President of the Liberal Party

This is a list of people who served as president of the British Liberal Party. The Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Democrats in 1988.

The post was established in 1877 as president of the National Liberal Federation. In 1936, this body was replaced by the Liberal Party Organisation, which survived until 1988.Peter Barberis et al, Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organizations, p.315

Presidents President of the National Liberal Federation

FromToName18771881Joseph Chamberlain18811881Jesse Collings18811883Henry Fell Pease18831890James Kitson18901902Robert Spence Watson19021906Augustine Birrell19061908Arthur Dyke Acland19081911William Angus19111919John Brunner19191920George Lunn19201923John M. Robertson19231926Donald Maclean19261927John Alfred Spender19271930Charles Hobhouse19301933Arthur Brampton19331936Ramsay Muir

President of the Liberal Party Organisation

FromToName19361943James Meston19431945Position vacant19451947Violet Bonham-Carter19471948Isaac Foot19481949Elliott Dodds19491950Andrew McFadyean19501952Philip Fothergill19521953Ronald Walker19531954Lawrence Robson19541955Henry Graham White19551955Philip Rea19551957Leonard Behrens19571958Nathaniel Micklem19581959Arthur Comyns Carr19591960Harold Glanville19601961Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray19611962Edwin Malindine19621963Felix Brunner19631964David Rees-Williams19641965Roger Fulford19651966Nancy Seear19661967Michael Eden19671968Donald Wade19681969Desmond Banks19691970Timothy Beaumont19701971Inga-Stina Robson19711972Stephen Terrell19721973Trevor Jones19731974Rhys Lloyd19741975Arthur Holt19751976Margaret Wingfield19761977Basil Goldstone19771978Gruffydd Evans19781979Michael Steed19791980Joyce Rose19801981Richard Holme19811982Viv Bingham19821983John Griffiths19831984Geoff Tordoff19841985Alan Watson19851986David Penhaligon19861987Des Wilson19871988Adrian Slade

In 1988, Michael Meadowcroft was president-elect of the Liberal Party for the 1988–89 year; but the Liberal Party merger with the Social Democratic Party went ahead before he could take up office.Mark Smulian, 'Michael Meadowcroft', Dictionary of Liberal Biography (London: Politico's, 1999), p. 256

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