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'''Liberal Unionists''' were a political party of late bnineteenth and early twentieth century [[Britain]]. Originally part of the [[Liberal Party]], they broke away under the Leadership of [[Joseph Chamberlain]] in protest at the Home Rule proposals of [[William Gladstone]]. In 1895 the fornmed a [[coalition]] government with the [[Conservative Party]]. later the two parties merged, to give the Conservative Party its current full name: the ''Conservative and Unionist Party''.
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'''Liberal Unionists''' were a political party of late nineteenth and early twentieth century [[Britain]]. Originally part of the [[Liberal Party]], they broke away under the leadership of Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and [[Joseph Chamberlain]] in 1886 in protest at the Home Rule proposals of [[William Gladstone]]. In 1895 they formed a [[coalition]] government with the [[Conservative Party]]. In 1912 the two parties merged, to give the Conservative Party its current full name: the ''Conservative and Unionist Party''.
    
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