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1895 vote of no confidence in the Rosebery ministry

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passed by 7 votes. While this might have been treated merely as a vote of no confidence in Secretary for War Campbell-Bannerman, Rosebery chose to treat it as a vote of censure on his government. On 22 June, he and his ministers tendered their resignations to the Queen, who invited the Unionist leader,
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The motion was made during committee and so the vote had a low turnout compared with other votes of no confidence. The opposition therefore made a motion that the secretary of war's salary be reduced by ยฃ100, effectively removing the confidence of the house from the secretary of state. The motion was
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reported that new barrels for the Army's .303 rifles which were suitable for cordite bullets were being fitted, but that "it is unnecessary at present to provide for more than a liberally estimated supply for one year". The Conservative frontbench had been assured privately that there were adequate
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offered his resignation. As Campbell-Bannerman was the most popular Minister in a Government which was suffering internal division and whose members had grown tired of office, the Government chose to interpret the issue as one involving confidence in the Government and therefore resigned. The
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supplies, and cordite could be manufactured quickly, but the party chose to raise the issue in the House of Commons on 21 June when the Army Estimates came up for debate.
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was a new form of explosive which had only come into use a few years before 1895, and the Army was in the process of equipping with it. In the Army Estimates for 1895,
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led to inevitable tension, and Harcourt in particular did nothing to help the Government out of its difficulties. The Government was dependent on the
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man of your party she likes and trusts". His choice over several other men with larger followings in the party, particularly Sir
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incoming Conservative government soon sought a dissolution of Parliament and won the ensuing
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1895 vote of no confidence against the government of the Earl of Rosebery
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1895 vote of no confidence in the Rosebery ministry
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1895 vote of no confidence against the government of the Earl of Rosebery

Lord Rosebery

Cordite
Liberal
Earl of Rosebery
House of Commons
cordite
Army
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
general election
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Prime Minister
William Ewart Gladstone
Queen Victoria
William Harcourt
John Morley
Irish Parliamentary Party
House of Commons
Second Home Rule Bill
House of Lords
Cordite ยง Nobel and Abel patent dispute
Cordite
Secretary of State for War
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Lord Salisbury
1895 general election
Arthur Balfour
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