Andrew Bonar Law
Standard Name: Bonar Law, Andrew
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Elinor Glyn | One of EG
's closest friends was a leading Anglo-American socialite, Minnie, Lady Arthur Paget
. She also became a good friend of author and philosopher F. H. Bradley
, whom she met in France... |
Timeline
14 December 1918
The post-war general election (sometimes called the coupon election) was the first in which some British women (those over thirty with a property qualification of their own or their husband's) voted.
23 October 1922
Andrew Bonar Law
was chosen leader of the British Conservative Party
following the resignation of Lloyd George
.
15 November 1922
In the British general election the Conservative Party
, under its recently-elected leader Bonar Law
, won a majority of 77, ending David Lloyd George
's Liberal
-Conservative coalition.
22 May 1923
Stanley Baldwin
(Conservative
) became Prime Minister following Bonar Law
's resignation on grounds of ill health.