Henry Campbell-Bannerman

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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.

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active years end date

1885-06-25, 1886-07-20, 1895-06-21, 1905-12-05, 1908-04-03, 1908-04-22

active years start date

1868-11-17, 1884-10-23, 1886-02-06, 1892-08-18, 1899-02-06, 1905-12-05, 1907-05-22

alma mater

Trinity College Cambridge, University of Glasgow

birth date

1836-09-07

birth place

Kelvinside, United Kingdom, Glasgow

death date

1908-04-22

death place

London, United Kingdom, Whitehall, 10 Downing Street

monarch

Edward VII, Queen Victoria

nationality

British people

office

Member of Parliament, Leader of the Liberal Party, for Stirling Burghs

order in office

Leader of the Opposition, Father of the House, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Secretary of State for War, Chief Secretary for Ireland

party

Liberal Party (UK)

prime minister

William Ewart Gladstone, Arthur Balfour, Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

profession

Merchant

religion

Church of Scotland

spouse

Charlotte Lady Campbell-Bannerman

successor

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Arthur Balfour, H. H. Asquith, William Henry Smith (1825–1891), Sir William Hart Dyke 7th Baronet, Sir John Kennaway 3rd Baronet, Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede