Andrew Bonar Law Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids The Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law


Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 23 October 1922 – 22 May 1923
Preceded by	David Lloyd George
Succeeded by	Stanley Baldwin
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 10 December 1916 – 10 January 1919
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George
Preceded by	Reginald McKenna
Succeeded by	Austen Chamberlain

Personal details
Born	(1858-09-16)16 September 1858 Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	30 October 1923(1923-10-30) (aged 65) London, England
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Annie Pitcairn Robley

Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 - 30 October 1923) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Bonar Law was elected to Parliament in 1900 as a member of the Conservative Party. Bonar Law became leader of the Conservative Party in 1911. He was Lloyd George's Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons while Lloyd George was Prime Minister during World War I

Bonar Law became Prime Minister in October of 1922. He found out he had throat cancer and resigned in May of 1923. He died on 30 October 1923.

Bonar Law's home in New Brunswick where he lived until the age of 12. The house overlooks the Richibucto River.

Images for kids

Joseph Chamberlain
Bonar Law caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1905
Edward Carson, who along with Law was one of the few non-representatives to be aware of the "Truce of God"
Arthur Balfour, who preceded Law as Leader of the Conservative Party
Andrew Bonar Law
Lord Lansdowne, Law's primary speaker for the repeal of the Referendum Pledge
James Craig, who helped draft the January Memorandum
Blenheim Palace, where the anti-Home Rule factions held their meeting on 27 July 1912
King George V, who, after pressure from the Unionists, requested that the Liberals put Home Rule to the test of a general election
Andrew Bonar Law by James Guthrie (1924)