Index

Aberavon (constituency), 57–8, 90, 118, 124
Aberystwyth, 102
Accrington, 101
Acland, Francis, 62, 64
Adams, R. J. Q., 5
Addison, Dr Christopher, 88–9, 91
Alexander, Lieutenant Colonel Maurice, 48, 51n6
Allen, Ronald, 61–2, 63n4
Amery, Leo, 33, 40, 101
Anti-Waste, 57
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 4–6, 14, 20, 24, 26–7, 32, 34, 41, 43, 47, 50, 54–6, 69, 85, 101–2, 116, 120, 126
Ashton under Lyne, 66
Astor, Nancy, 96, 121, 122n26
Attlee, Clement, 66

Baldwin, Stanley, 4, 74, 102, 125–6
Balfour, Lord, 27, 30, 68
Balfour, Lady Francis, 68
Ball, Stuart, 123
Bannerman, Henry Campbell, 19
Barnsley, 66, 109
Barrow, 66
Bath, 66
Bearsted, Lord, 71–2
Beaverbrook, Lord, 13, 55–9, 61, 69, 104, 109, 115
Beddoe Rees, Sir William, 62, 63, 64n7
Bedford, 8, 101, 107
Benn, Arthur Shirley, 87
Bermondsey West (constituency), 57
Berwick, 102–3
Bethnal Green, 57
Betterton, Henry, 97, 98n15
Birkenhead, 66
Birkenhead, Lord, 13, 27, 58, 72, 101–3, 110
Birmingham
Handsworth (constituency), 87, 92
Ladywood (constituency), 97
Blackburn, 66
Blake, Robert, 4–5, 29
Blair, Tony, 6
Bodleian Library, 88
Bolshevism, 29
Bolton, 66, 102, 117
Bonar Law, Andrew, 3, 5–6, 8, 11, 13–4, 23–4, 27, 30–4, 39–42, 47–50, 53–6, 58, 63, 72, 74, 81, 83, 85, 92, 94–5, 102–04, 109–10, 115, 120, 123, 125, 128–9
Boscawen, Sir Arthur Griffith, 32, 51, 101
Bradford, 66
Breese, Charles, 119
Brexit, 132
Brexit Party, 132
Bridgeman, William, 12, 28
Bridgeman, Viscountess Caroline, 95
Brighton, 102
Bristol, 12, 66, 68, 72, 102, 104
East (constituency), 86, 95
North (constituency, 90
South (constituency), 63
West (constituency), 72
Buckingham Palace, 39
Buckrose (constituency), 109
Bull, Sir William, 30, 72, 86
Burnley, 66
Bury (constituency), 66, 109

Caernarvon, 117, 119,
Caerphilly (constituency), 42–3
Camberwell North-West (constituency), 48
Cannes (conference), 9
Cardiff, 66
Carlisle, 66
Carshalton, 49
Carlton Club meeting, 6–8, 10–12, 19, 21–4, 27–30, 32–3, 39–40, 50, 53, 55, 58, 73, 86, 123, 129
Cave, Lord, 33, 102
Caxton Hall, 107
Cecil, Hugh, 29
Chamberlain, Austen, 9–10, 25–8, 30, 39, 47, 51, 72, 74, 87, 102
Chamberlain, Neville, 9,
Chamberlain, Mrs Neville, 97
Charing Cross, 110
Chatfeild-Clarke, Edgar, 89
Chatham (constituency), 32
Chelsea (constituency), 50
Cheltenham (constituency), 94
Chesterfield (constituency), 66, 119
Churchill, Winston, 13, 47, 54, 58–9, 71, 73–4, 77, 97, 109, 115
Coalition (principle), 3, 30, 47, 50
Colchester (constituency), 49, 108
Coldstream Guards, 87
Colne, 66
Communism, 14, 97, 108–9
Communist International, 54
Conservative Party, 2–14 , 19–34, 39–44, 47–51, 53–9, 61–3, 65, 68–9, 71–5, 77–8, 81–2, 83–92, 94–7, 101–5, 108–10, 115–121, 123–6, 127–30, 131–2
Conservative Central Office, 9–10
Conservative Women’s Organisation, 95
diehards, 29, 44, 71–2, 74
Scottish Conservatives, 12, 30–31, 32
Lancashire Conservatives, 32, 34
National Union, 39
Cook, Chris, 4, 8, 12, 48, 120
Cope, Alfred, 44
Corrupt and Illegal Practices Prevention Act (1883), 88
Coventry, 66
Cowling, Maurice, 5, 84
Crewe, Lord, 24
Criccieth, 102
Criterion (restaurant), 111
Croydon, 66
Curzon, Lord, 13, 33, 56

