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Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, (7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British
Liberal Party
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 "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 both Prime Minister and
Father of the House
at the same time.
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