escaped); has been a war correspondent; M.P. for Oldham, 1900-06, first as Unionist and then as Liberal; for N.W. Manchester, 1906-08; for Dundee, since 1908; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1905-08; Privy Councillor, 1907; President of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, February, 1910 to October, 1911. Present appointment, October, 1911.
11. Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland.—Right Hon. Augustine Birrell; born 1850; educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge; called to the Bar in 1875; M.P. for West Fifeshire, 1889-95; for Bristol (North), 1906; President of the Board of Education, December, 1905. Present appointment, January, 1907.
12. President of the Board of Trade.—Right Hon. Sydney Charles Buxton, born 1853; educated at Clifton and at Trinity College, Cambridge; M P. for Peterborough, 1883-85, and for Poplar since 1886; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1892-95; Postmaster-General, 1905-10. Present appointment, February 15, 1910.
13. President of the Local Government Board.—Right Hon. John Burns, born 1858; the first working man in this country to attain Cabinet rank; was a prominent member of the London County Council for several years; M.P, for Battersea since 1892. Present appointment, December 11, 1905.
14. President of the Board of Education.—Right Hon. Joseph Albert Pease, born 1860; educated at Tottenham School and Trinity College, Cambridge; Private Secretary to Chief Secretary for Ireland, 1893-95; M.P. for Tyneside Division of Northumberland, 1892-1900, for Saffron Walden Division of Essex, 1901-10, for Rotherham Division of Yorkshire since 1910; Junior Lord of the Treasury, 1905-08; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, February, 1910 to October, 1911. Present appointment, October, 1911.
15. Secretary for Scotland.—Right Hon. T. McKinnon Wood, born 1855; educated at Mill Hill School and University College, London; chairman of London County Council, 1898-99; M.P. for St. Rollox Division of Glasgow since 1906; Parliamentary Secretary to Board of Education, April to October, 1908; Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1908-1911; Financial Secretary to Treasury, October, 1911, to February, 1912; present appointment, February, 1912.
16. President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.—Right Hon. Walter Runciman, born 1870; educated at Trinity College, Cambridge; M.P. for Oldham, 1889-1900; for Dewsbury since January, 1902; Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board, 1905-07; Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1907-08; President of Board of Education, April, 1908 to October, 1911. Present appointment, October, 1911.
17. Postmaster-General.—Right Hon. Herbert Louis Samuel, born 1870; educated at University College School and Balliol College, Oxford; M.P. for the Cleveland Division of the N. Riding of Yorks since 1902; Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Home Department, 1905-09; Chancellor of the Duchy, 1909-10. Present appointment, February 15, 1910.
18. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.—Right Hon. C. E. Hobhouse, born 1862; educated at Eton and Christ Church; M.P. for East Wilts. 1892-1900; M.P. for East Bristol since 1900; Under-Secretary for India, 1907; Financial Secretary to Treasury, 1908-11; made Privy Councillor, 1909. Present appointment, October, 1911.
19. First Commissioner of Works.—Right Hon. Earl Beauchamp, born 1872; educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford; Mayor of Worcester, 1895-6; Member of London School Board, 1897-9; Governor of New South
