Andrew Bonar Law
90 years ago, on the 30th of October 1923 Andrew Bonar Law had died in London at the age of 65. A financier and a politician, born in Canada, he spent most of his life in Scotland; from 1900 a repeated member of the House of Commons, from 1911 a leader of the Conservative Party, Secretary of State for the Colonies subsequently Chancellor of Exchequer in War Cabinets; from 1919 Lord of Privy Seal and at the same time a leader for the House of Commons; in October of 1922 he became the Prime Minister of Great Britain, but in May of the following year stepped down due to illness.
prof. Jacek Bartyzel
translated by Arek Jakubczyk
Kategoria: Reactionary Diary
