by Roy Jenkins
Suffolk, Lowestoft
Sunderland (two seats) (one Labour gain)
Tower Hamlets, Mile End
Tower Hamlets, Stepney
Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley (Labour gain)
Tyrone, Mid- (Nationalist gain)
Wakefield
Whitehaven (Labour gain)
Wiltshire, Cricklade
Woolwich (Labour gain)
Dublin County (Nationalist gain)
CHANGE WITHIN GOVERNMENT PARTIES
Liberal to Labour
Fifeshire, West
NET CHANGES
Liberals minus 3
Labour plus 2
Nationalists plus 2
Government plus 1
Unionists minus 1
Opposition minus 1
Appendix D
Sources of passages quoted in the text
CHAPTER I
a J. A. Spender: The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, vol. II, p. 191.
b ibid., p. 193.
c Leading article, December II, 1905.
d Leading article, December 9, 1905.
e Leading article, December 23, 1905.
f Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 468, col. 174.
CHAPTER II
a Disraeli: Sybil, or The Two Nations, p. 26.
b Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice: Life of the Second Earl Granville, vol. II, p. 16.
c Memorandum to the Queen, dated April 7, 1894, quoted in the Marquess of Crewe’s Lord Rosebery, vol. II, pp. 451–4.
d Emily Allyn: Lords versus Commons, p. 144.
e Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Third Series, vol. 149, col. 1771.
f Sir Robert Peel: Private Papers, vol. II, p. 224.
g Letter to Lord Caernarvon, dated February 20, 1872, quoted in Lady G. Cecil’s Life of Robert, Marquess of Salisbury, vol. II, p. 25.
h Memorandum to the Queen, dated April 7, 1894, quoted in full in Crewe, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 451–4.
i Crewe, op. cit., vol. II, p. 463.
CHAPTER III
a Spender: The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, vol. II, p. 270.
b Memorandum quoted in Lord Newton’s Lord Lansdowne, a Biography, p. 353.
c ibid., 354–5.
d Spender, op. cit., vol. II, p. 277.
e Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fourth Series, vol. 162, col. 545.
f Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fourth Series, vol. 162, cols 522–3.
g Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fourth Series, vol. 167, cols. 1739–46.
h Spender, op. cit., vol. II, p. 312.
i Harry Jones: Liberalism and the House of Lords, p. 110.
j Spender, op. cit., p. 313.
k Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fourth Series, vol. 166, cols. 703–4.
l Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fourth Series, vol. 173, col. 1235.
m Spender, op. cit., vol. II, p. 350.
n ibid., pp. 353–5.
o Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fourth Series, vol. 176, col. 1507.
p Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fourth Series, vol. 176, cols. 929–30.
q Spender, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 367–8.
r Emily Allyn: Lords v. Commons, p. 177.
s Spender, op. cit., vol. II, p. 377.
t Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, vol. II, p. 29.
u Newton, op. cit., pp. 367–8.
v ibid., pp. 368–9.
CHAPTER IV
a Thomson: David Lloyd George, the Official Biography, p. 178.
b ibid., p. 182.
c Annual Register for 1909, p. 6.
d Thomson, op. cit., p. 183.
e Oxford and Asquith: Fifty Years of Parliament, vol. II, p. 69.
f Quoted in Trevelyan’s Grey of Fallodon, p. 170.
g Annual Register for 1909, p. 145.
h Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. II, p. 124.
i Sir Charles Petrie: The Life and Letters of the Rt. Hon. Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, pp. 228–9.
j Margot Asquith, op. cit., vol. II, p. 122.
k P. rie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 228.
l Annual Register for 1909, p. 106.
m The Times, July 31, 1909.
n Emily Allyn: Lords versus Commons, p. 180.
o Annual Register for 1909, p. 186.
