Adrian Slade

Adrian Slade CBE
Adrian Slade addressing the Liberal Party Assembly in 1987

President of the Liberal Party
In office 1987 – 2 March 1988
Preceded by	Des Wilson
Succeeded by	Ian Wrigglesworth President of the Liberal Democrats
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-25) 25 May 1936
Nationality	British
Political party	Liberal Party Liberal Democrats
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge

Adrian Carnegie Slade CBE (born 25 May 1936), is a British Liberal Democrat politician and advertising agency founder.

He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he became President of the Footlights, and famously recruited Peter Cook to the society.

He was a Liberal Party parliamentary candidate in the 1960s and 1970s,^[1] contesting Putney in 1966,^[2] February 1974^[3] and October 1974.^[4] He stood as an SDP–Liberal Alliance candidate in Wimbledon in 1987.^[5] He scored an upset win in the 1981 elections to the Greater London Council (GLC), winning the Richmond seat from the Conservatives by just 115 votes.^[6] He became Leader of the SDP–Liberal Alliance group on the GLC, and remained so until the GLC's dissolution in 1986.

He served as the last ever President of the Liberal Party, from 1987 to 1988, conducting its merger negotiations with the SDP. He was vice-president of the Liberal Democrats 1988–89.

He is also known within Liberal Party circles as a pianist and singer, talents which he shared with his brother Julian Slade. There is a third brother, Sir Christopher Slade (Lord Justice of Appeal, 1982–91) and a sister.

He has two children, Nicola and Rupert, with his wife Sue.

References

↑ "Adrian Slade". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 9 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results March 1966". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resource. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results February 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resource. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results October 1974". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resource. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ "UK General Election results June 1987". Richard Kimber's Political Science Resource. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
↑ http://www.election.demon.co.uk/glc/glcrm.html

Party political offices
Preceded by Des Wilson	President of the Liberal Party 1987–1988	Succeeded by Ian Wrigglesworth President of the Liberal Democrats

Footlights presidents

1886–99	1886: F. W. Mortimer 1887: J. J. Withers 1890: O. Browning 1891: C. M. Rae 1892: O. Browning 1894–95: O. Browning 1896–97: H. C. Pollitt 1898: M. V. Leveaux 1899: S. W. Burgess

1900–49	1900: O. J. Goedecker 1901: R. J. White 1902: E. K. Fordham 1904–05: G. S. Heathcote 1906–07: H. Rottenburg 1908: J. S. Murray 1909: L. B. Tillard 1910–11: A. R. Inglis 1912: P. D. Ravenscroft 1913: C. A. A. Douglas Hamilton 1914: M. Cutherston 1919–20: B. D. Nicholson 1921: M. D. Lyon 1923: F. E. Powell 1924: J. A. C. Barradale 1925: H. J. Warrender 1926: J. D. Houison Craufurd 1927: H. C. Martineau 1928: H. E. R. Mitchell 1929: J. Fell Clark 1930: J. C. Byrom 1931: R. S. Hill 1932: P. E. Lyon 1933: J. A. Coates 1934: M. Killanin 1935: H. Lee 1936: P. Crane 1937: A. E. P. Robison 1938: P. B. Meyer 1939: R. C. G. St L. Ricketts 1947–48: D. C. Orders 1949: S. W. Phipps

1950–99	1950: A. Vale 1951: I. Kellie 1952: A. Davidson 1953: P. Firth 1954: L. Bricusse 1955: B. Marber 1956: T. Berington 1957: A. Mitchell 1958: P. Stroud 1959: A. C. Slade 1960: P. E. Cook 1961: P. Bellwood 1962: R. Atkins 1963: T. J. Brooke-Taylor 1964: D. G. Garden 1965: E. Idle 1966: A. Mayer 1967: C. James 1968: J. James-Moore 1969: B. Brown 1970: A. Edwards 1971: R. MacKenna 1972: S. Thorn 1973: R. Benton 1974: J. Canter 1975: C. S. Anderson 1976: C. Keightley 1977: J. T. Mulville 1978: M. Bergman 1979: R. G. Bathurst 1980: J. Ravens 1981: J. H. C. Laurie 1982: A. D. J. Slattery 1983: N. Mullarkey 1984: N. Hancock 1985: K. Crew 1986: N. Golson 1987: T. Scott 1988: P. Bradshaw 1989: R. Kenyon 1990: H. Naylor 1991: S. E. Perkins 1992: D. Gaster 1993: M. Evans 1994: R. Thorogood 1995: C. Hartill 1996: D. J. S. Mitchell 1997: S. Moule 1998: R. E. Ayoade 1999: K. Baker

