Bonar Law
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Presidents, Prime Ministers
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, Canadian History
Article abstract: As leader of the Conservative Party between 1911 and 1923, Bonar Law reorganized the party’s structure, thereby creating the modern Tory Party organization. He was a major force in the coalition government of David Lloyd George during and after World War I, and was Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1922-1923.
Early Life
Andrew Bonar Law was born September 16, 1858, in Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada. His father, the Reverend James Law, was a Presbyterian minister from Ulster, and his mother, Elizabeth, though from Nova Scotia, was the...
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