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Reginald McKenna (6 July 1863 – 6 September 1943) was a British banker and Liberal politician. His first Cabinet post under Henry Campbell-Bannerman was as President of the Board of Education, after which he served as First Lord of the Admiralty.
Reginald McKenna was a British statesman who, as first lord of the Admiralty, initiated in 1909 a battleship construction program that gave Britain a considerable advantage over Germany in capital-ship strength at the beginning of World War I.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
7 de abr. de 2009 · A biography of Reginald McKenna, a prominent Liberal politician who held various offices in the early twentieth century, including Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty. The book explores his role in naval defence, economic policy and the Great War, as well as his complex personality and political identity.
- Christopher Godden
- 2009
Who's Who - Reginald McKenna. Reginald McKenna (1863-1943) served as Herbert Asquith's Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the latter's wartime administration.
17 de mai. de 2016 · Reginald McKenna was the Liberal Home Secretary who introduced the controversial Cat and Mouse Act in 1913 to deal with hunger striking suffragettes. He faced criticism, violence and defeat in the 1918 election, but later became a banker and a patron of the arts.
Scope and Contents. The collection includes: personal papers, particularly on McKenna's property and financial affairs; a small amount of material on the 1907 Education Bill; a large amount of correspondence and papers from McKenna's tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty; some Home Office correspondence; speeches and correspondence from McKenna ...
5 de nov. de 2012 · Summary. Reginald McKenna was singularly fortunate in finding a new career, in which he became not less distinguished than in politics, when the personal and party rift which ended with the resignation of Mr Asquith brought his life as a Cabinet Minister to a standstill, which he found himself exceedingly ready to leave undisturbed ...
