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Title: British Political Leaders
Author: Justin McCarthy
Release Date: October 3, 2012 [eBook #40923]
Language: English
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BRITISH POLITICAL LEADERS
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
IN THE
"Story of the Nations" Series.
Each volume large crown 8vo, cloth, fully Illustrated, 5s.
MODERN ENGLAND BEFORE THE REFORM BILL.
MODERN ENGLAND UNDER QUEEN VICTORIA.
IN PREPARATION.
PORTRAITS OF THE SIXTIES.
Demy 8vo, cloth, Illustrated, 16s.
LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN.
BRITISH POLITICAL
LEADERS
T. FISHER UNWIN
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1903
CONTENTS
| 1. | ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR | 1 |
| 2. | LORD SALISBURY | 25 |
| 3. | LORD ROSEBERY | 49 |
| 4. | JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN | 73 |
| 5. | HENRY LABOUCHERE | 99 |
| 6. | JOHN MORLEY | 125 |
| 7. | LORD ABERDEEN | 151 |
| 8. | JOHN BURNS | 177 |
| 9. | SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH | 203 |
| 10. | JOHN E. REDMOND | 229 |
| 11. | SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT | 255 |
| 12. | JAMES BRYCE | 281 |
| 13. | SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN | 307 |
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR
My first acquaintance with Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, who recently became Prime Minister of King Edward VII., was made in the earliest days of my experience as a member of the House of Commons. The Fourth party, as it was called, had just been formed under the inspiration of the late Lord Randolph Churchill. The Fourth party was a new political enterprise. The House of Commons up to that time contained three regular and recognized political parties—the supporters of the Government, the supporters of the Opposition, and the members of the Irish Nationalist party, of whom I was one. Lord Randolph Churchill created a Fourth party, the business of which was to act independently alike of the Government, the Opposition, and the Irish Nationalists. At the time when I entered Parliament the Conservatives were in power, and Conservative statesmen occupied the Treasury Bench. The members of Lord Randolph's party were all Conservatives so far as general political principles were concerned, but Lord Randolph's idea was to lead a number of followers who should be prepared and ready to speak and vote against any Government proposal which they believed to be too conservative or not conservative enough; to support the Liberal Opposition in the rare cases when they thought the Opposition was