Daily Express, 13, 55–6, 65, 101, 109, 115
Daily Herald, 8
Daily Mirror, 96, 107
Darlington, 66, 101
Davies, J. C., 103
Decline and Fall of Lloyd George, The, 56, 58, 115
Denbigh (constituency), 57, 102
Derby, 65–66, 101, 103, 116
Derby Daily Telegraph, 81, 120
Derby Lord, 10, 12, 26, 32–33, 56, 68, 101–2, 120
Derbyshire North East (constituency), 116
Derbyshire South (constituency), 81–2, 121
Devizes, 102
Devon Record Office, 91
Devonshire, Duke of, 102, 103
Dinnick, Augustus, 58
Doncaster, 66
Dorset East (constituency), 41–2, 57, 59, 63, 104
Dowden, Oliver, 132
Downing Street, 7, 26, 109
Drury Lane, 92, 95
Dudley, 66, 102
Dutton, David, 102
Dundee (constituency), 47, 54, 97, 102, 109, 117

Ealing, 66
East Ham, 66
North (constituency), 117
South (constituency), 117
Edinburgh
East (constituency), 92
South (constituency), 107
Edwards, Clement, 117
Egypt, 91
Electoral Commission, 132
Erskine, James, 57
Exeter (constituency), 66, 86
Eye (constituency), 118

Farjeon, Eleanor, 93
Fell, Sir Arthur, 109
Fisher, H. A. L., 7, 71, 73–4, 101
Flanders, 92
Fleet Street, 111
Flint, 102
Flintshire (constituency), 57
Fraser, Sir Malcolm, 9, 26–7, 40, 42, 77
Freeman, Gavin, 125
Freeman, Marshall, 47, 81, 120
Free Trade, 50, 84, 87, 126

general elections (other than 1922)
1916 (prospective), 1
1918 (coupon election), 1
1923, 2
1924, 2
1940 (prospective), 1
1945, 1
2019, 132
2024, 132
Gateshead, 102
George V (king), 11, 39
Germany (armies), 20
Germany (reparations), 87
Gibbs, George, 72
Gillingham (constituency), 32
Gilmour, John, 30
Glasgow, 3, 55, 102–3, 107, 108–110, 120
Bridgeton (constituency), 97
Cathcart (constituency), 120
Central (constituency), 24, 50, 92, 109–10
Hillhead (constituency), 47, 50, 92
Pollok (constituency), 30
Gloucester Citizen, 22
Gloucester Journal, 69
Gloucestershire, 24, 58
Gregory, Henry, 81
Green, Sir John, 62
Greenwood, Hamar, 115
Grey, Lord, 102–3
Griffiths, Clare, 124
Grimsby, 66
Guest, Colonel C. H. C., 90
Guest, Freddy, 40–2, 58–9, 63, 115
Guiness, Walter, 101–2

Hackney Central (constituency), 48
Hackney Empire, 111
Halifax, 66, 118
Hall Caine, Gordon, 104
Hammersmith South (constituency), 30, 86
Harrods, 111
Haverfordwest, 101
Henderson, Arthur, 86, 91, 129
Hewart, Sir Gordon, 61, 63n3
Hoare, Samuel, 33, 50, 55, 74
Hogg, Douglas, 33, 102
Hohler, Gerald, 32
Hope, Sir Harry, 31
Hopkinson, Austin, 118–19
Horne, Robert, 27, 31, 7, 50, 51n2, 7, 92, 102
Hornsey (constituency), 69
Hotel Cecil, 39–40
Hotel Victoria, 43
House of Commons, 11, 95, 118, 121, 124
Howard, Gerald, 118
Howard, Stephen, 119, 122n15
Huddersfield, 66
Hull, 66, 101
Hull Daily Mail, 33
Hutchinson, Sir Robert, 120

Ilkeston (constituency), 47, 81, 102–3, 120
Impact of Labour, The, 84
India, 91
Ipswich, 66
Islington, 66, 108
Ireland (Irish Settlement 1921), 25, 91, 131
Isle of Wight (constituency), 89–90

Jones, Leif, 62
Jones, Robert, 119

Keighley, 67
Kenyon, Barnet, 119
Kerr, Philip, 22
Kingston-on-Thames, 67
Kinnear, Michael, 6, 8, 11–12, 22, 27, 128
Kirkaldy Burghs (constituency), 120
Koss, Stephen, 5

