Ireland

Question 1

Morrough Gladstone’s first land act

Answer 1

Gladstone was ‘a great believer in the virtues of the landlord system … He had no wish then, to destroy landlordism in Ireland, But rather to give the tenants greater security on the land’

Question 2

Foster Gladstone’s first ministry island

Answer 2

Gladstone’s personal mission to pacify Ireland was principally motivated by his faith.

Question 3

Feuchtwanger Gladstone’s first ministry ireland

Answer 3

when passing the Irish Church Act, Gladstone ‘was acting largely for tactical reasons.’ to unite the Liberals.

Question 4

Hammond Gladstone’s second ministry and Ireland

Answer 4

‘the largest-minded man of the age’.

Question 5

Vincent Gladstone’s first Ministry Ireland

Answer 5

Gladstone’s Irish policy simply reacting to developments unplanned. The only consistent, effective policy was coercion and repression.

Question 6

Hammond Gladstone’s conversion to home rule

Answer 6

First ministry Ireland reforms were part of a coherent programme to deal with Irish affairs.

Question 7

A.B. Cooke and J Vincent (1974) Gladstone’s conversion to HR

Answer 7

Gladstone never expected the Home Rule Bill to become law. He converted to Home Rule to ‘dish the Whigs’ and Joseph Chamberlain to regain control of the Liberal Party.

Question 8

Roberts Salisbury and Balfour Ireland

Answer 8

’for all Gladstone’s boasts of his mission to pacify Ireland, it was Balfour and Salisbury who actually achieved it, at least in the medium term’.

Question 9

Blake Liberals to 1915 Ireland

Answer 9

Asquith’s strong faith in the constitution meant that he found it difficult to come to terms with the ferocity of opposition both inside and outside Parliament.

Question 10

Jenkins Liberals to 1915 Ireland

Answer 10

praises Asquith’s ‘wait and see’ tactics, arguing that there was little prospect of finding an answer to the Ulster problem in 1912, so there was merit in giving time for passions to cool.