Liberal Unionist Party
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 (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party formed a political alliance with the Conservative Party in opposition to Irish Home Rule. The two parties formed the ten-year-long coalition Unionist Government 1895–1905 but kept separate political funds and their own party organisations until a complete merger between the Liberal Unionist and the Conservative parties was agreed to in May 1912.
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Liberal Party
ORG
Q334063
Lord Hartington
PER
Q315999
Joseph Chamberlain
PER
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Conservative Party
Concept
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Irish Home Rule
UNK
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Unionist Government 1895–1905
ORG
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Liberal Unionist Party
ORG
1886-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1886
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1895-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1895
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1912-05-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
May 1912
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1905
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chairperson
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