Liberal government, 1905–1915

Asquith ministries
Asquith ministries
1908–1910; Jan–Dec 1910; 1910–1915;
	Asquith (1908)
Date formed	First: 5 April 1908; Second: 9 February 1910; Third: 19 December 1910;
Date dissolved	First: 9 February 1910; Second: 19 December 1910; Third: 25 May 1915;
People and organisations
Monarch	Edward VII (1908–1910); George V (1910–1915);
Prime Minister	H. H. Asquith
Prime Minister's history	1908–1916
Member party	Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Majority (1908–1910); Minority (1910–1915); dependent on IPP support;
Opposition party	Conservative Party
Opposition leaders	Arthur Balfour (1908–1911); Bonar Law (1911–1915); in the House of Commons; Lord Lansdowne; in the House of Lords;
History
Elections	Jan 1910 general election; Dec 1910 general election;
Legislature terms	28th UK Parliament; 29th UK Parliament; 30th UK Parliament;
Budget	People's Budget
Predecessor	C-Bannerman ministry
Successor	Asquith coalition ministry

Campbell-Bannerman ministry
Campbell-Bannerman ministry
1905–1908
	Campbell-Bannerman
Date formed	5 December 1905
Date dissolved	5 April 1908
People and organisations
Monarch	Edward VII
Prime Minister	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Member party	Liberal Party
Status in legislature	Minority (1905–1906); Majority (1906–1908);
Opposition party	Conservative Party
Opposition leaders	Arthur Balfour (1905–1906); Joseph Chamberlain (1906); Arthur Balfour (1906–1908); in the House of Commons; Lord Lansdowne; in the House of Lords;
History
Election	1906 general election
Legislature terms	27th UK Parliament; 28th UK Parliament;
Predecessor	Balfour ministry
Successor	First Asquith ministry

Henry Campbell-Bannerman led the government from 1905 to 1908 and was succeeded by H. H. Asquith.

Asquith led the government from 1908. He formed a coalition in 1915 during the First World War.

The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of two ministries: the first led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman (from 1905 to 1908) and the final three by H. H. Asquith (from 1908 onwards).

Formation

With the fall of Arthur Balfour's Conservative government in the United Kingdom in December 1905, the Liberals under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman were called in to form a government. In the subsequent election, the Liberals won an enormous majority.^[1] Campbell-Bannerman was succeeded as prime minister by H. H. Asquith in 1908.^[2]

Policies

The Liberal government was supported by 29 Labour Party MPs. Chancellor David Lloyd George crafted the People's Budget and introduced a great deal of social legislation,^[3] such as old age pensions and unemployment insurance for a significant part of the working population. For many working people, for whom in old age the threat of the workhouse was very real, these represented a very significant change. Equally groundbreaking was the Parliament Act 1911 which:

Removed the law-making veto from the House of Lords thus rendering it constitutionally most expedient to run any future government from the House of Commons
Enshrined into law the previous convention, which the Lords had broken in 1909, that the Lords may not reject Money Bills
Cut the length of Parliaments from seven years to five

Many of the members of Asquith's cabinet, however, opposed the social measures promulgated by leading figures such as Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George. This resistance was arguably a reflection of the extent to which many Liberals still adhered to the Party's Gladstonian, classical liberal tradition in spite of the growth of the "New Liberalism". Morley was opposed to both old-age pensions and the provisions of the Trade Boards Act of 1909, while Runciman was against the eight-hour day for miners and compensation for workers. Burns, Bryce, Loreburn, and W.S. Robson were opposed to land reform, insurance, and the feeding of schoolchildren,^[4] while several cabinet members^[5] (such as Crewe,^[6] Fitzmaurice,^[7] Harcourt,^[8] and McKenna^[9]) were critical of Lloyd George's progressive "People's Budget." Nevertheless, according to Neil Smith, the majority of the members of the Edwardian Liberal Cabinets were supportive of social reform and social progress.^[10] As noted by one study,

