The Ulster Party: Irish Unionists in the House of Commons, 1884-1911.

Abstract

Abbreviations Introduction: A parliamentary policy Party, class, and nation Unionist roots Parliamentary origins, 1884-1886: Introduction Irish and British tories, 1884-1885 Organization in Ireland, 1885 Organization in the Commons, January 1886 Summary The Parliamentary Party, 1885-1910: Party personnel Contribution to debate Party discipline The Ulster Party, the tories, and a policyfor Ireland, 1885-1906: Introduction Home rule Land Irish local government Catholic higher education Summary MP and Constituency, 1885-1911: Introduction Local funding External influence and selection Lord Arthur Hill and selection, 1880-1908 Internal threats, 1885-1910 The Ulster Unionist council Summary Ulster Members and Wyndham, 1900-1904: Introduction Ulster MPs, Wyndham, and MacDonnell, 1900-1904 The Loyalist case against Wyndham Fightin devolution Russell and the Ulsterunionists The 'Young Men' of a Loyalist 'Radical Right' Walter Long and the Ulsterman, 1905 Summary The Emergence of Ulster Unionist Militancy, 1905-1911 The McNeill Hypothesis Tory patrons and Ulster Unionism, 1906-1911 Missionaries in England, 1906-1910 Isolation and Armaments, 1910-1911 Summary Conclusion