- Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 - 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also a soldier in the British Army. He has been studied to a unique extent as part of modern British and world history. - Oliver Stanley
Oliver Frederick George Stanley (4 May 1896 - 10 December 1950) was a prominent British Conservative politician who held many ministerial posts before his early death when it was assumed he would soon assume higher office. The younger son of the 17th Earl of Derby, Stanley was educated at Eton and then served in the army in the First World War. He then entered the legal profession, but in the 1924 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament for Westmorland. - William Henry Smith
William Henry Smith (24 June 1825 - 6 October 1891) was the son of William Henry Smith (1792-1865). He was born in London and educated at Tavistock Grammar School before joining the business with his father in 1846. As a result of his involvement, the business became a household name (W H Smith), and the practice of selling books and newspapers at railway stations began. In 1868 he was elected Member of Parliament for Westminster as a Conservative, … - Herbert Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, ADC, PC (24 June 1850 - 5 June 1916) was an Irish-born British Field Marshal, diplomat and statesman popularly referred to as Lord Kitchener. - P. J. Grigg
Sir Percy James Grigg, better known as Sir P.J. Grigg (December 16 1890 - May 5 1964) was a British civil servant who was surprisingly moved from being the Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the War Office to become Secretary of State for War, the political head of the same department during the Second World War. The son of a carpenter, Grigg was born in Exmouth and won a scholarship to Bournemouth School and St John's College, … - Godfrey Collins
Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins (June 26, 1875 - October 13, 1936) was a Scottish Liberal Party (and later National Liberal Party) politician. He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893. He was elected as Liberal Member of Parliament for Greenock in 1910 and sat for the constituency until his death (from 1931 as a Liberal National). He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to J. B. Seely, … - Jonathan Peel
Jonathan Peel (1799 - 1879) was first a soldier and then a Member of Parliament during the long period between 1826 and 1868, first representing Norwich (1826-1830) and then Huntingdon (1831-1868). From 1841 to 1846 he was Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, and in 1858-1859 and again in 1866-1867 he was a very competent and successful Secretary of State for War. General Peel was also an owner of racehorses, and in 1844 his horse Orlando won the Derby, after another horse, … - Stephen Walsh
Stephen Walsh (1859 - March 16 1929) was a Labour Party MP and a member of the Lloyd George Coalition Government as a Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of National Service in 1917 and then Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board from 1917 to 1919. Walsh was elected in 1906. Previously he had been a miner and an official of the Lancashire and Cheshire Miners' Federation. - Thomas Shaw
Tom Shaw PC CBE (9 April 1872 - 26 September 1938) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Born in Colne, Lancashire, he received elementary school education. He was Secretary of the International Federation of Textile Workers from 1911-1929, and again from 1931. He was Joint Secretary of Labour and Socialist International from 1923-1925. He sat as Member of Parliament (MP) for Preston from December 1918 until he was unseated at the 1931 general election. - Frederick Stopford
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick William Stopford (2 February 1854 - 4 May 1929) was a younger son of James Stopford, 4th Earl of Courtown. Stopford, a British general, is blamed for the failure of the Suvla Bay Landing in August 1915 during the Battle of Gallipoli; however, responsibility ultimately lay with Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener, who had appointed the elderly and inexperienced general to an active corps command, and with Sir Ian Hamilton, … - George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon PC, KG (24 October 1827 - 9 July 1909) was a British politician who served in every Liberal cabinet from 1861 until his death forty-eight years later. He had no career other than politics. Robinson was born at 10 Downing Street, London (the Prime Minister's residence), the second son of the Prime Minister, Lord Goderich. Although his father had been a Tory, he was first a Whig and later a Liberal. - François-Michel Le Tellier Marquis de Louvois
François Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois, was the French Secretary of State for War for most of Louis XIV reign. He and his father, Michel le Tellier, would raise the French Army to 400,000 soldiers; the army would fight four wars between 1667 and 1713. He is commonly known as "Louvois". - Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster PC (19 August 1855-12 March 1909) was a British politician. He was the son of William Delafield Arnold, Director of Public Instruction in the Punjab, and grandson of Thomas Arnold of Rugby. When his father died in 1859, he was adopted by William Edward Forster and his wife, who was his father's sister. He was educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford, from which he graduated with 1st Class Honours. He was called to the bar in 1879. - Henry Dundas 1st Viscount Melville
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (April 28, 1742 - May 28 1811) was a Scottish lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeached in the United Kingdom. He was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder (1685-1753), Lord President of the Court of Session, and was born at Dalkeith in 1742. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and the University of Edinburgh. Becoming a member of the Faculty of Advocates in 1763, … - James Ramsden
