Liberal Party (UK)

E1820

defunct political party political party

The Liberal Party (UK) was a major British political party that dominated late 19th- and early 20th-century politics, championing free trade, civil liberties, and social reform before being eclipsed by the Labour Party.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Liberal Party	7
Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)	5
British Liberal Party	2
Liberal Democrats	1
Liberal Party (UK, pre‑1988)	1
Liberal Party (later members)	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct political party ⓘ political party ⓘ
advocated	civil liberties ⓘ free trade ⓘ social reform ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved	1988 ⓘ
dominantPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
electoralAlliance	SDP–Liberal Alliance ⓘ
electoralAlliancePeriod	1981–1988 ⓘ
formedFrom	Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: Peelite Conservatives Radicals ⓘ Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whigs
historicalStatus	eclipsed by the Labour Party in the 20th century ⓘ one of the two major British parties in the 19th century ⓘ
ideology	classical liberalism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ social liberalism ⓘ
inception	1859 ⓘ
inceptionPlace	United Kingdom ⓘ
keyPrimeMinister	David Lloyd George ⓘ Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ surface form: H. H. Asquith William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ
mergedInto	Liberal Party (UK) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Liberal Democrats
notableLeader	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery ⓘ Archibald Sinclair ⓘ David Lloyd George ⓘ David Steel ⓘ Earl Russell (John Russell) ⓘ Herbert Henry Asquith ⓘ surface form: H. H. Asquith Herbert Samuel ⓘ Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ Jo Grimond ⓘ William Ewart Gladstone ⓘ William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne ⓘ
opposedPolicy	protectionism ⓘ tariff reform ⓘ
parliamentaryChamber	House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ House of Lords ⓘ
partyColour	gold ⓘ yellow ⓘ
partySymbol	Liberty bird (later used by Liberal Democrats) ⓘ
position	centre to centre-left ⓘ
precededBy	Whig Party ⓘ
succeededBy	Labour Party (UK) ⓘ Liberal Democrats ⓘ
supportedPolicy	Irish Home Rule ⓘ National Insurance Act 1911 ⓘ Old Age Pensions Act 1908 ⓘ extension of the franchise ⓘ welfare state reforms ⓘ

Referenced by (82)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leader of the Liberal Party (UK) → appliesToPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Dukedom of Devonshire → associatedPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

All Saints’ Churchyard, Sutton Courtenay → associatedWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

New Liberalism → associatedWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Reform Club, London → associatedWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

February 1974 United Kingdom general election → attemptedCoalitionNegotiationsWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party (UK, pre-1988)

Churchill government → coalitionPartner → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

A Very English Scandal → depicts → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Labour Representation Committee → electoralAllianceWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

Jo Grimond → employer → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Whig Party → evolvedInto → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Social Democratic Party → formedElectoralAllianceWith → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Social Democratic Party (UK, 1981)

SDP–Liberal Alliance → formedFrom → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Liberal Democrats → foundedBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

R v Thorpe and Others (1979) → hasContext → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

SDP–Liberal Alliance → hasMemberParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Peelite Conservatives → helpedForm → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Conservative Party (UK) → historicalRival → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

English Whigs → influenced → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Liberal Party

Liberal National Party → influencedBy → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Peelite Conservatives → influencedFormationOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

1945 United Kingdom general election → mainLeader3Party → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Archibald Sinclair → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Baron Walter Rothschild → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

David Lloyd George → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Steel → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: David Steel

Edwin Samuel Montagu → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Eric Drummond → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Herbert Samuel → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Thorpe → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Jeremy Thorpe

John Maynard Keynes → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Liberal Party

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Sir Joseph Paxton → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Winston → memberOf → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: Winston Churchill

Archibald Kirkwood, Baron Kirkwood of Kirkhope → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Ernest Brown → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

George Clive (barrister) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

George Newnes → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Herbert Henry Asquith → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Jeremy Thorpe → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Jo Grimond → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Earl Russell (John Russell) → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

subject surface form: John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Raymond Asquith → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Reginald McKenna → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Sir George Cornewall Lewis → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberal Party

Sir Hamar Greenwood → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Sir John Simon → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ

Violet Bonham Carter → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