President of the Liberal Party (UK)
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This is a list of people who served as President of the British Liberal Party
. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats
in 1988.
The post was established in 1877 as President of the National Liberal Federation
. In 1936, this body was replaced by the Liberal Party Organisation, which survived until 1988.
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...
. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
in 1988.
The post was established in 1877 as President of the National Liberal Federation
National Liberal Federation
The National Liberal Federation was the union of all English and Welsh Liberal Associations. It held an annual conference which was regarded as being representative of the opinion of the party’s rank and file and was broadly the equivalent of a present-day party conference.-Foundation:The...
. In 1936, this body was replaced by the Liberal Party Organisation, which survived until 1988.
President of the National Liberal Federation
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1877 | ? | Joseph Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain Joseph Chamberlain was an influential British politician and statesman. Unlike most major politicians of the time, he was a self-made businessman and had not attended Oxford or Cambridge University.... |
| 1881 | 1882 | Henry Fell Pease Henry Fell Pease Henry Fell Pease was a coal and ironstone mine-owner from North East England and Liberal politician who represented Cleveland.... |
| 1883 | 1890 | James Kitson |
| 1886 | 1890 | Balthazar Foster |
| 1890 | 1902 | Robert Spence Watson Robert Spence Watson Robert Spence Watson was a solicitor, reformer, politician and writer. He became famous for pioneering labour arbitrations.On the 9th June 1863 he married Elizabeth Spence Watson.... |
| 1902 | 1906 | Augustine Birrell Augustine Birrell Augustine Birrell PC, KC was an English politician, barrister, academic and author. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1907 to 1916, resigning in the immediate aftermath of the Easter Rising.-Early life:... |
| 1906 | 1907 | Arthur Dyke Acland Arthur Dyke Acland Sir Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet PC was a Liberal politician and political author. He is best remembered for his involvement with educational issues and served as Vice President of the Council of Education under William Ewart Gladstone and the Earl of Rosebery between 1892 and... |
| 1908? | 1911 | William Angus |
| 1911 | 1918 | John Brunner |
| 1918 | 1920 | George Lunn George Lunn (UK politician) George Lunn was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Lunn studied at the Wesleyan Orphan House School and the Royal Grammar School, then worked in shipping, forming Lunn and MacCoy in the 1890s... |
| 1920 | 1923 | John M. Robertson |
| 1923 | 1926 | Donald Maclean |
| 1926 | 1927 | John Alfred Spender John Alfred Spender John Alfred Spender was a British journalist, newspaper editor, and author. He is best known for serving as the editor of the London newspaper the Westminster Gazette from 1896 until 1922.-Life:... |
| 1927 | 1930 | Charles Hobhouse |
| 1930 | 1933 | Arthur Brampton Arthur Brampton Arthur Brampton was a British Liberal Party politician.Brampton studied at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, before joining the family business, F. Brampton and Sons, which was soon renamed Brampton Brothers Ltd. By the 1900s, Brampton was joint managing director... |
| 1933 | 1936 | Ramsay Muir Ramsay Muir Ramsay Bryce Muir was a British historian, Liberal Party politician and thinker who made a significant contribution to the development of liberal political philosophy in the 1920s and 1930s through his work on domestic industrial policy and his promotion of the international policy of... |
President of the Liberal Party Organisation
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 1943 | James Meston, 1st Baron Meston James Meston, 1st Baron Meston James Scorgie Meston, 1st Baron Meston KCSI, VD , was a prominent British civil servant, financial expert and businessman. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1912 to 1918.... |
| 1943 | 1945 | Position vacant |
| 1945 | 1947 | Violet Bonham-Carter |
| 1947 | 1948 | Isaac Foot Isaac Foot -Early life:Isaac Foot was born in Plymouth, the son of a carpenter and undertaker, and educated at Plymouth Public School and the Hoe Grammar School, which he left at the age of 14. He then worked at the Admiralty in London, but returned to Plymouth to train as a solicitor... |
| 1948 | 1949 | Elliot Dodds |
| 1949 | 1950 | Andrew McFadyean Andrew McFadyean Sir Andrew McFadyean was a British diplomat, economist, Treasury official, businessman and Liberal politician, publicist and philosopher... |
| 1950 | 1952 | Philip Fothergill Philip Fothergill Philip Fothergill was an English woollen manufacturer and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:... |
| 1952 | 1953 | Ronald Walker Ronald Walker (UK politician) Ronald Walker was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Mirfield, Walker worked for his family's blanket-making business. His brother was killed in World War I, leaving him to raise his nephew, John Walker.... |
| 1953 | 1954 | Lawrence Robson |
| 1954 | 1955 | Henry Graham White Henry Graham White Henry Graham White was a British Liberal Party politician. He was educated at Birkenhead School and Liverpool University.-Politics:... |
| 1955 | 1955 | Philip Rea |
| 1955 | 1957 | Leonard Behrens Leonard Behrens Leonard Behrens was a British Liberal Party politician and public figure.Born in Manchester, Behrens studied at Manchester Grammar School then at Rugby School. He was active in the family business and with the Manchester Chamber of Commerce. During World War I, he worked for the Serbian Relief... |
| 1957 | 1958 | Nathaniel Micklem |
| 1958 | 1959 | Arthur Comyns Carr |
