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| Admiral Seymour, Edward Hobart |  |
| London Appointed Admiral of the Fleet |
| Chancellor Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| Commission Native Affairs Milner, Alfred | |
| Milner's Native Affairs Commission recommends black & white segregation |
| Demonstrations Pankhurst, Christabel | |
| Manchester Disrupts Edward Grey's meeting in Manchester |
| Deputy Leader Liberal Party Lloyd George Lloyd George, David | |
| Serves under Campbell-Bannerman |
| Director Naval Ordnance Rushworth Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| London Appointed Director of the Naval Ordnance |
| Election Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Defeated after a split by tariff reform proposals of Joseph Chamberlain |
| The Conservatices win just 156 seats at the general election |
| 8th Jan Manchester Balfour loses his seat in Manchester East |
| Election Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| Dec Avoids a split in the party by offering Asquith the Chancellorship |
| 16th Dec Announces a general election |
| 16th Dec Polling will commence from 12 January & finish 8 February |
| Election Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 9th Dec Offerred the post of Financial Secretary at the Treasury, prefers a smaller department |
| IGS Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| Founds the Imperial General Staff |
| Independence Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| London Agrees to requests from Smuts for self-government in the Trans vaal & Free State |
| Orange Free Agrees to requests from Smuts for self-government in the Trans vaal & Free State |
| Transvaal Agrees to requests from Smuts for self-government in the Trans vaal & Free State |
| Transvaal The Traansval is awarded self-government |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs Grey, Edward | |
| Appointed Foreign Minister |
| Mobilization Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| London Plans the mobilization of British Expeditionary Force |
| President Burns, John Elliot | |
| Appointed President of the Local Government Board |
| President Lloyd George, David | |
| London Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| Prime Minister Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 5th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 9th Dec Offers to make Churchill Financial Secretary under Asquith, Churchill refuses |
| Publication of Doyle Doyle, Arthur Conan | |
| Publication of, "Return of Sherlock Holmes " |
| Publication of MacDonald MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| Publication of, "Socialism and Society" |
| Publication of Wells Wells, Herbert George | |
| Publication of, "A Modern Utopia" |
| Publication of, "Kipps" |
| Reform of House of Lords Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 5th Dec London Liberals want Campbell-Bannerman to serve as nominal PM from the Lords but he refuses |
| Resignation of Balfour Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Dec London Resigns over the policy of Imperial Preference rather then call an election |
| Secretary Colonies Bruce Bruce, James | |
| London Appointed Colonial Secretary |
| Secretary Colonies Bruce Bruce, Victor Alexander | |
| London Appointed Colonial Secretary |
| Secretary State Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Appointed Secretary of State for Home Affairs |
| Secretary State Hope | |
| London Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland |
| Secretary War & Colonies Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| London Appointed Secretary of State for War & the Colonies |
| Segregation Sth Africa Milner, Alfred | |
| Milner's Native Affairs Commission recommends black & white segregation |
| Speech Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 13th May Manchester Describes the Conservative Party as a party of "great vested interests" |
| 4th June Manchester Supports Free Trade while speaking at a mass meeting in Manchester |
| 10th Dec Manchester Speaks against the persecution of Jews in Russia at the Palace Theatre Manchester |
| Spokesman Colonial Office Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 10th Dec London Appointed Spokesman for the Colonial Office because Lord Elgin is a peer |
| Territorial Army Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| Founds the Territorial Force which becomes the Territorial Army |
| Under Secretary Colonies Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 10th Dec Appointed Under Secretary of State for the Colonies |
