 1983

London School of Economics Ph.D. , 1987

Linked people
Semetko, H.A. (author)

Linked areas
Elections
1976-1988





Political realignment in England and Wales, c. 1906-1922

London Ph.D. , 1985

Linked people
Tanner, D.M. (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





Politics in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the age of reform, 1830-40
Supervisor - Professor W.A. Speck
Leeds, Ph.D , 1995

Linked people
Richardson, Sarah (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859





Popular liberalism in the English counties, 1885-1906
Supervisor - Mr. John M. Prest
Oxford D.Phil. , 1997

Linked people
Lynch, Patricia C. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





Radical Liberal criticism of British foreign policy, 1906-14

Oxford D.Phil. , 1965

Linked people
Dorey, A.J. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1895-1910
1910-1929





Radical Liberals and Liberal politics, 1906-c.1924

Kent Ph.D. , 1980

Linked people
White, A.D. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Party organisation
1895-1910
1910-1929





Radicalism and reform in Burnley, 1842-70
Supervisor - Dr. Iorwerth J. Prothero
Manchester, Ph.D , 1997

Linked people
Jervis, Martin (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1830-1859
1859-1886





Real Liberals and Conservatives in the City of London, 1848-86
Supervisors - Mr. A. William Purdue and Mr. John M. Golby
Open University, Ph.D , 1997

Linked people
Claus, Peter (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886





Reginald McKenna as chancellor of the exchequer
Supervisor - Professor Hew F.A. Strachan
Glasgow, Ph.D , 1998

Linked people
Farr, Martin (author)
McKenna, Reginald (subject)

Linked areas
1910-1929





Richard Cobden and the intellectual development and influence of the Manchester School of Economics

Manchester Ph.D. , 1976

Linked people
Cobden, Richard (subject)
Cobden, Richard (subject)
Castorina, C.P. (author)

Linked areas
Free trade
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859





Scotland and the Liberal Party, 1880-1900, church, Ireland and Empire: a family affair

Glasgow M.Litt. , 1978

Linked people
McLeod, Ian (author)

Linked areas
Religion
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





Seat-votes relationships in British general elections, 1955-97

Oxford, D.Phil , 2002

Linked people
Blau, A.D. (author)

Linked areas
Elections
1929-1956
1956-1976
1976-1988
1988-2010





Shopkeepers and gentlemen: the liberal politics of early Victorian London.
Supervisor - Dr. Peter Mandler
Cambridge, Ph.D , 2005

Linked people
Weinstein, Benjamin J. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859





Sir Jerom Murch: case study of a Unitarian liberal and his impact on the Bath community, 1833-95
Supervisor - Dr. David Brooke
Bath, Ph.D , 1996

Linked people
Murch, Jerom (subject)
Kolaczkowski, Alexandra (author)

Linked areas
Religion
Social policy
1830-1859
1859-1886
1886-1895





Social reform in Edwardian Liberalism: the genesis of the policies of National Insurance and old age pensions, 1906-11

Durham M.A. , 1973

Linked people
Smith, N. (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





Some aspects of the history of the Liberal Party in Britain between 1906-1914

Oxford D.Phil. , 1962

Linked people
King, A.S. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1895-1910
1910-1929





Stuart Rendel (1834-1913) and his contribution to the development of a distinctly Welsh political programme within the Liberal Party between 1880 and 1895

Wales M.A. , 1977

Linked people
Nelmes, G.V. (author)
Rendel, Stuart (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The 'politick personality': Edmund Burke's political ideas and the Lockean inheritance
Supervisor - Professor Fred Rosen
London, Ph.D , 2005

Linked people
Burke, Edmund (subject)
Locke, John (subject)
Haivry, Ofir (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1688-1830





The African policy of the Liberal government, 1905-09

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1963

Linked people
Hyam, R. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1895-1910





The British general election of 1929
Supervisor - Professor Peter F. Clarke
Cambridge, Ph.D , 1999

Linked people
Howard, Jason G (author)

Linked areas
Elections
1910-1929
1929-1956





The character of the British Liberal Party, 1908-18: a study of its character and disintegration

Cambridge Ph.D.