Labour Party, 1–6, 9–10, 12–14 19–28, 32–4, 40, 42–4, 47–51, 54, 56, 58, 61–2, 65, 67–9, 73–4, 81, 84–94, 96–7, 104–110, 115–121, 123–5, 127–30, 132
Labour Press Bureau, 89–91
Labour Speakers Handbook, 90–91
Lampson, Oliver Locker, 87, 92, 98n17
Lancashire, 3, 12, 26, 32, 34, 53, 61, 68, 101, 103–4, 118, 120
League of Nations, 87, 131
Leeds, 7–8, 12, 33, 40, 49–51, 67, 116
Central (constituency), 51
North (constituency), 51, 119
North East (constituency), 51
South (constituency), 51, 119
South East (constituency), 51
West (constituency), 51, 119
Leicester, 61–62, 67, 102, 111
East (constituency), 61
Leigh, 67, 102
Leith, Sir Alex, 9
Leventhal, F. M., 86
Lever, Arthur, 48, 51n6
Liberal Party
Asquith, 6, 14, 20, 24, 26–7, 32, 34, 41, 43, 47–8, 50, 54–6, 61–2, 69, 78, 82, 84–5, 87–9, 103, 109, 116–19, 125–6, 128–9
Lloyd George/Coalition/National, 3–10, 11, 12–14, 19–22, 24–34, 40–4. 47–51, 53–9, 61–3, 65, 68–9, 71–5, 77–8, 81–2, 83–90, 92, 94–5, 97, 101–4, 107, 109–110, 115–121, 124–6, 127–9, 131–2
Liberal Unionists, 28, 132
Lincoln, 67, 86
Liverpool, 30, 67, 96, 125
Liverpool Exchange (constituency), 30
Lloyd George, David, 3–14, 19–20, 22–34, 39–44, 47–51, 53–6, 58, 62, 63, 72–4, 77–8, 81–4, 86–8, 92, 95, 101–4, 107, 110, 115–120, 125, 127–9, 131–2
Lloyd George, Meghan, 107
Lloyd George Archive, 7
London, 22, 41, 48, 54, 57–8, 68, 77–8, 91, 95, 98, 110–11
Long, Lord 102
Lorimer, Henry, 81, 121, 122n24
Ludlow (constituency), 78
Lyle-Samuel, Alexander, 118, 122n13

Maclain, John, 118
MacDonald, James Ramsay, 4, 6, 58, 90, 118, 124, 130
McHugh, Declan, 125
Maldon (constituency), 123
Manchester, 3, 4, 10, 32, 50–51, 65, 67, 102–3, 108, 111, 116, 125
manifestos, 83–5
housing, 85, 93
capital levy, 13, 88
disarmament, 91
maternity, 91
pensions, 91
reparations, 91
taxation, 91, 104
Marconi, 110–111
Marquand, David, 6, 90, 124
McCurdy, Charles, 40, 44, 71–4, 76
McKibbin, Ross, 6
Melba, Nellie, 98
Merthyr Tydfil, 67
Metropole Hotel, 111
Middle East, 57, 88
Middlesborough, 67
Middleton, 101
Midland Bank, 85
Midlands, 33
Mitcham, 49–50
Mond, Sir Alfred, 7, 58
Montagu, Edwin, 115
Moore-Brabazon, John 32
Moreing, Algernon, 63, 64n9
Morris, Harold, 86–7, 95, 98n12
Morrison, Herbert, 68
Mossley (constituency), 118
Morgan, Kenneth, 5, 12, 115
Mowat, Charles Loch, 4

Nelson (Lancs), 67
Nevinson, C. R. W., 93
Newcastle (constituency), 67, 81, 102
Newman, Sir Robert, 86, 98n8
Newport (constituency), 67, 101
Newport (by-election), 10
Northampton, 67
Northumberland, Duke of, 97
Nottingham Rushcliffe (constituency), 87
Norwich, 47, 61, 67–8, 97
Nottingham, 67, 87

Oldham, 67, 102–3, 117
Onslow Gardens, 110
Oswestry, 12
Owen, Frank, 21
Owen, Goronwy, 82
Oxford (constituency), 109
Oxford Circus, 110
Oxford University, 6
Oxford University (constituency), 20

