1907 Sir James Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons to Henry Bannerman, PM

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1907 Sir James Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons to Henry Bannerman, PM
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1907 Sir James Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons to Sir Henry Bannerman, Prime Minister, Correspondence Card, dated 21st March 1907, Speakers House.
"Dear Sir Henry,
I presume that under exceptional circumstances which we find ourselves, your not hold your meeting at 3o today?
If otherwise however please let me have a verbal message & I will come to your rooms,
Yours Sincerely,
James Lowther.
(in pencil at top) "After all night's Sitting".
House of Commons sittings, 20 Mar 1907 Consolidated Fund Bill 14:45 (Wed) 17:36 (Thur) 26:51
James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater,
GCB
, PC,
JP
,
DL
(1 April 1855 – 27 March 1949)
,
was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921. He was the longest-serving Speaker of the 20th century.
Background and education The son of
Hon
. William Lowther, a grandson of William Lowther, 1st Earl of
Lonsdale
and for 25 years Member of Parliament for Westmorland, and Alice, 3rd daughter of James
Parke
, 1st Baron Wensleydale, Lowther was educated at
Eton
College, King's College London where he took an Associateship degree, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he studied classics and law.[1] Lowther became a barrister in 1879, eventually becoming a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1906.
Political career
He was Member of Parliament for Rutland in 1883; contested Mid Cumberland in 1885; and sat for Penrith from 1886–1921. He was appointed 4th Charity Commissioner in 1887, and held junior ministerial office as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1891–1892. He was Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker from 1895–1905 and Speaker of the House of Commons from 1905–1921.
There are three golden rules for Parliamentary speakers: Stand up. Speak up. Shut up.
—?J.
W
. Lowther, 1917
Other public appointments
Lowther represented Great Britain at the International Conference at Venice in 1892, and at the International Conference on Emigration at Rome in 1924. He was Chairman of the Speakers' Electoral Reform Conference in 1916–1917, of the Buckingham Palace Conference (on the partition of Ulster) in 1914, of the Boundary Commissions (Great Britain and Ireland) in 1917, of the Royal Commission on Proportional Representation in 1918, Devolution Conference in 1919, of the Royal Commission on London Government, 1921–1922; of Review Committee Political Honours, 1923–1924, and Statutory Commission on Cambridge University, 1923; of the Agricultural Wages Board from 1930–1940; of the Lords and Commons Committee on Electoral Reform, 1929–1930; and of BBC Enquiry Committee, 1935. He was a Trustee of the British Museum from 1922–1931 and a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery from 1925. In 1907 his portrait was painted by Philip de Laszlo.
Honours
He was appointed to the Privy Council in 1898, created 1st Viscount Ullswater, of Campsea Ashe, in the County of Suffolk, on his retirement as Speaker in 1921,[2] and appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in July 1921.[3] He also held the degrees of DCL from the University of Oxford, LL.D from the University of Cambridge and DCL from the University of Leeds.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB PC (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908), a British statesman and Liberal politician, served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and as Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908
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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 "Prime Minister", the term only coming into official usage five days after he took office. He also remains the only person to date to hold the positions of Prime Minister and Father of the House at the same time.
Known colloquially as "CB", he firmly believed in free trade, Irish Home Rule and the improvement of social conditions. A. J. A. Morris, in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, called him "Britain's first and only radical Prime Minister".[1] Following a general-election defeat in 1900, Campbell-Bannerman went on to lead the Liberal Party to a landslide victory over the Conservative Party at the 1906 general election - the last election in which the Liberals gained an overall majority in the House of Commons. The government he subsequently led passed legislation to ensure trade unions could not be liable for damages incurred during strike action, introduced free school meals for all children, and empowered local authorities to purchase agricultural land from private landlords. Campbell-Bannerman resigned as Prime Minister in April 1908 due to ill-health and was replaced by his Chancellor, H. H. Asquith. He died 19 days later
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John Ponsonby (British Army officer)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Major-General Sir John Ponsonby KCB CMG DSO (25 March 1866 – 26 March 1952) was a British Army officer who commanded 5th Division during World War I
Born the son of Sir Henry Ponsonby (Queen Victoria's Private Secretary), his Mother Hon. Mary Elizabeth Ponsonby, Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria and a daughter of John Crocker Bulteel.
