Liberal Unionist

British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• Liberal Unionism
  noun

Example Sentences

The Women's Liberal Unionist Association founded in 1888 had for its principal object the defence of the legislative union between England and Ireland.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted

I have not mentioned the fact that I edited the official organ of the Liberal Unionist Party for about two years—a monthly, entitled The Liberal Unionist.

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

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

From The New Irish Constitution by Morgan, J. H.

He became the successful helmsman in London of the central organization of the Liberal Unionist party.

From A Tale of One City: the New Birmingham Papers Reprinted from the "Midland Counties Herald" by Anderton, Thomas

Liberal Unionist candidates received the support of the Conservative party. p.

From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles