Rebel on the right: Henry Page Croft and the crisis of British Conservatism, 1903-1914

Abstract

The extent to which the Edwardian Conservative party suffered from a crisis of leadership, ideas, and confidence and how a potentially lethal challenge came not from the Liberals or Labour but from its own radicalized right wing are examined in Rebel on the Right. This book provides an in-depth study of the early political activities of Henry Page Croft (1881-1947). Croft's and the party's youthful and radicalized right wing attempted to transform the dysfunctional political party into a modern, aggressive political force with a new ideological orthodoxy.