See also:

• HERBERT (FAMILY)
• HERBERT, GEORGE (1593-1633)
• HERBERT, HENRY WILLIAM
• HERBERT, SIR THOMAS (1606-1682)

HERBERT See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

HENRY See also:

• HERBERT HENRY ASQUITH (1852– )

ASQUITH (1852– )  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English states-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, son of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• DIXON
• DIXON, GEORGE (1755 ?–1800)
• DIXON, HENRY HALL (1822-1870)
• DIXON, RICHARD WATSON (1833-1900)
• DIXON, WILLIAM HEPWORTH (1821-1879)

Dixon See also:

• ASQUITH, HERBERT HENRY (1852– )

Asquith, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• MORLEY
• MORLEY [oP BLACKBURN], JOHN MORLEY
• MORLEY, BARONS AND EARLS OF
• MORLEY, GEORGE (1597-1684)
• MORLEY, HENRY (1822-1894)
• MORLEY, SAMUEL (18o9–1886)

Morley, See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, on the See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1852 . He came of a See also:

• MIDDLE

middle-class See also:

• YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire See also:

• FAMILY

family of pronounced Liberal and See also:

• NONCONFORMIST

Nonconformist views, and was educated under Dr See also:

• EDWIN, AEDUINI
• EDWIN, JOHN (1749–1790)

Edwin See also:

• ABBOTT
• ABBOTT, EMMA (1849-1891)
• ABBOTT, JACOB (1803-1879)
• ABBOTT, JOHN STEVENS CABOT (1805-1877)
• ABBOTT, LYMAN (1835- )

Abbott at the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City of See also:

• LONDON

London school, from which he went as a See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar to Balliol, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford; there he had a distinguished career, taking a first-class in See also:

• CLASSICS

classics, winning the See also:

• CRAVEN, PAULINE MARIE ARMANDE AGLAE (18o8—189r)
• CRAVEN, WILLIAM CRAVEN, EARL

Craven scholarship and being elected a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of his See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college . He was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union, and impressed all his contemporaries with his intellectual ability, Dr See also:

• JOWETT, BENJAMIN (1817-1893)

Jowett himself confidently predicting his See also:

• SIGNAL

signal success in any career he adopted . On leaving Oxford he went to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, and as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as 1890 became a K.C . In 1887 he unsuccessfully defended Mr R . B . Cunninghame See also:

• GRAHAM, SIR GERALD (1831–1899)
• GRAHAM, SIR JAMES ROBERT GEORGE
• GRAHAM, SYLVESTER (1794-1851)
• GRAHAM, THOMAS (1805-1869)

Graham and Mr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• BURNS, JOHN (1858– )
• BURNS, ROBERT (1759-1796)
• BURNS, SIR GEORGE

Burns for their See also:

• SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share in the See also:

• RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

riot in See also:

• TRAFALGAR, BATTLE OF

Trafalgar Square; and in 1889 he was junior to See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles (afterwards See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord) See also:

• RUSSELL (FAMILY)
• RUSSELL, ISRAEL COOK (1852- )
• RUSSELL, JOHN (1745-1806)
• RUSSELL, JOHN (d. 1494)
• RUSSELL, JOHN RUSSELL, 1ST EARL (1792-1878)
• RUSSELL, JOHN SCOTT (1808–1882)
• RUSSELL, LORD WILLIAM (1639–1683)
• RUSSELL, SIR WILLIAM HOWARD
• RUSSELL, THOMAS (1762-1788)
• RUSSELL, WILLIAM CLARK (1844– )

Russell as counsel for the Irish Nationalists before the See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission—an association afterwards bitterly commented upon by Mr T . See also:

• HEALY, GEORGE PETER ALEXANDER (1808-1894)

Healy in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons (See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 30, a908). flut though he attained a See also:

• FAIR

fair practice at the bar, and was recognized as a lawyer of unusual See also:

• MENTAL

mental distinction and clarity, his forensic success ASQUITH 769 was not nearly so conspicuous as that of some of his See also:

• CON

con-temporaries . His ambitions See also:

• LAY

lay rather in the direction of the House of Commons . He had taken a prominent See also:

• PART

part in politics .as a Liberal since his university days, especially in See also:

