Compatriots Club

The Compatriots Club was an unofficial grouping of British Conservative [Party (UK)|Conservatives] between 1904 and 1914. According to E. H. H. Green, the club "was made up of a membership of Conservative MPs, academics, journalists, and writers, functioned as a form of 'think tank' to generate Conservative ideas on the economy, imperial relations, defence, and other issues." Members included William [Cunningham (economist)|William Cunningham], William Hewins, William Ashley, Alfred Milner, 1st [Viscount Milner|Lord Milner], Leo Amery, John Waller Hills, and Arthur Steel-Maitland. The theme of the club was a hostility to laissez-faire and individualism with an affinity to collectivism.

Publications

''Compatriots' Club Lectures: First Series''