James Edward Ramsden (born 1 November 1923) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the last cabinet minister to hold the title Secretary of State for War and sat as Member of Parliament for Harrogate from 1954 to 1974. At the April 1964 reshuffle, the former cabinet positions of First Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of State for Air, along with Ramsden's post, were incorporated into an expanded Ministry of Defence, … - Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC (London 14 January 1845 - 3 June 1927 Clonmel) was a British politician and Irish peer who served successively as Governor General of Canada, Viceroy of India, Secretary of State for War, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He has the distinction of having held senior positions in both Liberal Party and Conservative Party governments. - Fox Maule-Ramsay 11th Earl of Dalhousie
Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, KT, GCB, PC (22 April 1801 – 6 July 1874), known as Fox Maule before 1852, as The Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860 and as The Earl of Dalhousie after 1860, was a British politician. Fox Maule was the eldest son of the 1st Baron Panmure (1771-1852), and a grandson of the 8th Earl of Dalhousie. Christened Fox as a compliment to Charles James Fox, the great Whig, … - Archibald Sinclair 1st Viscount Thurso
Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso KT CMG PC (October 22 1890 - June 15 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair, 4th Baronet from 1912 until 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a Scottish politician and leader of the British Liberal Party. Sinclair was the son of a Scottish father and an American mother. Educated at Eton College and Sandhurst, he was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1910. - Frederick Bellenger
Capt. Rt Hon. Frederick John Bellenger (23 July 1894 - 11 May 1968) was a British soldier and Labour Party politician. He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in World War I and was twice wounded. He served again as a Captain in World War II in France in 1940. He worked as a surveyor and journalist. Bellenger was Member of Parliament for Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire from 1935 until 1968. - Joseph Godber
Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC (17 March 1914-25 August 1980) was a British Conservative politician and cabinet minister. Godber was educated at Bedford School and became a nurseryman. He became chairman of the county glasshouse section of the National Farmers Union and of the publicity and parliamentary committee. He was a member of the Tomato and Cucumber Marketing Board. Godber served as a Bedfordshire County Councillor. - Michel Chamillart
Michel Chamillart or Chamillard (1652 - 14 April 1721) was a French statesman, a minister of King Louis XIV of France. He was born in Paris of a family recently raised to the nobility. Following the usual career of a statesman of his time he became in turn councillor of the "parlement" of Paris (1676), master of requests (1686), and intendant of the generality of Rouen (January 1689). - Frederick Stanley 16th Earl of Derby
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, KG, GCB, GCVO, PC (15 January 1841 - 14 June 1908), known as Frederick Stanley until 1886 and as The Lord Stanley of Preston between 1886 and 1893, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Colonial Secretary from 1885 to 1886 and Governor General of Canada from 1888 to 1893. An avid sportsman, he is most famous for presenting the Stanley Cup, … - Alexander Godley
General Sir Alexander Godley KCB, KCMG (1867-1957) was a First World War general, best known for his role as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and British XXII Corps, although he was also Commander of the New Zealand Defence Force, and had been in 1910, when he was appointed on the advice of Lord Kitchener. During the Battle of Gallipoli he commanded the New Zealand and Australian Division. Alexander Godley was born in Kent, England, on 4 February 1867, … - Earl Of Cranbrook
Earl of Cranbrook, in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1892 for the prominent Conservative politician the Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy. He notably held office as Home Secretary, Secretary of State for War and Secretary of State for India. Gathorne-Hardy had already been created Viscount Cranbrook, of Hemsted in the County of Kent, in 1878, and was made Baron Medway, … - Edward Stanley 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, PC, GCB, GCVO, TD (4 April 1865 - 4 February 1948) was an English politician around the turn of the 20th century. He was the son of the 16th Earl of Derby. Educated at Wellington, he joined the Grenadier Guards as a lieutenant, and served in that regiment between 1885 and 1895. He also served as Secretary of State for War (two separate times) and Ambassador to France. - Francis Dyke Acland
Sir Francis Dyke Acland, 14th Baronet (7 March 1874 - 9 June 1939) was a British Liberal politician. The son of the 13th Baronet, Acland was educated at Rugby and Balliol College, Oxford. He initially worked in education in South Kensington and in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Acland was elected as Member of Parliament for Richmond, Yorkshire from 1906-1910; Camborne from 1910-1922, Tiverton, Devon from 1923-1924, and for North Cornwall from 1932-39. - J. E. B. Seely 1st Baron Mottistone
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, CB, CMG, DSO, PC, TD (May 31, 1868 - November 7, 1947), was a British soldier and Liberal politician, chiefly known for his tenure as Secretary of State for War during the years leading up to the First World War. - Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire, KG, GCVO, PC (23 July 1833 – 24 March 1908) was a British Liberal Party statesman, previously known (1858–1891) as Marquess of Hartington (a courtesy title). Cavendish was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge and entered Parliament in 1857. Between 1863 and 1874 Hartington held various Government posts, including lord of the Admiralty, under-secretary for war, postmaster-general, … - Gathorne Hardy 1st Earl of Cranbrook
