The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule.
extinction year
1912-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
formation year
1886-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
ideology
British Empire, Liberal conservatism, Imperial Preference, Conservative liberalism, Unionism in the United Kingdom, Whiggism
leader
Joseph Chamberlain, Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Liberal Unionist Party"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.