Linked people
Hancock, John W. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Party organisation
1895-1910
1910-1929





The constitutional thought of Winston Churchill, 1906-29
Supervisor - Dr. David J. Reynolds
Cambridge, M.Litt , 1996

Linked people
Churchill, Winston (subject)
Small, L J (author)

Linked areas
Leaders
Liberal thought and thinkers
1895-1910
1910-1929





The decline of the Liberal Party in parliament and in the constituencies, 1914-1931

Oxford D.Phil. , 1982

Linked people
Hart, M.W. (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956





The development of the Liberal Party in England, with special reference to the north-west, 1886- 1900

Oxford D.Phil. , 1971

Linked people
Baxendale, J.D. (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910





The disintegration of the Liberal Party, 1931-3

Wales M.A. , 1980

Linked people
Rees, D.M. (author)

Linked areas
1929-1956





The divisions of Liberalism: Newcastle politics, 1870-1902

Manchester Ph.D. , 1972

Linked people
Waitt, E.I. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The education question and Liberal politics in N.E. England, 1868-1910

Newcastle M.Litt , 1985

Linked people
Blake, A. (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895
1895-1910





The electoral strategy and tactics of the British Liberal Party, 1945-70

London Ph.D , 1990



Linked areas
1929-1956
1956-1976





The emergence of Liberal Anglican politics: the Whigs and the Church, 1830-41

Oxford D.Phil. , 1985

Linked people
Brent, R. (author)

Linked areas
Religion
1830-1859





The formation of Liberal Party policy, 1885-92

Wales Ph.D , 1972

Linked people
Barker, M.K (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





The formation of the Liberal Party, 1857-68

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1962

Linked people
Vincent, John (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886





The genesis and significance of the 1886 Home Rule split in the Liberal Party

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1964

Linked people
Hoskin, D.G. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





The Gladstonian Liberal Party and religion, 1867-75

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1985

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
Religion
1859-1886





The grass-roots organization of the Liberal party, 1945-64
Supervisor - Dr. Michael W. Hart
Oxford, D.Phil , 2001

Linked people
Egan, Mark (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation
1929-1956
1956-1976





The growth of Liberal organisation in Manchester from the 1860s to 1903

Manchester Ph.D. , 1956

Linked people
Whitaker, P. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The growth of third party support in Britain: a comparative study of the electoral bases for the Liberal and Scottish National Parties successes during the 1970s

London School of Economics Ph.D. , 1983

Linked people
Van Mechelen, D.P. (author)

Linked areas
1956-1976
1976-1988





The impact of Liberal welfare reforms in Southampton, 1906-14

Southampton M.Phil. , 1984

Linked people
Bulmer, Jillian H. (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





The imperial policy of the Liberal Party: the settlement of South Africa, 1902-10

Leeds Ph.D. , 1952

Linked people
Pyrah, G.B. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1895-1910
1910-1929





The intellectual duke: George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll, 1823-1900

Edinburgh University , 2006
Citation form:
Ph.D

Linked people
Mulhern, Kirsteen M (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The inter-change between political ideas and events in Britain from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to 1870
Supervisor - Dr. I.J. Prothero
Manchester, Ph.D , 1995

Linked people
Burns, Timothy R (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859
1859-1886





The Irish policies of the second Gladstone government, 1880-85

Oxford D.Phil. , 1975

Linked people
Warren, A.J. (author)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886





The Labour and Liberal parties in an area of Conservative ascendancy: the case of Gloucestershire
Supervisor - Mr. A. William Purdue
Open University, Ph.D , 2004

Linked people
Dunsby, Cyril S (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation





The Liberal Education Bills: conflict and compromise in religious issues and Liberal Party educational policies 1906-1908

Open University Ph.D. , 1994

Linked people
Treasure, I.C. (author)

Linked areas
Religion
1895-1910





The Liberal land campaign and the land issue, c.1906-1914

Oxford D.Phil. , 1995

Linked people
Packer, Ian (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





The Liberal middle class and politics in three provincial towns: Newcastle, Bristol, York

Durham Ph.D. , 1991

Linked people
Brett, Peter (author)




The Liberal mind, 1914-1929

Cambridge Ph.D. , 1975



Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1910-1929
1929-1956





The Liberal Party 1970 - 1983: its philosophy and political strategy

Leeds Ph.D. , 1999

Linked people
Fox, Ruth (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1956-1976
1976-1988





The Liberal Party and foreign affairs, 1895-1905

London M.Phil. , 1969

Linked people
Boyle, T. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Liberal Party and South Africa, 1868-80

Bradford Ph.D. , 1974

Linked people
Austin, J.R. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1859-1886





The Liberal Party and South Africa, 1895-1902

Oxford D.Phil. , 1963

Linked people
Butler, J.E. (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Liberal Party and the House of Lords, 1880-1895

Wales M.A. , 1961

Linked people
Williams, J. E. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





The Liberal Party in Cornwall, 1918-39

Exeter M.Phil. , 1991

Linked people
Tregidga, Garry H. (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956





The Liberal Party in decline

Oxford D.Phil. , 1975

Linked people
Cook, C.P. (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation





The Liberal Party in S.W. England, 1929-59

Exeter Ph.D. , 1995

Linked people
Tregidga, Garry H. (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956
1956-1976





The Liberal Party in Scotland, 1843-1868: electoral politics and party development
Supervisor - Dr John F McCaffery
Glasgow, Ph.D. , 1996

Linked people
Millar, Gordon (author)

