Andrew Bonar Law

Prime Ministers in the House of Lords

Kathryn Rix

March 12, 2026

The retirement of Lord Salisbury in 1902 marked the end of the last premiership undertaken from the House of Lords,…
The king’s dilemma: how it fell to George V to choose a new prime minister

History of Parliament

May 16, 2023

In May 1923, Andrew Bonar Law handed in his resignation letter and it fell to King George V to select…
Prime Ministers’ Funerals

Emma Peplow

April 16, 2013

A look back at the different Prime Ministers who received public funerals… Tomorrow former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will…