Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956

Members of the British Liberal Party's Frontbench Team from 1945 to 1956 (leaderships listed chronologically):

1946: Tom Horabin defects to Labour Party and is replaced as Chief Whip by Frank Byers
July 1949: Violet Bonham Carter becomes Deputy Leader of the party
February 1950: Jo Grimond replaces Frank Byers as Chief Whip
1952: Arthur Holt becomes Parliamentary Chairman of the Liberal Party.
1955: Arthur Holt replaced as Parliamentary Chairman of the Liberal Party.

Leadership

Leaders in the House of Commons (1859–1916)	Palmerston (1859–65) Gladstone (1865–75) Hartington (1875–80) Gladstone (1880–94) Rosebery (1894–96) Harcourt (1896–98) Campbell-Bannerman (1899–1908) Asquith (1908–16)
Leaders in the House of Lords (1859–1916)	Granville (1859–65) Russell (1865–68) Granville (1868–91) Kimberley (1891–94) Rosebery (1894–96) Kimberley (1896–1902) Spencer (1902–05) Ripon (1905–08) Crewe (1908–23)
Overall Leaders (1916–88)	Asquith (1916–26) Maclean (interim) (1918–20) Lloyd George (1926–31) Samuel (1931–35) Sinclair (1935–45) Davies (1945–56) Grimond (1956–67) Thorpe (1967–76) Grimond (1976) Steel (1976–88)

Deputy Leaders

Samuel (1929–31)
Sinclair (1931–35)
Harris (1940–45)
vacant (1945–49)
M Lloyd George (1949–51)
vacant (1951–62)
Wade (1962–64)
vacant (1964–76)
Pardoe (1976-79)
vacant (1979-85)
Beith (1985–88)

Leaders in the Lords (1916–88)

Crewe (1908–23)
Grey (1923–24)
Beauchamp (1924–31)
Reading (1931–36)
Crewe (1936–44)
Samuel (1944–55)
Rea (1955–67)
Byers (1967–84)
Seear (1984–88)

Chamberlain (1877–80)
Collings (1880–81)
Fell Pease (1881–82)
Kitson (1883–90)
Foster (1886–90)
Spence Watson (1890–1902)
Birrell (1902–06)
Dyke Acland (1906–07)
Angus (1908–11)
J Brunner (1911–18)
Lunn (1918–20)
Robertson (1920–23)
Maclean (1923–26)
Spender (1926–27)
Hobhouse (1927–30)
Brampton (1930–33)
Meston (1936–43)
Bonham Carter (1945–47)
Foot (1947–48)
Dodds (1948–49)
McFadyean (1949–50)
Fothergill (1950–52)
Walker (1952–53)
L Robson (1953–54)
White (1954–55)
Rea (1955–56)
Behrens (1956–57)
Micklem (1957–58)
Comyns Carr (1958–59)
Glanville (1959–60)
Murray (1960–61)
Malindine (1961–62)
F Brunner (1962–63)
Rees-Williams (1963–64)
Fulford (1964–65)
Seear (1965–66)
Henley and Northington (1966–67)
Wade (1967–68)
Beaumont (1968–69)
S Robson (1969–70)
Terrell (1971–72)
Jones (1972–73)
Lloyd (1973–74)
Holt (1974–75)
Wingfield (1975–76)
Goldstone (1976–77)
Evans (1977–78)
Steed (1978–79)
Rose (1979-80)
Holme (1980–81)
Bingham (1981–82)
Griffiths (1982–83)
Tordoff (1983–84)
Watson (1984–85)
Penhaligon (1985–86)
Wilson (1986–87)
Slade (1987–88)

Leadership elections
1967 (Thorpe) 1976 (Steel)

Governments

Single party Liberal governments	First Gladstone ministry (1868–74) Second Gladstone ministry (1880–85) Third Gladstone ministry (1886) Fourth Gladstone ministry (1892–94) Rosebery ministry (1894–95) Campbell-Bannerman ministry (1905–08) First Asquith ministry (1908–15)
Liberal-led coalitions	Asquith coalition ministry (1915–16) Lloyd George ministry (1916–22)
Coalitions with Liberal ministers	First National Government (1931) Second National Government (1931-1932) Churchill war ministry (1940–45)

Structure

Parliamentarians	Members of Parliament Members of the House of Lords Chief Whip
Frontbench	Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–1956 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–1967 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–1976 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–1988
State parties	National Liberal Federation Liberal Party Organisation Scottish Liberal Party Welsh Liberal Party
Conference	Liberal Assembly
SAOs	National League of Young Liberals Union of Liberal Students Women's Liberal Federation

Related organisations
Brooks's National Liberal Club Reform Club Social Democratic Party (1981-1988) SDP–Liberal Alliance (1981–1988) Ulster Liberal Party (1956–1987) Liberal Democrats (1988-present)

History and related topics

Breakaway parties
Liberal Unionist Party (Spencer Cavendish) National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) (David Lloyd George) National Liberal Party (UK, 1931) ("Simonites") Liberal Party (UK, 1989) (Michael Meadowcroft)