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

In politics he was at first a Liberal, but became a Liberal Unionist at the time of the Home Rule Bill.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

When Gladstone and his party adopted it, he became a Liberal Unionist, and as such was elected in 1895 a member of the House of Commons by Dublin University.

From Historical Essays by James Ford Rhodes

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

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 Thomas Anderton

On the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill in December 1886, Mr Goschen, though a Liberal Unionist, accepted Lord Salisbury’s invitation to join his ministry, and became chancellor of the exchequer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

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