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King George the Fifth
In 1910 the Commons confronted the Lords. In 1909 the Lords had rejected the budget - this was the final straw for Asquith.
He began to prepare the Parliament Bill. On May 6th Edward VII died and his son, George V became King. The Parliament Bill was presented to the Lords who rewrote it. Another General Election was unavoidable. The Liberals and the Conservatives won the same number of seats but the Labour and Irish National Parties, reluctantly, supported the Liberals. Asquith asked George V to create the peers he had agreed to earlier in the year in order to out-vote the Conservatives in the Lords. Parliament broke for Christmas before any decision to do so was made.
George V |
GEORGE V (1865-1936)- King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India 1910 to 1936
- As second son he did not expect to be King but the Duke of Clarence died in 1892 leaving his younger brother George as heir to the throne
- Married Princess Mary of Tech in 1867
- Joined the navy in 1877
- An intelligent and thinking monarch
- Responsible for changing the royal family name from Saxe-Coburg to Windsor after the First World War
- Remembered for introducing Christmas broadcasts
The first operation using an X-ray machine was performed in 1910.
MINISTERS PRESENT AT THE SECRET CONSTITUTIONAL CONFERENCE HELD ON JUNE 16TH AT NO. 10 DOWNING STREET
- H H Asquith - Prime Minister
- Lloyd George - Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Augustine Birrell - Chief Secretary for Ireland
- The Earl of Crewe - Colonial Secretary
Members of the Opposition: - Arthur Balfour
- Austen Chamberlain
- The Earl of Cawdor
- The Marquis of Lansdowne
 
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| 1905 | Campbell-Bannerman becomes Prime Minister
The first motor buses are seen in London
The Piccadilly and Bakerloo tube lines open
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| 1907 | Anglo-Russian entente is formed
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| 1908 | Campbell-Bannerman dies
Asquith becomes Prime Minister
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| 1909 | Old Age Pensions are introduced
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| 1910 | George V becomes king
The Union of South Africa is established
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| 1911 | National Insurance Acts are passed
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| 1912 | Scott reaches the South Pole
Balkan War break out
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| 1913 | Trade Union Act and Cat and Mouse Act are passed
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| 1914 | Irish Home Rule Act is passed
World War I starts
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| 1915 | Wartime coalition government is formed
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