NEW BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 100, 16 April 1908, Page 4

NEW BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

.SOMI-; Ui-' I'l.s I'lvO-MLNEM' UIA.NCW.LUU OF TIIE EXCilEyl'El!. j Mr David the idulised 1 loader of the \\ oisli Jabcl'als, the iMg judiliciiin ol Freetrade and Xoiicouionuity, the capable and vigorous Cabinet Mini>ior, was horn at Manchester ill ISU:i. At Ins lir.-t school, Lloydt«eorge disiiiigui>iied himself by orgaiiis* nig among his teiiow-pupils a Mieei-.-sful Idi;>;•.i i i.: i!u* c.\auii.!aiioiis, in which the eieiieal managers had put tpiestion.wiiii'li were taken as insulting to ,\im- < .mii'i tnity. Me was afterwards sent 1 o I!i< University College at Aberystwyth where tie pa.-sed the preliminary exain•iiatiuii ie. i i'r *-. i t'v ''etoiv eii'.ii' .lji tinlo:;al when he was iom'leen. : In I Silt* h-' w;w >ent lo PaiTmnielU as : Liberal member tor the ( arnarvou d»o- ---• lie eontinued to represent liiai (doetoratc until he lirsi became | pmminoni in tin- llo\iso by his pcrsis- ! tent to tin: Ciergv Discijjline | Kill in"

'lhe year Isiw jound him ollViiug an I oppo>itbui to the Hovr j war ill all its stages. Jle j voud the sUjiptios whieii wore. I il,r'ii;.tided to carry oil a war which ho denouueed as unjust. Feoliuy; ran high in lite election of iIWII. and Lloyd-llcorge w;i» felled to (he ground by the bind- I jjeon by an inl'urialed patriot in the direct- of Carnarvon. .Nevertheless he was eiecied for the fourth time amid meal enlhu.-ia-ni. lie was the central iigure of some exciting seems during the progress of tho Boer agitation. During the next lhre« years, Mr. Lloydi tieorge. on the platform, and in the i Uon>e o! Commons, did work which placed him among the two or three in.-n I who contributed mo*t to tiu; Liberal ; victory at the liHIo election, lie woil from the Unionist Attorney-Ci'iicral tlm admission thai he was the ablest critic oi Mr. l'itlfonr's Kdueation Act. Among the. speakers in the cause ol Freetrade. as against Mr. Chamberlain* preference policy, none, were more vigorous and elfociive than Mr. Lloyd-Ceorgc. On Sir Henry Canipbell-I.anncnnan - I acre—ion to oliirc in litu.j. Mr. Lloydbecame President of tiie Hoa'rd I of Trade, and lu-re hj- cntcr<'d upon a new stage of a brilliant career. With i hi> repuiation for [ingnacity and for re-

vohitioii;iiv nica-.. his rule at the Loam of Trade was looked forward to by the commercial world with some apprehension; few. indeed!. believed that- tin' Iii■ i v Celtic temperament would settle down to solid business. Jtut his administrative ability has won the highest praise 011 all sides. liis tact as a conciliator settled the. railways trouble, liU gliding Hand smoothed the way to tin; .Maritime Conference, and ho pilotod through Parliament the intricate and important Merchant Shipping Act. The Port of Uiudmi liill has added to his reputation and liis ac< ession to the Chancellorship will win plaudits on nil sides. SKCKKTAItt i'OU XJIK UUiI.VIKS. The Karl of Clowe, the liiglit Hon. Koncri iililey Ashburtoii Crewc-jlilncs, ii''.i I!oug!i!,in. of Cil'i'Ht Houghton in tii,. County ot j oik, is the son ol Ihe poet, tin; late Maiickloii-.Milnc. lir.-t Lorn Houghton. lie was horn in London on .January 1-, ISoS, and received liis education at Harrow and at trinity College, Cambridge. Jlis UmLhip dueled political life as unpaid secretary to the late Karl Cranvillc. Secretary for foreign Allah's, reniaiwng in that position during his chief's term of ollice. Ik entered llie ilousc of Lords oil the death of his lather, in ISfi.'i, as Lord lluughUin, ami, i year later, on the formation >1 Mr. Clad.tone's (ioverunient, hccanie a Lord-in-W ailing, and represeiited the Hoard of Trade in I lie Cpper House. In IS!*;!, on tlie return to power ol' ilk' Liberal Party, he was appointed Viceroy ol' Ireland. 'flic appointment i-i'i-alei! general ,-urprise, as it was e.\p< ctrd Loril r>va>-ey would i>e chosen. Lord 111m^jliton was one of the youngv-t Yiivrois of iiioderu times. honors of Lkibli'l Castle were dispensed by iiis sinters, the wives of the Hon. Arthur lleuniker and of Sir Gerald Fitzgerald, K.C.M.C. lie wa- succeeded ill 18!lo bv the Uighl Hon. Cerald JSaifour. In I'.HKi he was ap-

pointed, oil the accession of Hie Liberal Coveiiiment, Lorn President of the Council. Lord Crewe is described as "a Liberal, an art connoisseur, muiicLhitig of a poet, a hiblioplioilc, a sporUiiian. and a man of wealth . . . . and yet contrive, to feel at home in a Cabinet with Mr. Burns." In 18,S!) he published "Stray Yer.scs," anil, from lime to lime, numerous articles on Ireland. Ilw Lord-hip is a member of I In- .lockcv flub. lu IS.SII he married a .lauj.lil.'r of Sir l-'iv.leiick Ciaham. Itart. She died in LSB7, leaving him i> widower during his period of ollice as Viceroy of Ireland. lie married again on April 211. 18!)!), his bride beng Lady ■Margari't Primrose, youngest daughter of Lord Kosebery. His estate comprise* 25,000 acres. So far he has no heir. It is not clear that he brings auv special colonial knowledge to his new post of Secretary of State for the Colonies.