CHAPTER V
a Annual Register for 1909, p. 192.
b Oxford and Asquith: Fifty Years of Parliament, vol. II, p. 73.
c Newton: Lord Lansdowne, a Biography, p. 380.
d Annual Register for 1909, p. 221.
e The Times, October 11, 1909.
f Newton, op. cit., p. 376.
g Letter to Lord Lansdowne, dated October 8, quoted in Newton, op. cit., p. 377.
h Birkenhead: Frederick Edwin, Earl of Birkenhead, vol. I, p. 198.
i Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 12, cols. 2122, 2123.
j Askwith: Lord James of Hereford, p. 300.
k Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fourth Series, vol. 4, col. 1039.
l Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fourth Series, vol. 4, cols. 1038, 1042.
m J. Hugh Edwards: David Lloyd George, vol. I, p. 321.
n Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, vol. II, p. 42.
o Fitzroy: Memoirs, vol. I, p. 389.
CHAPTER VI
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 261.
b ibid., vol. I, pp. 268–9.
c J. H. Edwards: David Lloyd George, vol. I, p. 323.
d Annual Register for 1910, p. 4.
e Ensor: England, 1870–1914, p. 418.
f Annual Register for 1909, p. 269.
g ibid., p. 268.
h Annual Register for 1910, p. 11.
i Petrie: Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, p. 237.
j Annual Register for 1910, p. 6.
k ibid., p. 13.
l Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 241.
CHAPTER VII
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 268.
b Memorandum quoted in full in Spender and Asquith, op. cit., pp. 261–2.
c Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 14, cols. 55–6.
d Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 273.
e Annual Register for 1910, p. 25.
f ibid., p. 56.
g Quoted in Maurice’s Haldane, 1856–1913, pp. 260–1.
h Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. II, p. 131.
i Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 271.
j Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 16, col. 1548.
k Quoted in Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 278.
CHAPTER VIII
a Newton: Lord Lansdowne, p. 363.
b ibid., p. 385.
c ibid., p. 386.
d Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 5, cols. 167–8.
e Newton, op. cit., p. 392.
f Petrie; The Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, p. 251.
g Oxford and Asquith: Fifty Years of Parliament, pp. 86–8.
h Nicolson: King George V, p. 131.
CHAPTER IX
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 285.
b Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 19, col. 2529.
c Newton: Lord Lansdowne, p. 401.
d Nicolson: King George V, p. 132.
e Petrie: Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, pp. 256–7.
f Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 289.
g Newton, op. cit., p. 398.
h Ensor: England, 1870–1914, p. 423.
i Newton, op. cit., p. 400.
j Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 289.
jjj Nicolson, op. cit., p. 133.
k Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, vol. 11, p. 45.
l Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 290.
m Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 254.
n ibid., p. 255.
o Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 291.
p Letter to his wife, quoted in Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 291.
q Newton, op. cit., p. 401.
r Ensor, op. cit., pp. 423–4.
s Birkenhead: Frederick Edwin, Earl of Birkenhead, vol. I, p. 205.
t Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 256.
u Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. II, p. 144.
v Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 254.
w Birkenhead, op. cit., vol. I, p. 203.
x Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 287.
y Nicolson, op. cit., p. 131.
z Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 257–8.
aa Lloyd George: War Memoirs, vol. I, p. 36.
bb ibid., vol. I, p. 37.
cc Journals and Letters of Reginald, Viscount Esher, vol. III, p. 30.
dd Dugdale, op. cit., vol. II, p. 55.
ee ibid., vol. II, p. 56.
ff Birkenhead, op. cit., vol. I, p. 205.
gg ibid., p. 207.
hh ibid., p. 206.
ii Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 258.
jj Lloyd George, op. cit., vol. I, p. 36.
kk Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 287.
ll Margot Asquith, op. cit., vol. II, p. 143.