Linked areas
Elections
Party organisation
1830-1859
1859-1886





The Liberal Party in Scotland, 1885-95

London Ph.D. , 1962

Linked people
Kellas, J.G. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





The Liberal Party in W.Yorkshire, 1885-95

Leeds Ph.D., , 1979

Linked people
Roberts, A.D. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Liberal Party of Stoke-on-Trent and parliamentary elections, 1862-80: a case study in Liberal- labour relations

Keele M.A. , 1974

Linked people
Anderton, P. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886





The Liberal Party on Merseyside in the 19th century

Liverpool Ph.D. , 1968

Linked people
Watkinson, C.D. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Liberal Press and the rise of Labour: a study, with particular reference to Leeds and Bradford, 1850-1895

Leeds Ph.D. , 1974

Linked people
Jones, D.M. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Liberal Unionist Party until December 1887

Edinburgh Ph.D. , 1955

Linked people
Lindsay, J.K. (author)

Linked areas
Elections
Liberal thought and thinkers
1886-1895
1895-1910





The making of Liberal Party policy, 1945-80

Reading Ph.D. , 1983



Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1929-1956
1956-1976
1976-1988





The Marquess of Hartington, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1871-4: a study in policy and politics
Supervisor - Dr. A.J. Warren
York, MA , 1995

Linked people
Hartington,  (subject)
Dunford, Antony (author)

Linked areas
Foreign policy
1859-1886





The modernisation of party organisation: the impact of the Social Democratic Party

Strathclyde, Ph.D , 2002

Linked people
Seelbach, Stefan (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation
1976-1988





The National Reform Union and the Reform League: a comparative analysis
Supervisor - Dr. David Nicholls
Manchester Metropolitan, Ph.D , 1997

Linked people
Vickers, Jane (author)

Linked areas
Elections
Liberal thought and thinkers
1830-1859
1859-1886





The New Liberalism and the challenge of Labour in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 1885-1914, with special reference to Huddersfield

Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. , 1985

Linked people
Perks, R.B. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





The North of England Newspaper Company, 1903-1939: the declining political importance of a Liberal newspaper company

Newcastle upon Tyne Ph.D. , 2000

Linked people
Gliddon, P. (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929
1929-1956





The origins and development of the National Liberal Federation to 1886

Oxford B.Litt , 1973



Linked areas
Party organisation
1859-1886





The Paradise Lost of liberalism: individualist political thought in late Victorian Britain

Oxford D.Phil. , 1989

Linked people
Taylor, M.W. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Parliamentary Labour Party and its relations with the Liberals, 1910-14

Aberdeen M.Litt. , 1967

Linked people
Hassam, S.E. (author)

Linked areas
1895-1910
1910-1929





The penal thought and practice of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, secretary of state for the Home Department, February 1910 to October 1911

London, M.Phil , 2004

Linked people
Churchill, Winston (subject)
Baxendale, Alan S (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1910-1929





The personal religious life and development of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1832)

Leeds Ph.D. , 1987

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Jagger, P.J. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Religion
1688-1830
1830-1859





The political and military career of Major-General J.E.B. Seely, 1868-1947

Southampton M.Phil. , 2001
http://www.history.ac.uk/ihr/Resources/Theses/tc02.html

Linked people
Cooper, Cathleen (author)
Seely, J.E.B. (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929
1929-1956





The political career of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford 1870-1949

Newcastle upon Tyne Ph.D. , 1995

Linked people
Wallace, J.C. (author)
Runciman, Walter (subject)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929
1929-1956





The political career of William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, 3rd duke of Portland, 1738-1809
Supervisor - Professor Peter D.G. Thomas
Wales (Aberystwyth), Ph.D , 1997

Linked people
Wilkinson, David (author)
Bentinck, William Henry Cavendish (subject)

Linked areas
1688-1830





The political committee of the Reform Club
Supervisor - Dr. A.J. Warren
York, MA , 1995

Linked people
Sharpe, Michael (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation





The political dynamics of N.E. Wales, with special reference to the Liberal party, 1918-35
Supervisors - Professor Duncan M. Tanner and Dr. William P. Griffith
Wales, Ph.D , 2003

Linked people
Jones, Sian (author)

Linked areas
1910-1929
1929-1956





The political thought of David George Ritchie: elements of a late Victorian Liberal creed

Oxford M.Phil. , 1989

Linked people
Fraga, Mark (author)
Ritchie, David George (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers





The prince of the Whigs: the life and career of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
Supervisor - Dr. Leslie G. Mitchell
Oxford, D.Phil , 2003

Linked people
Durban, Michael J (author)
Cavendish, William (subject)

Linked areas
1688-1830





The radical thread - political change in Scotland: Paisley politics, 1885-1924.
Supervisor - Professor W. Hamish Fraser
Strathclyde, Ph.D , 1995