They (the Liberal Cabinet members) sought to respond to the discontent of the electorate by using the existing structure of government to correct the ills of society through innovative legislation. Two-thirds of the Liberal candidates, including Edwin Montagu, had pledged support for such measures during the campaign. While their support was often expressed in general terms, their intent was clear: Social and economic reform must be the first order of the new government.^[11]

Fate

Although the government lost a great deal of support by the two general elections of 1910, they managed to hold on by dint of support from the Irish Parliamentary Party. After early mismanagement during the First World War, particularly the failure of the Dardanelles Campaign, Asquith was forced to bring the Unionists into the government in a coalition.^[12]

Cabinets

Campbell-Bannerman ministry

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman – Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons^[13]
The Lord Loreburn – Lord Chancellor
The Earl of Crewe – Lord President of the Council
The Marquess of Ripon – Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
H. H. Asquith – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Herbert Gladstone – Secretary of State for the Home Department
Sir Edward Grey, Bt – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Earl of Elgin – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Richard Haldane – Secretary of State for War
John Morley – Secretary of State for India
The Lord Tweedmouth – First Lord of the Admiralty
David Lloyd George – President of the Board of Trade
Sir Henry 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
The Earl 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. Reginald McKenna succeeds Birrell at the Board of Education.^[14]
March 1907 – Lewis Harcourt, the First Commissioner of Works, enters the cabinet.^[15]

Asquith ministry

Office	Name	Term
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury	H. H. Asquith	May 1908 – May 1915
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Loreburn^[17]	April 1908 – June 1912
Lord Chancellor	The Viscount Haldane	June 1912 – May 1915
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Tweedmouth	April–September 1908
	The Viscount Wolverhampton	September 1908 – June 1910
	The Earl Beauchamp	June–November 1910
	The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	November 1910 – August 1914
	The Earl Beauchamp	August 1914 – May 1915
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Ripon	May–October 1908
	The Earl of Crewe^[18]	October 1908 – October 1911
	The Earl Carrington	October 1911 – February 1912
	The Marquess of Crewe	February 1912 – May 1915
Chancellor of the Exchequer	David Lloyd George	May 1908 – May 1915
Home Secretary	Herbert Gladstone	May 1908 – February 1910
	Winston Churchill	February 1910 – October 1911
	Reginald McKenna	October 1911 – May 1915
Foreign Secretary	Sir Edward Grey, Bt	May 1908 – May 1915
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Crewe	May 1908 – November 1910
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Lewis Harcourt	November 1910 – May 1915
Secretary of State for War	Richard Haldane^[19]	May 1908 – June 1912
	Jack Seely	June 1912 – March 1914
	H. H. Asquith	March–August 1914
	The Earl Kitchener	August 1914 – May 1915
Secretary of State for India	The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	May 1908 – November 1910
Secretary of State for India	The Earl of Crewe	November 1910 – May 1915
First Lord of the Admiralty	Reginald McKenna	May 1908 – October 1911
First Lord of the Admiralty	Winston Churchill	October 1911 – May 1915
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Viscount Wolverhampton	May–September 1908
	The Lord FitzMaurice	September 1908 – June 1909
	Herbert Samuel	June 1909 – May 1910
	Joseph Pease	May 1910 – October 1911
	Charles Hobhouse	October 1911 – February 1914
	Charles Masterman	February 1914 – January 1915
	Edwin Samuel Montagu	January–May 1915
President of the Board of Trade	Winston Churchill	May 1908 – February 1910
	Sydney Buxton	February 1910 – February 1914
	John Burns	February–August 1914
	Walter Runciman	August 1914 – May 1915
Secretary for Scotland	John Sinclair^[20]	May 1908 – February 1912
Secretary for Scotland	Thomas McKinnon Wood	February 1912 – May 1915
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Augustine Birrell	May 1908 – May 1915
President of the Local Government Board	John Burns	May 1908 – February 1914
President of the Local Government Board	Herbert Samuel	February 1914 – May 1915'
President of the Board of Agriculture	The Earl Carrington	May 1908 – October 1911
	Walter Runciman	October 1911 – August 1914
	The Lord Lucas	August 1914 – May 1915
President of the Board of Education	Walter Runciman	May 1908 – October 1911
President of the Board of Education	Joseph Pease	October 1911 – May 1915
Postmaster General	Sydney Buxton	May 1908 – February 1910
	Herbert Samuel	February 1910 – February 1914
	Charles Hobhouse	February 1914 – May 1915
First Commissioner of Works	Lewis Harcourt	May 1908 – November 1910
	The Earl Beauchamp	November 1910 – August 1914
	The Lord Emmott	August 1914 – May 1915
Attorney General	Sir Rufus Isaacs^[21]	June 1912 – October 1913
Attorney General	Sir John Simon	October 1913 – May 1915

Changes

September 1908 – Lord Wolverhampton succeeds Lord Tweedmouth as Lord President. Lord FitzMaurice succeeds Lord Wolverhampton as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
October 1908 – Lord Crewe succeeds Lord Ripon as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, while remaining also Colonial Secretary.
June 1909 – Herbert Samuel succeeds Lord FitzMaurice at the Duchy of Lancaster.
February 1910 – Winston Churchill succeeds Herbert Gladstone as Home Secretary. Sydney Buxton succeeds Churchill at the Board of Trade. Herbert Samuel succeeds Buxton as Postmaster-General. Joseph Pease succeeds Samuel as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
June 1910 – Lord Beauchamp succeeds Lord Wolverhampton as Lord President.
November 1910 – Lord Beauchamp succeeds Lewis Vernon Harcourt as First Commissioner of Public Works. Lord Morley of Blackburn succeeds Beauchamp as Lord President. Lord Crewe succeeds Morley as India Secretary, remaining also Lord Privy Seal. Lewis Harcourt succeeds Crewe as Colonial Secretary.
October 1911 – Winston Churchill and Reginald McKenna switch offices, Churchill taking the Admiralty and McKenna the Home Office. Lord Carrington succeeds Lord Crewe as Lord Privy Seal. Crewe remains India Secretary. Walter Runciman succeeds Lord Carrington at the Board of Agriculture. Joseph Albert Pease succeeds Runciman at the Board of Education. Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse succeeds Pease at the Duchy of Lancaster.
February 1912 – Lord Crewe succeeds Lord Carrington as Lord Privy Seal, remaining also India Secretary. Thomas McKinnon Wood succeeds Lord Pentland as Secretary for Scotland.
June 1912 – The Attorney-General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, enters the cabinet. Lord Haldane succeeds Lord Loreburn as Lord Chancellor. Jack Seely succeeds Haldane as Secretary for War.
October 1913 – Sir John Simon succeeds Sir Rufus Isaacs as Attorney-General.
February 1914 – John Burns succeeds Sydney Buxton as President of the Board of Trade. Herbert Samuel succeeds Burns at the Local Government Board. Sir Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse succeeds Samuel as Postmaster-General. Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman succeeds Hobhouse at the Duchy of Lancaster.
March 1914 – Asquith temporarily succeeds Jack Seely as Secretary for War.
August 1914 – Lord Beauchamp succeeds Lord Morley as Lord President. Lord Emmott succeeds Beauchamp as First Commissioner of Public Works. Walter Runciman succeeds John Burns as President of the Board of Trade. Lord Lucas succeeds Runciman at the Board of Agriculture. Lord Kitchener succeeds Asquith as Secretary for War.
January 1915 – Edwin Samuel Montagu succeeds Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

