Campbell-Bannerman

American  

[kam-buhl-ban-er-muhn, kam-uhl-] / ˈkæm bəlˈbæn ər mən, ˈkæm əl- /

noun

1. Sir Henry, 1836–1908, British statesman, born in Ireland: prime minister 1905–08.

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Campbell-Bannerman British  

/ ˈkæmbəlˈbænəmən /

noun

1. Sir Henry. 1836–1908, British statesman and leader of the Liberal Party (1899–1908); prime minister (1905–08), who granted self-government to the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony

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Example Sentences

Also after the 1900 election there were two changes of prime minister before the next election in 1906, although Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman called a general election as soon as he became prime minister.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2022

If we were to rank all leaders since 1900, she would be placed 5th from bottom - above only Bonar Law, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Anthony Eden and Henry Campbell-Bannerman.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2018

He could claim in 1991 to have known every 20th-century prime minister except Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who died when he was a toddler, and Bonar Law, “‘whom nobody knew’”.

From Economist • Sep. 8, 2016

Within two years, however, Campbell-Bannerman was dead and Mr. Asquith at last became Prime Minister.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under Lord Rosebery he was Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and became Secretary of State in 1906, under Mr. Campbell-Bannerman; he has now held the post for some ten years.

From My Mission to London 1912-1914 by Lichnowsky, Karl Max, F?rst von