- The
Primrose League was an
organisation for
spreading Conservative principles in
Great Britain. It was
founded in 1883. At a late
point in its existence...
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primrose, is a
species of
flowering plant in the
family Primulaceae,
native to Eurasia. The
common name is
primrose, or
occasionally common primrose or...
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Primrose may
refer to:
Primula vulgaris,
commonly known as the
primrose (also
called the
common primrose or
English primrose) many
other species of the...
- 1883:
Conservative Primrose League formed. 1884:
Third Reform Act – Male
electorate doubled to 5 million. 1889: Women's
Franchise League established. 1894:...
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Primrose Day
marked the
anniversary of the
death of the
British statesman and
prime minister Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, on 19
April 1881...
- (1849–1918) was a
British Conservative who was one of the
Primrose League's leading advocates. The
league would influence elections and with her as treasurer...
- for her
subsequent lifetime of back problems. She also
joined the
Primrose League and
attended local Conservative Party meetings.
Aside from the local...
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considerable disorder after 1880, and was an
active promoter of the
Primrose League,
which owed its
origin to the
inspiration of one of his own “fourth...
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English civilisation, our
taste and our morals". He was
Chairman of the
Primrose League General Purposes Committee from 1971 to 1985. In
foreign affairs, Stokes...
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nineteenth century with the
phenomenal success of the Conservative-aligned
Primrose League. At
first it
proved highly successful, with Whitaker's
Almanack reporting...
