The 1895 United Kingdom general election was held from 13 July to 7 August 1895. The Conservative Party, in alliance with the Liberal Unionist Party, won a parliamentary majority of 153.
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
The Earl of Rosebery
John Dillon crop 2
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three ti
1895 United Kingdom general election
…that the government would likely not survive a motion of no confidence were one to be brought, promptly resigned as prime minister. Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was subsequently re-appointed for a third spell as prime minister, and promptly called a new election. The Liberal Party, in contrast, went down to…
Cecil c. 1857
Lord Derby. Salisbury resigned from his government in protest against proposals for parliamentary reform.
The Marquess of Salisbury caricatured by "Ape" (Carlo Pellegrini) in Vanity Fair, 1869