List of Liberal Leaders - Liberal History

List of Liberal Leaders

1859 ? 1865 Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston

1865 ? 1866 Lord John Russell

1867 ? 1875 William Ewart Gladstone

1875 ? 1880 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartingdon

1880 ? 1894 William Ewart Gladstone

1894 ? 1896 Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery

1896 ? 1899 Sir William Vernom Harcourt

1899 -1908 Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman

1908 ? 1926 Herbert Henry Asquith* (David Lloyd George usurped Asquith as Prime Minister in 1916, although the latter continued as leader of the official Liberal Party. Asquith lost his seat at the 1918 election and Donald Maclean, who was elected as chairman of the Liberal parliamentary party, acted as the party's leader in the Commons after 1919, until Asquith was returned to Parliament at the Paisley by-election.

1926-1931 David Lloyd George

1931-1935 Sir Herbert Samuel

1935-1945 Sir Archibald Sinclair

1945-1956 Clement Davies

1956 -1967 Jo Grimond

1967 ? 1976 Jeremy Thorpe

1976 Jo Grimond* (Grimond briefly stood in as a caretaker leader for a few months in 1976 after Thorpe resigned over the Scott affair).

1976 ? 1988 David Steel

1988-1999 Paddy Ashdown

1999 ? Present Charles Kennedy

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