Biographical dictionary of British prime ministers / / edited by Robert Eccleshall and Graham Walker

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Disciplina: 941/.0099; B
• Soggetto topico: Prime ministers - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Politics and government Dictionaries
• Altri autori: EccleshallRobert WalkerGraham S
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; Robert Walpole, First Earl of Orford; Spencer Compton, First Earl of Wilmington; Henry Pelham; Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle; William Cavendish, Fourth Duke of Devonshire; John Stuart, Third Earl of Bute; George Grenville; Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquess of Rockingham; William Pitt, First Earl of Chatham; Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Third Duke of Grafton; Frederick North, styled Lord North 1752...90, Second Earl of Gilford; William Petty, Second Earl of Shelburne; William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck; William Pitt the Younger' ; Henry Addington, First Viscount SidmouthWilliam Wyndham Grenville, First Baron Grenville; Spencer Perceval; Robert Banks Jenkinson, Second Earl of Liverpool; George Canning; Frederick John Robinson, First Viscount Goderich, First Earl of Rippon; Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington; Charles Grey, Second Earl Grey of Howick; William Lamb, Second Viscount Melbourne; Robert Peel; Lord John Russell, First Earl Russell; Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Fourteenth Earl of Derby; George Gordon (later Hamilton-Gordon); Henry John Temple, Third Viscount Palmerston ; Benjamin Disraeli, First Earl of BeaconsfieldWilliam Ewart Gladstone; Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Third Marquess of Salisbury; Archibald Philip Primrose, Fifth Earl of Rosebery; Arthur James Balfour, First Earl of Balfour; Henry Campbell-Bannerman; Herbert Henry Asquith, Earl of Oxford and Asquith; David Lloyd George, First Earl of Dwyfor; Andrew Bonar Law; Stanley Baldwin, First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley; (James) Ramsay MacDonald; (Arthur) Neville Chamberlain; Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill; Clement Richard Attlee, First Earl of Prestwood; (Robert) Anthony Eden, First Earl of Avon ; (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, First Earl of StocktonAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel; (James) Harold Wilson, Lord Wilson of Rievaulx; Edward Richard George Heath; (Leonard) James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff; Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts),; John Major; Anthony Charles Lynton Blair; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the political lives of Britain's prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics this authoritative dictionary provides essential information about each premiership, including facts and analytical debate. Each entry has been written to the same formula and contains: * brief biographical information outlining career history and significant dates and events * a brief summary of the significance and peculiaritie
• Titolo autorizzato: Biographical dictionary of British prime ministers
• ISBN: 1-134-66230-0; 1-280-18234-2; 0-203-27216-1; 0-203-19455-1; 1-134-66231-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783736103321
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