George Wyndham Conrad, who was a contributor, described the publication: Also in 1898, Wyndham was appointed Under-Secretary of State for War under Lord Salisbury, which he remained until 1900. He was closely involved in Irish affairs at two points. Having been private secretary to Arthur Balfour during the years around 1890 when Balfour was Chief Secretary for Ireland, Wyndham was himself made Chief Secretary by Salisbury in 1900. He continued in this position after Balfour succeeded as Prime Minister in July 1902, but was taken into the Cabinet, and sworn a member of the Privy Council on 11 August 1902. Wyndham furthered
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom to at least one other Prime Minister by blood or marriage. Two sets of father and son have successively held the office: The only brothers to hold the office were Henry Pelham, who was succeeded on his death in 1754 by the Duke of Newcastle. Pitt the Younger and Lord Grenville (who directly succeeded the latter in office) were the only set of full cousins to hold the office, their fathers being brothers-in-law. There have been three blood uncle-nephew sets of Prime Ministers: Lord Wilmington was two-greats uncle of Spencer Perceval, whose mother, Catherine ( Compton), Baroness Arden, was a