Editing G. K. Chesterton (section)

=== Scottish and Irish nationalism ===

Despite his opposition to Nazism, Chesterton was not an opponent of nationalism in general and gave a degree of support to [[Scottish nationalism|Scottish]] and [[Irish nationalism]]. He endorsed [[Cunninghame Graham]] and [[Compton Mackenzie]] for the post of [[Lord Rector of Glasgow University]] in 1928 and 1931 respectively and praised Scottish Catholics as "patriots" in contrast to Anglophile Protestants such as [[John Knox]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brand |first=Jack |title=The National movement in Scotland |date=1978 |publisher=Routledge and K. Paul |isbn=978-0-7100-8866-6 |location=London Henley Boston}}</ref> Chesterton was also a supporter of the [[Irish Home Rule movement]] and maintained friendships with members of the [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]. This was in part due to his belief that [[Irish Catholics]] had a naturally distributist outlook on property ownership.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Davenport |first=John |date=2014 |title=G. K. Chesterton: Nationalist Ireland's English Apologist |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24347821 |journal=Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review |volume=103 |issue=410 |pages=178–192 |jstor=24347821 |issn=0039-3495}}</ref>