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...were Scotch, 3 Irish, 1 Welsh (Mr. Lloyd George), 1 Canadian (Mr. Bonar Law), 28 English. Twenty-five were peers or the sons of peers, 8 were country gentlemen or members of well-connected families, 5 came from the so-called middleclass: Addington, son of a doctor; Disraeli, grandson of a merchant; Gladstone, son of a shipowner; Asquith, son of a manufacturer; George, son of an itinerant teacher. The remaining one, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, was born in the humblest circumstances, his relatives being fishers and farm hands...
...functions of Government, worked assiduously to broaden the educational system of the country. Under Lloyd George, he was Foreign Secretary in the most momentous period of Europe's history; but, as Mr. George was largely his own Foreign Secretary, Lord Curzon had to keep much in the background. Under Bonar Law and later in Mr. Baldwin's first administration, he was Foreign Secretary in the full sense, but there was no notable change in Britain's foreign policy and Lord Curzon's long term in that office was distinguished by a lack of cordiality abroad which was partly the outcome...
...Chair. The silence in which these proceedings were carried out was only once broken and that was when Jack Jones, Laborite, challenged the House by shouting: "Come outside and we'll settle it!" It was the first time that any party had walked out of the House since Bonar Law led the Conservatives out in 1914 over the Irish Home Rule Bill...
...year for 50 years to the U. S., without making any arrangements for getting a pennypiece from the people who owed us twice as much as we owed America. I happen to know, and I have said it in public and it has not been contradicted, but Mr. Bonar Law, who was then Prime Minister, thoroughly disapproved of the transaction and was almost on the point of resigning as Prime Minister rather than agree to it. But it went through...
There was no great increase in the national poll. Last year some 14,040,000 electors voted; this year about 14,186,000. Then Mr. Bonar Law polled in round figures about 5,300,000 Unionist votes; now Mr. Baldwin has polled practically the same 5,360,000. With regard to seats, the turn of luck was with the Unionists last time; it was against them this time. The two Liberal sections together secured 4,106,000 votes in 1922, and unity has only raised the total to 4,251,000 in 1923. In aggregate votes Socialism has gained more...