List of ministers

Members of the cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	5 December 1905
	H. H. Asquith	5 April 1908 – 25 May 1915
Chancellor of the Exchequer	H. H. Asquith	10 December 1905
Chancellor of the Exchequer	David Lloyd George	12 April 1908
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons	George Whiteley	12 December 1905
	Jack Pease	3 June 1908
	The Master of Elibank	14 February 1910
	Percy Illingworth	7 August 1912
	John Gulland	24 January 1915
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Reginald McKenna	12 December 1905
	Walter Runciman	29 January 1907
	Charles Hobhouse	12 April 1908
	Thomas McKinnon Wood	23 October 1911
	Charles Masterman	13 February 1912
	Edwin Montagu	11 February 1914
	Francis Dyke Acland	3 February 1915
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Herbert Lewis	18 December 1905 – 7 July 1909
	Jack Pease	18 December 1905 – 3 June 1908
	Freeman Freeman-Thomas	21 December 1905 – 2 February 1906
	Cecil Norton	21 December 1905 – 7 July 1909
	John Fuller	2 February 1906 – 27 February 1907
	John Henry Whitley	27 February 1907 – 20 February 1910
	Oswald Partington	7 July 1909 – 19 January 1911
	John Gulland	7 July 1909 – 24 January 1915
	William Wedgwood Benn	20 February 1910 – 25 May 1915
	Ernest Soares	20 February 1910 – 16 April 1911
	Percy Illingworth	28 February 1910 – 7 August 1912
	William Jones	19 January 1911 – 25 May 1915
	Freddie Guest	16 April 1911 – 21 February 1912
	Sir Arthur Haworth	23 February 1912 – 16 April 1912
	Henry Webb	16 April 1912 – 25 May 1915
	Cecil Beck	3 February 1915 – 25 May 1915
	Walter Rea	3 February 1915 – 25 May 1915
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Loreburn^[a]	10 December 1905
Lord Chancellor	The Viscount Haldane	10 June 1912
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Crewe	10 December 1905
	The Lord Tweedmouth	12 April 1908
	The Viscount Wolverhampton	13 October 1908
	The Earl Beauchamp	16 June 1910
	The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	3 November 1910
	The Earl Beauchamp	5 August 1914
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Ripon^[b]	10 December 1905
	The Earl of Crewe^[c]	9 October 1908
	The Earl Carrington	23 October 1911
	The Marquess of Crewe^[d]	13 February 1912
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Herbert Gladstone	10 December 1905
	Winston Churchill	14 February 1910
	Reginald McKenna	23 October 1911
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Herbert Samuel	12 December 1905
	Charles Masterman	7 July 1909
	Ellis Ellis-Griffith	19 February 1912
	Cecil Harmsworth	4 February 1915
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir Edward Grey	10 December 1905
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Edmond Fitzmaurice^[e]	18 December 1905
	Thomas McKinnon Wood	19 October 1908
	Francis Dyke Acland	23 October 1911
	Neil Primrose	4 February 1915
Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Elgin	10 December 1905
	The Earl of Crewe^[f]	12 April 1908
	Lewis Harcourt	3 November 1910
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Winston Churchill	12 December 1905
	J. E. B. Seely	12 April 1908
	The Lord Lucas of Crudwell	23 March 1911
	The Lord Emmott	23 October 1911
	The Lord Islington	10 August 1915
Secretary of State for War	Richard Haldane^[g]	10 December 1905
	J. E. B. Seely	12 June 1912
	H. H. Asquith^[h]	30 March 1914
	The Earl Kitchener	5 August 1914
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl of Portsmouth	12 December 1905
	The Lord Lucas of Crudwell	12 April 1908
	J. E. B. Seely	23 March 1911
	Harold Tennant	14 June 1912
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Thomas Buchanan	14 December 1905
	Francis Dyke Acland	12 April 1908
	Charles Mallet	4 March 1910
	Francis Dyke Acland	31 January 1911
	Harold Tennant	25 October 1911
	Harold Baker	14 June 1912
Secretary of State for India	John Morley^[i]	10 December 1905
	The Earl of Crewe^[j]	3 November 1910