• WORK

work for the Eighty See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

Club, and in 1886 was elected member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife, a seat which he retained in subsequent elections . Mr See also:

• GLADSTONE
• GLADSTONE, JOHN HALL (1827-1902)
• GLADSTONE, WILLIAM EWART (1809–1898)

Gladstone was attracted by his vigorous ability as a See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker, and his See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

sound See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment; and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1892, though comparatively unknown to the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general public, he was selected to move the See also:

• VOTE

vote of want of confidence which overthrew Lord See also:

• SALISBURY
• SALISBURY, EARLS OF
• SALISBURY, ROBERT ARTHUR TALBOT GASCOYNECECIL, 3RD MARQUESS OF (1830-1903)
• SALISBURY, ROBERT CECIL, 1ST EARL OF (c. 1565-1612)
• SALISBURY, THOMAS DE MONTACUTE, 4TH EARL OF (1388-1428)
• SALISBURY, WILLIAM LONGSWORD (or LONGESPEE), EARL OF (d. 1226)

Salisbury's See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government, and was made See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home secretary in the new Liberal See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry . At the Home See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

Office he proved his capacity as an See also:

• ADMINISTRATOR

administrator; he was the first to appoint See also:

• WOMEN

women as factory inspectors, and he was responsible for opening Trafalgar Square to Labour demonstrations; but he firmly refused to See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction the proposed See also:

• AMNESTY (from the Gr. &µvrly-ria, oblivion)

amnesty for the dynamiters, and he was violently abused by extremists on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting of two men by the military at the strike riot at See also:

• FEATHERSTONE

Featherstone in August 1893 .

It was he who coined the phrase (See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, 1894) as to the government's " ploughing the sands " in their endeavour to pass Liberal legislation with a hostile House of Lords . His Employers' Liability See also:

• BILL

Bill 1893 was lost because the government refused to accept the Lords' See also:

• AMENDMENT (through the O. Fr. amender, to correct, from Lat. mendum, a fault)

amendment as to " contracting-out." His suspensory bill, with a view to the disestablishment of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church in See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, was abortive (1895), but it served to recommend him to the Welsh Nationalists as well as to the disestablishment party in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England and See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . During his three years of office he more than confirmed the high See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion formed of his abilities . The Liberal defeat in 1895 See also:

• LEFT

left him out of office for eleven years . He had married See also:

• MISS

Miss See also:

• HELEN

Helen Melland in 1877, and was left with a family when she died in 1891; in 1894, however, he had married again, his second wife being the accomplished Miss See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret (" Margot ") See also:

• TENNANT, CHARLES (1768-1838)
• TENNANT, SMITHSON (1761-1815)
• TENNANT, WILLIAM (1784-1848)

Tennant, daughter of the wealthy See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, Sir Charles Tennant, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart., a See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

lady well known in London society as a member of the coterie known as " Souls," and commonly identified as the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original of Mr E . F . See also:

• BENSON, EDWARD WHITE (182g—1896)
• BENSON, FRANCIS ROBERT (1858— )
• BENSON, FRANK WESTON (1862— )
• BENSON, GEORGE (1699–1762)

Benson's See also:

• DODO (from the PortugueseDhudo, a simpleton)

Dodo (1893) . On leaving the Home Office in 1895, Mr Asquith decided to return to his work at the bar, a course which excited much comment, since it was unprecedented that a See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister who had exercised judicial functions in that capacity should take up again the position of an See also:

• ADVOCATE (Lat. advocatus, from advocare, to summon, especially in law to call in the aid of a counsel or witness, and so generally to summon to one's assistance)

advocate; but it was obvious that to maintain the tradition was difficult in the See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case of a man who had no sufficient See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent means . During the years of Unionist ascendancy Mr Asquith divided his energies between his legal work and politics; but his See also:

• ADHESION (from Lat. adhaerere, to adhere)

adhesion to Lord See also:

• ROSEBERY, ARCHIBALD PHILIP PRIMROSE, 5TH

Rosebery (q.v.) as a Liberal Imperialist at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the See also:

