UK Law

Tag: Biographies

  • Nathaniel Macon

    Summary of MACON’S BILL No. 2: (1810) In relation to the legal history of the United States and the United Kingdom: This law was intended to persuade both France and Great Britain from illegal search and seizure practices during the Napoleonic Wars. Nathaniel Macon proposed that the United […]

  • Kingsley Wood

    Sir Kingsley Wood History Conservative MP and Minister between 1918-1943. Secretary of State for Air leading up to the Second World War, and Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1940-1943. History of the Sir Kingsley Wood (1881-1943) The following commentary about Sir Kingsley Wood (1881-1943) […]

  • Andrew Bonar Law

    Andrew Bonar Law History Conservative Prime Minister between 1922-1924. Invited to form a coalition government in 1916 but deferred to David Lloyd George. One of the issues he presided over as Prime Minster was inter-Allied war debts, as the United Kingdom owed vast sums of money to the US, […]

  • Arthur Balfour

    Arthur Balfour History Conservative Prime Minister between 1902-1906. His government was deeply divided over economic policy (free trade or imperial preference). Served as foreign secretary between 1916-1919. Responsible for the Balfour Declaration in 1917 which promised Jews a national home […]

  • Edmund Allenby

    Sir Edmund Allenby History British Field Marshall and administrator who was nicknamed the 'Bloody Bull'. He served in the Boer War and on the Western Front in the First World War. He became famous for his tactical expertise and leadership of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the […]

  • Herbert Asquith

    Herbert Asquith History Liberal politician and Prime Minister from 1908-1916. Faced confrontation with the suffragettes, Irish demands for Home Rule, and the crisis that led to the First World War. Created the Parliament Act 1911, limiting the power of the Lords. Asquith declared war on the […]

  • David Lloyd George

    David Lloyd George History Liberal politician and Prime Minister. As Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1909 he forced through the 'People's Budget' introducing Old Age Pensioners (OAPs). As Munitions Minister in 1915 helped to solve the shortage of shells. Became Prime Minister in […]

  • Henry Wilson

    Sir Henry Wilson History General on the Western Front in the First World War, becoming a close advisor to Lloyd George in the last year of the war. As the British military advisor at Versailles, he increasingly disagreed with Lloyd George. Resigned and was elected as a Conservative MP. […]

  • Stanley Baldwin

    Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947, earl Baldwin 1937) was a conservative politician who was prime minister three times (1923–4, 1924–9, 1935–7) and whose terms of office included -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Stanley Baldwin” – two major political crises, the […]

  • John Wilmot

    John Wilmot History British Labour politician. First elected MP for Fulham East in 1933, and Minister of Supply from 1945-1947. On retiring from the Commons in 1950 he was made a peer.

  • John Wilmot

    John Wilmot History British Labour politician. First elected MP for Fulham East in 1933, and Minister of Supply from 1945-1947. On retiring from the Commons in 1950 he was made a peer.

  • Leo Amery

    Leo Amery History Conservative MP for 34 years. Held various ministerial posts from 1919-1929, including Colonial Secretary, before becoming part of Churchill's wartime coalition. Famous for telling Chamberlain in the House of Commons in 1940: 'In the name of God, go!'.

  • Arthur Greenwood

    Arthur Greenwood History Labour MP, appointed Minister of Health in Ramsay Macdonald's 1929 Labour Government. In 1935 became Deputy Leader under Attlee, and served in the wartime coalition government.

  • Kenneth Robinson

    Kenneth Robinson History Labour politician who served as a government whip from 1950-1951, and Privy Councillor in 1964. As Minister of Health in Harold Wilson's first government, he oversaw the banning of cigarette advertising on television and the reintroduction of prescription charges. […]

  • Niall Macpherson

    Niall Macpherson History Scottish Tory politician and MP from 1945-1963. As Minister of Pensions and National Insurance 1962 he had to grapple with the conundrum of rising welfare costs and falling government income. On retirement from the Commons he was created Baron Drumalbyn.