| Justin McCarthy - 1905 - 336 trang
...returned to his old position as Colonial Secretary; and, as a matter of course, Mr. Balfour became First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons. Mr. Ritchie was appointed Home Secretary; the Marquis of Lansdowne accepted for the first time the... | |
| Walford Davis Green - 1906 - 492 trang
...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... | |
| Arthur Griffith Boscawen - 1907 - 408 trang
...was. himself, as Prime Minister, took the sinecure office of Lord Privy Seal, Mr Balfour remaining First Lord of the Treasury and leader of the House of Commons. The arrangement was an unusual one, and was objected to by some rigid economists, who were shocked... | |
| André Siegfried - 1907 - 360 trang
...into closely and which he cherished. Here, for instance, is what he wrote in 1891 to Mr. WH Smith, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons in Lord Salisbury's Ministry: " Canada has undertaken the development of its resources upon so large... | |
| 1907 - 396 trang
...Près. Local Government Board 1885; Sec. for Scotland 1886-87 i Chief Secretary for Ireland 1887-91; First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons 1891-Ü2, and 1895-1905 ; Prime Minister, July 1902 to Dec. 1905, Lord Privy Seal 1902-03, Lord Rector... | |
| Charles Eyre Pascoe - 1908 - 570 trang
...House of Commons," in the right place : that place which is the historic official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons for the time being. It should not be forgotten that governments in olden times were frequently composed... | |
| Joseph Thomas - 1908 - 1368 trang
...1878-80. He was appointed secretary for Scotland in 1886, chief secretary for Ireland in 1887, »nd was first lord of the treasury and leader of the House of Commons 1892-93, and after the election of 1895. He succeeded Lord Salisbury as prime minister in 1902. He... | |
| Thomas Francis Moran - 1908 - 410 trang
...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... | |
| 1902 - 316 trang
...community which, nevertheless, is not absolutely content with the law as it stands. When Mr. Balfour became First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons in 1891, Mr. Gladstone and the Radical party were working the Newcastle Programme to the utmost of... | |
| Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy Earl of Cranbrook - 1910 - 438 trang
...commencing that distinguished career as a Cabinet Minister which culminated in his attaining the position of First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons. Frederick Stanley, afterwards 16th Earl of Derby, succeeded him. As Financial Secretary to the War... | |
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