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other Yorkshire M. Po. Cre$ka, J. C. Dundaa and two of the
Fitzwillinu brothers. The remainingfour rebels were
the third Fitzwilliad who eat for Poterborough$ a., Courtauld
M. P. for 1 aldon in Essex, W. 2iicholson f. P* for Pet©rafield
in Dnepohire and Laign 14, P. for Orkney and Shetland Laign
had spout many years in India and had been conditioned to
reject the possibility, of self-government for semi-eiVilizod
pooplea ouch an the Dgyptiana" U. was conscious of the
importance of the Empire #-
he considered that the Uberal,
policy in the Sudan "was writing the first chapters of the
Decline and Fall of the British Empire. "
Some of the innperialiot Liberals, M Goschon, Bclborno,
Iiartington und Northbrook followed Chamberlain out of the
Liberal Party in 1886 over the Irish Homo Rule question.
Forater died in the name year and Cowen loft active politics,
But other Imperialist remained, . notably the Earl of FRooebory
whose; attachment to the Empire had been confirmed by his visit
to Australia in 188 and who openly extolled the virtues of
A democratic
, Liberal Imperialism in 1883., (2)
(I)
lie was later as
Foreign Secretary to accept tropical Africa into the achomo of
Liberal' Imperialism as well.
(1) Mannt
ßrä, 3rd oerie8, Vol CCLXXXVI
I I, col. 93.
(2) R. R. Jarom, Ro eberys London 1963, p"156.