President of the Liberal Party explained

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

FromToName
18771881Joseph Chamberlain
18811881Jesse Collings
18811883Henry Fell Pease
18831890James Kitson
18901902Robert Spence Watson
19021906Augustine Birrell
19061908Arthur Dyke Acland
19081911William Angus
19111919John Brunner
19191920George Lunn
19201923John M. Robertson
19231926Donald Maclean
19261927John Alfred Spender
19271930Charles Hobhouse
19301933Arthur Brampton
19331936Ramsay Muir

President of the Liberal Party Organisation

FromToName
19361943James Meston
19431945Position vacant
19451947Violet Bonham-Carter
19471948Isaac Foot
19481949Elliott Dodds
19491950Andrew McFadyean
19501952Philip Fothergill
19521953Ronald Walker
19531954Lawrence Robson
19541955Henry Graham White
19551955Philip Rea
19551957Leonard Behrens
19571958Nathaniel Micklem
19581959Arthur Comyns Carr
19591960Harold Glanville
19601961Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray
19611962Edwin Malindine
19621963Felix Brunner
19631964David Rees-Williams
19641965Roger Fulford
19651966Nancy Seear
19661967Michael Eden
19671968Donald Wade
19681969Desmond Banks
19691970Timothy Beaumont
19701971Inga-Stina Robson
19711972Stephen Terrell
19721973Trevor Jones
19731974Rhys Lloyd
19741975Arthur Holt
19751976Margaret Wingfield
19761977Basil Goldstone
19771978Gruffydd Evans
19781979Michael Steed
19791980Joyce Rose
19801981Richard Holme
19811982Viv Bingham
19821983John Griffiths
19831984Geoff Tordoff
19841985Alan Watson
19851986David Penhaligon
19861987Des Wilson
19871988Adrian Slade

In 1988, Michael Meadowcroft was president-elect of the Liberal Party for the 1988–89 year; but the Liberal Party merger with the Social Democratic Party went ahead before he could take up office.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Peter Barberis et al, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, p.315
  2. Mark Smulian, 'Michael Meadowcroft', Dictionary of Liberal Biography (London: Politico's, 1999), p. 256