
Bonar Law is one of the lesser known 20th-century British Prime Ministers. This work shows how he became leader of the Conservative Party in 1911, and how he reunited and reorganized it over the next 12 years. It also examines his life as a passionate husband, indulgent father...

Among those statesmen who reached the peak of British politics in this century, Bonar Law remains the least known. A Canadian-born Glasgow businessman, he entered politics in 1900; within four years he was a member of Balfour's government, and by 1911 he was the head of the Conservative...