Reginald McKenna

Reginald McKenna
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
27 May 1915 – 10 December 1916
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byDavid Lloyd George
Succeeded byBonar Law
Home Secretary
In office
23 October 1911 – 27 May 1915
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byWinston Churchill
Succeeded bySir John Simon
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
12 April 1908 – 23 October 1911
Prime MinisterH. H. Asquith
Preceded byEdward Marjoribanks
Succeeded byWinston Churchill
President of the Board of Education
In office
23 January 1907 – 12 April 1908
Prime MinisterHenry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded byAugustine Birrell
Succeeded byWalter Runciman
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
12 December 1905 – 23 January 1907
Prime MinisterHenry Campbell-Bannerman
Preceded byVictor Cavendish
Succeeded byWalter Runciman
Member of Parliament
for North Monmouthshire
In office
7 August 1895 – 14 December 1918
Preceded byThomas Phillips Price
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born(1863-07-06)6 July 1863
Kensington, London[1]
Died6 September 1943(1943-09-06) (aged 80)
London
NationalityBritish
Political partyLiberal
SpousePamela Jekyll (d. 1943)
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

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. His most important roles were as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the premiership of H. H. Asquith. He was studious and meticulous, noted for his attention to detail, but also for being bureaucratic and partisan.[2][page needed][3]

  1. ^ Cregier, D. M. "McKenna, Reginald". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34744. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ McKenna (1948)
  3. ^ Jenkins (1998), pp. 158–206

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