Arthur Henderson

Arthur Henderson PC (13 September 1863 – 20 October 1935) wis a Breetish iron moulder an Labour politeecian. He wis the first Labour cabinet meenister, wan the Nobel Peace Prize in 1934 an, uniquely, served three separate terms as Leader o the Labour Pairty in three different decades. He wis popular amang his colleagues, wha cried him "Uncle Arthur" in acknawledgement o his integrity, his devotion tae the cause an his imperturbability. He wis a transeetional figur whase policies war, at first, close tae thae o the Liberal Pairty, an the trades unions rejectit his emphasis on arbitration an conciliation, an thwarted his goal o unifyin the Labour Pairty an the trades unions.

The Richt Honourable Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson in 1910
Leader o the Opposeetion
In office 1 September 1931 – 25 October 1932
Prime Meenister	Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	Stanley Baldwin
Succeedit bi	George Lansbury
Leader o the Labour Pairty
In office 28 August 1931 – 25 October 1932
Depute	John Robert Clynes
Precedit bi	Ramsay MacDonald
Succeedit bi	George Lansbury
In office 5 August 1914 – 24 October 1917
Chief Whip	Frank Goldstone George Henry Roberts
Precedit bi	Ramsay MacDonald
Succeedit bi	William Adamson
In office 22 Januar 1908 – 14 February 1910
Chief Whip	George Henry Roberts
Precedit bi	Keir Hardie
Succeedit bi	George Nicoll Barnes
Secretar o State for Foreign Affairs
In office 7 Juin 1929 – 24 August 1931
Prime Meenister	Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	Austen Chamberlain
Succeedit bi	1st Marquess o Reading
Chief Whip o the Labour Pairty
In office 1925–1927
Leader	Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	Ben Spoor
Succeedit bi	Tom Kennedy
In office 1920–1924
Leader	John Robert Clynes Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	William Tyson Wilson
Succeedit bi	Ben Spoor
In office 1914–1914
Leader	Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	George Henry Roberts
Succeedit bi	Frank Walter Goldstone
In office 8 Februar 1906 – 1907
Precedit bi	David Shackleton
Succeedit bi	George Henry Roberts
Home Secretary
In office 23 Januar 1924 – 4 November 1924
Prime Meenister	Ramsay MacDonald
Precedit bi	William Bridgeman
Succeedit bi	Sir William Joynson-Hicks
Minister without Portfolio
In office 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917
Prime Meenister	David Lloyd George
Precedit bi	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
Succeedit bi	George Nicoll Barnes
Paymaster-General
In office 18 August 1916 – 10 December 1916
Prime Meenister	H. H. Asquith
Precedit bi	Thomas Legh
Succeedit bi	Joseph Compton-Rickett
Preses o the Buird o Education
In office 25 Mey 1915 – 18 August 1916
Prime Meenister	H. H. Asquith
Precedit bi	Jack Pease
Succeedit bi	Robert Crewe-Milnes
Member o Pairlament for Clay Cross
In office 1 September 1933 – 14 November 1935
Precedit bi	Charles Duncan
Succeedit bi	Alfred Holland
Member o Pairlament for Burnley
In office 28 Februar 1924 – 27 October 1931
Precedit bi	Dan Irving
Succeedit bi	Gordon Campbell
Member o Pairlament for Newcastle-upon-Tyne East
In office 17 Januar 1923 – 6 December 1923
Precedit bi	Joseph Nicholas Bell
Succeedit bi	Sir Robert Aske
Member o Pairlament for Widnes
In office 30 August 1919 – 15 November 1922
Precedit bi	William Hall Walker
Succeedit bi	George Christopher Clayton
Personal details
Born	13 September 1863 Glesga, Scotland
Dee'd	20 October 1935(1935-10-20) (aged 72) Lunnon, Ingland
Poleetical pairty	Labour
Religion	Methodism