Liberal Chief Whip
Encyclopedia
This is a list of people who served as Chief Whip
of the Liberal Party
(previously known as the Whigs
) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats
in 1988.
Chief Whips of the National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)
Chief Whips of the Liberal National Party
Chief Whip
The Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
of the Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
(previously known as the Whigs
British Whig Party
The Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
in 1988.
House of Commons
- 1830: Edward Ellice
- 1832: Charles WoodCharles Wood, 1st Viscount HalifaxCharles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....
- 1834: Francis Thornhill Baring
- 1835: Edward John Stanley
- 1841: Richard More O'FerrallRichard More O'FerrallRichard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot....
- 1846: Henry TufnellHenry TufnellHenry Tufnell was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the North Essex election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854...
- 1850: William Goodenough Hayter
- 1858: none
- 1859: Henry Bouverie William Brand
- 1866: George Grenfell Glyn
- 1873: Arthur Wellesley Peel
- 1874: William Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick AdamWilliam Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...
- 1880: Lord Richard GrosvenorRichard Grosvenor, 1st Baron StalbridgeRichard de Aquila Grosvenor, 1st Baron Stalbridge PC , styled Lord Richard Grosvenor between 1845 and 1886, was a British politician and businessman. Initially a Liberal, he served under William Ewart Gladstone as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household between 1872 and 1874 and as Parliamentary...
- 1885: Arnold MorleyArnold MorleyArnold Morley PC was a British barrister and Liberal politician.-Background:Morley was a younger son of Samuel Morley and Rebekah Maria, daughter of Samuel Hope of Liverpool...
- 1892: Edward MarjoribanksEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron TweedmouthEdward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth KT, PC was a British Liberal Party statesman who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1894 when he inherited his peerage and then sat in the House of Lords...
- 1894: T. E. EllisT. E. EllisThomas Edward Ellis , usually known as T. E. Ellis, was a Welsh politician who was the leader of Cymru Fydd, a movement aimed at gaining home rule for Wales.-Life:...
- 1899: none
- 1900: Herbert Gladstone
- 1905: George WhiteleyGeorge Whiteley, 1st Baron MarchamleyGeorge Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...
- 1908: Joseph Pease
- 1910: The Master of ElibankAlexander Murray, 1st Baron Murray of ElibankAlexander William Charles Oliphant Murray, 1st Baron Murray of Elibank PC , called The Master of Elibank between 1871 and 1912, was a Scottish nobleman and Liberal politician. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...
- 1912: Percy IllingworthPercy IllingworthPercy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal Party. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...
- 1915: John GullandJohn GullandJohn William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...
- 1919: none (James HoggeJames Myles HoggeJames Myles Hogge was a British social researcher and Liberal politician.Hogge was educated at the Edinburgh Normal School, Moray House School of Education, and Edinburgh University, where he was president of the Liberal Association. Hogge at first wanted to be teacher...
and George ThorneGeorge Rennie ThorneGeorge Rennie Thorne was a British solicitor and politician.-Family and education:Thorne was educated at Tettenhall College, Wolverhampton and became a solicitor in 1876 . In 1886 he married Susan Mary Jones and they had two daughters...
were joint whips) - 1923: Vivian Phillips
- 1924: Sir Godfrey CollinsGodfrey CollinsSir Godfrey Pattison Collins KBE, CMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893...
- 1926: Sir Robert HutchinsonRobert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of MontroseMajor-General Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose KCMG, CB, DSO, PC was a Scottish soldier and Liberal politician.-Background:Hutchison was the son of Alexander Hutchison, of Braehead, Kirkcaldy, Fife...
- 1930: Sir Archibald SinclairArchibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount ThursoArchibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso KT, CMG, PC , known as Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party....
- 1932: Walter ReaWalter Rea, 1st Baron ReaWalter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea , was a British merchant banker and Liberal politician.Rea was the son of Russell Rea. He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916...
- 1935: Sir Percy HarrisSir Percy Harris, 1st BaronetSir Percy Alfred Harris, 1st Baronet PC was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Kensington, Harris was educated at Harrow and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and was called to the bar...
- 1945: Tom HorabinTom HorabinThomas Lewis Horabin was a British Liberal Party politician who defected to the Labour Party. He sat in the House of Commons from 1939 to 1950.- Early life :Horabin was born in Merthyr Tydfil...