	The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	7 March 1911
	The Earl of Crewe^[k]	25 May 1911
Under-Secretary of State for India	John Ellis	12 December 1905
	Charles Hobhouse	29 January 1907
	Thomas Buchanan	12 April 1908
	The Master of Elibank	5 June 1909
	Edwin Montagu	20 February 1910
	Charles Roberts	17 February 1914
First Lord of the Admiralty	The Lord Tweedmouth	10 December 1905
	Reginald McKenna	12 April 1908
	Winston Churchill	23 October 1911
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Edmund Robertson	12 December 1905
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Thomas Macnamara	13 April 1908
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	George Lambert	18 December 1905
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Earl Carrington	10 December 1905
	Walter Runciman	23 October 1911
	The Lord Lucas of Crudwell	6 August 1914
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Edward Strachey	20 December 1909
	The Lord Lucas	23 October 1911
	Sir Harry Verney	10 August 1914
President of the Board of Education	Augustine Birrell	10 December 1905
	Reginald McKenna	23 January 1907
	Walter Runciman	12 April 1908
	Jack Pease	23 October 1911
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Thomas Lough	18 December 1905
	Thomas McKinnon Wood	13 April 1908
	Sir Charles Trevelyan	19 October 1908
	Christopher Addison	10 August 1914
Chief Secretary for Ireland	James Bryce	10 December 1905
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Augustine Birrell	23 January 1907
Vice President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland	Sir Horace Plunkett	12 December 1905
Vice President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland	Thomas Russell	21 May 1907
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Sir Henry Fowler^[l]	10 December 1905
	The Lord Fitzmaurice	13 October 1908
	Herbert Samuel	25 June 1909
	Jack Pease	14 February 1910
	Charles Hobhouse	23 October 1911
	Charles Masterman	11 February 1914
	Edwin Montagu	3 February 1915
President of the Local Government Board	John Burns	10 December 1905
President of the Local Government Board	Herbert Samuel	11 February 1914
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	Walter Runciman	18 December 1905
	Thomas Macnamara	29 January 1907
	Charles Masterman	12 April 1908
	Herbert Lewis	7 July 1909
Paymaster General	Richard Causton	12 December 1905
	Ivor Guest^[m]	23 February 1910
	The Lord Strachie	23 May 1912
Postmaster-General	Sydney Buxton	10 December 1905
	Herbert Samuel	14 February 1910
	Charles Hobhouse	11 February 1914
Assistant Postmaster-General	Sir Henry Norman	3 January 1910
Assistant Postmaster-General	Cecil Norton	20 February 1910
Secretary for Scotland	John Sinclair^[n]	12 April 1908
Secretary for Scotland	Thomas McKinnon Wood	13 February 1912
President of the Board of Trade	David Lloyd George	10 December 1905
	Winston Churchill	12 April 1908
	Sydney Buxton	14 February 1910
	John Burns	11 February 1914
	Walter Runciman	5 August 1914
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Hudson Kearley^[o]	18 December 1905
	Harold Tennant	10 January 1909
	J. M. Robertson	25 October 1911
First Commissioner of Works	Lewis Harcourt^[p]	10 December 1905
	The Earl Beauchamp	3 November 1910
	The Lord Emmott	6 August 1914
Attorney General	Sir John Lawson Walton	12 December 1905
	Sir William Robson	28 January 1908
	Sir Rufus Isaacs^[q]	7 October 1910
	Sir John Simon	19 October 1913
Solicitor General	Sir William Robson	12 December 1905
	Sir Samuel Thomas Evans	28 January 1908
	Sir Rufus Isaacs	6 March 1910
	Sir John Simon	7 October 1910
	Sir Stanley Buckmaster	19 October 1913
Lord Advocate	Thomas Shaw	12 December 1905
	Alexander Ure	14 February 1909
	Robert Munro	30 October 1913
Solicitor General for Scotland	Alexander Ure	18 December 1905
	Arthur Dewar	18 February 1909
	William Hunter	18 April 1910
	Andrew Anderson	3 December 1911
	Thomas Morison	30 October 1913
