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52 Autumn 2006 For the study of Liberal, SDP and Issue 52 / Autumn 2006 / £5.00 Liberal Democrat history Journal of LiberalHI ST O R Y Hidden workers of the party Kathryn Rix The professional Liberal agents, 1885 – 1910 David Bebbington Gladstonian Liberalism according to Gladstone Dennis Hardy ‘Freedom not regimentation’ Liberalism, garden cities and early town planning David Dutton Liberalism reunited The Huddersfield experience 1945 – 47 David McKie A ‘sincere, thorough and hearty Liberal’? Jabez Balfour (1843 – 1916) Liberal Democrat History Group THE 1906 GENERAL ElECTION – FROM thE Old TO thE NEW LIBERALISM? Robinson College, Cambridge: Saturday 21 October 2006 A century ago the Liberal Party secured a landslide victory, enabling it to introduce significant social reforms. This one-day conference seeks to re-evaluate the impact of the 1906 landslide victory. It will focus on the key electoral issues, from human rights to economics, and assess why it all went wrong. Bringing together a range of leading academics and MPs, topics include ‘Religion, human rights and policies, 1906–2006’; the philosophy and economic strategies of the New Liberalism; Winston Churchill as Liberal leader and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; and ‘the strange death of Liberal England’. Agenda 10.00 Coffee and registration 10.30 Introduction David Howarth MP History Group on the web 10.45 Session I: Keynote The Liberal Democrat History Group’s website, www. liberalhistory.org.uk, is currently undergoing an extensive revamp Alan Beith MP: Religion, human rights and politics, 1906–2006 and reorganisation. 11.30 Session II: Policies and ideas Thanks to funding kindly provided by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust for the ‘Liberal history online’ project, we have been able to Deborah Thom: Gender and social reform extend the website’s content well beyond our original expectations, Alison Holmes: The New Liberalism as a philosophy of social reform with the result that its internal architecture was no longer able to cope well. So it has been radically redesigned to provide a more Ian Packer: Economic strategies and the New Liberalism easily navigable internal structure. This is a lengthy process, however, and is not yet complete – please bear with us while it is in 12.45 Lunch process! 14.00 Session III: Beginning of the end or end of the beginning? Anthony Howe: The long-term significance of the election of 1906, Volunteers wanted with special reference to Liberal politics and ideas Anyone wishing to volunteer to help us manage the website would be welcome. Basic computer literacy is essential, but no particular Vernon Bogdanor: The strange death of Liberal England? knowledge of website design is needed; familiarity with Liberal history is essential. Please contact Duncan Brack on journal@ 15.00 Session IV: Leadership liberalhistory.org.uk for further details. Ewen Cameron: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Richard Toye: Churchill as a Liberal leader Email mailing list If you would like to receive up-to-date information on the Liberal 16.00 Tea Democrat History Group’s activities, including advance notice of meetings, and new History Group publications, you can sign up to 16.15 Session V: Point counter point our email mailing list: visit the website and fill in the details on the ‘Contact’ page. David Dutton and Martin Pugh 17.15 Conclusion Journals on the web Older issues of the Journal of Liberal History (issues 1–28) are Cost: £25 (£15 for students and over-60s) available free for download as pdf files from the website. More recent issues are available for online subscribers, who will be sent For further information, including up-to-date information on a password (changed each year) for access to the protected area of speakers, please contact Dr Eugenio Biagini ([email protected]); the site. Online subscriptions cost £40.00 per year for individuals Robinson College, Cambridge, CB3 9AN). or £50.00 for institutions. 2 Journal of Liberal History 52 Autumn 2006 Journal of Liberal History Issue 52: Autumn 2006 The Journal of Liberal History is published quarterly by the Liberal Democrat History Group. ISSN 1479-9642 Hidden workers of the party: The professional 4 Editor: Duncan Brack Liberal agents, 1885–1910 Deputy Editor: Sarah Taft Assistant Editor: Siobhan Vitelli Dr Kathryn Rix examines the activities of this crucial element of the party Biographies Editor: Robert Ingham organisation during a formative period. Reviews Editor: Dr Eugenio Biagini Deputy Reviews Editor: Tom Kiehl Gladstonian Liberalism according to Gladstone 14 What were the prevailing principles of the Liberal Party in the late Victorian Patrons period? Professor David Bebbington explores the views of its leader. Dr Eugenio Biagini; Professor Michael Freeden; Professor John Vincent Letters to the Editor 19 Editorial Board Cuckoo in the nest? (Roy Douglas); Liberals in Windsor (John Austen). Dr Malcolm Baines; Dr Roy Douglas; Dr Barry Doyle; Dr David Dutton; Professor David Gowland; Dr ‘Freedom not regimentation’: