100 Years Ago

8 FEBRUARY 1924 David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, denial an American newspaper’s claim that in an interview he

7 FEBRUARY 1924 David Lloyd George, the former Prime Minister, in a statement published in a New York newspaper, alleges

6 FEBRUARY 1924 The King, in a message of condolence to Mrs Wilson, the widow of ex-President Woodrow Wilson, said

5 FEBRUARY 1924 Peerages were conferred on the Rt. Hon. Sir Sydney Olivier (Secretary of State for India), Brigadier-General the

4 FEBRUARY 1924 The letters sent between Raymond Poincaré, the French Prime Minister, and Ramsay MacDonald, the new Labour Prime

3 FEBRUARY 1924 The death was announced of Woodrow Wilson, the former US President. Ramsay MacDonald, the first socialist Prime

2 FEBRUARY 1924 It was announced that the British Government would now formally recognise the Russian Soviet Government. It was

1 FEBRUARY 1924 In his speech at the State opening of the Legislative Assembly at Delhi, the Viceroy, Lord Reading,

30 JANUARY 1924 Ramsay MacDonald, the Prime Minister, arrived in Edinburgh on official business. The dockers declared their intention to

29 JANUARY 1924 Prolonged negotiations with the object of bringing the railway strike to an end took place in London.