HC Deb 16 July 1914 vol 64 cc2101-2
50. Mr. WHELER

asked the Prime Minister whether he can state the last occasion on which a Member of the Cabinet of any British Government retained his Cabinet rank without a seat in the House of Commons for more than five months?

The PRIME MINISTER

I believe that the last case was that of Mr. Gladstone.

Mr. SWIFT MacNEILL

Is it not a fact that Mr. Gladstone was a Tory, and not a Radical, Minister at the time?

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