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This chapter describes the early history of the English noun “liberal,” which entered the English language from Spain in the 1810s. The Spanish liberales supported the Constitution of 1812, which was republican in spirit. So the word “liberals” came to refer in England to those who supported constitutionalist and republican movements abroad. The word “liberals” then came to refer to a pro-reform clique in the Tory ministry of Lord Liverpool; and then to political reformers in Parliament more generally; and then to a parliamentary coalition of Whigs, Radicals, Repealers, and Reformers.

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  • Peter de Marneffe

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This chapter describes the early history of the English noun “liberal,” which entered the English language from Spain in the 1810s. The Spanish liberales supported the Constitution of 1812, which was republican in spirit. So the word “liberals” came to refer in England to those who supported constitutionalist and republican movements abroad. The word “liberals” then came to refer to a pro-reform clique in the Tory ministry of Lord Liverpool; and then to political reformers in Parliament more generally; and then to a parliamentary coalition of Whigs, Radicals, Repealers, and Reformers.