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Andrew Bonar Law ( / ˈbɒnər ˈlɔː / BONN-ər; [1] 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a Canadian province).
Learn about the life and career of Andrew Bonar Law, the Canadian-born leader of the Conservative party who served as prime minister for 209 days in 1922. Find out how he worked with Lloyd George in the coalition government, ended the coalition, and died of cancer.
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- Pre-War Political Career↑
- Wartime Opposition and The Asquith Coalition, 1914-1916↑
- The Lloyd George Coalition and Afterwards, 1916-1923↑
Andrew Bonar Law (1858-1923) came from an unusual background for a Conservative Party leader in this era. His father was a Presbyterian minister who had emigrated to Canada, but his mother died when he was two years old, and at the age of twelve he went to Scotland to live with his mother’s family, who were wealthy bankers in Glasgow. Bonar Law att...
Bonar Law became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He was an effective debater through his command of facts and figures, and was a strong supporter of tariff reform. He became more prominent after the Conservative defeat in 1906, but was a surprise choice as party leader in the House of Commons in 1911. Between then and the outbreak of t...
In July 1914, before the German ultimatum to Belgium, Bonar Law privately informed Herbert Henry Asquith (1852-1928), the Prime Minister, of the Conservative Party’s support for entry into the war. The next eight months were a difficult time for the Conservative Party, as they had little confidence in the Liberal government but were unable on patri...
For the remainder of the war, Bonar Law worked in a close and harmonious partnership with Lloyd George. His support was the political rock upon which Lloyd George’s position depended, and one of his key roles was the management of the House of Commons. Bonar Law also held the important office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, and launched a series of...
Learn about the life and career of Andrew Bonar Law, the shortest serving UK Prime Minister of the 20th Century. He was a key player in British politics, a supporter of tariff reform and Ulster, and a coalition partner of Lloyd George.
Bonar Law (born September 16, 1858, Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada—died October 30, 1923, London, England) was the prime minister of Great Britain from October 23, 1922, to May 20, 1923, the first holder of that office to come from a British overseas possession.
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British statesman and Conservative prime minister (1922–23). Born in Canada and brought up in Scotland, Bonar Law entered parliament as a Conservative member in 1900 and became party leader in 1911. He supported Ulster opposition to home rule (his father had been of Ulster descent), and in Asquith's wartime coalition government served as ...
Abstract. The article attempts to show that Bonar Law had an effective and coherent strategy towards home rule. Previous interpretations have stressed his weakness and inexperience, either his ‘pandering’ to the extremists in the Tory party or his readiness to seek a compromise, when civil war began to loom large, in the autumn of 1913.
