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British prime ministers

Former British Prime Minister John Major (left) and Johnny Lee Miller as John Major in The Crown
20th Century

John Major: a brief guide to Britain’s prime minister in the 1990s

Prime minister Edward Heath
General History

A brief history of U-turns

Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sitting at a desk
20th Century

The fall of Lloyd George A dramatic and significant Prime Ministerial downfall

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Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister
General Modern

From Walpole to Truss Lessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister

Sir Graham Brady (centre), chairman of the 1922 Committee, announces that Theresa May has survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust her as party leader with a motion of no confidence
20th Century

1922 Committee Why are the Tory 'men in grey suits' so influential?

The origins of the Conservative Party can be traced to the ‘Tory’ group in parliament which emerged in the last quarter of the 17th century and, led by Lord Bolingbroke (pictured) and Robert Harley, held power during the final years of Queen Anne’s reign. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
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Why are they called Tories? A brief history of the Conservative Party

Montage of five British prime ministers: David Lloyd George, Neville Chamberlain, Anthony Eden, James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher
General Modern

Prime ministers Five of the greatest downfalls of the past 100 years

Pod Walter Reid WL
Second World War

In defence of Neville Chamberlain

Pod Robert Harris WL
Second World War

Munich: the real history behind the new film

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Jeremy Irons as Neville Chamberlain, in Munich – The Edge of War
Second World War

A martyr and a hero? How Munich – The Edge of War tries to soften Neville Chamberlain’s rotten reputation

Neville Chamberlain shows off the Anglo-German Declaration at Heston Aerodrome
Second World War

Q&A Peace for our time: what was written on Neville Chamberlain’s piece of paper?

Colourful illustration of 12 historical figures's heads (Winston Churchill, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Thomas Cromwell, Richard III, Elizabeth I, William Shakespeare, Anne Boleyn, William Marshal, Jane Austen, Hatshepsut, Gandhi and Catherine the Great) shown in a grid pattern.
General Modern

Historical figures: 100+ of the most famous people through history – in chronological order

British prime minister Clement Attlee reading a document in his office, 27 July 1946. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
20th Century

Clement Attlee: Labour’s postwar leader

Stanley Baldwin in the study at Chequers, the PM's official country residence, c1925
20th Century

Stanley Baldwin: Britain’s greatest peacetime prime minister?

Robert Walpole, the first prime minister of Great Britain
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Robert Walpole: Britain’s first prime minister

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