CHAPTER X
a Nicolson: King George V, p. 134.
b ibid., p. 133.
c ibid., p. 130.
d ibid., p. 134.
e ibid.
f Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 297.
g Nicolson, op. cit., p. 137.
h ibid., pp. 137–8.
i ibid., p. 135.
j ibid., p. 129n.
k ibid., p. 138.
l ibid., p. 129n.
m Newton: Lord Lansdowne, p. 408.
n Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. II, p. 145.
o Esher: Journals and Letters, vol. III, p. 36.
p ibid., vol. III, p. 65.
q Nicolson, op. cit., p. 138.
r Fitzroy: Memoirs, vol. II, p. 423.
s Esher, op. cit., vol. III, p. 34.
t Nicolson, op. cit., p. 133.
u Newton, op. cit., p. 410.
v Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 6, col. 746.
w Esher, op. cit., vol. III, p. 33.
x Newton, op. cit., p. 405.
y Annual Register for 1910, p. 238.
z ibid., p. 238.
aa ibid., p. 254.
bb ibid.
cc Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, p. 299.
dd Petrie: Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, p. 261.
ee Annual Register for 1910, p. 252.
ff Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 269 and p. 272.
gg Ensor: England, 1870–1914, p. 426.
hh ibid., p. 427.
CHAPTER XI
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 302.
b Esher: Journals and Letters, vol. III, pp. 41–4.
c Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 305–6.
d Newton: Lord Lansdowne, pp. 410–11.
e ibid., p. 411.
f Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 22, cols. 567–70.
g Annual Register for 1911, p. 39.
h ibid., p. 39.
i ibid., p. 104.
j Newton, op. cit., p. 415.
k Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 8, col. 670.
l Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 25, col. 1694.
m ibid., Fifth Series, vol. 25, cols. 1772, 1774.
n Annual Register for 1911, p. 145.
o ibid., p. 151.
CHAPTER XII
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 310.
b Nicolson: King George V, pp. 152–3.
c Ronaldshay: The Life of Lord Curzon, vol. III, p. 56.
d Nicolson, op. cit., p. 152.
e Dugdale: Arthur James Balfour, vol. II, p. 48.
f Wilson-Fox: Earl of Halsbury, p. 232.
g Newton: Lord Lansdowne, p. 419.
h Wilson-Fox, op. cit., pp. 234–5.
i Quoted in Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 312–13.
j Newton, op. cit., pp. 422–3.
k ibid., p. 423.
l Biggs-Davison: George Wyndham, p. 208.
m Quoted in Dugdale, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 50–1.
n Wilson-Fox, op. cit., pp. 245–6.
o Newton, op. cit., p. 425.
p ibid., p. 426.
q Petrie: Life and Letters of Sir Austen Chamberlain, vol. I, p. 283.
r Ronaldshay, op. cit., vol. III, p. 57.
s Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. I, p. 148.
t Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 28, cols. 1482, 1483.
u Wilson-Fox, op. cit., p. 244.
v Nicolson, op. cit., p. 153.
w Blunt: My Diaries 1888–1914, pp. 770–1.
x Wilson-Fox, op. cit., p. 235.
y Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 888.
z Wilson-Fox, op. cit., p. 250.
aa Quoted in Petrie, op. cit., vol. I, p. 279.
bb ibid., vol. I, p. 281.
cc Wilson-Fox, op. cit., p. 258.
dd Dugdale, op. cit., vol. II, p. 61.
CHAPTER XIII
a Wilson-Fox: Earl of Halsbury, pp. 266–7.
b Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 29, col. 817.
c Fitzroy: Memoirs, vol. II, pp. 457–8.
d Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 836.
e Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 323.
f Wilson-Fox, op. cit., pp. 258–9.
g Parliamentary Debates, Commons, Fifth Series, vol. 29, col. 981.
h Spender and Asquith, op. cit., vol. I, pp. 326–7.
i Fitzroy, op. cit., vol. II, pp. 458–9.
j Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 934.
k ibid., Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 950.
l Nicolson: King George V, p. 154.
m Morley: Recollections, vol. II, p. 351.
n Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 1000
o ibid., Fifth Series, vol. 9, cols. 1037–8.
p Wilson-Fox, op. cit., p. 275.
q Parliamentary Debates, Lords, Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 1062.
r ibid., Fifth Series, vol. 9, col. 1070.
s Margot Asquith: Autobiography, vol. II, p. 154.
t Quoted by Nicolson, op. cit., p. 135.
u Esher: Letters and Journals, vol. III, p. 57.