- 1946: Frank ByersFrank ByersCharles Frank Byers, Baron Byers, OBE, PC, DL was a British Liberal Party politician.Byers was born in Wallasey, Cheshire, moved with the family to Potters Bar and was educated at Westminster School, later Christ Church, Oxford where he won a Blue for athletics...
- 1950: Joseph Grimond
- 1956: Donald WadeDonald Wade, Baron WadeDonald William Wade, Baron Wade, DL was a British solicitor who became a Liberal Party Member of Parliament...
- 1962: Arthur Holt
- 1963: Eric LubbockEric Lubbock, 4th Baron AveburyEric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, PC is an English politician. A Liberal Member of Parliament from 1962 to 1970, he succeeded as Baron Avebury in 1971...
- 1970: David SteelDavid SteelDavid Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, KT, KBE, PC is a British Liberal Democrat politician who served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats...
- 1976: Cyril SmithCyril SmithSir Cyril Smith, MBE, was a British politician who served as Liberal and Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for the constituency of Rochdale from 1972 until his retirement in 1992.-Early life:...
- 1977: Alan BeithAlan BeithSir Alan James Beith is a British Liberal Democrat politician and Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed.-Early life:Alan Beith was born in 1943 in Poynton, in Cheshire...
- 1985: David AltonDavid Alton, Baron Alton of LiverpoolDavid Patrick Paul Alton, Baron Alton of Liverpool is a British politician. He is a former Liberal Party and later Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament who now sits as cross bench member of the House of Lords. He was made a Life peer as Baron Alton of Liverpool, of Mossley Hill in the County of...
- 1987: James Wallace
Liberal Democrat Chief Whip
- 1988: James Wallace
- 1992: Archy Kirkwood
- 1997: Paul Tyler
- 2001: Andrew StunellAndrew StunellRobert Andrew Stunell, known as Andrew Stunell, OBE is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Hazel Grove, and was first elected at the 1997 general election...
- 2006: Paul BurstowPaul BurstowPaul Kenneth Burstow , British politician, is the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam. In May 2010 he was appointed Minister of State for the Department of Health.-Early life:...
- 2010: Alistair CarmichaelAlistair CarmichaelAlexander Morrison "Alistair" Carmichael is a Liberal Democrat politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for the Scottish seat of Orkney and Shetland since the 2001 general election.-Early life:...
House of Lords
- 1837: The Viscount FalklandLucius Cary, 10th Viscount FalklandLucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland GCH, PC was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician.-Background:Falkland was the son of Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland, and his wife Christiana...
- 1840: none? (Lord Falkland was absent serving as Governor of Nova Scotia)
- 1846: The Viscount FalklandLucius Cary, 10th Viscount FalklandLucius Bentinck Cary, 10th Viscount Falkland GCH, PC was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician.-Background:Falkland was the son of Charles John Cary, 9th Viscount Falkland, and his wife Christiana...
- May 1848: The Earl of BessboroughJohn Ponsonby, 5th Earl of BessboroughJohn George Brabazon Ponsonby, 5th Earl of Bessborough PC , styled Viscount Duncannon from 1844 until 1847, was a British cricketer, courtier and Liberal politician.-Background:...
- January 1880: The Lord MonsonWilliam Monson, 1st Viscount OxenbridgeWilliam John Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge PC , known as The Lord Monson between 1862 and 1886, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1880 and 1885 and in 1886 under William Ewart Gladstone.-Background:Monson was the son of William Monson, 6th...
(created Viscount Oxenbridge in 1886) - August 1892: The Lord KensingtonWilliam Edwardes, 4th Baron KensingtonWilliam Edwardes, 4th Baron Kensington PC , also 1st Baron Kensington in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, styled The Honourable William Edwardes between 1852 and 1872, was a British landowner and Liberal politician...
- October 1896: The Lord RibblesdaleThomas Lister, 4th Baron RibblesdaleThomas Lister, 4th Baron Ribblesdale , was a British Liberal politician.-Background:Born in Fontainebleau, France, Ribblesdale was the eldest son of Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale, and his wife Emma daughter of William Mure, and succeeded his father in the barony in 1876.-Political...
