The Hughligans were a group of backbench Conservative MPs who were dissatisfied with the leadership of Arthur Balfour.
Smith, Earl Percy, Arthur Stanley, Ian Malcolm and Lord George Hamilton.
In Randolph Churchill's biography of his father Winston, he commented: "Later they were on occasion to be outrageous in their Parliamentary manners and the critics dubbed them the Hughligans, or Hooligans.
The Hughligans are best known for an incident in July 1911, during the conflict over reform of the House of Lords, when Cecil and Smith led an organised disruption of the House of Commons, preventing Asquith from speaking for half an hour while he stood in silence at the dispatch box.
The incident deeply embarrassed Balfour, and hastened his retirement as party leader, which was Cecil's intention.