Linked people
Asquith, Herbert Henry (subject)
Macdonald, Catriona (author)

Linked areas
Party organisation
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





The radicalism of Joseph Chamberlain: his ideas and actions in the context of Birmingham in the 1870s
Supervisor - Dr. Carl S.A. Chinn
Birmingham, M.Phil , 1998

Linked people
Chamberlain, Joseph (subject)
Maekawa, Ichiro (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Social policy
1859-1886





The religious ideas and attitudes of William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1859)

Oxford D.Phil. , 1977

Linked people
Butler, P.A. (author)
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Religion
1688-1830
1830-1859
1859-1886





The response of the British Liberal Party and its supporters to Nazi Germany, 1935-8

Oxford B.Litt. , 1977

Linked people
Lucas, Gillian (author)

Linked areas
1929-1956





The Rev. James Brown Armour and Liberal politics in N. Antrim, 1869-1914

Belfast Ph.D. , 1979

Linked people
Armour, James Brown (subject)

Linked areas
Religion
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





The role of the Liberal Unionist party in British politics, 1886-95

London, Ph.D. , 1975

Linked people
Davis, P.G (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The Samuelites and the National Government: a study in Liberal survival, August 1931 - November 1933

Lancaster M.A. , 1986

Linked people
Baines, Malcolm I. (author)

Linked areas
1929-1956





The Scottish Liberal Party, 1868-86

Strathclyde M.Litt. , 1975

Linked people
Price, N. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895





The social and political activity of the Cadbury family: a study in manipulative capitalism
Supervisor - Professor Roy A. Lowe
Wales, Ph.D , 2002

Linked people
Dowd, Kevin (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910





The social and political development of Keighley, with special reference to the response of the Liberal Party to the rise of Labour, 1885-1914

Council for National Academic Awards Ph.D. , 1991

Linked people
David, James (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886
1886-1895
1895-1910
1910-1929





The strange death of British Liberalism: the Liberal summer schools' movement and the making of the Yellow Book in the 1920s
Supervisor - Professor Ben J. Pimlott
London, Ph.D , 2001

Linked people
Faulkes, Stewart (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Social policy
1910-1929





The strange death of Labour England: collective provision and social cohesion in Southwark, 1950-2000
Supervisor - Professor Avner Offer
Oxford, M.Phil , 2002

Linked people
Carter, H. Harold J. (author)

Linked areas
Social policy
1929-1956
1956-1976
1976-1988
1988-2010





The survival of the British Liberal Party, 1932-59

Oxford D.Phil. , 1990

Linked people
Baines, Malcolm I. (author)

Linked areas
1830-1859





The transformation of urban Liberalism: Liberal politics in Leicester and Manchester, 1885-95
Supervisor - Dr. Peter C. Lowe
Manchester, Ph.D , 1999

Linked people
Moore, James R (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895





The Wail of Jeremiah: the early career of C.F.G. Masterman as an expression of Edwardian Christian Socialism

London, Kings College Ph.D. , 1994

Linked people
Hesketh, P.J. (author)
Masterman, Charles (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Religion
1895-1910





The working library of William Ewart Gladstone
Supervisor - Dr. Jon M. Lawrence
Liverpool, Ph.D , 2003

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Clayton Windscheffel, Ruth (author)

Linked areas
Leaders
1859-1886
1886-1895





The writings and political activities of Slingsby Bethel, 1617-97
Supervisor - Dr. Jonathan H. Scott
Cambridge, M.Litt , 2000

Linked people
McGowan, Anne (author)
Bethel, Slingsby (subject)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
1688-1830





University Liberals and the challenge of democracy, 1860-86

Edinburgh Ph.D. , 1972

Linked people
Harvie, C. T. (author)

Linked areas
1859-1886





W.E. Gladstone: the evolution of the Home Rule policy

Ireland, National University M.A. , 1971

Linked people
Gladstone, William Ewart (subject)
Dunne, T.J. (author)

Linked areas
1886-1895





War, reconstruction and the Fisher Act of 1918
Supervisor - Dr. P. Searby
Cambridge, M.Litt , 1995

Linked people
Dyson, Brian (author)
Fisher, Herbert Albert Laurens (subject)

Linked areas
Social policy
1910-1929





Welsh Liberalism, 1868-96: a study in political structure and ideology

Oxford D.Phil. , 1984

Linked people
Salmon, I.J. (author)

Linked areas
Liberal thought and thinkers
Party organisation
1859-1886
1886-1895





Whig literary culture: poetry, politics and patronage, 1678-1714

Oxford, D.Phil , 2000

Linked people
Williams, Abigail (author)

Linked areas
1688-1830





William Robertson Nicoll and the Liberal nonconformist press

St. Andrews Ph.D. , 1995

Linked people
Higgins, Roisin (author)
Robertson Nicoll, William (subject)

Linked areas
Religion