He had no personal interest in the question.

It was through Lord Carnarvon that he came in contact with South Africa at all, and there were few statesmen with whom he more thoroughly agreed.

When Disraeli came for the second time into office, and for the first time into power, Froude was well pleased.
In 1875, after his legal disqualification had been removed, he was again invited to become a candidate for Parliament.

But he did not really know to which party he belonged.
"Four weeks ago," he wrote to Lady Derby on the 3rd of April, "the Liberal Whip (Mr.Adam) asked me to stand for the Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities on very easy terms to myself.

I declined, because I should have had to commit myself to the Liberal party, which I did not choose to do.