British political portraits

Justin Mccarthy

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BRITISH POLITICAL PORTRAITS r 6 2 58 PliiitoKraph copyrifjlit by Klliott & Fry BALFOURARTHUR JAMES BRITISH POLITICAL PORTRAITS McCarthyBy JUSTIN NEW YORK THE OUTLOOK COMPANY 1903 COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY THE OUTLOOK COMPANY Published March, igoj CONTENTS iARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR1. 2. 25.UmOJALISmiRY ROSEBERYLORD3. 49 CHAMBERLAIN4. JOSEPH 73 HENRY LABOUCHERE5. 99 MORLEY6. JOHN 125 LORD ABERDEEN 1517. BURNS8. JOHN 177 SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH 2039. 10. JOHN E. REDMOND 229 11. SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT 255 12. BRYCE 281JAMES 13. SIR HENRY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN 307 ARTHUR BALFOURJAMES ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR Mr. ArthurMy first acquaintance with J. Balfour, who recently became Prime Minister of King Edward VII., was made in the earliest experience as a member of thedays of my House of Commons. The Fourth party, as it was called, had just been formed under the in- of Lord Randolph Churchill.spiration the late The Fourth party was a new political enter- prise. The House of Commons up to that time regular and recognizedcontained three —political parties the supporters of the Gov- ernment, the supporters of the Opposition, and the of Irish Nationalist party, ofmembers the whom I was one. Lord Randolph Churchill created a Fourth party, the business of which was to act independently alike of the Govern- ment, the Opposition, and the Irish National- ists. At the time when I entered Parliament the andConservatives were in power, Conserv- ative statesmen occupied the Treasury Bench.

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• Great Britain

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 18
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

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BRITISH POLITICAL PORTRAITS
r
6 2 58PliiitoKraph copyrifjlit by Klliott & Fry
BALFOURARTHUR JAMESBRITISH POLITICAL
PORTRAITS
McCarthyBy JUSTIN
NEW YORK
THE OUTLOOK COMPANY
1903COPYRIGHT, 1903, BY THE OUTLOOK COMPANY
Published March, igoj