British prime ministers

20th Century

Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II: what was their relationship like?

20th Century

The Crown S4 cast: which real historical figures feature in season four of Netflix’s royal drama – and what did they really look like?

John Profumo in October 1962

20th Century

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

Harold Wilson in 1971, after his first period as prime minister. He would take power again in 1974. (Photo by Getty Images)

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History heroJason Watkins chooses Harold Wilson (1916–95). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ill mannered discussions: Chinese leader General Chiang Kai-shek, US president Franklin D Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill meet at the Cairo Conference in November 1943. (Photo by Getty Images)

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VE Day at 75Preparing for peace: why WW2 felt like a war without an end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ramsay MacDonald, the first British Labour prime minister, pictured after the general election of 1931

20th Century

A brief history of the Labour Party

Rotten boroughs cartoon

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9 general election curiosities through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I depicted in Parliament, c1605

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Queen Elizabeth I’s ‘Golden Speech’ and 5 more key moments in the history of crown and parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II

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The differences between UK and US governments: a brief guide

In 1992, Betty Boothroyd was voted in as Speaker of the House of Commons, with cross-party support by 372 votes to 238, asking the House “to elect me for what I am, not for what I was born”. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)

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A brief history of the Speakers of the House of Commons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of prime minister Lord Frederick North. His government was the first to be brought down by a vote of no confidence, in 1782. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Vote of no confidence: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime ministers Robert Walpole and Boris Johnson

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From Walpole to Boris: a brief history of Eton College and the 20 prime ministers it has produced. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

20th Century

Who was the best 20th-century prime minister?

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Appeasement and the road to World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill making the famed ‘V’ for Victory sign. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Second World War

Winston Churchill facts: 9 things you might not know about the WW2 prime minister

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865), the British Liberal statesman who served almost continually as Prime Minister between 1855 and 1865, pictured circa 1860. (Photo by Herbert Fry/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Lord Palmerston: the people’s champion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cartoon from 'Punch' magazine (1903) titled 'Fidgety Joe', by Edward Linley Sambourne, depicting two parents representing the Duke of Devonshire and Arthur Balfour (centre), respective leaders of the Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties, trying to control their son, Joseph Chamberlain. In 1903, Joseph Chamberlain began his famous crusade for Imperial Preference – an issue which caused deep divisions in the government and ultimately paved the way for the Liberal Party's return to power in the 1906 general election. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Brexit, the Corn Laws and the Common Market: a brief history of Britain’s trade deals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850) was a British statesman who twice served as Conservative prime minister, between 1834–35 and 1841–46. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Did Churchill’s postwar speeches save the world?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend PMQs, after she suffered a major defeat in parliament over her Brexit deal, 16 January 2019. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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The historical significance of Theresa May’s Brexit defeat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The president of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt and his staff gathered together in New York to find a solution to the economic crisis. 1935. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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Icons: the game changers of the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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10 terrible taxes in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Politician and novelist Benjamin Disraeli was twice prime minister, and extended suffrage by introducing the 1867 Reform Act. (Photo by Jabez Hughes/Getty Images)

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The LibraryMy history hero: Jacob Rees-Mogg chooses Benjamin Disraeli

A portrait of British Conservative prime minister Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), c1845. The Victorian prime minister, who is best known for repealing the Corn Laws in 1846, has been likened by the Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg to the sitting prime minister, Theresa May. May risks “splitting the Conservative party like Sir Robert Peel" if she fails to deliver a clean break from the European Union, Rees-Mogg has warned. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Sir Robert Peel and Theresa May: a suitable comparison?

A portrait of Sir Robert Peel by by English painter Henry William Pickersgill. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

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Sir Robert Peel and the ‘moral authority’ of the House of Commons

Norsk Hydro's Vermork plant

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The Special Operations Executive: Churchill's secret army. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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History heroBarbara Taylor Bradford chooses Winston Churchill (1874–1965). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill’s darkest hour. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting

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Churchill’s days of destiny. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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