• BOER

Boer See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, while it strengthened his position in the eyes of the public, put him in some difficulty with his own party, led as it was by Sir See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (1788–1866)
• CAMPBELL, BEATRICE STELLA (Mrs PATRICK CAMPBELL) (1865– )
• CAMPBELL, GEORGE (1719–1796)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN
• CAMPBELL, JOHN (1708-1775)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN CAMPBELL, BARON (1779-1861)
• CAMPBELL, JOHN FRANCIS
• CAMPBELL, LEWIS (1830-1908)
• CAMPBELL, REGINALD JOHN (1867— )
• CAMPBELL, THOMAS (1777—1844)

Campbell-Bannerman (q.v.), who was identified with the " See also:

• PRO

pro-Boer" policy . He was one of the founders of the Liberal See also:

• LEAGUE

League, and his courageous definiteness of view and intellectual vigour marked him out as Lord Rosebery's See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant if that statesman should ever return to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . He thus became identified with the Roseberyite attitude towards Irish Home See also:

• RULE

Rule; and, while he continued to uphold the Gladstonian policy in theory, in practice the Irish Nationalists See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt. that very little could be expected from his advocacy . In spite of his Imperialist views, however, he did much to smooth over the party difficulties, and when the See also:

• TARIFF (adapted in English from the French; the word comes through the Spanish tarifa, a list or schedule of prices, from the Arabic, ta'rifa, information, an inventory, 'arf, know-ledge)

tariff-reform See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement began in 1903, he seized the opportunity for rallying the Liberals to the banner of See also:

• FREE

free-See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and championing the " orthodox " English political See also:

• ECONOMY

economy, on which indeed he had been a lecturer in his younger days .

During the See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical years of Mr See also:

• CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
• CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
• CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)

Chamberlain's crusade (1903–1906) he made himself the chief spokesman of the Liberal party, delivering a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of speeches in See also:

• ANSWER (derived from and, against, and the same root as swear)

answer to those of the tariff-reform See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader; and his persistent following and answering of Mr Chamberlain had undoubted effect . He also made useful party See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital out of the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• RETRENCHMENT (Fr. retrenchemen.t, an old form of retranchement, from retrancher, to cut down, cut short)

retrenchment; owing to the large increase in public See also:

• EXPENDITURE

expenditure, maintained by the Unionist government even after the Boer War was over; II 77 0 and his mastery of statistical detail and See also:

• ARGUMENT

argument made his See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment as See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer part of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of things when in See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1905 Mr See also:

• BALFOUR, FRANCIS MAITLAND (1851-1882)
• BALFOUR, ROBERT (known also as BALFOREUS) (1550?-1625?)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES (of Pittendreich) (d. 1583 Or 1584)
• BALFOUR, SIR JAMES, BART

Balfour resigned and Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (q.v.) became See also:

• PRIME, PRIMER AND PRIMING

prime minister . . During Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's premiership, Mr Asquith gradually See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose in political importance, and in 1907 the prime minister's See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health resulted in much of the leadership in the Commons devolving on the chancellor of the exchequer . At first the party as a whole had regarded him somewhat coldly . And his unbending See also:

• COMMON

common-sense, and sobriety of See also:

• CRITICISM
• CRITICISM (from the Gr. KpiTrlS, a judge, Kpivew, to decide, to give an authoritative opinion)

criticism in matters which deeply interested the less See also:

• ACADEMIC

academic Radicals who were enthusiasts for extreme courses, would have made the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary situation difficult but for the exceptional popularity of the prime minister . In the autumn of 1907, however, as the latter's retention of office became more and more improbable, it became evident that no other possible successor had equal qualifications . The session of Ig08 opened with Mr Asquith acting avowedly as the prime minister's See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy, and the course of business was itself of a nature to emphasize his claims . After two rather humdrum budgets he was pledged to inaugurate a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of old-See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age See also:

• PENSIONS

pensions (forming the chief feature of the See also:

• BUDGET (originally from a Gallic word meaning sack, latinized as bulga, leather wallet or bag, thence in O. Fr. bougette, from which the Eng. form is derived)

budget of 1908, personally introduced by him at the beginning of May), and his speech in See also:

• APRIL

April on the Licensing, Bill was a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph of clear exposition, though later in the See also:

