Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen, 3, 218

Bolton, 30, 33

Bonar Law, Andrew, 197, 211–212, 214, 228–229, 251–252, 270, 272, 275–277, 289, 291, 294

Borough Franchise, 29

Boundary Commission, 241

Boycotting, 56, 139

Bradford, 199–200, 251

Bradlaugh, Charles, 119

Brett, Reginald, 162, 176

Bright, John, 27, 32, 38, 40, 42, 46, 49, 87, 97–99, 103, 114

Bristol, 66, 79

Bromsgrove, 274, 281

Buckingham Palace Conference (1914), 277

Buller, Sir Redvers Henry, 161

Bunce, J.T., 55, 93–94, 97

Burke, T.H., 61

Burma, 173

Butt, Isaac, 21, 22, 25–29, 31, 32

Byrne, Frank, 54

Cabinet committee on Home Rule, 191

Caine, W.S., 159

Cambridge University, 263

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, 186

Carlton Club, 132, 151

Carnarvon, Lord (see Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux 4th Earl of Carnarvon) Carrickfergus, 155, 201, 206, 209, 213

Carson, Edward Henry, 182, 193–197, 199, 207, 229, 232, 273, 277, 284, 288, 293

Cassell, Lady Helen, 275

Castlereagh, Viscount, 14, 15

Castletown, Lord, 121

Cavendish, Lord Frederick, 61

Cavendish, Spencer Compton (8th Duke of Devonshire), 19, 26, 30–31, 38, 40, 44, 61, 64, 69–70, 83–84, 86–87, 96, 99–104, 130, 140, 159, 162, 167, 284

Cecil, Lord Robert, 229

Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, (3rd Marquess of Salisbury), 85, 93, 100, 102, 107, 117, 130, 133, 135–140, 150–153, 156–158, 161–164, 171

Celtic Park football ground, 194

Central Board, 63, 66, 68, 90, 93, 105, 134, 138, 145, 270, 307

Chamberlain, Arthur, 98, 264

Chamberlain, Beatrice, 261, 263, 264

‘Churchill Committee’, 242, 249

Chamberlain, Harriet (nee Kendrick), 17, 261

Chamberlain, Hilda, 261

Chamberlain, Ivy, 270, 283

Chamberlain, Joseph, 2–3, 13–14

Early life, 15–21

first marriage, 17

becomes involved in the Birmingham Education League, 18

becomes Mayor of Birmingham, 19–20

elected member for Birmingham, 21

in favour of Home Rule along the lines proposed by Isaac Butt, 21

early parliamentary experiences, 25–28

meets with Parnell, 28

his early policy for Ireland, 32