Kilmainham ‘Treaty’, 129

crusade against the Conservative party, 130–131

Secretary of State for India, 131

supports extension of the franchise to Ireland, 132–133

meets with Parnell, 135

resists the adoption of Home Rule, 137

visits Ireland, 139

wants the Tories ‘to keep in a short time’, 140

‘Hawarden kite’, 140

Christmas at Howth, 141

opposed to coercion, 150–152

abandons his anti-coercion stance, 153–154

plays the ‘Orange card’, 155–157

First Home Rule Bill, 158–160

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 161

Dartford speech, 162–163

resignation, 164–167

riots in New York, 168

debate on Ireland at the Oxford Union, 169–170

speech on Pigott, 171

second Home Rule Bill, 172

death, 172

mentioned, 182, 193, 195, 263, 307, 309

Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, i–ix, 3–6, 31

Early life, 181–184

elected for Oldham, 184

opposition to Home Rule, 182–184

joins Liberal party, 184

criticism of his attitude towards Home Rule, 185

suggests devolution, 186

appointed under-secretary to the Colonial Office, 186

President of the Board of Trade, 187

supports a very limited form of Irish self government, 190

adopts the mantle of ‘Home Ruler’, 191

his first major Home Rule speech, 192

Third Home Rule Bill, 193–200

Involvement In The Curragh Incident, 200–215

bête noir of the Conservatives, 227

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 228

battalion commander in the First World War, 228

Minister of Munitions, 229

supports conscription for Ireland, 229–230

Secretary of State for War and Air, 232

supports 1920 Home Rule Bill, 232

calls for tough action against Sinn Féin, 233

incorrectly credited with suggesting the infamous Black and Tans, 233–234

vows to break up the ‘murder gang’, 234

The Government of Ireland Act proclaimed, 235

moving towards a position of solving the conflict by negotiation, 236

Secretary of State for the Colonies, 236

the Anglo-Irish war ends, 237

member of the British delegation for the peace negotiations, 238–241

President of the Naval and Air Committee, 238