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==Early career==

==Early career==

He was born in Kingston, a Scottish settlement in New Brunswick (now part of Canada), the son of James Law (1822-1882), a [[Free Church of Scotland]] (Presbyterian)  minister. His mother died when Bonar was two, and his father, a graduate of the University of Glasgow, was a dour and melancholy loner (as was Andrew by age 50). The boy was sent to Scotland at age 12 to be brought up by the Kidstons, wealthy cousins who owned a local bank in Glasgow.  He was educated at Glasgow High School but dropped out at age sixteen to enter the family banking business. In 1885, with a financial assist from his cousins, he became a partner in a firm that bought and sold pig iron and iron ore. The Krupp steel firm of Germany was a customer, which became an issue during the war with Germany. In addition to becoming wealthy, he read widely and attended lectures at the university.  Most of the Scottish middle class was solidly Liberal, but the Kidstons were Conservatives and Law, an admirer of [[Benjamin Disraeli]], joined that party.  He was active in a a local mock parliament, and followed national issues closely. Law lived for the present, never looking back and rarely looking forward. He worked very hard but rarely socialized outside his private family life.<ref>Blake p 26-33</ref>  

He was born in Kingston, a Scottish settlement in New Brunswick (now part of Canada), the son of James Law (1822-1882), a [[Free Church of Scotland]] (Presbyterian)  minister. His mother died when Bonar was two, and his father, a graduate of the University of Glasgow, was a dour and melancholy loner (as was Andrew by age 50). The boy was sent to Scotland at age 12 to be brought up by the Kidstons, wealthy cousins who owned a local bank in Glasgow.  He was educated at Glasgow High School but dropped out at age sixteen to enter the family banking business. In 1885, with a financial assist from his cousins, he became a partner in a firm that bought and sold pig iron and iron ore. The Krupp steel firm of Germany was a customer, which became an issue during the war with Germany. In addition to becoming wealthy, he read widely and attended lectures at the university.  Most of the Scottish middle class was solidly Liberal, but the Kidstons were Conservatives and Law, an admirer of [[Benjamin Disraeli]], joined that party.  He was active in a local mock parliament, and followed national issues closely. Law lived for the present, never looking back and rarely looking forward. He worked very hard but rarely socialized outside his private family life.<ref>Blake p 26-33</ref>  

Thanks to his own money and an inheritance, he could afford to leave business and enter politics.<ref>His annual income from investments and directorships was £6,000 to £10,000. Blake, p. 37</ref> Entering Parliament in 1900 as a Conservative member for a Glasgow constituency, he became parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade in 1902. He was prominent but by no means foremost during the Conservative opposition after 1906.  

Thanks to his own money and an inheritance, he could afford to leave business and enter politics.<ref>His annual income from investments and directorships was £6,000 to £10,000. Blake, p. 37</ref> Entering Parliament in 1900 as a Conservative member for a Glasgow constituency, he became parliamentary secretary to the Board of Trade in 1902. He was prominent but by no means foremost during the Conservative opposition after 1906.