limited self-government by the people of a dependent political unit: compare self-government
Home Rule was the name given in the late 19th cent. to Gladstone's proposals to grant Ireland its own parliament within the United Kingdom. Twice defeated at Westminster, Home Rule was brought forward a third time in 1912–14 but thwarted by the outbreak of the First World War. Today similar measures for Scotland and Wales are known as devolution — Professor Peter Clarke