Excerpts: The Rise and Dominance of the Liberal Party of the UK

History Documentaries

In this short excerpt from our video on Gertrude Bell, we look at the formation and activity of the Liberal Party in the UK during the 19th Century. The liberal party was originally formed by the amalgamation of several unrelated factions – most notably the Whigs and Radicals. The Whigs were an aristocratic party, formed in the 17th century whose central motivation was to oppose absolute monarchy, and support a constitutional one with power vested in the parliament instead of the ruler.

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