2000–present	2000: M. Green 2001: J. Morris 2002: E. C. E. Weeks 2003: S. Golaszewski 2004: E. Riches 2005: R. Shirley 2006: S. A. Bird 2007: W. T. F. Sharpe 2008: S. Sword 2009: A. Roberts 2010: A. Tedder 2011: M. Fiddaman 2012: P. Wang 2013: H. Michell 2014: B. Pope 2015: T. Fraser 2016: O. Taylor 2017: D. Mapletoft

Liberal Party

Leadership

Leaders

Leaders in the House of Commons (1859–1916)	Palmerston (1859–65) Gladstone (1865–75) Hartington (1875–80) Gladstone (1880–94) Rosebery (1894–96) Harcourt (1896–98) Campbell-Bannerman (1899–1908) Asquith (1908–16)

Leaders in the House of Lords (1859–1916)	Granville (1859–65) Russell (1865–68) Granville (1868–91) Kimberley (1891–94) Rosebery (1894–96) Kimberley (1896–1902) Spencer (1902–05) Ripon (1905–08) Crewe (1908–23)

Overall Leaders (1916–88)	Asquith (1916–26) Maclean (interim) (1918–20) Lloyd George (1926–31) Samuel (1931–35) Sinclair (1935–45) Davies (1945–56) Grimond (1956–67) Thorpe (1967–76) Grimond (1976) Steel (1976–88)

Deputy Leaders

Samuel (1929–31)
Sinclair (1931–35)
Harris (1940–45)
vacant (1945–49)
Lloyd George (1949–51)
vacant (1951–62)
Wade (1962–64)
vacant (1964–76)
Pardoe (1976-79)
vacant (1979-85)
Beith (1985–88)

Leaders in the Lords (1916–88)

Crewe (1908–23)
Fallodon (1923–24)
Beauchamp (1924–31)
Reading (1931–36)
Crewe (1936–44)
Samuel (1944–55)
Rea (1955–67)
Byers (1967–84)
Seear (1984–88)

Presidents

Chamberlain (1877–80)
Collings (1880–81)
Fell Pease (1881–82)
Kitson (1883–90)
Foster (1886–90)
Spence Watson (1890–1902)
Birrell (1902–06)
Dyke Acland (1906–07)
Angus (1908–11)
J Brunner (1911–18)
Lunn (1918–20)
Robertson (1920–23)
Maclean (1923–26)
Spender (1926–27)
Hobhouse (1927–30)
Brampton (1930–33)
Meston (1936–43)
Bonham Carter (1945–47)
Foot (1947–48)
Dodds (1948–49)
McFadyean (1949–50)
Fothergill (1950–52)
Walker (1952–53)
L Robson (1953–54)
White (1954–55)
Rea (1955–56)
Behrens (1956–57)
Micklem (1957–58)
Comyns Carr (1958–59)
Glanville (1959–60)
Murray (1960–61)
Malindine (1961–62)
F Brunner (1962–63)
Rees-Williams (1963–64)
Fulford (1964–65)
Seear (1965–66)
Henley and Northington (1966–67)
Wade (1967–68)
Beaumont (1968–69)
S Robson (1969–70)
Terrell (1971–72)
Jones (1972–73)
Lloyd (1973–74)
Holt (1974–75)
Wingfield (1975–76)
Goldstone (1976–77)
Evans (1977–78)
Steed (1978–79)
Holme (1979–80)
Bingham (1980–82)
Griffiths (1982–83)
Tordoff (1983–84)
Watson (1984–85)
Penhaligon (1985–86)
Wilson (1986–87)
Slade (1987–88)

Leadership elections

1967 (Thorpe) 1976 (Steel)

Governments

Single party Liberal governments	First Gladstone ministry (1868–74) Second Gladstone ministry (1880–85) Third Gladstone ministry (1886) Fourth Gladstone ministry (1892–94) Rosebery ministry (1894–95) Campbell-Bannerman ministry (1905–08) First Asquith ministry (1908–15)

Liberal-led coalitions	Second Asquith ministry (1915–16) Lloyd George ministry (1916–22)

Coalitions with Liberal ministers	First National ministry (1931) Churchill war ministry (1940–45)

Structure

Parliamentarians	Members of Parliament Members of the House of Lords Chief Whip

Frontbench	Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1945–56 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1956–67 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1967–76 Liberal Party Frontbench Team, 1976–88

State parties	National Liberal Federation Liberal Party Organisation Scottish Liberal Party

SAOs	National League of Young Liberals Union of Liberal Students Women's Liberal Federation

Splinter groups

Liberal Unionist Party National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)

Related organisations

Brooks's (1764–present) Cambridge University Liberal Club (Presidents/Chairs) (1886–present) National Liberal Club (1882–present) Oxford University Liberal Club (Presidents) (1913–present) Reform Club (1836–present) Social Democratic Party (1981–88) SDP–Liberal Alliance (1981–88) Ulster Liberal Party (1956–1987)

History and related topics

Coalition Coupon General election manifestos Glee Club The Land Lib–Lab pact Liberator One more heave Peelites Whig Party

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