Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn, PC Betts; 6 October 1910 – 3 May 2002, was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Blackburn from 1945 to 1979, making her the longest-serving female MP in the history of the House of Commons until that record was broken in 2007 by Gwyneth Dunwoody. She later became the Member of the European Parliament for Greater Manchester from 1979 to 1989 and
Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC 3 August 1913 – 11 October 2004 was a British Conservative politician. Contents 1Early life 2Military career 3Political career 4Personal life 5References 6External links Early life Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then
Lord Sidney Beauclerk PC 27 February 1703 – 23 November 1744 was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1733 to 1744. He acquired a reputation as a fortune hunter. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Death and legacy 4References 5External links Early life Beauclerk was the fifth son of the 1st Duke of St Albans and his wife Lady Diana
Charles George Beauclerk 20 January 1774 – 25 December 1845 was an English politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Richmond from 1796 to 1798. Contents 1Background and education 2Career 3Marriage and family 4References Background and education He was the only son of Topham Beauclerk and Lady Diana Spencer, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Charlotte. He had two
John Barrington, 1st Viscount Barrington 1678 – 14 December 1734, known as John Shute until 1710, was an English dissenting theologian and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1723. Contents 1Background and education 2Career 3Death and legacy 4References Background and education Barrington was born as John Shute at Theobalds House, near Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, the son of
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS 3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947 was a British Conservative statesman who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as Prime Minister on three occasions. Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron and steel making business
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS 3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967 was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955. He was three times Leader of the Opposition (1935–1940, 1945, 1951–1955). The son of a London solicitor, Attlee was born into a
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC, FRS 12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928, generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last prime minister to lead a majority Liberal government, and he played a central role
Richard Fitzalan, 3rd Earl of Arundel, 8th Earl of Surrey c. 1313 – 24 January 1376 was an English nobleman and medieval military leader and distinguished admiral. Arundel was one of the wealthiest nobles, and most loyal noble retainer of the chivalric code that governed the reign of Edward III of England. Contents 1Early life 2Civil career 3Naval and military
Edmund Fitzalan, 9th Earl of Arundel 1 May 1285 – 17 November 1326 was an English nobleman prominent in the conflict between King Edward II and his barons. His father, Richard Fitzalan, 1st Earl of Arundel, died in 1302, while Edmund was still a minor. He therefore became a ward of John de Warenne, Earl of Surrey, and married Warenne’s granddaughter Alice. In 1306