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Law’s ‘Tranquility Manifesto’ was an attempt to allow Britain to recover from war damage. Though elected, he lasted just 209 days in office. He resigned in May 1923 due to ill...
Mar 31, 2023 · Andrew Bonar Law was famously known as the Unknown Prime Minister. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20 th century with only 209 days in office from 23 October 1922 to 19 May 1923. He had to resign after 6 months in office due to serious health issues and died soon after.
Many leading Conservatives opposed the action, and Bonar Law became prime minister in what Churchill described as a ‘second eleven’ Conservative government. In 1923 he resigned, again because of illness, and died shortly afterwards.
May 17, 2018 · Before long the ubiquitous Aitken ( Beaverbrook) had involved him in collaboration with Lloyd George, and in December 1916 they presented Asquith with proposals for the reorganization of the machinery of war. When this led to Asquith's resignation, Law had an opportunity to seize the premiership.
Sep 16, 1999 · Bonar Law was, it is true, Prime Minister for only nine months: he was struck down by cancer before he could get into his stride. He was 65 at the time – not very old for a senior politician – and had a solid majority in the Commons.
Bonar Law's resignation from the government, but not from the Commons, on 17 March 1921, due to dangerously high blood pressure, was an acute blow to Lloyd George. As the Financial News noted, it was 'more than a nine days' wonder ... it is probably the beginning of the end of the coalition government'.
Law's 'Tranquillity Manifesto' was an attempt to allow Britain to recover from war damage. Though elected, Law lasted just 209 days in office. He resigned in May 1923 due to ill health, and died of throat cancer 6 months later.
