PhD theses
Theses presented for higher degrees at universities in the UK since 1901, under the titles Liberal Party, liberalism and the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Compiled for the Liberal Democrat History Group by Dr Richard S. Grayson, and Graham Lippiatt using the Institute of Historical Research database for Higher Degrees in the United Kingdom, Part I: Theses Completed.
- The Liberal Party and South Africa, 1895-1902
- Radical Liberal criticism of British foreign policy, 1906-14
- British Liberals and radicals, and the treatment of Germany, 1914-20
- Gladstone’s policy towards the Colonies, 1835-1855
- Factors and variations in Liberal and radical opinion on foreign policy, 1885-99
- British Liberal leaders and the United States, 1874-98
- British policy and diplomacy in the Near East during the Liberal administrations August 1892 to June 1895
- The African policy of the Liberal government, 1905-09
- The response of the British Liberal Party and its supporters to Nazi Germany, 1935-8
- The imperial policy of the Liberal Party: the settlement of South Africa, 1902-10
- The Liberal mind, 1914-1929
- The emergence of Liberal Anglican politics: the Whigs and the Church, 1830-41
- Politics in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the age of reform, 1830-40
Supervisor – Professor W.A. Speck
- English Liberal thought: problems of social reform, 1886-1914
- The inter-change between political ideas and events in Britain from the Great Reform Act of 1832 to 1870
Supervisor – Dr. I.J. Prothero
- The Gladstonian Liberal Party and religion, 1867-75
- The Paradise Lost of liberalism: individualist political thought in late Victorian Britain
- The Liberal Education Bills: conflict and compromise in religious issues and Liberal Party educational policies 1906-1908
- The Marquess of Hartington, Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1871-4: a study in policy and politics
Supervisor – Dr. A.J. Warren
- The radical thread – political change in Scotland: Paisley politics, 1885-1924.
Supervisor – Professor W. Hamish Fraser