Reginald McKenna, as depicted by the cartoonist Leslie Ward. Sir Leslie Matthew Ward ( 21 November 1851 &ndash 15 May 1922) was a British Portrait Artist and Caricaturist

Reginald McKenna (6 July 1863 – 6 September 1943) was a Liberal British statesman. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party He was educated at King’s College London

Elected at the 1895 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for North Monmouthshire, he served in the Liberal governments of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith as President of the Board of Education, First Lord of the Admiralty and Home Secretary. King's College London is a British Higher education institution and co-founding constituent college of the federal University of London. The UK general election of 1895 was held from 13 July - 7 August 1895 A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Northern Monmouthshire was a parliamentary constituency in Monmouthshire. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 &ndash 22 April 1908 was a British Liberal Statesman who served as Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC ( 12 September 1852 &ndash 15 February 1928) served The Secretary of State for Education and Skills was the chief minister of the Department for Education and Skills in the United Kingdom government The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office As Chancellor of the Exchequer in Asquith's coalition government, he opposed the introduction of conscription, and retired into opposition upon the fall of Asquith at the end of 1916. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all Economic and Financial He lost his seat in the 1918 general election and became Chairman of the Midland Bank. The UK general election of 1922 was held on 15 November 1922 It was the first election held after most of the Irish counties left the United Kingdom to form the Irish Midland Bank was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century In 1922, the new Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law hoped to persuade him to come out of retirement and serve once again at the Exchequer, but he refused, and remained in private life. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The following year Law's successor Stanley Baldwin made the repeated request and McKenna was more agreeable. Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 &ndash 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative politician statesman and major However he wished to enter Parliament as MP for the City of London and neither of the incumbent MPs would agree to vacate in order to make room. For London as a whole see the main article London. The City of London is a geographically As a result McKenna declined.

It is said that he refused offers of a peerage throughout the rest of his life so as to always be in a position to be offered the Exchequer so he could refuse.

Family

McKenna was married in 1908 to Pamela Jekyll (who d. November 1943), younger daughter of Sir Herbert Jekyll KCMG (brother of the landscape gardener Gertrude Jekyll and his wife Agnes, Lady Jekyll, nee Graham. The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George Prince Regent (later George Gertrude Jekyll ( November 29, 1843 – December 8, 1932) (surname pronounced /ˈdʒiˌkəl/) was an influential British garden ^[1] They had two sons - Michael (who d. 1931) and David who married 1934 Lady Cecilia Keppel (b. 12 April 1910), a daughter of the the 9th Earl of Albemarle and had issue. Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Earl of Albemarle is a title created several times The word Albemarle (or Albermarle is an early variant of the French Aumale (Latin Alba Marla, or English White ^[2]

McKenna died in London on 6 September 1943 and was buried at Mells, Somerset (the home of his old friend Sir John Horner). Events 3114 BC - According to the Proleptic Julian calendar the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar started Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mells may refer to Mells Somerset, England Mells Suffolk, England His wife died two months later, and is buried beside him.

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References

• Martin Farr, Reginald McKenna 1863-1916: Financier Among Statemen, New York: Routledge, 2007.
• Janus: The Papers of Reginald McKenna includes a short biography. Retrieved 4 December 2007. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page