Attorney General for Ireland	Richard Cherry	20 December 1905
	Redmond Barry	2 December 1909
	Charles O'Connor	26 September 1911
	Ignatius O'Brien	24 June 1912
	Thomas Molony	10 April 1913
	John Moriarty	20 June 1913
	Jonathan Pim	1 July 1914
Solicitor General for Ireland	Redmond Barry	20 December 1905
	Charles O'Connor	2 December 1909
	Ignatius O'Brien	19 October 1911
	Thomas Molony	24 June 1912
	John Moriarty	25 April 1913
	Jonathan Pim	20 June 1913
	James O'Connor	1 July 1914
Lord Steward of the Household	The Lord Hawkesbury^[r]	18 December 1905
	The Earl Beauchamp	31 July 1907
	The Earl of Chesterfield	22 June 1910
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Viscount Althorp^[s]	18 December 1905
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	The Lord Sandhurst	14 February 1912
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Wentworth Beaumont^[t]	18 December 1905
	John Fuller^[u]	27 February 1907
	Geoffrey Howard	6 February 1911
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Sefton	18 December 1905
Master of the Horse	The Earl of Granard	6 September 1907
Treasurer of the Household	Sir Edward Strachey	18 December 1905
	William Dudley Ward	20 December 1909
	Freddie Guest	21 February 1912
Comptroller of the Household	The Master of Elibank	18 December 1905
	The Earl of Liverpool	12 July 1909
	The Lord Saye and Sele	1 November 1912
Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords	The Lord Ribblesdale	18 December 1905
	The Lord Denman	29 May 1907
	The Lord Colebrooke	15 March 1911
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl Beauchamp	18 December 1905
	The Lord Denman	31 July 1907
	The Lord Colebrooke	26 June 1911
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Duke of Manchester	18 December 1905
	The Lord Allendale	29 April 1907
	The Earl of Craven	2 October 1911
Lords in Waiting	The Lord Denman	18 December 1905 – 31 July 1907
	The Earl of Granard	18 December 1905 – 21 August 1907
	The Lord Acton	18 December 1905 – 25 May 1915
	The Earl Granville	18 December 1905 – 25 May 1915
	The Lord Hamilton of Dalzell	18 December 1905 – 2 October 1911
	The Lord Colebrooke	21 February 1906 – 26 June 1911
	The Lord Herschell	31 July 1907 – 25 May 1915
	The Lord O'Hagan	1 November 1907 – 15 April 1910
	The Lord Tweedmouth	15 April 1910 – 4 December 1911
	The Lord Willingdon	19 July 1911 – 31 January 1913
	The Viscount Allendale	2 October 1911 – 25 May 1915
	The Lord Ashby St Ledgers^[v]	31 January 1913 – 8 February 1915
	The Lord Stanmore	1 May 1914 – 25 May 1915
	The Lord Ranksborough	8 February 1915 – 25 May 1915

Notes

^ Created Earl Loreburn 4 July 1911.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords 10 December 1905 – 14 April 1908.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords; created Marquess of Crewe 3 July 1911.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
^ Created Baron Fitzmaurice 9 January 1906.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
^ Created Viscount Haldane 27 March 1911.
^ Also Prime Minister.
^ Created Viscount Morley of Blackburn 2 May 1908.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords; created Marquess of Crewe 3 July 1911.
^ Created Viscount Wolverhampton 4 May 1908.
^ Created Lord Ashby St Ledgers 15 March 1910.
^ Created Baron Pentland 15 February 1909.
^ Created a Baronet 22 July 1908.
^ Entered cabinet 27 March 1907.
^ Entered cabinet 4 June 1912.
^ Created Earl of Liverpool 22 December 1905.
^ Succeeded as 6th Earl Spencer 13 August 1910.
^ Succeeded as 2nd Lord Allendale 13 February 1907.
^ Created a Baronet 7 July 1910.
^ Succeeded as 2nd Lord Wimborne 22 February 1914.

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Liberal government, 1905–1915

Formation

Policies

Fate

Cabinets

Campbell-Bannerman ministry

Changes

Asquith ministry

Changes

List of ministers

See also

References

Further reading

Leadership

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