biography
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Law, (Andrew) Bonar
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pronunciation:
[law, boner ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1858–1923)
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| biography:
| British statesman and prime minister (1922–3), born in New Brunswick, E Canada. He studied in Canada and Glasgow, was an iron merchant in Glasgow, became a Unionist MP in 1900, and in 1911 succeeded Balfour as Unionist leader. He acted as colonial secretary (1915-16), a member of the war cabinet, Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916-18), Lord Privy Seal (1919), and from 1916 Leader of the House of Commons. He retired in 1921 through ill health, but returned to serve as premier for several months in 1922–3. |
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