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Andrew Bonar Law (/ ˈ b ɒ n ər ˈ l ɔː / BONN-ər; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a Canadian province).
Bonar Law (born September 16, 1858, Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada—died October 30, 1923, London, England) was the prime minister of Great Britain from October 23, 1922, to May 20, 1923, the first holder of that office to come from a British overseas possession.
Sep 13, 2018 · Diagnosed with terminal throat cancer, Law resigned on May 22, 1923, and passed away on October 23 as the 20th century’s shortest-serving Prime Minister. Although Law wanted to be buried with his wife and sons in Helensburgh Cemetery, his family agreed that his ashes should be placed in Westminster Abbey’s Nave, as he had been Prime Minister.
Jan 20, 2008 · Andrew Bonar Law, statesman, prime minister of Great Britain (b at Kingston, NB 16 Sept 1858; d at London, Eng 30 Oct 1923). The only colonial to become prime minister of Great Britain, Law grew up in simple surroundings, until at 12 he was sent to live with affluent relatives in Scotland.
At the birthplace of former British Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law, visit a museum, a still-operating 19th-century farm, and the “A Walk Through Time” trail.
Oct 5, 2019 · Andrew Bonar Law was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923.
Biography. Andrew Bonar Law was the Canadian-born son of a Scottish clergyman. He worked as a boy on his father’s smallholding and then, at age 12, he went to live with his late mother’s ...