CHAPTER XIV
a Spender and Asquith: Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, vol. I, p. 351.
b Ullswater: A Speaker’s Commentary, vol. II, p. 103.
c Jennings: Parliament, p. 402.
d Cmd. 7380, p. 3.
1 1838–1922. Later 1st Viscount Bryce of Dechmont. Liberal member for Tower Hamlets, 1880–85, and for Aberdeen, South, 1885–1907. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1892–94. President of the Board of Trade, 1894–95. Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1905–7. H.M. Ambassador in Washington, 1907–13. Historian and Constitutionalist.
2 1850–1933. Liberal member for Fifeshire, West, 1889–1900, and Bristol, North, 1906–18. President of the Board of Education, 1905–7, and Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1907–16. Author and literary critic.
1 James Bryce as Chief Secretary and the Earl of Aberdeen as Lord Lieutenant.
2 1849–1917. Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin and Kincardine. Succeeded to title, 1863. Viceroy of India, 1884–89. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1905–8.
1 1846–1923. Liberal member for Hereford, 1880–6, and for Dumfries, 1886–1905. Solicitor-General, 1894. Attorney-General, 1894–95. Lord Chancellor, 1905–12. Created a baron, 1906, and an earl, 1911.
2 1860–1925. Liberal member for Forfarsh
ire, 1897–1909. Created 1st Lord Pentland, 1909.
3 1827–1909. Son of Lord Goderich, later 1st Earl of Ripon, sometime Prime Minister. Member for Hull, 1852–59, when he succeeded to title. Secretary of State for War, 1863, and for India, 1866. Lord President of the Council, 1868–73. Viceroy of India, 1880–84. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1886. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1892–95. Lord Privy Seal, 1905–8. Created 1st Marquess of Ripon, 1871. Converted to Roman Catholicism, 1873.
4 1854–1930. Created 1st Viscount Gladstone, 1910. Youngest son of W. E. Gladstone. Liberal member for Leeds, West, 1880–1910. First Commissioner of Works, 1894–95. Chief Liberal Whip, 1899–1905. Home Secretary, 1905–10. Governor-General of South Africa, 1910–14.
5 1858–1943. President of the Local Government Board from 1905 until February, 1914. President of the Board of Trade from February, 1914, until his resignation at the outbreak of war in August, 1914.
6 1830–1911. Created 1st Viscount Wolverhampton, 1908. Liberal member for Wolverhampton, East, 1880–1908. President of the Local Government Board, 1892–94. Secretary of State for India, 1894–95. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1905–8.
1 1858–1945. Robert Ottley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe. Created 1st Marquess, 1911. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892–95. Lord President of the Council, 1905–8 and 1915–16. Lord Privy Seal, 1908 and 1912–15. Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908–10. Secretary of State for India, 1910–12. President of the Board of Education, 1916. H.M. Ambassador in Paris, 1922–28.
2 1849–1909. Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Lord Tweedmouth. Liberal member for Berwick, 1880, until he succeeded to the peerage in 1894. Chief Liberal Whip, 1892–94. Lord Privy Seal, 1894–95. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1905–8. Lord President of the Council, 1908.
3 1843–1928. 2nd Lord Carrington. Succeeded to title, 1868. Created 1st Earl of Carrington, 1895, and 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, 1912. Liberal member for Wycombe, 1865–68. President of the Board of Agriculture, 1905–11. Lord Privy Seal, 1911–12.
1 These are exclusive categories, although many members were, for example, both barristers and Fellows of Colleges, or solicitors and businessmen. In these cases they have been classified under what appeared to be their principal occupation.