# National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations

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