John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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 politician.

Gulland entered Parliament as Member

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 for Dumfries Burghs

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 at the 1906 general election

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. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury

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 from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury

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 (Chief Whip) upon the unexpected death of Percy Illingworth

Percy Illingworth

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. However, the Coalition Government

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 that formed in May resulted in his sharing the post with the Conservative

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 Lord Edmund Talbot

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 until Asquith

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's Liberals left the government in 1916.

He was made a Privy Counsellor

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 in 1917.