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 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

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.

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

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

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