Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908), British statesman, born in Glasgow, Scotland, and educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge. He entered Parliament as member for Stirling, Scotland, in 1868 and allied himself with the Liberal Party of Prime Minister William Gladstone. In 1886 he was secretary for war under Gladstone, and from 1892 to 1895 he held the same position in the ministries of Gladstone and Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th earl of Rosebery. Campbell-Bannerman was chosen leader of the Liberal Party in 1899 and became prime minister in 1905. During his ministry, he granted responsible government to the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa, but he failed in his ambition to gain home rule for Ireland. He resigned his post because of illness two weeks before his death.