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Independence of Ireland

Great Britain · Government / Liberal Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

7Records
1869–1914Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1869

William Ewart Gladstone1869

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Disestablishes the Irish Church

1886

Henry Campbell-Bannerman1886

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

The Liberal Party splits over Irish Home Rule, Campbell-Bannerman supports Gladstone

Victoria1886

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Opposes Gladstones Home Rule Bill which would give Ireland its own Parliament

1893

Victoria1893

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Gladstones Home Rule Bill is defeated in the Lords

1911

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st1911

Government / Liberal Party Government

Sets up a Home Rule Comm of Lloyd George, Birrell, Churchill, Grey, Haldane & Samuel. Sets up a Committee on Home Rule for Ireland under the chairmanship of Lord Loreburn

1912

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st11 April 1912

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

Home Rule Bill, The Irish Home Rule Bill is introduced in the House of Commons. Asquith renews Liberal efforts to establish Irish Home Rule

1914

Henry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1st21 July 1914

London · Government / Liberal Party Government

1st day of the Irish Home Rule Conference in Buckingham Palace

Names involved

Henry Campbell-BannermanHenry Herbert Asquith Oxford, 1stVictoriaWilliam Ewart Gladstone

Provenance

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