1906 United Kingdom general election
The 1906 United Kingdom general election was held from 12 January to 8 February 1906.
Image: Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman
Image: Arthur James Balfour 1st Earl of Balfour
Image: John Redmond, circa 1909
Image: Keir Hardie by George Charles Beresford (1905)
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery. He was the first first lord of the treasury to be officially called the "prime minister", the term only coming into official usage five days after he took office. He remains the only person to date to hold the positions of Prime Minister and Father of the House at the same time, and the last Liberal leader to gain a UK parliamentary majority.
Portrait by George Charles Beresford, 1902
Campbell-Bannerman caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1899
Campbell-Bannerman in 1904
Punch cartoon dated 19 February 1908, making fun of the relationship between House of Commons (Henry Campbell-Bannerman) and House of Lords (Lord Lansdowne).