Paisley, 101–2
Pall Mall Gazette, 68
Parliament Acts
Parliament Act (1911), 1
Representation of the People Act (1918), 21, 127
Peel, Lord, 102
Pennines, 50
Penryn and Falmouth (constituency), 97
Perth (constituency), 120
Peterborough, 54
Picadilly Circus, 110–111
Plymouth, 67
Plymouth Drake (constituency), 88
Poplar (constituency), 97
Portsmouth, 67, 102, 111
Powell, David, 4
Prescott-Decie, Cyril, 71
Preston, 67, 102
Price, Emyr, 120
Price, Ernest, 89
Pugh, Martin, 5

Reading, 67, 102, 111
Reading Observer, The, 111
Redhill, 111
Redruth (constituency), 62
Reigate, 111
Richmond, 67
Robertson, George, 47
Rotherham, 67
Rothermere, Lord, 41
Rugby, 101
Ruggles-Brise, Edward, 123
Runciman, Walter, 102
Russell, Betrand, 50
Russia, 59, 92

Saffron Walden, 108
Salford, 67
Salisbury, 102
Salisbury, Lord, 29, 101
Sammuels, Sammy, 71–2
St Helens, 67
St Pancras, 8, 107
Sanders, Robert, 40–42, 45n8
Sassoon, Sir Philip, 110
Scotland, 3, 12, 30, 32–4, 53, 57, 68, 104, 107–8, 120, 130
Scotsman, The, 65, 68, 107
Scott, Alexander MacCallum, 97
Scott, Sir Leslie, 30, 96
Scovell, G. J. S., 7, 44, 73, 129
Seeley, J. E. B., 47–48, 103
Shakespeare, Geoffrey, 116
Sheffield, 3–4, 8, 65, 67, 78, 102
Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 54, 78, 81, 119
Shoreditch (constituency), 88, 91, 96
Sinclair, Archibald, 115
Sinn Fein, 11
Smethwick (constituency), 67
Socialism, 3, 13, 21–2, 24, 29, 31, 34, 54, 68, 73, 84, 87, 96, 104, 120–21, 127, 131
Southampton (constituency), 50, 67, 97, 102, 117
Southend-on-Sea (constituency), 67, 108
Southport (constituency), 102
South Shields (constituency), 67
Southwark South-East (constituency), 48
Sparkes, Herbert, 91
Spenn Valley (constituency), 101
Stockport, 102
Stoke-on-Trent, 67
Stanley, Luke, 7
Stirling (constituency), 31
Sunday Post, 34
Sunderland, 68, 116–17
Surrey, 49, 111
Sutherland, Duke of, 49–50
Swansea, 58, 68, 101
Swindon, 68, 102

tariffs (Tariff Reform), 13, 33, 55–6, 83, 126, 131
Taunton (constituency), 32
Tennant, Winnifred Combe, 48, 58
Thackeray, David, 6, 127
Thurtle, Dorothy, 96
Thomas, J. H., 101–3
Times, The, 10, 49, 53, 56, 71, 78, 86, 116–17
Tiverton (constituency), 63, 91
Trafalgar Square, 110–11
Tregidga, Gary, 126
Trocadero (restaurant), 111
Truman, Samuel, 81, 121
Twickenham (constituency), 81
Turkey (Anglo-Turkish War), 9, 13, 25, 28, 59
turnout (voter), 1–2, 21, 48, 107, 110

Wakefield (constituency), 109
Wales, 32, 57, 65, 120, 130
Walker, William, 97
Wallasey (constituency), 109
Wallsall, 109
Wellingborough, 8
Westminster, 11, 20, 33–4, 42, 57, 77, 89, 92, 104, 110
Wigan, 68
Winteringham, Margaret, 121
Western Daily Press, 53
Western Mail, 42
Western Morning News, 65, 74
Westminster St Georges (constituency), 57
Weymss, Maynard Colchester, 23–4, 116, 121
Whitley, John, 108, 122n12
Williams, Francis, 6
Wilson, Leslie, 7, 10, 13, 26–8
Wilson, Trevor, 5
Windsor, Lord, 78
Wolverhampton, 68
women
candidates, 96, 121
women’s vote, 1, 2, 54, 91–7, 104, 107–8, 110, 121, 130
Worcester, 68
Wrexham (constituency), 57
Wrigley, Chris, 61
Woodhouse, Sir Percy, 9
Worthington-Evans, Sir Laming, 49, 108, 112n11

Yarmouth, 109
Yeo, Alfred, 97
Yorkshire Evening Post, 73
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 97
Young, Edward Hilton, 47, 51n3, 61
Younger, Sir George, 9

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