ADV INFO - The Second Home Rule Bill, Conservatives and Ireland Flashcards
when did Gladstone briefly return to power
1892
what did Gladstone try to do in his brief return to power
he tried to introduce a second Home Rule bill
what was different about the second bill from the first
the Irish government would be responsible for appointing judges
80 Irish MPs would be elected to the British parliament
what happened to the second bill
it passed through the Commons by a majority of 34
what happened to the bill
it was rejected in the conservative-dominated House of Lords 419 votes to 41.
what did Salisbury claim about Ireland
it needed twenty years of resolute government
who was Irish Chief Secretary 1887-1891
Arthur Balfour
what did Balfour support
the shooting of rioters at Mitchelstown in 1887, three were killed.
what did Balfour call his policy in Ireland
killing home rule with kindness
what was the aim of Balfour
to improve the standard of living for the Irish, in order to eliminate their desire to leave the union
how many land purchase acts were there
3
when did the land purchase acts pass
1887, 1891 and 1896
what did the 1887 land purchase act ensure
it ensured that leaseholders benefited from fair rent
what did the 1891 land purchase act do
it gave £33 million to tenants to buy their land, 55,000 did so
what did the new board set up under the 1891 land purchase act do
they built around 3000 new houses and gave out over 2 million acres of land
what was established in 1895
the recess committee
what was established in 1899
an Irish department of agriculture and technical instruction
what did the recess committee and department of agriculture aim to do
they aimed to improve Irish agriculture through the encouragement of new farming methods
what act was passed in 1898
the local government (Ireland) act
what did the local government act do
it introduced a system of county councils and district councils, elected by male householders. This shifted control away from Protestant landowners and towards middle-class nationalists
what was passed in 1903
the Wyndham land purchase act
what did the Wyndham land purchase act do
it gave landlords £12 million to encourage them to sell their lands. Tenants would be given all the money they needed to buy land; they would then repay the loans over 68 years, at 3.25% interest. This was lower than their normal rent.
what had happened to the amount of land purchased by 1919
72% of tenants had bought their land
what remained about the sale of land
it was voluntary, and landless labourers continued to be vulnerable
