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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.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Reginald McKenna was a British statesman who, as first lord of the Admiralty, initiated in 1909 a battleship construction program that gave Britain a considerable advantage over Germany in capital-ship strength at the beginning of World War I.
7 de abr. de 2009 · A biography of Reginald McKenna, a prominent Liberal politician who held various offices in the early twentieth century, including Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty. The book explores his role in naval defence, economic policy and the Great War, as well as his complex personality and political identity.
18 de nov. de 2007 · McKenna's presence at the hub of political life in the first half of the century is now clear: in the radical Liberal governments of 1905–16, where he acted as a lightning conductor for the party; during the war, where he served as the Prime Minister's deputy and the principal voice for restraint in the conduct of the war; and as ...
Scope and Contents. The collection includes: personal papers, particularly on McKenna's property and financial affairs; a small amount of material on the 1907 Education Bill; a large amount of correspondence and papers from McKenna's tenure as First Lord of the Admiralty; some Home Office correspondence; speeches and correspondence from McKenna ...
The full significance of the career of Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) has long eluded historians, largely because of the presumed loss of the bulk of his personal
30 de abr. de 2004 · Reginald McKenna: Financier among Statesmen, 1863–1916. Martin Farr. Routledge, Apr 30, 2004 - History - 404 pages. Reginald McKenna has never been the subject of scholarly attention.
