Sir Archibald Tutton James Salvidge (5 August 1863 – 11 December 1928) was an
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politician, most notable for securing the political dominance of the
Conservative Party
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in
Liverpool
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through the use of the Working Men's Conservative Association (WMCA), earning him the nickname "the king of Liverpool" (by
Warden Chilcott
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, MP for
Liverpool Walton
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).
[Philip Waller, β]
Salvidge, Sir Archibald Tutton James (1863β1928)
, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, Jan 2008, accessed 16 May 2010. Salvidge was not a member of the
Orange Order but he claimed on the
Glorious Twelfth of July 1891 that his principles and the Orangemen's were one and the same due to the WMCA's requiring members "to be a sound Protestant". Due to the high
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immigration into Liverpool and the widespread
sectarianism
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in the city, Salvidge managed to galvanise Liverpool's Protestant population behind the Conservative Party in their opposition to
Irish Home Rule
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.
Notes
Further reading
*Stanley Salvidge, ''Salvidge of Liverpool: Behind the Political Scene, 1890β1928'' (Hodder & Stoughton, 1934).
*P. J. Waller, ''Democracy and Sectarianism: A Political and Social History of Liverpool, 1868β1939'' (Liverpool University Press, 1981).
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1863 births
1928 deaths
Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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