The Conservative gov. of 1922-3 - Bonar Law
Mind map for the Conservative government of 1922-3
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- The Conservative government of 1922-1923
- The King called on Bonar Law after the fall of Lloyd George to form a governement. He led the party for 8 months then resigned because of illness.
- Curzon agreed to stay at the foreign office
- Bonar Law's aim was to adopt a policy of 'tranquillity and stability both at home and abroad '
- Bonar Law wanted Baldwin to be the chancellor of the Exchequer
- He included 7 peers in his 16-man cabinet. It was dubbed ' the second eleven'
- Curzon agreed to stay at the foreign office
- Bonar Law was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin
- Baldwin decided to call a general election over the issue of tariff reform in December 1923 and it was a bad call. The Conservatives lost.
- April 1923 BL's health was getting worse
- The most suitable at first seemed to be Lord Curzon. He had been a succesful Foreign secutary since 1919. He was intelligent and he was also a hard worker. Bad= arrogant and overbearing + He was a Lord ( peer)
- The King chose Baldwin in the end. Curzon wasn't happy
- Mistook memorandum for saying that Baldwin was liked by everyone in the House of Commons and that he typified the Conservative spirit
- It wasn't from Bonar Law,but was actually from his secretary
- Mistook memorandum for saying that Baldwin was liked by everyone in the House of Commons and that he typified the Conservative spirit
- April 1923 BL's health was getting worse
- Baldwin decided to call a general election over the issue of tariff reform in December 1923 and it was a bad call. The Conservatives lost.
- The sudden decline of the Liberals left the way open for the Labour Party to become the opposition in a period where the Conservatives were dominating
- In the 1922 general election the Conservatives won 354 seats. The Liberals won 116 seats. Labour won 142 seats.
- Because of the FPTP system the Conservatives had a 77 seat majority over the other parties.
- Policies.
- The 'garden suburb' was abolished by the minister of health- Neville Chamberlain
- Introduction of Legislation to encourage local councils to build more houses. A subsidy of £6 a year for 20 years was given by central gov. for each new house completed.)
- Foreign affairs
- Curzon substituted the treaty of Lausanne for the Treaty of Sevres, which the Turks had hated so much
- Jan 1923- The French occupied the Ruhr in Germany and did not approve of France's actions and so Anglo-French relations were not good
- Dec 1922 the Chancellor of the Exchequer went to the US to try to negotiate a reduction of British wartime debt
- He failed and it was decided that Britain would pay off the full deby for 62 years with 3% interest each year
- The King called on Bonar Law after the fall of Lloyd George to form a governement. He led the party for 8 months then resigned because of illness.
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