David Yates was born in Birmingham and educated at Nottingham University, where he acquired a law degree. Following his qualification as a solicitor, he founded his own firm in Nottingham. He retired from legal practise in 2010 to pursue research. He then completed a master’s degree in history, followed by a PhD at Leicester University, where he completed his thesis on Sir Edward Grey’s Critics. David is now a University Research Fellow, pursuing research into various aspects of Edwardian Liberalism.
Sir Edward Grey’s Liberal Critics: 1905–1914
Sir Edward Grey was the Liberal Foreign Secretary [1905-16], the longest continuous post holder in British history and arguably, through his foreign policy, was instrumental in Britain’s entry into the First World War. The decision for war, whilst exercised by a nominal Liberal Cabinet, was consid...
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