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The Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland|British The Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal
statesman who served as Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom|Prime Minister from February 5 1906
until resigning due to ill health on April 3 1908.

Campbell-Bannerman was born at Kelvinside House in
Glasgow in 1836 as "Henry Campbell" to Sir James
Campbell, Lord Provost of Glasgow and Janet
Bannerman. He was educated at Glasgow High School,
Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge.
 In 1868 he was elected to the British House of
Commons|House of Commons as a Liberal, and entered
William Ewart Gladstone|Gladstone's second cabinet
as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1884.  In
Gladstone's Third (1886) and Fourth (1892-1894)
Cabinets and Rosebery's Government (1894-1895) he
served as Secretary for War, where his most
notable accomplishment was persuading the Duke of
Cambridge, the Victoria of the United
Kingdom|Queen's cousin, and an obstacle to
necessary army reforms, to resign as
Commander-in-Chief.  This earned
Campbell-Bannerman a knighthood.  In 1898 Sir
Henry succeeded William Vernon Harcourt
(politician)|Sir William Vernon Harcourt as leader
of the Liberals in the House of Commons. 
Campbell-Bannerman had a difficult job holding
together the strongly divided party, and when the
Liberals returned to power in 1906, he became
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime
Minister.

Campbell-Bannerman's premiership was a frustrating
one, as the Conservative Lords blocked most of the
Liberals' reform measures, but it did see the
achievement of an Entente with Russia in 1907 by
his Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey.  In that
same year, Campbell-Bannerman achieved the honour
of becoming the Father of the House, the only
serving British Prime Minister to do so to date. 
But his health soon took a turn for the worse, and
he died on 22 April 1908 at 10 Downing Street.  He
was succeeded as Prime Minister by his Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Herbert Henry Asquith.

==Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government,
February 1906 - April 1908==

*Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House
of Commons
*Robert Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn|Lord Loreburn -
Lord Chancellor
*Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe|Lord
Houghton - Lord President of the Council
*George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon|Lord Ripon
- Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
*Herbert Henry Asquith - Chancellor of the
Exchequer
*Herbert John Gladstone - Secretary of State for
the Home Department
*Sir Edward Grey - Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
*Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin -
Secretary of State for the Colonies
*Richard Burdon Haldane - Secretary of State for
War
*John Morley - Secretary of State for India
*Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth|Lord
Tweedmouth - First Lord of the Admiralty
*David Lloyd George - President of the Board of
Trade
*Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount
Wolverhampton|Sir Henry Hartley Fowler -
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
*John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland|Sir John
Sinclair - Secretary for Scotland
*James Bryce - Chief Secretary for Ireland
*John Burns - President of the Local Government
Board
*Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of
Lincolnshire|Lord Carrington - President of the
Board of Agriculture
*Augustine Birrell - President of the Board of
Education
*Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton|Sydney Buxton
- United Kingdom Postmaster
General|Postmaster-General

===Changes===
*January 1907 - Augustine Birrell succeeds Bryce
as Irish Secretary.  Reginald McKenna succeeds
Birrell at the Board of Education.
*March 1907 - Lewis Vernon Harcourt, the First
Commissioner of Public Works, enters the Cabinet.

start box
succession box | title=Chief Secretary for Ireland
| before=George Otto Trevelyan | after=William
Hart Dyke|Sir William Hart Dyke |
years=1884–1885
succession box | title=Secretary of State for
War|War Secretary | before=Gathorne Hardy, 1st
Earl of Cranbrook|The Viscount Cranbrook |
after=William Henry Smith | years=1886
succession box | title=Secretary of State for
War|War Secretary | before=Edward Stanhope |
after=Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of
Lansdowne|The Marquess of Lansdowne |
years=1892–1895
succession box two by three to one| title1=The
Liberal Party (UK)|Leader of the British Liberal
Party | title2=Leader of the House of Commons |
title3=Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime
Minister | before1=William Vernon Harcourt
(politician)|Sir William Harcourt | before2=Arthur
Balfour|Arthur James Balfour | after=Herbert Henry
Asquith | years1=1899–1908|
years2=1906–1908 | years3=1906–1908
succession box | title=Father of the House |
before=George Henry Finch | after=John Kennaway |
years=1907–1908
end box

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The Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland|British The Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal
statesman who served as Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom|Prime Minister from February 5 1906
until resigning due to ill health on April 3 1908.

