Robert Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn
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Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | |
In office 10 December 1905 – 10 June 1912 | |
Prime Minister | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
Preceded by | The Earl of Halsbury |
Succeeded by | The Viscount Haldane |
Personal details | |
Born | Corfu Town, Corfu, United States of the Ionian Islands | 3 April 1846
Died | 30 November 1923 Walmer, Kent | (aged 77)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | (1) Emily Fleming (d. 1904) (2) Violet Hicks-Beach |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn,
Background and education
Born in
Political career
Loreburn's national political career began in 1880, when he was elected to the
During the 1900s and 1910s, many Liberal politicians took up the ideology of
In 1908, Asquith became Prime Minister. Lord Loreburn's disagreements with Haldane, Grey, Asquith, and eventually
He was created Earl Loreburn on 4 July 1911.[7] Unfortunately, Lord Loreburn's health began declining, and in the summer of 1912, he resigned his Lord Chancellorship. In a parting, "valedictory" letter to Lord Haldane, he wrote:
My differences with you have always been this, you have been an Imperialist "au fond" and always in my opinion it is quite impossible to reconcile Imperialism with the Liberal creed which we professed, and on the force of which we received the support of the country. In this way we became hopelessly estranged on the greatest of all issues.
During the July Crisis Loreburn opposed British intervention in the impending continental war. On 31 July 1914 the Manchester Guardian, to his delight, attacked the way in which Britain appeared to have been secretly committed to the side of France and Russia.[8]
In January 1918, the
Personal life
Lord Loreburn married firstly Emily, daughter of A. C. Fleming, in 1871. After her death in August 1904 he married secondly Violet Elizabeth, daughter of
Arms
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See also
- ISBN 978-0-231-06155-1.
References
- ISBN 9780521301954.
- ^ Robert Reid – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Teams Robert Reid played for – CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "No. 26536". The London Gazette. 27 July 1894. p. 4299.
- ^ "No. 27141". The London Gazette. 5 December 1899. p. 8181.
- ^ "No. 27873". The London Gazette. 9 January 1906. p. 187.
- ^ "No. 28514". The London Gazette. 18 July 1911. p. 5349.
- ^ Koss, p. 157.
- ^ Fenwick, Mrs Bedford, ed. (19 January 1918). "Editorial: Woman Suffrage Assured" (PDF). The British Journal of Nursing. LX (1555). London: The Nursing Press: 35. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1914.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Robert Reid
- Encyclopædia Britannica (12th ed.). 1922. .