...position he carried on a fierce warfare with Sir John Lowther [qv], MP for Westmoreland, who had been made first lord of the treasury and leader of the House of Commons. Sir Christopher carried a proposal that the revenue of the king should be settled for only four years...

...now Marquis of Caermarthen, became practically Prime Minister, and Sir John Lowther of Lowther became First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons. His qualifications and deficiencies for the post have been well summed up by Lord Macaulay in a passage...

...scarcity rupee, although the measure was described at the time as only tentative. Arthur J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons, in 1890 promised, as the contribution of Great Britain to an international bimetallic standard, that...

...JAMES BALFOUR THE PLEASURES OF READING [Rectorial address of the Right Honorable Arthur James Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and leader of the House of Commons (born in Scotland, July 25, 1848; ), delivered at the University of St. Andrews, December 10, 1887.]...

...8, 1763, the world was amazed by the intelligence that Bute had resigned. George Grenville was made First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons, and Lord Sandwich, one of the ablest but least reputable of the King's devoted followers, became First...

...Scotland 1886-37-, Chief Secretary for Ireland (on the resignation of Sir M. Hicks-Beach) 1887-yl ; First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons 1891-Ü2, and since 1895, Lord Rector of St. Andrew's, University J88ÎÎ, of Glasgow University IH'JO,...

...those' of Foreign Secretary; the Duke of Devonshire became Lord President of the Council; Mr Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons; the Chancellorship of the Exchequer was given to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. Mr Goschen was made First...

...than to the specific interests of his constituency. It is evident that Mr. Arthur J. Balfour, when First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons, was not able to give the same attention to his Manchester constituency that he would have been in case...

...Goschen became Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Randolph Churchill having resigned; Mr. WH Smith became First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons; Mr. Edward Stanhope, War Secretary; Sir Henry Holland (afterwards Viscount Knutsford), Colonial Secretary....

...her increasing appreciation as years Lord Randolph Churchill having resigned ; Mr. WH Smith became First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons; Mr. Edward Stanhope, War Secretary; Sir Henry Holland (afterwards Viscount Knutsford), Colonial Secretary....