Prime Ministerial anecdotes / Roger Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mason, Roger, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Biography.

Prime ministers.

Politics and government.

Great Britain.

Prime ministers--Great Britain--Anecdotes.

Great Britain--Politics and government--Anecdotes.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

[Stroud, UK] : Fonthill, 2018.

Contents:

1 Sir Robert Walpole: 1721-42 p. 9

2 Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington: 1742-43 p. 13

3 Henry Pelham: 1743-54 p. 15

4 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle: 1754-56; 1757-62 p. 17

5 William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire: 1756-57 p. 19

6 John Stuart, 3rdEarl of Bute: 1762-63 p. 21

7 George Grenville: 1763-65 p. 23

8 Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham: 1765-66; 1782 p. 25

9 William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: 1766-68 p. 27

10 Augustus Henry Fitzroy. 3rd Duke of Grafton: 1768-70 p. 32

11 Frederick, Lord North: 1770-82 p. 34

12 William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne: 1782-83 p. 37

13 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland: 1783; 1807-09 p. 39

14 William Pitt, the Younger: 1783-1801; 1804-06 p. 41

15 Henry Addington: 1801-04 p. 46

16 William Wyndham, Lord Grenville: 1806-07 p. 49

17 Spencer Perceval: 1809-12 p. 52

18 Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool: 1812-27 p. 54

19 George Canning: 1827 p. 56

20 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich: 1827-28 p. 59

21 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington: 1828-30; 1834 p. 62

22 Charles, 2nd Earl Grey: 1830-34 p. 68

23 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne: 1834; 1835-41 p. 71

24 Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet: 1834-35; 1841-46 p. 74

25 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell: 1846-52; 1865-66 p. 77

26 Edward Geoffrey Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby. 1852; 1858-59; 1866-68 p. 80

27 George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen: 1852-55 p. 83

28 Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston: 1855-58; 1859-65 p. 86

29 Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: 1868; 1874-80 p. 90

30 William Ewart Gladstone: 1868-74; 1880-85; 1886; 1892-94 p. 95

31 Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury: 1885; 1886-92; 1895-1902 p. 100

32 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery: 1894-95 p. 104

33 Arthur James Balfour: 1902-05 p. 107

34 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman: 1905-08 p. 110

35 Herbert Henry Asquith: 1908-16 p. 113

36 David Lloyd George: 1916-22 p. 117

37 Andrew Bonar Law: 1922-23 p. 122

38 Stanley Baldwin: 1923-24; 1924-29; 1935-37 p. 125

39 James Ramsay MacDonald: 1924; 1929-35 p. 129

40 Arthur Neville Chamberlain: 1937-40 p. 134

41 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill: 1940-45; 1951-55 p. 139

42 Clement Richard Attlee: 1945-51 p. 145

43 Sir Robert Anthony Eden: 1955-57 p. 150

44 Maurice Harold Macmillan: 1957-63 p. 154

45 Sir Alec Douglas-Home: 1963-64 p. 160

46 James Harold Wilson: 1964-70; 1974-76 p. 163

47 Edward Richard George Heath: 1970-74 p. 168

48 Leonard James Callaghan: 1976-79 p. 172

49 Margaret Hilda Thatcher: 1979-90 p. 176

50 John Major: 1990-97 p. 181

51 Anthony Charles Lynton Blair: 1997-2007 p. 186

52 James Gordon Brown: 2007-10 p. 191

53 David William Donald Cameron: 2010-2016 p. 195

54 Theresa May: 2016 p. 199.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781781556542

1781556547

OCLC:

1048929767