The 1886 United Kingdom general election took place from 1 to 27 July 1886, following the defeat of the Government of Ireland Bill 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 elec
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
William Ewart Gladstone, 1892
Charles Stewart Parnell Brady Handy
Liberal Unionist Party
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The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington and Joseph Chamberlain, the party establish
1886 United Kingdom general election
…electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain. The new Liberal Unionist party elected 77 members and gave the Conservatives their parliamentary majority, but did not join them in a formal coalition. William Ewart Gladstone's…
The Liberal Unionists' leader, the Duke of Devonshire (1897, NPG).
Gladstone introduces the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons (1886).
Joseph Chamberlain, head of the "tariff" faction of the party (1896).