President of the Liberal Party
This is a list of people who served as President of the British Liberal Party. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats in 1988.
The post was established in 1877 as President of the National Liberal Federation. In 1936, this body was replaced by the Liberal Party Organisation, which survived until 1988.[1]
Presidents
President of the National Liberal Federation
Augustine Birrell
J.M. Robertson
| From | To | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1877 | 1880 | Joseph Chamberlain |
| 1880 | 1881 | Jesse Collings |
| 1881 | 1882 | Henry Fell Pease |
| 1883 | 1890 | James Kitson |
| 1886 | 1890 | Balthazar Foster |
| 1890 | 1902 | Robert Spence Watson |
| 1902 | 1906 | Augustine Birrell |
| 1906 | 1907 | Arthur Dyke Acland |
| 1908? | 1911 | William Angus |
| 1911 | 1918 | John Brunner |
| 1918 | 1920 | George Lunn |
| 1920 | 1923 | John M. Robertson |
| 1923 | 1926 | Donald Maclean |
| 1926 | 1927 | John Alfred Spender |
| 1927 | 1930 | Charles Hobhouse |
| 1930 | 1933 | Arthur Brampton |
| 1933 | 1936 | Ramsay Muir |
President of the Liberal Party Organisation
Violet Bonham-Carter 1945-47
Adrian Slade 1987-88
In 1988, Michael Meadowcroft was President-Elect of the Liberal Party for the 1988-9 year; but the Liberal Party merger with the Social Democratic Party went ahead before he could take up office.[2]
References
- ↑ Peter Barberis et al, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, p.315
- ↑ Mark Smulian, 'Michael Meadowcroft', Dictionary of Liberal Biography (London: Politico's, 1999), p. 256
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