Liberal Unionist

British  

noun

1. a Liberal who opposed Gladstone's policy of Irish Home Rule in 1886 and after

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• Liberal Unionism
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Liberal Unionist

As my work enlarged I found I wanted help in The Liberal Unionist, and secured an admirable helper in Mr. C. L. Graves.

From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey

It is evident that the Liberal Unionist seceders drew a sharp distinction between separation and devolution.

From The New Irish Constitution by J. H. Morgan

Some of these were due to Liberal Unionist influence.

From A Short History of English Liberalism by Walter Lyon Blease

Lord Derby became a Liberal Unionist, and took an active part in the general management of that party, leading it in the House of Lords till 1891, when Lord Hartington became duke of Devonshire.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various

It was enough for them to be able to tie down the Conservative government to such measures as were not offensive to Liberal Unionist principles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

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