Liberalism, 20 Richard Grayson; Dr Michael Hart; Peter Hellyer; Ian garden cities and early town planning Hunter; Dr J. Graham Jones; Tony Little; Professor Ian Machin; Dr Mark Pack; Dr Ian Packer; Dr John Professor Dennis Hardy examines the influence of Liberals on the Powell; Jaime Reynolds; Iain Sharpe development of garden cities and the first town planning legislation. Editorial/Correspondence Report: Defender of liberties – Charles James 26 Contributions to the Journal – letters, articles, and Fox book reviews – are invited. The Journal is a refereed publication; all articles submitted will be reviewed. with Professor Frank O’Gorman and Dr Mark Pack; report by Graham Contributions should be sent to: Lippiatt. Duncan Brack (Editor) 38 Salford Road, London SW2 4BQ Liberalism reunited: The Huddersfield 32 email: [email protected] experience 1945–47 All articles copyright © Journal of Liberal History. How fusion between the two Liberal factions helped Liberalism survive in Huddersfield; byProfessor David Dutton. Advertisements Full page £100; half page £60; quarter page £35. A ‘sincere, thorough and hearty Liberal’? 38 Discounts available for repeat ads or offers to Biography of Jabez Balfour (1843–1916), by David McKie. readers (e.g. discounted book prices). To place ads, please contact the Editor. Reviews 44 Subscriptions/Membership Geddes & Tonge (eds.): Britain Decides – The UK General Election 2005, An annual subscription to the Journal of Liberal Bartle & King (eds.): Britain at the Polls 2005, Kavanagh & Butler: The British History costs £20.00 (£12.50 unwaged rate). This General Election of 2005, Norris & Wlezien (eds.): Britain Votes 2005, includes membership of the History Group unless reviewed by Tom Kiehl; Hammonds: The Village Labourer, reviewed by Tom you inform us otherwise. The institutional rate is Villis; Price, David Lloyd George, reviewed by J. Graham Jones; Campbell, £30.00. Non-UK subscribers should add £5.00. If Love Were All … The Story of Frances Stevenson and David Lloyd George, Online subscriptions cost £40.00 (individuals) or reviewed by J. Graham Jones. £50.00 (institutions). Instead of printed copies, online subscribers will be able to access online copies of current and all past Journals. Cheques (payable to ‘Liberal Democrat History Group’) should be sent to: Patrick Mitchell 6 Palfrey Place, London SW8 1PA; email: [email protected] Payment is also possible via our website, www.liberalhistory.org.uk. Liberal Democrat History Group The Liberal Democrat History Group promotes the discussion and research of historical Cover design concept: Lynne Featherstone topics relating to the histories of the Liberal Democrats, Liberal Party, and SDP, and of Liberalism. The Group organises discussion meetings and produces the Journal and other Published by the Liberal Democrat History Group, occasional publications. c/o 38 Salford Road, London SW2 4BQ For more information, including details of publications, back issues of the Journal, tape Printed by Kall-Kwik, records of meetings and archive and other research sources, see our website at: 426 Chiswick High Road, London W4 5TF www.liberalhistory.org.uk. September 2006 Chair: Tony Little Honorary President: Lord Wallace of Saltaire Journal of Liberal History 52 Autumn 2006 3 HIddEN WORKERS OF thE PARTY THE PROFESSIONAL LIBERAL AGENTS, 1885 – 1910 Described by the chief Liberal agent in 1909 as the ‘hidden workers’ of the party, the Liberal constituency agents have generally been overlooked by historians. The years after 1885 were significant ones for the agents, as they sought to respond to the effects of major electoral reforms and to establish themselves as a profession. Kathryn Rix examines the activities of this crucial element of the party ‘The slave to duty’ peaking as guest of Liberal organisation and of Lib- organisation during (Manchester honour at a dinner eral Agents. If you go for a sea- Evening News, 19 held at the Newcas- voyage, you will find a number this formative period, August 1910) tle-upon-Tyne Lib- of charming gold-braided offic- which included the eral Club in 1909, ers, who walk the bridge, navi- SSir Robert Hudson, the chief gate the ship, and determine its Liberals’ landslide Liberal agent, declared that he course – always with the hidden victory in 1906. was there ‘as a representative of assistance of certain rather grimy 4 Journal of Liberal History 52 Autumn 2006 HIddEN WORKERS OF thE PARTY THE PROFESSIONAL LIBERAL AGENTS, 1885 – 1910 engineers down below. It is on member constituencies. For the courts held in September. Local behalf of those hidden workers first time, limits were placed election contests also occupied of the Liberal Party that I thank on how much candidates could much of Furniss’s time, with you for the honour done to me spend during an election, and elections to the Board of Guard- this evening.’1 the 1883 Corrupt Practices Act ians and the municipal council. These ‘hidden workers’ – the also provided strict guidelines on At the start of the year, Fur- constituency agents – have how this money could be spent.
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