Francis Schnadhorst was a Birmingham draper and English Liberal Party politician. He briefly held elected office on Birmingham Council, and was offered the chance to stand for Parliament in winnable s
"The Caucus": caricature by "Stuff" published in Vanity Fair in 1892.
"Farewell to the Caucus": 1886 cartoon of Schnadhorst leaving Birmingham on a London-bound train, following the split in the Liberal Party over Irish Home Rule. His luggage includes a scroll marked "Caucus"; a number of string puppets; and a box of "wire pulling machinery".
Joseph Chamberlain was a British statesman who was first a radical Liberal, then a Liberal Unionist after opposing home rule for Ireland, and eventually was a leading imperialist in coalition with the
Francis Schnadhorst
…election, but Schnadhorst bolstered the party's organisation to oust the Conservative and Anglican majorities on the town council and the school board. Joseph Chamberlain may have provided the political leadership to make Birmingham the "gas and water" socialist capital of Victorian civic life, but behind the scenes…
Chamberlain's third wife, Mary, by John Singer Sargent, 1902
William Ewart Gladstone, Lord Hartington, and Chamberlain as depicted in Vanity Fair, 6 July 1880
The Gladstone cabinet as depicted in Vanity Fair, 27 November 1883
Joseph Chamberlain and Arthur Balfour by Sydney Prior Hall. In 1892, Chamberlain became leader of the Liberal Unionists in the House of Commons, beginning a fruitful relationship with Conservative leader and future Prime Minister Arthur Balfour (right).