3/3 - Grafton, his successor, had been de facto leader for the previous year and with so many of his cabinet, including the Marquess of Bath, Lord North, Lord Camden and Lord Hawke having served under Pitt Grafton offered a continuation of the previous administration.

2/3 - Left without a leader, ministers carried on as best they could often without consulting the prime minister. Pitt eventually gave up his untenable position, complaining about the way he had been treated.

3/3 - In later years Acland served as President of the National Liberal Federation and acted as a behind the scenes mediator during the formation of the 1905 government and was instrumental in persuading Edward Grey to join the cabinet as Foreign Secretary.

2/3 - As Vice-President Acland made education compulsory to the age of 11, laid the foundations of adult education and improved the standard of school buildings. His work in government took its toll both mentally and physically and Acland resigned from parliament in 1899.

2/2 - Gladstone appointed him Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. Broadhurst also served twice as Secretary of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC. Broadhurst was a keen golfer and was instrumental in the founding of the Royal Cromer Golf Club in 1888.

4/4 - The one plus was David Penhaligon's capture of Truro from the Conservatives.

3/4 - The result was a disappointment; although the party fielded more candidates, the vote was down by 1%. Two seats won in February - Bodmin and Hazel Grove were lost, and Christopher Mayhew, who had joined the Liberals from Labour over the summer, failed to take Bath.

2/4 - Party leader Jeremy Thorpe, with his typical flair, had toured the West of England in a hovercraft, campaigning in a series of Liberal target constituencies and gaining a lot of publicity, although things didn't always go according to plan.

4/4 - From 1947 to 1952, Simon served as Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors.

3/4 - which resulted in the famous Yellow Book of 1928. Briefly Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Health in the National Government, his career ended with the loss of his seat in 1931. Disillusioned with the Liberals, Simon joined the Labour Party in 1946 and went to the House of Lords.

2/4 - where he initiated a major slum clearance programme and new housing projects. In the 1920s and 30s Simon was active in developing Liberal political thought. As director of the Liberal Summer School, he brought his industrial experience to bear as Vice Chairman of the Liberal Industrial Inquiry

3/3 - The party did make a breakthrough in Devon North where Jeremy Thorpe gained the seat with a majority of 362.

2/3 - The party increased its share of the vote by 3.2% and polled over 1.6 million votes. The number of Liberal MPs remained at 6. The party lost its 1958 by-election gain at Torrington and failed to recapture Carmarthen which had been lost in a by-election in 1957.

3/3 - ...in the party; while scarcely from any quarter do I receive explicit support...'. Rosebery also wrote to two of his closest colleagues, H.H. Asquith and Earl Spencer and to Gladstone, to inform them of his decision. The rest of the Party found out the next morning, via the newspapers.