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The National Politics and Politicians of Primitive Methodism: 1886-1922
THE UNIVERSITY OF HULL The National Politics and Politicians of Primitive Methodism: 1886-1922. being a Thesis submitted for the Degree of PhD in the University of Hull By Melvin Johnson M.A. (Oxon), P.G.C.E., Diploma in Special Education (Visual Handicap). November 2016 1 Contents Abbreviations 4 Abstract 5 Acknowledgments 7 Introduction 8 Chapter One: The Politics of Primitive Methodism up to 1885. 29 1.1 Introduction 29 1.2 The increasing acceptance of political action 29 1.3 The main issues and political allegiances 33 1.4 A representative campaign of the 1870s and 1880s 41 Chapter Two: ‘As a people we are not blindly loyal’: 1886-1898 44 2.1 Introduction 44 2.2 The political allegiances and agendas of Primitive Methodism 46 2.2.1 The institutional response 46 2.2.2 The wider debate: the Connexional publications 48 2.2.3 The background, political allegiances and proclivities of Primitive Methodist MPs 54 2.3 Political issues 58 2.3.1 Labour and Capital 58 2.3.2 Temperance, gambling and smoking 66 2.3.3 Disestablishment and ecclesiastical matters 69 2.3.4 Education 71 2.3.5 Military matters 74 2.3.6 Ireland and other imperial matters 77 2.3.7 Land and landowners 81 2.3.8 Women’s suffrage and related issues 85 2.3.9 Other suffrage and constitutional issues 87 2.4 Heresy? 89 Chapter Three: ‘The social lot of the people must be improved’: 91 1899-1913 3.1 Introduction 91 3.2 The political allegiances and agendas of Primitive Methodism 93 3.2.1 The institutional response 93 3.2.2 The wider debate: the Connexional publications 97 3.2.3 The background, political allegiances and proclivities of Primitive Methodist MPs 103 3.3. -
William Ewart Gladstone
For the study of Liberal, SDP and Issue 75 / Summer 2012 / £6.00 Liberal Democrat history Journal of LiberalHI ST O R Y The making of ‘The People’s William’ Richard A. Gaunt William Ewart Gladstone A bicentary perspective Chris Wrigley The making of ‘The People’s William’ David Dutton The 1936 Preston by-election Coalition tensions Michael James John Sutton Nettlefold, Liberalism and the early town planning movement Ian Ivatt Liberal Party fortunes in the Isle of Wight 1900–1910 Liberal Democrat History Group ‘This new volume, taking a long view from the later seventeenth century to the Cameron-Clegg coalition of today, is a collective enterprise by many hands … This is an excellent book.’ Kenneth O. Morgan, Cercles ‘I had not expected to enjoy this book as much as I did, or to learn as much from it.’ William Wallace, Lib Dem Voice ‘The editors and their fourteen authors deserve congratulation for producing a readable one-volume history of Liberal politics in Britain that is both erudite but perfectly accessible to any reader interested in the subject.’ Mark Smulian, Liberator Written by academics and experts, drawing on the most recent scholarly research, Peace, Reform and Liberation is the most comprehensive and most up-to-date guide to the story of those who called themselves Liberals, what inspired them and what they achieved over the last 300 years and more. An essential source for anyone interested in the contribution of Liberals and Liberalism to British politics. Available at a special discounted rate for Journal of Liberal History subscribers: £24 instead of the normal £30. -
73 Winter 2011
For the study of Liberal, SDP and Issue 73 / Winter 2011–12 / £6.00 Liberal Democrat history Journal of LiberalHI ST O R Y Taxing the land Roy Douglas The Lloyd George land taxes David Dutton Liberal National leader Charles Kerr, Lord Teviot Nancy LoPatin-Lummis The Liberal electoral agent in the post-Reform-Act era Graham Lippiatt The King of Showland Pat Collins, Liberal MP for Walsall, 1922–24 Mark Pack Peace, Reform and Liberation Launch of History Group’s new book Liberal Democrat History Group 2 Journal of Liberal History 73 Winter 2011–12 Journal of Liberal History Issue 73: Winter 2011–12 The Journal of Liberal History is published quarterly by the Liberal Democrat History Group. ISSN 1479-9642 The Lloyd George land taxes 4 Editor: Duncan Brack Roy Douglas looks at the history of the land taxes introduced by Lloyd George Deputy Editor: Tom Kiehl in the 1909 People’s Budget. Assistant Editor: Siobhan Vitelli Biographies Editor: Robert Ingham Reviews Editor: Dr Eugenio Biagini Liberal National leader 14 Contributing Editors: Graham Lippiatt, Tony Little, David Dutton examines the life and career of Charles Kerr, Lord Teviot. York Membery The Liberal electoral agent in the post-Reform- 20 Patrons Dr Eugenio Biagini; Professor Michael Freeden; Act era Professor John Vincent Nancy LoPatin-Lummis analyses the activities of the Liberal electoral agents in the period after the Great Reform Act. Editorial Board Dr Malcolm Baines; Dr Roy Douglas; Dr Barry Doyle; The King of Showland 28 Dr David Dutton; Prof. David Gowland; Prof. Richard The unusual career of the entertainment entrepreneur and Liberal MP for Grayson; Dr Michael Hart; Peter Hellyer; Dr Alison Walsall, 1922–24, Pat Collins; by Graham Lippiatt. -
Charles Iain Kerr, First Baron Teviot, Is Best Remembered for The
liberal national leader Charles Kerr, Lord Teviot Charles Iain Kerr, first Baron Teviot, is best remembered for the eponymous agreement which he reached with Lord Woolton, the chairman of the Conservative Party, in 1947, by which Conservatives and Liberal Nationals regularised their constituency arrangements after more than a decade and a half of electoral cooperation. His political career, however, spanned four decades from the end of the First World Charles War. David Dutton Iain Kerr, examines his life and First Baron Teviot career. (1874–1968) 14 Journal of Liberal History 73 Winter 2011–12 liberal national leader Charles Kerr, Lord Teviot err was born in 1874, 1,600 votes of victory. In the same transfer his attention to the sort of the elder son of Charles constituency the following year backstage organisational work for Wyndham Rudolph (one of generally poor Liberal per- which his talents in any case best Kerr, grandson of formance), Kerr came tantalisingly suited him, and he became chair- the sixth Marquess of close to success, reducing the gap man of the executive committee KLothian. At the age of eighteen he with his Tory opponent to just 200 of the National Liberal Federation left Britain to seek his fortune in votes. Then, in a by-election in and of the Liberal Publications Canada where he worked for three Hull Central in 1926, occasioned Department. Early in the new dec- years as a miner. Later he went to by the defection of the sitting Lib- ade, however, Kerr had to confront South Africa where he also engaged eral member, J.