Bonar Law
(1858-1923), Prime Minister and businessmanAndrew Bonar Law
20th Century Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 27 portraits
Born in New Brunswick, Canada but moved to Scotland in 1870; Bonar Law became a partner in the company of William Jacks & Co., an iron merchants, well respected by the Glasgow business community; he relinquished his partnership in Jacks and embarked on a full-time political career; eventually became leader of the Conservative Party in 1911; when a new government was formed in 1916, Bonar Law became chancellor of the exchequer, leader of the House of Commons and the effective deputy premier; in 1919 he spent time in Paris with the British delegation at the Versailles conference; Bonar Law became Prime Minister in 1922 but resigned in 1923 after being diagnosed with an incurable cancer of the throat.
by Minnie Agnes Cohen
pencil, 1890
NPG 2358
by Sir Francis Carruthers Gould ('F.C.G.')
pen and ink, 1900s?
NPG 2847
by Sir James Guthrie
oil on canvas, 1924-1930
NPG 2463
by Bassano Ltd, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, circa 1913
NPG x197796
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32125
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32126
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32127
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x32124
by Vandyk
10 x 12 inch glass negative, 25 June 1918
NPG x130051
by London News Agency
bromide press print, circa 1920
NPG x182348
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1923
NPG x168853
by Walter Stoneman
negative, July 1941
NPG x515
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 March 1905
NPG D45264
Bonar Law ('Men of the Day. No. 1326. "the opposition."')
by 'Strickland'
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 10 April 1912
NPG D45657
The Heart of Midlothian (Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Bonar Law)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1912
NPG D11474
after Unknown photographer
photogravure, published 1913
NPG D5037
In the Spring a Press-Man's Fancy- (Bonar Law; David Lloyd George)
by Bernard Partridge
pen and ink on artists' board, 1921
NPG D9828
by Powys Evans
pencil, sketch for Quiz cartoon (Eighty eight cartoons, 1926, no. 7)
NPG D1674
Related People
- Richard Kidston Law, 1st Baron Coleraine (son)
- Catherine Edith Mary Colwell (née Law) (daughter)
- Harrington Law (son)
- Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes (grandson)
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