- May 1907: The Lord DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and the fifth Governor-General of Australia.-Early years:...
- 1911: The Lord ColebrookeEdward Colebrooke, 1st Baron ColebrookeEdward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke PC, GCVO , known as Sir Edward Colebrooke, 5th Baronet, from 1890 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician and courtier....
- 1922: none (The Lord DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron DenmanThomas Denman, 3rd Baron Denman GCMG, KCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and the fifth Governor-General of Australia.-Early years:...
was Independent Liberal Chief Whip 1919-1924) - 1924: The Lord StanmoreGeorge Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron StanmoreGeorge Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore PC, KCVO, KJStJ , was a British Liberal politician.Stanmore was the only son of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, youngest son of Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Rachel Emily, daughter of...
- 1944: The Viscount Mersey
- 1949: The Marquess of Willingdon
- 1950: The Lord MoynihanPatrick Berkeley Moynihan, 2nd Baron MoynihanPatrick Berkeley Moynihan was a British politician and noble.Moynihan studied law and became a barrister at Lincoln's Inn. He then became a stockbroker, moving to New York, where he was active during the Wall Street Crash, then joined the New York Stock Exchange in 1932. In 1931, he married...
- 1950: The Lord Rea
- 1955: The Lord AmulreeBasil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron AmulreeBasil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree KBE, FRCP was a British physician and leading advocate of geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...
- 1977: The Lord Wigoder
- 1984: The Lord TordoffGeoffrey Tordoff, Baron TordoffGeoffrey Johnson Tordoff, Baron Tordoff is a British businessman and politician.The son of Stanley Acomb Tordoff, he was educated at Manchester Grammar School and the University of Manchester. Tordoff worked for Shell from 1950 to 1983, first as marketing executive of Shell Chemicals, then as...
Chief Whips of the National Liberal Party (UK, 1922)National Liberal PartyNational Liberal Party may mean:Active parties:*National Liberal Party *National Liberal Party *National Liberal Party *National Liberal Party *National Liberal Party **National Liberal Youth...
(Coalition Liberals), 1916-1923
- 1916: Neil James Archibald PrimroseNeil James Archibald PrimroseCaptain The Honourable Neil James Archibald Primrose PC, MC , was a British Liberal politician and soldier. The second son of Prime Minister Lord Rosebery, he represented Wisbech in parliament from 1910 to 1917 and served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in 1915 and as...
- 1916: Frederick Guest
- 1921: Charles McCurdyCharles McCurdyCharles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....
- 1922: Edward Hilton Young
Chief Whips of the Liberal National PartyNational Liberal Party (UK, 1931)The National Liberal Party, known until 1948 as the Liberal National Party, was a liberal political party in the United Kingdom from 1931 to 1968...
(later National Liberal Party), 1931-1966
- 1931: Alec GlasseyAlec Ewart GlasseyAlec Ewart Glassey was a British Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament for East Dorset from 1929 to 1931.-Early life:...
- 1931: Geoffrey ShakespeareSir Geoffrey Shakespeare, 1st BaronetSir Geoffrey Hithersay Shakespeare, 1st Baronet PC was a British Liberal Party politician.Born in Norwich, the second son of Rev. J. H. Shakespeare, he was educated at Highgate School. He served in World War I. He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge where he graduated with an MA and an LLB degree...
- 1932: James BlindellJames BlindellSir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....
(knighted in 1936) - 1937: Charles KerrCharles Kerr, 1st Baron TeviotCharles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot DSO, MC was a British politician.Kerr was the son of Charles Wyndham Rodolph Kerr and the great-grandson of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. His mother was Anna Maria Olivia, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot...
- 1940: Herbert HoldsworthHerbert HoldsworthSir Herbert Holdsworth was a British Liberal Party politician and businessman.-Early life and business:Holdsworth was born in Liversedge in Yorkshire. He was educated at Batley Grammar School. In June 1914 he married Beatrice Lee of Bradford and they had one daughter. In business, Holdsworth was a...
- 1945: Herbert ButcherHerbert ButcherSir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative and National Liberalpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1937 to 1966....
(knighted in 1953; created a Baronet in 1960)
Sources
- Chris Cook and Brendan Keith, British Historical Facts 1830-1900, Macmillan, 1975
- David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth-Century British Historical Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000