| 1959 | 1960 | Harold Glanville |
| 1960 | 1961 | Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray, OBE, was Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland between 1947 and 1951, Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh, and a Justice of the Peace.... |
| 1961 | 1962 | Edwin Malindine Edwin Malindine Edwin Thomas Malindine was a Liberal Party politician.Malindine worked in the lubrication industry, and was elected to Bethnal Green Borough Council for the Liberal Party, initially becoming the youngest councillor in England. He stood for the party in East Leyton at the 1935 UK general election,... |
| 1962 | 1963 | ? |
| 1963 | 1964 | David Rees-Williams |
| 1964 | 1965 | Roger Fulford Roger Fulford Sir Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford CVO was an English journalist, historian, writer and politician.In the 1930s, he completed the editing of the standard edition of the diaries of Charles Greville. From the 1930s to the 1960s, he wrote several important biographies and other works... |
| 1965 | 1966 | Nancy Seear |
| 1966 | 1967 | Michael Eden Michael Francis Eden, 7th Baron Henley Michael Francis Eden was a British peer active in Liberal Party politics.Eden succeeded as Baron Henley and Baron Northington in 1962. He served as President of the Liberal Party from 1966–1967, then as Chairman from 1968–1969. He served as deputy whip of the party in the House of Lords... |
| 1967 | 1968 | Donald Wade |
| 1968 | 1969 | Desmond Banks |
| 1969 | 1970 | Timothy Beaumont |
| 1970 | 1971 | Inga-Stina Robson Inga-Stina Robson Inga-Stina Robson , often known as Stina Robson, was an Anglo-Swedish political activist.Born to a wealthy family in Stockholm as Inga-Stina Arvidsson, she attended Ölinska Girls' School before becoming a secretary in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs' London office... |
| 1971 | 1972 | John Pardoe John Pardoe John Wentworth Pardoe is a retired British businessman and Liberal Party politician.-Education:Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was active in the famous Footlights Society; one critic of their 1955 revue panned future comedian Jonathan Miller whilst predicting a bold comedic... |
| 1972 | 1973 | Trevor Jones Trevor Jones (Liberal politician) Sir Trevor Jones is a British Liberal Democrat Politician and former Leader of Liverpool City Council. His wife Lady Doreen Jones is a former Lady Mayoress and his daughter-in-law Mia Jones was a councillor for Chester City Council and was a candidate in the 2005 General Election.His nickname was... |
| 1973 | 1974 | Rhys Lloyd Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran Rhys Gerran Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran was a Welsh Liberal Party politician.Lloyd studied at Selwyn College, Cambridge, before taking a teaching post at Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight, where he involved himself in the trusteeship of various organisations relating to John Ruskin... |
| 1974 | 1975 | Arthur Holt |
| 1975 | 1976 | Margaret Wingfield Margaret Wingfield Margaret Wingfield CBE was a British Liberal Party activist.Wingfield was the niece of the Liberal Member of Parliament Charles McCurdy. She was educated at Freiburg University and the London School of Economics... |
| 1976 | 1977 | Basil Goldstone Basil Goldstone Basil E Goldstone was a British Liberal Party activist.Goldstone studied at Richmond Hill School and Dover College before joining the Royal Air Force... |
| 1977 | 1978 | Gruffydd Evans |
| 1978 | 1979 | Michael Steed Michael Steed Michael Steed is a British psephologist, political scientist, broadcaster, activist and Liberal Democrat politician. He was born in 1940 in Kent, where his father was a farmer. He has written extensively on parties and elections.... |
| 1979 | 1980 | Richard Holme Richard Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham Richard Gordon Holme, Baron Holme of Cheltenham PC was a British Liberal Democrat politician.Educated at University of Oxford and Harvard Business School, Holme joined the Liberal Party in 1959, and was elected as the party's President in 1980 and 1981... |
| 1980 | 1982 | Viv Bingham Viv Bingham Vivian Bingham , known as Viv Bingham, is a British political activist.Bingham grew up in Alnwick, before studying at New College, Oxford... |
| 1982 | 1983 | John Griffiths John Griffiths (Liberal politician) John Charles Griffiths is a former British Liberal Party politician, author and media entrepreneur.Griffiths worked for Thomson Newspapers and the BBC while becoming active in the Liberal Party. Chairman of the National League of Young Liberals... |
| 1983 | 1984 | Geoff Tordoff |
| 1984 | 1985 | Alan Watson Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond Alan John Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond, CBE is a broadcaster, politician and advertising executive.-Early life:Lord Watson of Richmond is the son of the Rev. John William Watson and Edna Mary Peters. He was educated at the Diocesan College, Cape Town in South Africa and Kingswood School in Bath... |
| 1985 | 1986 | David Penhaligon David Penhaligon David Charles Penhaligon was a British politician from Cornwall who was a Liberal Member of Parliament from October 1974 until his death... |
| 1986 | 1987 | Des Wilson Des Wilson Des Wilson is a New Zealand born British campaigner, political activist, businessman, sports administrator, author and Poker player. He was instrumental in the 1960s as a founder of the pivotal British homelessness charity Shelter and was for a while an activist in, and President of, the British... |
| 1987 | 1988 | Adrian Slade Adrian Slade Adrian Carnegie Slade, CBE, born 25 May 1936, is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advertising agency founder.He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became President of the Footlights, and famously recruited Peter Cook to the society.... |