Bob's yer uncle

Encyclopedia : B : BO : BOB : Bob's yer uncle

---

} 'Bob's yer uncle' is British slang meaning any one of the following:

- All is well; no problem; job's done.

Derived from the story of Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832 - 1914), also known as 'Bobs,' who promoted his nephew, Irish politician Arthur Balfour (1848 - 1930), to the esteemed post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887. Balfour would ultimately make the most of this bit of nepotism and rise to the position of Prime Minister in 1902.

See also

• Slang
• Nepotism
• Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
• Arthur Balfour

Following this article's links leads to the conclusions that: Arthur Balfour was Scottish not Irish; it was Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (August, 1886 – August, 1892) who promoted his nephew, politician Arthur Balfour to the esteemed post of Chief Secretary for Ireland in 1887, not Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, called "Bobs", made the honorary Colonel of the Irish Guards in 1900 which gained the regiment the nickname 'Bob's Own'.

 

---

From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

Search Titles

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

?