Liberal Unionist Party

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

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Duke of Devonshire traditionalPoliticalAlignment Liberal Unionist
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Joseph Chamberlain memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Unionist Party
Joseph Chamberlain movement Liberal Unionism
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Edward Carson memberOf Unionist Party
subject linked to: Ruby Frewen
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Charles Stewart Parnell opposedBy British Liberal Unionists
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Reginald Pole-Carew memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Unionist Party
Lord Parmoor memberOf Liberal Unionist Party
Home Rule League opposedBy Liberal Unionists
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
First Home Rule Bill opposedBy Liberal Unionists
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Second Home Rule Bill opposedBy Liberal Unionists
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Portsmouth South (UK Parliament constituency) hasFormerMPParty Unionist Party (historical UK)
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Liberal Unionist Party electoralLabel Liberal Unionist
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
William Henry Grenfell memberOf Liberal Unionist Party
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Unionist Party
subject linked to: 8th Duke of Devonshire
William Arrol memberOf Liberal Unionist Party
subject linked to: Arrol
Unionist government of Robert Borden supportedBy Liberal-Unionists
linked to: Liberal Unionist Party
Alfred Lyttelton memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Unionist Party