Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government, December 1905 - April 1908, Political offices

British statesman and prime minister (1905–8), born in Glasgow, W Scotland, UK. He studied at Glasgow and Cambridge, became a Liberal MP (1868), was chief secretary for Ireland (1884), war secretary (1886, 1892–5), Liberal leader (1899), and prime minister. A ‘pro-Boer’, he granted the ex-republics responsible government, and his popularity united the Liberal Party. He supported the Lib–Lab pact of 1903, which played a part in the Liberal landslide of 1906.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
In office 5 December 1905 – 3 April 1908
Preceded by	Arthur Balfour
Succeeded by	Herbert Henry Asquith
Born	7 September 1836 Kelvinside, Glasgow, Scotland
Died	22 April 1908 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, London
Political party	Liberal

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from December 5, 1905 until resigning due to ill health on April 3, 1908.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's Government, December 1905 - April 1908

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman - Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons Lord Loreburn - Lord Chancellor Lord Crewe - Lord President of the Council 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 Lord Elgin - Secretary of State for the Colonies Richard Burdon Haldane - Secretary of State for War John Morley - Secretary of State for India Lord Tweedmouth - First Lord of the Admiralty David Lloyd George - President of the Board of Trade Sir Henry Hartley Fowler - Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir John Sinclair - Secretary for Scotland James Bryce - Chief Secretary for Ireland John Burns - President of the Local Government Board Lord Carrington - President of the Board of Agriculture Augustine Birrell - President of the Board of Education Sydney Buxton - Postmaster-General

Changes

January 1907 - Augustine Birrell succeeds Bryce as Irish Secretary.

Political offices

Political Offices
Preceded by: George Otto Trevelyan	Chief Secretary for Ireland 1884–1885	Succeeded by: Sir William Hart Dyke
Preceded by: The Viscount Cranbrook	War Secretary 1886	Succeeded by: William Henry Smith
Preceded by: Edward Stanhope	War Secretary 1892–1895	Succeeded by: The Marquess of Lansdowne
Preceded by: Sir William Harcourt	Leader of the Opposition 1899–1905	Succeeded by: Arthur Balfour
Preceded by: Sir William Harcourt	Leader of the British Liberal Party 1899–1908	Succeeded by: Herbert Henry Asquith
Preceded by: Arthur James Balfour	Leader of the House of Commons 1906–1908
	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1906–1908
Preceded by: George Henry Finch	Father of the House 1907–1908	Succeeded by: John Kennaway