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Andrew Bonar Law (/ ˈ b ɒ n ər ˈ l ɔː / BONN-ər; 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).
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Mar 21, 1999 · Bonar Law 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. He was the leader of the Conservative Party during the periods 1911–21 and 1922–23. The son of a Presbyterian minister of Ulster.
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30 October 1923, London. Dates in office. 1922 to 1923. Political party. Conservative. Biography. Andrew Bonar Law was the Canadian-born son of a Scottish clergyman. He worked as a boy on his...
16 Sep 1858. Birth place. Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada. Died. 30 Oct 1923 (aged 65 years) Resting place. Westminster Abbey. About Andrew Bonar Law. Bonar Law was the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century, being in office for just 209 days.
May 17, 2018 · Law, Andrew Bonar (1858–1923). Prime minister. Prime minister. Described on his death as the ‘Unknown Prime Minister’, Bonar Law was a modest and melancholy figure, who appeared content to remain as second in command to Lloyd George from 1916 to 1921.
Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923), commonly called Bonar Law (/ ˈ b ɒ n ər ˈ l ɔː /), served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Law was elected to Parliament in 1900 as a member of the Conservative Party. He became leader of the Party in 1911.
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At the funeral of Andrew Bonar Law, in Westminster Abbey on 5 November 1923, Herbert Asquith stated, with a certain satisfaction, that 'the unknown Prime Minister' was being buried by the side of the Unknown Soldier. The phrase has served as epitaph to the man who was prime minister for only 211 days, the shortest tenure in the twentieth century.
