United Kingdom Alliance
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The United Kingdom Alliance was a temperance movement
in the United Kingdom
founded on 20 July 1852. It was based in Manchester
and sought to outlaw the alcohol
trade.
, Nathaniel Card. It was originally called the National League for the Total and Legal Suppression of Intemperance but changed its name on 14 February, 1853. Its first president was Sir Walter Trevelyan and Sir Wilfrid Lawson was at one time its president. In 1858 membership had risen to 4,500 and £3,000 from subscriptions was raised. Its monthly paper, Alliance News, was founded in 1854 as a moral and social reform journal and was priced at one penny. In 1980 it became a bi-monthly magazine.
In 1942 it was renamed to United Kingdom Temperance Alliance Ltd and in 2003 was again renamed to the Alliance House Foundation.
The Alliance's theory of social rights
came under attack from John Stuart Mill
in his On Liberty
.
Temperance movement
A temperance movement is a social movement urging reduced use of alcoholic beverages. Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence , or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.-Temperance movement by...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
founded on 20 July 1852. It was based in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
and sought to outlaw the alcohol
Alcohol
In chemistry, an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxy functional group is bound to a carbon atom. In particular, this carbon center should be saturated, having single bonds to three other atoms....
trade.
History
It was founded by an Irish cotton manufacturer and a member of the Religious Society of FriendsReligious Society of Friends
The Religious Society of Friends, or Friends Church, is a Christian movement which stresses the doctrine of the priesthood of all believers. Members are known as Friends, or popularly as Quakers. It is made of independent organisations, which have split from one another due to doctrinal differences...
, Nathaniel Card. It was originally called the National League for the Total and Legal Suppression of Intemperance but changed its name on 14 February, 1853. Its first president was Sir Walter Trevelyan and Sir Wilfrid Lawson was at one time its president. In 1858 membership had risen to 4,500 and £3,000 from subscriptions was raised. Its monthly paper, Alliance News, was founded in 1854 as a moral and social reform journal and was priced at one penny. In 1980 it became a bi-monthly magazine.
In 1942 it was renamed to United Kingdom Temperance Alliance Ltd and in 2003 was again renamed to the Alliance House Foundation.
The Alliance's theory of social rights
Social rights
Economic, social and cultural rights are socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to adequate standard of living and the right to health. Economic, social and cultural rights are recognised and protected in international and regional human rights...
came under attack from John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill
John Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of...
in his On Liberty
On Liberty
On Liberty is a philosophical work by British philosopher John Stuart Mill. It was a radical work to the Victorian readers of the time because it supported individuals' moral and economic freedom from the state....
.
Further reading
- M. H. C. Haylor, The Vision of a Century, 1853-1953: the United Kingdom Alliance (1953)