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- Richard Wainwright was one of the major figures of post-war Liberalism.
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This chapter examines the early life of Richard Wainwright. Wainwright was born on April 11, 1918 in Leeds, the same year that the Liberal Party suffered apparently fatal wounds. He was born into a prosperous, respectable household and his upbringing lacked neither resources nor emotional support.
This chapter focuses on Richard Wainwright's experience at Cambridge University. When Wainwright came to Cambridge in the autumn of 1936, he immediately joined the Liberal Club, thereby beginning a commitment he was to maintain for over fifty years until the Party's merger with the Socialist Democratic Party (SDP), and a further fifteen with ...
Richard Wainwright was one of the major figures of post-war Liberalism. Matt Cole performs a valuable service in bringing alive his life and times to a generation of Lib Dems for whom his name is unlikely to have the recognition he deserves. I am fortunate to have seen him in action.
commanding officer, uss Louisiana. From 1900 - 1902, Richard Wainwright was Superintendent of the Naval Academy. During this time the first submarine, USS Holland was in Annapolis to train crews for duty on submarines. In 1903 he reached the grade of Captain.
RICHARD WAINWRIGHT was made of the stuff that formed the Liberal Party and for many years gave it strength: he was nonconformist in religion, middle-class in origin, rooted in the regions and opposed
Richard Wainwright, the Liberals and Liberal Democrats: Unfinished Business now available in paperback, offers new research on familiar themes involving loyalties of politics, faith and locality. Richard Wainwright was a Liberal MP for seventeen years during the Party’s recovery, but his life tells us about much more than this.
