Talk:Andrew Bonar Law
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Was "Bonar" his first name? I always thought it was part of his surname. Deb 20:15 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)
It's one of those weird British things. Like Lloyd George, but less so. His surname was "Law". His Christian name was "Andrew". He was called "Bonar Law". I've never been completely clear on exactly how it works, but I think the Bonar is more like a first name than a surname. john 23:27 Apr 29, 2003 (UTC)
- That being so, I'm not convinced that it was a good idea to move the article from "Andrew Bonar Law" to "Bonar Law". There are some links that now need to be tidied up. Deb 17:50 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)
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- Hmm... well, there's a redirect from "Andrew Bonar Law". If you want to switch it back, that's fine, though. john 18:26 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)
- Okay, I moved it back on the basis that there were already lots of links to "Andrew Bonar Law". Deb 19:29 Apr 30, 2003 (UTC)
Shouldn't there just be one page called "Andrew Bonar Law"? Snow93 18:36, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
He had a grandson named "Bonar", although that doesn't prove that Bonar was one of his Christian names. Greenshed 19:34, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
According to his biographers: he was named after a preacher called "Andrew Bonar" (so it is technically a Christian name), but from about the age of 30 began to sign himself "A. Bonar Law". He was indeed sometimes addresed as "Bonar" - and yet was also addressed as both "Law" and "Bonar Law" as surnames. Nobody ever called him "Andrew". There was a taste for grand-sounding double-barrelled names at that time.
[edit] Law and Baldwin
Why was the reference to Bonar Law's antipathy towards Balwdin removed?
- No idea. I'll put it back in, in a more NPOV type way, perhaps. john 04:10, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Andrew Bonar Law - also a strong chess-player
Andrew Bonar Law was probably the only UK leader who could, if time travel allowed, have given Che Guevara or Marshal Tito a hard game of chess. In the game below, he beats the then top player from Oxford University:
Andrew Bonar Law - R Lob House of Commons v Oxford/Cambridge 1909 Ruy Lopez Schliemann Defence
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d4 fxe4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.0–0 c5 9.c3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Bf5 12.Qb3 Bg6 13.Qxb7 0–0 14.Nxg6 hxg6 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.Rae1 Nd6 18.Qxa8 Qf6 19.Qxa7 Nb5 20.Qc5 Nxd4 21.Qxc7 Kh8 22.Re3 Nf5 23.Rh3+ Kg8 24.Qc4+ Rf7 25.Rc3 Kh7 26.Rf3 Re7 27.g4 Qg5 28.Kh1 Nh4 29.Rf8 Qe5 30.Qg8+ Kh6 31.Qh8+ Kg5 32.f4+ 1–0
At his best, he may have been one of the best amateur players in Britain.
dull? unimaginative? who are u to judge
you sir, are a winner.
