Liberal Unionist Party

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political party

The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party formed in the late 19th century by Liberals opposed to Irish Home Rule, which later aligned closely with and eventually merged into the Conservative Party.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Liberal Unionist Party canonical 5
British Liberal Unionists 1
Liberal Unionism 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political party ⓘ
alliedWith Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedInGovernmentWith Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
color blue ⓘ
yellow ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1912 ⓘ
electoralLabel Liberal Unionist NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy George Goschen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Hartington NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadElectoralAllianceWith Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation London NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra Edwardian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ
ideology liberalism ⓘ
unionism ⓘ
inception 1886 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeFocus British imperial policy ⓘ
Irish constitutional question ⓘ
mergedInto Conservative Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember Austen Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Goschen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Hartington NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Lansdowne NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposed Home Rule Bill 1886 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish Home Rule ⓘ
opposedPolicy Irish legislative autonomy ⓘ
originatedFromEvent split over Irish Home Rule in the Liberal Party ⓘ
parliamentaryLeader Joseph Chamberlain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Hartington NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
House of Lords NERFINISHED ⓘ
position centre-right ⓘ
region Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
representedInterest business interests ⓘ
imperial interests ⓘ
middle-class voters ⓘ
splitFrom Liberal Party (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Conservative and Unionist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
supported maintenance of the Union between Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
supportedPolicy imperialism ⓘ
tariff reform ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

December 1910 United Kingdom general election → ConservativeAllies → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
Duke of Devonshire → traditionalPoliticalAlignment → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Unionist
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire → politicalParty → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
Joseph Chamberlain → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
Joseph Chamberlain → movement → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberal Unionism
Ruby Frewen → memberOf → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Carson
this entity surface form: Unionist Party
Charles Stewart Parnell → opposedBy → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Liberal Unionists
Lieutenant General Sir Reginald Pole-Carew → memberOfPoliticalParty → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ
subject surface form: Reginald Pole-Carew
Hugh Grosvenor, 1st Duke of Westminster → politicalParty → Liberal Unionist Party ⓘ