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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