Campbell-Bannerman was born at Kelvinside House in
Glasgow in 1836 as "Henry Campbell" to Sir James
Campbell, Lord Provost of Glasgow and Janet
Bannerman. He was educated at Glasgow High School,
Glasgow University and Trinity College, Cambridge.
 In 1868 he was elected to the British House of
Commons|House of Commons as a Liberal, and entered
William Ewart Gladstone|Gladstone's second cabinet
as Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1884.  In
Gladstone's Third (1886) and Fourth (1892-1894)
Cabinets and Rosebery's Government (1894-1895) he
served as Secretary for War, where his most
notable accomplishment was persuading the Duke of
Cambridge, the Victoria of the United
Kingdom|Queen's cousin, and an obstacle to
necessary army reforms, to resign as
Commander-in-Chief.  This earned
Campbell-Bannerman a knighthood.  In 1898 Sir
Henry succeeded William Vernon Harcourt
(politician)|Sir William Vernon Harcourt as leader
of the Liberals in the House of Commons. 
Campbell-Bannerman had a difficult job holding
together the strongly divided party, and when the
Liberals returned to power in 1906, he became
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime
Minister.

Campbell-Bannerman's premiership was a frustrating
one, as the Conservative Lords blocked most of the
Liberals' reform measures, but it did see the
achievement of an Entente with Russia in 1907 by
his Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey.  In that
same year, Campbell-Bannerman achieved the honour
of becoming the Father of the House, the only
serving British Prime Minister to do so to date. 
But his health soon took a turn for the worse, and
he died on 22 April 1908 at 10 Downing Street.  He
was succeeded as Prime Minister by his Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Herbert Henry Asquith.

==Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government,
February 1906 - April 1908==

*Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House
of Commons
*Robert Reid, 1st Earl of Loreburn|Lord Loreburn -
Lord Chancellor
*Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe|Lord
Houghton - Lord President of the Council
*George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon|Lord Ripon
- Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
*Herbert Henry Asquith - Chancellor of the
Exchequer
*Herbert John Gladstone - Secretary of State for
the Home Department
*Sir Edward Grey - Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs
*Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin|Lord Elgin -
Secretary of State for the Colonies
*Richard Burdon Haldane - Secretary of State for
War
*John Morley - Secretary of State for India
*Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth|Lord
Tweedmouth - First Lord of the Admiralty
*David Lloyd George - President of the Board of
Trade
*Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount
Wolverhampton|Sir Henry Hartley Fowler -
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
*John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland|Sir John
Sinclair - Secretary for Scotland
*James Bryce - Chief Secretary for Ireland
*John Burns - President of the Local Government
Board
*Robert Wynn-Carrington, 1st Marquess of
Lincolnshire|Lord Carrington - President of the
Board of Agriculture
*Augustine Birrell - President of the Board of
Education
*Sydney Buxton, 1st Viscount Buxton|Sydney Buxton
- United Kingdom Postmaster
General|Postmaster-General

===Changes===
*January 1907 - Augustine Birrell succeeds Bryce
as Irish Secretary.  Reginald McKenna succeeds
Birrell at the Board of Education.
*March 1907 - Lewis Vernon Harcourt, the First
Commissioner of Public Works, enters the Cabinet.

start box
succession box | title=Chief Secretary for Ireland
| before=George Otto Trevelyan | after=William
Hart Dyke|Sir William Hart Dyke |
years=1884–1885
succession box | title=Secretary of State for
War|War Secretary | before=Gathorne Hardy, 1st
Earl of Cranbrook|The Viscount Cranbrook |
after=William Henry Smith | years=1886
succession box | title=Secretary of State for
War|War Secretary | before=Edward Stanhope |
after=Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of
Lansdowne|The Marquess of Lansdowne |
years=1892–1895
succession box two by three to one| title1=The
Liberal Party (UK)|Leader of the British Liberal
Party | title2=Leader of the House of Commons |
title3=Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime
Minister | before1=William Vernon Harcourt
(politician)|Sir William Harcourt | before2=Arthur
Balfour|Arthur James Balfour | after=Herbert Henry
Asquith | years1=1899–1908|
years2=1906–1908 | years3=1906–1908
succession box | title=Father of the House |
before=George Henry Finch | after=John Kennaway |
years=1907–1908
end box