Andrew Bonar Law (1858 - 1923)

Born 16 Sep 1858 in Kingston, New Brunswick, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Annie Pitcairn (Robley) Law — married 24 Mar 1891 in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 30 Oct 1923 at age 65 in Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Bonar Law is Notable.

Andrew Bonar Law was born in Kingston, New Brunswick on September 16, 1858.
He was the son of James Law and Annie Kidston.

He was named for the cleric and writer Rev. Andrew Alexander Bonar DD.

The name of the town was changed from "Kingston" to "Rexton" in 1901 ^[1].

At the time of the 1861 Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Census, Revd James, Robert, William K., John R.K., Andrew Bonar, and Mary E. Law (mistranscribed as "Lary") were listed as living in Richibuctou, New Brunswick, along with James' sister-in-law, Janet Kidston, a visitor, and a servant^[2]. The census lists Bonar’s age as 2, which is in line with his reported birth in September, 1858.

At the time of the 1871 Canada Census, James, Sophia, Robert, John, Bonner, Minnie, Janet, and Bessie Law (mistranscribed as "Lair") were listed as living in Richibucto, New Brunswick, along with a servant^[3].

Marriage

Andrew Bonar Law married Annie Pitcairn Robley, daughter of Harrington Robley, in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire on 24 March 1891^[4].

The couple had six children:

James Kidston (1893-1917)

Isabel Harrington (1895-1969)

Charles John (1897-1917)

Harrington (1899-1958)

Richard Kidston (1901-1980)

Catherine Edith (1905-1992).

Andrew Bonar Law was Prime Minister of Great Britain from October 23, 1922, to May 20, 1923. He was the first holder of that office to come from a British colony.^[5][6]

Death

Hon. Andrew Bonar Law died on 30 October 1923, and was buried in Westminster Abbey^[7][8]. His death was registered in Kensington in the fourth quarter of 1923^[9].

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Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rexton,_New_Brunswick
2. ↑ Census of Canada East, Canada West, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, 1861, New Brunswick, Kent, Richibuctou, page 22, Andrew Bonar Law; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll C-1002-1003 (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1861/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=163062 : Accessed May 19, 2019).
3. ↑ Census of Canada, 1871, New Brunswick, Kent (185), Richibucto (c), page 75, dwelling 247, family 260, Bonner Law; RG31 - Statistics Canada, roll C-10390 (http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1871/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1500934 : Accessed May 19, 2019).
4. ↑ Richibucto Review, April 16, 1891, republished from the Scotland Times of 25 March 1891, transcribed in Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics, Volume 79, Number 2000 : https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/NewspaperVitalStats/Details.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=AAE804AD-2516-4995-8E6D-AE40231495CB Provincial Archives of New Brunswick.
5. ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Online, s. v. "Bonar Law", accessed March 08, 2016, http://www.britannica.com/biography/Bonar-Law.
6. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Bonar Law," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bonar_Law&oldid=707952739 (accessed March 9, 2016).
7. ↑ Westminster Abbey: [https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/andrew-bonar-law Andrew Bonar Law
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #8707
9. ↑ FreeBMD: Deaths Dec 1923, Surname: Law, Given Name: Andrew B., District: Kensington, Volume: 1a, Page 126.

See also:

• Blake, Robert, The Unknown Prime Minister: The Life and Times of Andrew Bonar Law 1858-1923. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1955)
• ThePeerage.com: Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law
• Wikidata: Item Q166663, en:Wikipedia