Overview of conservatism in the United Kingdom
British conservatism refers to a political and philosophical tradition in the United Kingdom that emphasizes the preservation of established institutions,[ 1] the rule of law , gradual societal change, traditionalism [ 2] British Unionism ,[ 3] loyalism , euroscepticism ,[ 4] a free market economy,[ 5] individualism [ 6] and a strong belief in personal responsibility .
Along with liberalism and socialism , it is one of the major political ideologies in the UK.
Entries on the list must have achieved notability after the writing of Reflections on the Revolution in France which is often seen as the starting point of conservatism.[ 7]
People
Intellectuals, philosophers and historians
Politicians and office holders
Media personalities, journalists, broadcasters, publishers, editors, radio hosts, columnists and bloggers
Name
Lifetime
Notability
Ref.
Peregrine Worsthorne
1923-2020
British journalist, writer, and broadcaster
[ 32]
Auberon Waugh
1939-2001
British journalist and novelist
[ 33]
Andrew Neil
1949 -
Scottish journalist, chairman and broadcaster
[ 34]
Peter Hitchens
1951 -
Conservative author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator
Charles Moore
1956 -
British journalist and editor
Allison Pearson
1960 -
British columnist and author
Tony Gallagher
1963 -
British newspaper journalist and editor
[ 35]
Piers Morgan
1965 -
Broadcaster, journalist, writer, and television personality
[ 36]
Tim Davie
1967 -
British media executive
[ 37]
Julia Hartley-Brewer
1968 -
British radio presenter, political journalist and newspaper columnist
[ 38] [ 39]
Fraser Nelson
1973 -
Political journalist and editor
[ 40]
Isabel Oakeshott
1974 or 1975 -
British political journalist
[ 41]
Camilla Tominey
1978 -
Journalist, broadcaster and news presenter
[ 42] [ 43]
Douglas Murray
1979 -
Author, columnist, editor and political commentator
Composers, musicians and record producers
Filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers
Novelists, poets and short story writers
Name
Lifetime
Notability
Ref.
Lewis Carroll
1832–1898
Author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
[ 69]
Alfred Austin
1835–1913
Author of A Poem – To England
[ 70]
Mary Augusta Ward
1851-1920
Author of Robert Elsmere , Marcella , and The Marriage of William Ashe
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850-1894
Author of Treasure Island , A Child's Garden of Verses , Kidnapped and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
[ 71]
George Gissing
1857–1903
Author of The Nether World , New Grub Street and The Odd Women
[ 72]
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859-1930
Creator of Canon of Sherlock Holmes and The Lost World
[ 73]
W. W. Jacobs
1863–1943
Author of The Lady of the Barge including The Monkey's Paw
[ 74]
Rudyard Kipling
1865–1936
Nobel Laureate author of the The Jungle Book duology, Kim and Just So Stories
[ 75]
Saki
1870-1916
Author of The Westminster Alice and When William Came
[ 76] [ 77]
G. K. Chesterton
1874–1934
Author of The Napoleon of Notting Hill , The Everlasting Man and the Father Brown stories
[ 78] [ 79]
John Hay Beith
1876–1952
Author of Pip , A Safety Match and The Midshipmaid under the pen name Ian Hay
[ 80]
T. E. Hulme
1883–1917
Author of "Autumn" and "A City Sunset", both published in 1909 in a Poets' Club anthology, have the distinction of being the first Imagist poems.
T. S. Eliot
1888-1965
Author of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock , The Waste Land , The Hollow Men and Four Quartets
Agatha Christie
1890-1976
Author of Murder on the Orient Express , A Murder Is Announced , and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
[ 81]
J. R. R. Tolkien
1892–1973
Author of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit
[ 82]
C. S. Lewis
1898–1963
Author of The Chronicles of Narnia , The Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity
Elizabeth Bowen
1899–1973
Author of The Last September , The House in Paris , The Death of the Heart , The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout
[ 83] [ 84]
Barbara Cartland
1901-2000
Author of A Ghost in Monte Carlo
[ 85]
Evelyn Waugh
1903–1966
Author of the Decline and Fall , A Handful of Dust , Brideshead Revisited , and the Sword of Honour trilogy
[ 86]
Anthony Powell
1905-2000
Author of the 12-volume roman-fleuve A Dance to the Music of Time
[ 87]
Lawrence Durrell
1912–1990
Author of The Alexandria Quartet
[ 88]
Anthony Burgess
1917–1993
Author of The Malayan Trilogy and A Clockwork Orange
[ 89]
P. D. James
1920–2014
Author of the Adam Dalgliesh mysteries, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Children of Men
[ 90]
John Braine
1922–1986
Author of Room at the Top
[ 91]
Kingsley Amis
1922-1995
Author of Lucky Jim , Jake's Thing and The Old Devils
[ 92] [ 93]
Philip Larkin
1922–1985
Author of The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows
[ 94] [ 95]
J. G. Ballard
1930–2009
Author of The Atrocity Exhibition , Crash and High-Rise
[ 96] [ 97] [ 98]
Jilly Cooper
1937 -
Author of the Rutshire Chronicles including Riders , Rivals and The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
[ 99]
Frederick Forsyth
1938 -
Author of The Day of the Jackal , The Dogs of War and The Fist of God
[ 100]
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