London Municipal Reform League
Encyclopedia
The London Municipal Reform League was a pressure group operating in the Metropolitan Board of Works
, formed in 1881 by John Lloyd, having a Liberal Party
outlook. Its president from 1882 was Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth
.
Metropolitan Board of Works
The Metropolitan Board of Works was the principal instrument of London-wide government from 1855 until the establishment of the London County Council in 1889. Its principal responsibility was to provide infrastructure to cope with London's rapid growth, which it successfully accomplished. The MBW...
, formed in 1881 by John Lloyd, having a Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
outlook. Its president from 1882 was Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth
Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth
Joseph Firth Bottomley Firth was an English barrister and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1880 to 1889.-Early life:...
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See also
- London Municipal SocietyLondon Municipal SocietyThe London Municipal Society was formed in 1894 to support the pro-Unionist Moderate candidates in London local elections. It was a Liberal Unionist society, and was wound up in 1963, following the legislation that would create the Greater London Council....
- Municipal Reform PartyMunicipal Reform PartyThe Municipal Reform Party was a local party allied to the parliamentary Conservative Party in the County of London. The party contested elections to both the London County Council and metropolitan borough councils of the county from 1906 to 1945.-Formation:...
- Arthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron HobhouseArthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron HobhouseArthur Hobhouse, 1st Baron Hobhouse KCSI, PC, QC , was an English judge.-Background and education:Born at Hadspen, Somerset, Hobhouse was fourth and youngest son Henry Hobhouse, permanent under-secretary of state in the Home Office, by his wife Harriet, sixth daughter of John Turton of Sugnall...