The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, APRIL, 25, 1908. THE LATE SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 377, 25 April 1908, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. SATURDAY, APRIL, 25, 1908. THE LATE SIR H. CAMP-BELL-BANNERMAN.

The late Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, G.C.8., was born in 1836, and was the sou of the late Sir J. Campbell, ol Stracatho, Forfarshire. In 1872 he assumed the additional name of Bannerman under the will of his maternal urcle, the late H. Bannerman. The late Sir Henry was educated at Glasgow University and Trinity College,- Cambridge, taking bis 8.A., with honours in 1858, and M.A. in 1891. In 1871 he was appointed Financial Secretary to the War Office, and held this position for three years, and again in 1880 to 1882. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1884.-85 ; and Secretary for War in 1886 and from 1892 to 1895. In February, 1899, he was chosen Leader for the Liberal Opposition as successor to Sir William Harcourt. Notwithstanding the differences between the Liberals over the Boer war, a unanimous vote of confidence in his leadership was carried at a meeting of the Liberal Party held at the Reform Club, July, 1901. In 1902 a passage of words took place between him and Lord Rosebery over the doctrine of the‘‘clean slate” in regard to the Irish and other public questions, and the Liberal League was formed. Sir Henry however, received the solid support of the Liberal Party in the House in 1903-4-5 in opposing the Education and Licensing Acts, Mr Chamberlain’s Fiscal Policy, and the Government’s action with regard to Licensing and to Chinese labour in South Africa. On the resignation of the Balfour administration in December, 1905, he was summoned by the King, and formed a Liberal Cabinet, himself becoming First Lord of the Treasury and Prime Minister. The general election that followed gave him a tremendous majority. Lady Campbell-Bannerman, the late Sir Henry’s wife, was a daughter of the late General Sir Chas. Bruce. She died at Marienbad on August 30th, 1906.