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Bonar Law. b. ^ Now Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada. 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 ...
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Mar 21, 1999 · 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. He was the leader of the Conservative Party during the periods 1911–21 and ...
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Bonar Law was the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th Century, being in office for just 209 days. He was gravely ill when he took the office and did not have enough time to achieve anything with his premiership. His reputation as the Unknown Prime Minister belies a figure who was a key player in British politics for a decade.
May 17, 2018 · *Law, Andrew Bonar* (1858–1923). 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 [1] from 1916 to 1921.
Jun 9, 2021 · GRAEME COUSINS gets the lowdown on tonight’s BBC NI documentary about the shortest serving prime minister with Ulster-Scots roots. A new BBC documentary which airs this evening sees Castlerock ...
Oct 5, 2019 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1922 to 1923 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Andrew Bonar Law , ( / ˈbɒnər ˈlɔː / 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. The Right Honourable.
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.