• YEAR

year, after passing the Commons, it was thrown out by the Lords . On the 5th of April it was announced that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman had re-signed and Mr Asquith been sent for by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . As the latter was staying at See also:

• BIARRITZ

Biarritz, the unprecedented course was followed of Mr Asquith journeying there for the purpose, and on the 8th he resigned the chancellorship of the exchequer and kissed hands as prime minister . The names of the new See also:

• CABINET

cabinet were announced on the 13th . The new appointments were: Lord Tweedmouth as lord president of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council (instead of the See also:

• ADMIRALTY, HIGH COURT OF

admiralty) ; Lord See also:

• CREWE
• CREWE, ROBERT OFFLEY ASHBURTON

Crewe as colonial secretary (instead of lord president of the council) ; Mr D .

See also:

• LLOYD, EDWARD (1845— )
• LLOYD, WILLIAM (1627–1717)
• LLOYD, WILLIAM WATKISS (1813–1893)

Lloyd See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, chancellor of the exchequer (transferred from the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

Board of Trade); Mr R . McKenna, first lord of the admiralty (instead of minister of See also:

• EDUCATION

education) ; Mr Winston See also:

• CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)
• CHURCHILL, CHARLES (1731-1764)
• CHURCHILL, LORD RANDOLPH HENRY SPENCER (1849-1895)

Churchill, president of the Board of Trade; and Mr See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• RUNCIMAN, ALEXANDER (1736—1785)

Runciman, minister of education . Lord See also:

• ELGIN

Elgin ceased to be colonial secretary, but Lord Loreburn (lord chancellor), Lord See also:

• RIPON
• RIPON, GEORGE FREDERICK SAMUEL ROBINSON, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1827-1909)

Ripon (lord privy See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal), Mr H . Gladstone (Home Office), Sir E . See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey (See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs), Mr See also:

• HALDANE, JAMES ALEXANDER (1768–1851)
• HALDANE, RICHARD BURDON (1856– )
• HALDANE, ROBERT (1764–1842)

Haldane (War Office), Mr See also:

• SINCLAIR
• SINCLAIR, SIR JOHN, BART

Sinclair (secretary for Scotland; created in 1909 Lord Pentland), Mr Burns (See also:

• LOCAL

Local Government Board), Lord See also:

• CARRINGTON, CHARLES

Carrington (Board of See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

Agriculture), Mr See also:

• BIRRELL, AUGUSTINE (1850- )

Birrell (Irish secretary), Mr S . See also:

• BUXTON
• BUXTON, JEDEDIAH (1707–1772)
• BUXTON, SIR THOMAS POWELL (1786-1845)

Buxton (postmaster-general), Mr L . See also:

• HARCOURT
• HARCOURT, SIMON HARCOURT, 1ST VISCOUNT (c. 1661-1727)
• HARCOURT, SIR WILLIAM GEORGE GRANVILLE VENABLES VERNON (1827-1904)
• HARCOURT, WILLIAM VERNON (1789-1871)

Harcourt (See also:

• COMMISSIONER

commissioner of See also:

• WORKS

works), Mr John Morley (See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India) and Sir Henry See also:

• FOWLER, CHARLES (1792-1867)
• FOWLER, EDWARD (1632-1714)
• FOWLER, JOHN (1826-1864)
• FOWLER, SIR JOHN (1817-1898)
• FOWLER, WILLIAM (c. 156o-1614)

Fowler (duchy of Lan-caster) retained their offices, the two latter being created peers . The Budget (see LLOYD GEORGE) was the See also:

• SOLE (Solea)

sole feature of political See also:

• INTEREST

interest in 1909, and its rejection in December by the Lords led to the general See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1910, which left the Liberals and Unionists practically equal, with the Labour and Irish parties dominating the situation (L . 275, U . 273, Lab . 40, I . 82) .

Mr Asquith was in a difficult position, but the ministry remained in office; and he had See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed a concentration of forces with a view to attacking the See also:

• VETO (Lat. for " I forbid ")

veto of the House of Lords (see PARLIAMENT), when the See also:

• DEATH

death of the king in May caused a suspension of hostilities . A See also:

• CONFERENCE

conference between the leaders on both sides was arranged, to discuss whether any See also:

• COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise was possible, and controversy was postponed to an a'gumn session . (H .