Below you will find a selection of everything you can find on the left hand menu relevant to the role of foreign policy in Liberal History.
History (11)
Biographies (3)
Journals (2)
Journal articles (6)
Meetings (5)
Archives: libraries (1)
Archives: individuals (1)
PhD theses (16)
Research (1)
History
Easter Rising
The issue of Home Rule returned to haunt the Liberals following the rebellion of Irish republicans during the Easter of 1916, at a time when the Party was at its most fragile. As the head of the wart...
Extract from Gladstones 3rd Midlothian speech on foreign policy
Following his electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned the Liberal leadership and, in his sixties, hoped to spend the rest of his life in retirement. The Balkan Massacres of 1876 drew him back to...
Hawarden Kite
In November 1885 the Irish Nationalist leader, Charles Stewart Parnell proposed an independent constitution for Ireland and although the Liberal leader, William Gladstone, believed in the necessity o...
The Age of Russell and Palmerston , 1846-1868
The collapse of Sir Robert Peel's Conservative government, following the 1846 repeal of the Corn Laws, began a complex re-arrangement of British political parties; one that took more than a deca...
The Liberals and Ireland since 1801
Underneath the surface of this [Irish question], and wrapped up in it, are nearly all the controversies of principle which will agitate the political atmosphere of our time. It is a microcosm of the ...
The Liberals in Opposition 1875-1880
At the beginning of 1875, following his defeat by Disraeli in the 1874 general election, Gladstone resigned the leadership of the Liberal party, convincing himself that at the age of 65 he deeply des...
The Midlothian Campaign
A year after the defeat of his government in 1874, William Ewart Gladstone retired as leader of the Liberal Party. At 65, he deeply desired an interval between parliament and the grave to devote to r...
Remember The Rights of The Savage
Following his electoral defeat in 1874, Gladstone resigned the Liberal leadership and, in his sixties, hoped to spend the rest of his life in retirement. The Balkan Massacres of 1876 drew him back to...
The Liberals and the First World War
Understanding the history of the Liberal Party during the First World War has been made harder by hindsight. Later Liberal decline has called into question the efficacy of Liberal ideology in wartime...
Alliance defence policy: Eastbourne and after
In the autumn of 1986, the Alliance faced one of its biggest challenges when the Liberals passed a motion at their annual assembly, rejecting the leadership's defence policy. ...
Simon Hughes: Defence debate at Eastbourne, 1986
Simon Hughes in the debate on the Alliance defence commission report; Liberal Assembly, Eastbourne, 23 September 1986 ...
Biographies
Biography of 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Palmerston, Viscount
Biography of Winston Churchill
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Biography of Viscount Edward Grey
Grey, Edward (Viscount Grey)
Journal
Journal of Liberal History 42 - Special issue: Liberals and International Policy
Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 10 - Special Issue: The Liberal Party and the Great War
Journal articles
Problems of continuity
(from journal ' Journal of Liberal History 54 ')
The 1906 general election and foreign policy
William Digby and the Indian Question
(from journal ' Journal of Liberal History 58 ')
The first secretary of the National Liberal Club was also a radical political organiser and agitator for India. Examination of his activities.
The Peacemaker
(from journal ' Liberal Democrat History Group Newsletter 9 ')
How many people know that the first British recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize was a Liberal MP? This article charts the political career of William Randal Cremer (1828-1908).
Report: Liberal Democrats in Europe - 21 years of success or failure?
(from journal ' Journal of Liberal History 63 ')
Report of fringe meeting of 6 March 2009, with William Wallace and Sarah Ludford MEP.
The Suez crisis
(from journal ' Journal of Liberal History 53 ')
Report of meeting of 3 July 2006, with Professor Peter Barberis.
Liberal pragmatist
(from journal ' Journal of Liberal History 61 ')
Review of Donald Markwell, John Maynard Keynes and International Relations: Economic Paths to War and Peace
Meetings
Liberal Democrats in Europe, 21 years of success or failure?
Friday 6 March 2009
The Liberal Party and the SDP were the most pro-European of the British political parties. So how has their successor party fared in European politics since merger in 1988? How has the party adapted ...
Rufus Isaacs
Wednesday 18 April 2007
The Marquess of Reading and David Howarth (Lib Dem MP for Cambridge) will talk on Rufus Isaacs, successively Liberal MP for Reading, 1904-13, Lord Chief Justice, Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretar...
The Suez crisis
Monday 3 July 2006
Fifty years ago, in July 1956, the Egyptian President, Colonel Nasser, nationalised the Suez Canal, to the anger and frustration of the British and French governments, who were the majority sharehold...
"Methods of Barbarism" - Liberalism and the Boer War
Monday 3 July 2000
"When is a war not a war?" asked the Liberal leader Campbell-Bannerman. "When it is carried on by methods of barbarism in South Africa."
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The European Inheritance
Friday 15 March 1996
Unity in Europe was a central theme for the Liberal Party since Gladstones day, and was an important factor behind the SDPs breakaway from the Labour Party. Yet continental liberal parties have not a...
Archives: libraries
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Archive Collections relating to Liberal history at the Bodleian Library ...
archive url: http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/bodley/library/specialcollections
Archives: individuals
Temple, Henry John (third Viscount Palmerston)
Palmerston's papers at the Hartley Library, University of Southampton ...
archive url: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/
PhD theses
British Liberal leaders and the United States, 1874-98
Oxford D. Phil. , 1982
British Liberals and radicals, and the treatment of Germany, 1914-20
Cambridge Ph.D. , 1992
British policy and diplomacy in the Near East during the Liberal administrations August 1892 to June 1895
Oxford D.Phil. , 1960
Factors and variations in Liberal and radical opinion on foreign policy, 1885-99
Oxford D.Phil. , 1950
Gladstone's policy towards the Colonies, 1835-1855
Oxford B.Litt. , 1977
Inventing economic imperialism: British Liberals change their minds about capitalism and war
Supervisor - Professor Michael S. Freeden
Oxford, D.Phil , 2005
John Maynard Keynes and international relations: idealism, economic paths to war and peace, and post-war reconstruction
Oxford, D.Phil , 1996
Land, liberty and empire: Josiah C. Wedgwood and radical politics, 1905-24
Supervisor - Dr. Anthony C. Howe
London, Ph.D , 2003
Liberal policies and nationalist politics in Ireland, 1905-10
Kent Ph.D. , 1968
Radical Liberal criticism of British foreign policy, 1906-14
Oxford D.Phil. , 1965
The African policy of the Liberal government, 1905-09
Cambridge Ph.D. , 1963
The imperial policy of the Liberal Party: the settlement of South Africa, 1902-10
Leeds Ph.D. , 1952
The Liberal Party and foreign affairs, 1895-1905
London M.Phil. , 1969
The Liberal Party and South Africa, 1868-80
Bradford Ph.D. , 1974
The Liberal Party and South Africa, 1895-1902
Oxford D.Phil. , 1963
The Marquess of Hartington, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1871-4: a study in policy and politics
Supervisor - Dr. A.J. Warren
York, MA , 1995
Research
Liberal policy towards Austria-Hungary 1905-16
Andrew Gardner
Contact: 17 Upper Ramsey Walk, Canonbury, London N1 2RP;
agardner@ssees.ac.uk.
