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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

The Right Honourable
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
GCB
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office
5 December 1905 – 3 April 1908
Monarch Edward VII
Preceded by Arthur Balfour
Succeeded by H. H. Asquith
Leader of the Opposition
In office
6 February 1899 – 5 December 1905
Monarch Victoria
Edward VII
Prime Minister The Marquess of Salisbury
Arthur Balfour
Preceded by Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Succeeded by Arthur Balfour
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
6 February 1899 – 22 April 1908
Preceded by Sir William Vernon Harcourt
Succeeded by H. H. Asquith
Secretary of State for War
In office
18 August 1892 – 21 June 1895
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
The Earl of Rosebery
Preceded by Edward Stanhope
Succeeded by The Marquess of Lansdowne
In office
6 February 1886 – 20 July 1886
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by The Earl of Cranbrook
Succeeded by William Henry Smith
Chief Secretary for Ireland
In office
23 October 1884 – 25 June 1885
Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone
Preceded by George Otto Trevelyan
Succeeded by Sir William Hart Dyke
Financial Secretary to the War Office
In office
28 April 1880 – 13 May 1882
Preceded by Robert Loyd-Lindsay
Succeeded by Sir Arthur Hayter
In office
15 November 1871 – 26 February 1874
Preceded by John Vivian
Succeeded by Frederick Stanley
Father of the House
In office
22 May 1907 – 22 April 1908
Preceded by George Finch
Succeeded by Sir John Kennaway
Member of Parliament
for Stirling Burghs
In office
17 November 1868 – 22 April 1908
Preceded by John Ramsay
Succeeded by Arthur Ponsonby
Personal details
Born 7 September 1836
Kelvinside House, Glasgow, Scotland
Died 22 April 1908(1908-04-22) (aged 71)
10 Downing Street, London, England
Resting place Meigle Parish Church, Perthshire
Nationality British
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Charlotte Bruce (m. 1860; her death 1906)
Education University of Glasgow
Trinity College, Cambridge
Profession Merchant
Religion Church of Scotland
Signature Cursive signature in ink

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery. He was the first First Lord of the Treasury to be officially called "Prime Minister", the term only coming into official usage five days after he took office. He also remains the only person to date to hold the positions of Prime Minister and Father of the House at the same time.

Known colloquially as "CB", he was a firm believer in free trade, Irish Home Rule and the improvement of social conditions. He has been referred to as "Britain's first, and only, radical Prime Minister". Following a general election defeat in 1900, Campbell-Bannerman went on to lead the Liberal Party to a landslide victory over the Conservative Party at the 1906 general election, also the last election in which the Liberals gained an overall majority in the House of Commons. The government he subsequently led passed legislation to ensure trade unions could not be liable for damages incurred during strike action, introduced free school meals for all children, and empowered local authorities to purchase agricultural land from private landlords. Campbell-Bannerman resigned as Prime Minister on 3 April 1908 due to ill health and was replaced by his Chancellor, H. H. Asquith. He died nineteen days later.


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