Presidents of the Liberal Party (UK): Joseph Chamberlain, H. H. Asquith, Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet, Augustine Birrell, Michael Steed

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Joseph Chamberlain, H. H. Asquith, Sir John Brunner, 1st Baronet, Augustine Birrell, Michael Steed, David Penhaligon, Donald Maclean, Donald Wade, Baron Wade, Philip Fothergill, Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley, Violet Bonham Carter, Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet, Ramsay Muir, John Alfred Spender, Andrew McFadyean, Elliott Dodds, Arthur Comyns Carr, Isaac Foot, John M. Robertson, Sir Charles Hobhouse, 4th Baronet, Des Wilson, Alan Watson, Baron Watson of Richmond, Beatrice Seear, Baroness Seear, David Rees-Williams, 1st Baron Ogmore, Roger Fulford, Desmond Banks, Baron Banks, James Meston, 1st Baron Meston, Henry Graham White, John Pardoe, Inga-Stina Robson, Philip Rea, 2nd Baron Rea, Nathaniel Micklem, President of the Liberal Party, Adrian Slade, Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray, James Kitson, 1st Baron Airedale, Henry Fell Pease, Viv Bingham, Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, Edwin Malindine, Leonard Behrens, Basil Goldstone, Ronald Walker, Arthur Brampton, Arthur Holt, John Griffiths, Michael Eden, 7th Baron Henley, George Lunn, Margaret Wingfield, Robert Spence Watson, Rhys Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Kilgerran, Gruffydd Evans, Baron Evans of Claughton, Trevor Jones. Excerpt: Joseph Chamberlain (8 July 1836 - 2 July 1914) was an influential British politician and statesman. Unlike most major politicians of the time, he was a self-made businessman and had not attended Oxford or Cambridge University. Born in London, Chamberlain made his career in Birmingham, first as a manufacturer of screws and then as a notable Mayor of the city. During his early adulthood he was a radical Liberal Party member and a campaigner for educational reform. He entered the House of Commons aged almost forty, relatively late in life for a front-rank politician. Rising to power through his influence with the Liberal grassroots o...