National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations facts for kids

The National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations (NUCCA) was an organization set up by Benjamin Disraeli. It is considered to be a precursor to the modern Conservative Party conference. Unless otherwise stated, details of chairmen and Presidents of the NUCCA are taken from British Historical Facts 1830-1900 by Chris Cook and Brendan Keith or from British Political Facts 1900-1994 by David Butler and Gareth Butler, as appropriate.

Presidents of National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations

• 1868: The Earl of Dartmouth (also served in 1884)
• 1869: The Lord Skelmersdale (also served in 1891 when he had been created the Earl of Lathom)
• 1870 - 1871: The Earl of Feversham
• 1872: The Duke of Abercorn
• 1873: The Lord Wharncliffe
• 1874: The Lord Hampton
• 1875: The Lord Colchester
• 1876: The Marquess of Abergavenny
• 1877: The Lord Winmarleigh
• 1878: The Earl Cadogan
• 1879: The Earl Manvers
• 1880: The Marquess of Hertford
• 1881: The Marquess of Salisbury
• 1882: The Duke of Northumberland
• 1883: The Duke of Beaufort
• 1884: The Earl of Dartmouth (also served in 1868)
• 1885: The Duke of Norfolk
• 1886: The Baron Tredegar
• 1887: The Earl of Londesborough
• 1888: The Earl of Jersey
• 1889: The Earl of Dartmouth
• 1890: The Duke of Portland
• 1891: The Earl of Lathom (had also served in 1869 when he was known as the Lord Skelmersdale)
• 1892: The Lord Windsor (also served as chairman in 1900 and as president in 1908, when he was known as the Earl of Plymouth)
• 1893: The Earl of Scarbrough
• 1894: The Earl of Dunraven
• 1895: The Marquess of Londonderry
• 1896: The Duke of Norfolk (also served in 1904)
• 1897: The Earl of Derby (also served in 1903)
• 1898: The Earl Cadogan
• 1899: The Duke of Beaufort
• 1900: The Marquess of Zetland
• 1901: The Lord Llangattock
• 1902: The Earl of Dartmouth
• 1903: The Earl of Derby (had also served in 1897)
• 1904: The Duke of Norfolk (had also served in 1896)
• 1905: The Lord Montagu
• 1906 - 1907: The Duke of Northumberland
• 1908: The Earl of Plymouth (had also served as president in 1892 and as chairman in 1900, when he was known as the Lord Windsor)
• 1909: The Earl Cawdor
• 1910: The Earl of Derby
• 1911: The Duke of Portland

Chairmen of National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations

• 1867: John Eldon Gorst MP
• 1868: Viscount Holmesdale MP (later became Earl Amherst)
• 1869 - 1874: Henry Cecil Raikes MP
• 1875: Viscount Mahon MP (later became Earl Stanhope)
• 1876 -1878: Lord Claud Hamilton MP
• 1879 - 1883: Earl Percy MP
• 1884: Lord Randolph Churchill MP and Sir Michael Hicks Beach MP
• 1885: Lord Claud Hamilton MP
• 1886 - 1888: Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett MP
• 1889: Sir Albert Kaye Rollit MP
• 1890: Frederick Dixon-Hartland MP
• 1891: Henry Byron Reed MP
• 1892: Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley MP
• 1893: Sir Henry Stafford Northcote MP (later became the Lord Northcote)
• 1894: James Rankin MP
• 1895: Sir Charles Edward Howard Vincent MP
• 1896: Marquess of Granby (also served in 1907 when he had become Duke of Rutland)
• 1897: Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry MP (later became the Lord Barrymore)
• 1898: Sir John Benjamin Stone MP
• 1899: Gerald Walter Erskine Loder MP
• 1900: The Lord Windsor (later became Earl of Plymouth)
• 1901: Sir Alfred Hickman MP
• 1902: Sir Charles Daniel Cave
• 1903: Francis William Lowe MP
• 1904: Henry Ferryman Bowles MP
• 1905: Sir Walter Richard Plummer MP
• 1906: Henry Imbert-Terry
• 1907: The Duke of Rutland (had also served in 1896 when he was known as Marquess of Granby)
• 1908: Sir Robert Hodge
• 1909: Sir Thomas Wrightson
• 1910: Henry Chaplin MP (later became Viscount Chaplin)
• 1911: The Lord Kenyon