Bonar Law

**Andrew Bonar Law** (16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923), commonly called **Bonar Law** (), served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Law was elected to Parliament in 1900 as a member of the Conservative Party.  He became leader of the Party in 1911.  He was Lloyd George's Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons while Lloyd George served as Prime Minister during World War I.

Law became Prime Minister in October 1922.  He found out he had throat cancer and resigned in May 1923.  He died in October 1923.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: Bonar Law
- **image**: A. Bonar Law LCCN2014715818 (cropped).jpg
- **office1**: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **term start1**: 23 October 1922
- **term end1**: 20 May 1923
- **monarch1**: George V
- **predecessor1**: David Lloyd George
- **successor1**: Stanley Baldwin
- **office2**: Leader of the House of Commons
- **term start2**: 23 October 1922
- **term end2**: 20 May 1923
- **predecessor2**: Austen Chamberlain
- **successor2**: Stanley Baldwin
- **term start3**: 10 December 1916
- **term end3**: 23 March 1921
- **primeminister3**: David Lloyd George
- **predecessor3**: H. H. Asquith
- **successor3**: Austen Chamberlain
- **office4**: Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party
- **term start4**: 23 October 1922
- **term end4**: 28 May 1923
- **predecessor4**: Austen Chamberlain
- **successor4**: Stanley Baldwin
- **term start5**: 13 November 1911
- **term end5**: 21 March 1921
- **predecessor5**: Arthur Balfour
- **successor5**: Austen Chamberlain
- **office6**: Lord Privy Seal
- **term start6**: 10 January 1919
- **term end6**: 1 April 1921
- **primeminister6**: David Lloyd George
- **predecessor6**: David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford, The Earl of Crawford
- **successor6**: Austen Chamberlain
- **office7**: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- **term start7**: 10 December 1916
- **term end7**: 10 January 1919
- **primeminister7**: David Lloyd George
- **predecessor7**: Reginald McKenna
- **successor7**: Austen Chamberlain
- **office8**: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- **term start8**: 25 May 1915
- **term end8**: 10 December 1916
- **primeminister8**: H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
- **predecessor8**: Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, Lewis Vernon Harcourt
- **successor8**: Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long, Walter Long
- **office9**: Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom), Leader of the Opposition
- **term start9**: 13 November 1911
- **term end9**: 25 May 1915
- **monarch9**: George V
- **primeminister9**: H. H. Asquith
- **predecessor9**: Arthur Balfour
- **successor9**: Edward Carson, Baron Carson, Sir Edward Carson
- **office10**: Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
- **term start10**: 11 July 1902
- **term end10**: 5 December 1905
- **primeminister10**: Arthur Balfour
- **predecessor10**: William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley, The Earl of Dudley
- **successor10**: Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport, Hudson Kearley
- **constituency mp11**: Glasgow Central (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow Central
- **term start11**: 15 December 1918
- **term end11**: 30 October 1923
- **predecessor11**: John Mackintosh MacLeod
- **successor11**: William Alexander (Glasgow MP), William Alexander
- **constituency mp12**: Bootle (UK Parliament constituency), Bootle
- **term start12**: 28 March 1911
- **term end12**: 15 December 1918
- **predecessor12**: Thomas Myles Sandys
- **successor12**: Thomas Royden, 1st Baron Royden, Thomas Royden
- **constituency mp13**: Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency), Dulwich
- **term start13**: 16 May 1906
- **term end13**: 20 December 1910
- **predecessor13**: Frederick Rutherfoord Harris
- **successor13**: Sir Frederick Hall, 1st Baronet, Sir Frederick Hall
- **constituency mp14**: Glasgow Blackfriars and Hutchesontown (UK Parliament constituency), Glasgow Blackfriars
- **term start14**: 25 October 1900
- **term end14**: 13 January 1906
- **predecessor14**: Andrew Dryburgh Provand
- **successor14**: George Nicoll Barnes
- **birth name**: Andrew Bonar Law
- **birth place**: Rexton, New Brunswick, Kingston, New Brunswick, Colony of New Brunswick (now Rexton, New Brunswick, Canada)
- **death place**: Kensington, London, England
- **resting place**: Westminster Abbey
- **nationality**: British
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **otherparty**: Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist
- **children**: 6, including Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine, Richard
- **profession**: Iron merchant
- **signature**: Andrew Bonar Law Signature.svg
- **signature alt**: Cursive signature in ink
- **footnotes**: a. Office vacant from 25 May 1915 to 19 October 1915