His brothers were Frederick Ponsonby, ( Assistant Private Secretary to Edward VII & GV), and Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede, (British politician, writer, and social activist).
Sir John was educated at Eton College, He was gazetted to the Royal Irish Rifles 16 November 1887, and to the Coldstream Guards 15 August 1888, becoming Lieutenant 29 June 1891. He was ADC to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 10 August 1891 to 30 January 1895; served in operations in Matabeleland (Medal); was promoted to Captain 7 September 1898, and in that year served in Uganda (Medal), and again in 1899, during the operations against Kabarega (clasp). Captain Ponsonby served in the South African War, 1899-1902, on special service with the Rhodesian Field Force, 19 February 1900 to 7 July 1901. He was Adjutant, 5th New Zealand Regiment, 8 June 1900 to 1 January 1901; afterwards in command 1 January to 18 January 1901. From February to May 1900, be was employed with Mounted Infantry, and he took part in operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, from July to 29 November 1900; operations in the Transvaal, February to June 1901; operations in Cape Colony, February to 31 May 1902. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 September 1901]; received the Queen's Medal with four clasps, the King's Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "John Ponsonby, Captain, Coldstream Guards. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". The Insignia were presented by the King 27 October 1901. He was promoted to Major 23 January 1904, and commanded the Guards' Depot 1 March 1905 to 28 February 1907. He became Lieutenant Colonel 28 October 1913.
Lieutenant Colonel Ponsonby served in the European War, 1914—18; Landed in France 13th August 1914 in charge of 1st Coldstream Guards,Wounded 15th September & returned to unit 21st November. commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade, BEF, 26 August 1915 to 19 November 1916: was given the Brevet of Colonel 1 January 1916; commanded the Special Reserve Infantry Brigade 28 November 1916 to 7 March 1917; commanded the 21st Infantry Brigade, BEF, 8 March to 20 March 1917; became Colonel 20 March 1917; commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade, British Armies in France, 21 March to 21 August 1917; commanded the 40th Division, British Armies in France, 22 August 1917 to 3 July 1918; subsequently commanded the 5th Division, British Armies in France, 4 July 1918 to 1 April 1919; was promoted to Major General 1 January 1919. He was mentioned in Despatches; created a CMG in 1915, a CB in 1918, and was given the Brevet of Colonel.
He went on to become General Officer Commanding 5th Division remaining in that role until the end of the War. After the War he became General Officer Commanding the Madras District of India. He retired in 1928.
He lived at Haile Hall near Beckermet in Cumbria
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1907 Sir James Lowther, Speaker of the House of Commons to Sir Henry Bannerman, Prime Minister, Correspondence Card, dated 21st March 1907, Speakers House.  "Dear Sir Henry,I presume that under exceptional circumstances which we find ourselves, your not hold your meeting at 3o today?If otherwise however please let me have a verbal message & I will come to your rooms, Yours Sincerely, James Lowther. (in pencil at top) "After all night's Sitting". House of Commons sittings, 20 Mar 1907 Consolidated Fund Bill 14:45 (Wed) 17:36 (Thur) 26:51 James William Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater, GCB, PC, JP, DL (1 April 1855 – 27 March 1949), was a British Conservative politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 1905 and 1921. He was the longest-serving Speaker of the 20th century
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Country
England
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Consolidated Fund Bill
Estate or House name
House Of Commons
Family Surname
Lowther
City/Town/Village/Place
London
England County
Middlesex
Era
1900-1910
Addressed to
Sir Henry Bannerman, Prime Minister
Type
Political
Year of Issue
1907
Titled Families
Viscount Ullswater