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook GCSI PC (1 October, 1814-30 October, 1906), known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent British Conservative politician. He held office in every Conservative government between 1858 and 1892 and notably served as Home Secretary from 1867 to 1868 and as Secretary of State for War from 1874 to 1878. Cranbrook was the third son of John Hardy, of Bradford, and Isabel, daughter of Richard Gathorne. - John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham
John Hugh Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham, OBE, PC, (January 22 1911-March 7 1982) was a British peer and statesman, a younger son of Richard Hare, 4th Earl of Listowel. Hare was educated at Eton College and married Hon. Beryl Nancy Pearson, daughter of Weetman Pearson, 2nd Viscount Cowdray, on 31 January 1934. They had three children: *Hon. Mary Anne Hare (b. 9 April 1936) *Michael John Hare, 2nd Viscount Blakenham (b. 25 January 1938) *Hon. Joanna Freda Hare (b. - Antony Head 1st Viscount Head
Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head GCMG CBE MC PC (1906 - 1983) was a British Member of Parliament, peer and statesman. Head was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was a career soldier, joining the King's Royal Hussars and later the Life Guards, serving through World War II and achieving the rank of Brigadier. Head was elected Conservative MP for Carshalton in 1945. He served as Secretary of State for War from 1951 to 1956, … - Reginald Brett 2nd Viscount Esher
Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher GCVO KCB PC (30 June 1852 - 22 January 1930) was a historian and Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. Brett was the son of William Baliol Brett, 1st Viscount Esher. Born in London, he was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Eton he was a pupil of William Johnson Cory, with whom he later carried on a correspondence from the age of sixteen until the latter's death. - Christopher Soames Baron Soames
Arthur Christopher John Soames, Baron Soames, GCMG, GCVO, CH, CBE, PC (October 12, 1920 - September 16, 1987) was a British Conservative politician and the son-in-law of Winston Churchill. A European Commissioner and the last Governor of Southern Rhodesia, he had previously been the longtime Member of Parliament for Bedford from 1950 to 1966. He held several government posts and attained Cabinet rank. Soames was the son of Captain Arthur Granville Soames, … - David Margesson 1st Viscount Margesson
Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson, of Rugby (July 26 1890 – December 24 1965) was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips. This assessment has, however, been challenged by some, who argue from weaknesses of his system, and the number of high-profile rebellions during his tenure. - Fritz Spiegl
Fritz Spiegl (27 January 1926 - 23 March 2003) was born at Zurndorf, Austria, the son of an agricultural merchant and his Jewish wife. He became a musician, journalist, broadcaster, humorist and collector who lived and worked in England from 1939. He was a distant relative of the composer Gustav Mahler. In 1939, Fritz and his sister, neither of whom spoke English or knew anything of music, were sent separately to England. - Ralph Beaumont
Ralph Edward Blackett Beaumont CBE, DL, JP (12 February 1901 - 18 September 1977) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. The son of the 1st Viscount Allendale and Lady Alexandrina Louise Maud Vane-Tempest, he was educated in Eton College, Berkshire and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1923 and with a Master of Arts in 1953. Beuamont was Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth Central from 1931 to 1945. - Auberon Herbert 9th Baron Lucas
Auberon Thomas Herbert, 9th Baron Lucas and 5th Lord Dingwall, PC (25 May 1876 - 3 November 1916) was a British peer, politician and fighter pilot. Herbert was the second, but eldest surviving son of The Hon. Auberon Herbert (a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Carnarvon) and his wife, the former Lady Florence Cowper (a daughter of the 6th Earl Cowper). He was sometime a Captain in the Hampshire Carabiniers, … - Robert Reid 1st Earl Loreburn
Robert Threshie Reid, 1st Earl Loreburn, GCMG, PC (3 April 1846 - 30 November 1923) was a Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford. Reid's national political career began in 1880, when he was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Hereford. He stayed there until 1886, when he became MP for Dumfries Burghs. He remained in the House of Commons until 1905; during this time period, … - Francis Dundas
Francis Dundas, 1759 Sanson, Berwickshire - 15 January 1824 Dumbarton, Scotland was a British general and acting governor of the Cape Colony between 1798 and 1803. Francis Dundas was the second son of Robert Dundas of Arniston and Jean Grant, and the nephew of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville and War Secretary. He was ordered to the Cape in August 1796 after the first British occupation to become major-general and commander of the forces in May 1797. - John Pakington 1st Baron Hampton
John Somerset Pakington, 1st Baron Hampton, (20 February 1799 - 9 April 1880), was an English politician. Born of a prominent Worcestershire family, Pakington was educated at Eton and Oxford before becoming a Conservative member of parliament for Droitwich in 1837. He was Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Derby's 1852 government; and First Lord of the Admiralty in Derby's 1858 and 1866 governments. In 1867 Pakington moved back to the War Office, …
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