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Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG , PC , PC (Can) , JP , FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) [1] was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars.
As Lord President of the Council, Baldwin at first sought to promote international disarmament, warning of the difficulty of defence against air attack: “the bomber will always get through”.
May 24, 2024 · Stanley Baldwin was a British Conservative politician, three times prime minister between 1923 and 1937; he headed the government during the General Strike of 1926, the Ethiopian crisis of 1935, and the abdication crisis of 1936. A relative of the author Rudyard Kipling and the painter Sir Edward.
Read a biography of the 20th century Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin.
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin, (born Aug. 3, 1867, Bewdley, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Dec. 14, 1947, Astley Hall, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire), British politician. After managing his family’s large industrial holdings, he became a Conservative member of the House of Commons (1908–37).
3 days ago · But the mood in the country that gave Labour its overwhelming victory was obviously determined by the recollection of the hardships of the 1920s and ’30s; Britons voted against Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain.
Learn about former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, who served 3 tenures as Prime Minister and dominated Britain’s interwar politics.
Jun 11, 2018 · Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), was three times prime minister of Great Britain. He was involved in the settlement of the general strike of 1926 and in the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936.
Stanley Baldwin served as Prime Minister between 1923 to 1924, 1924 to 1929 and 1935 to 1937. Read more about the life and achievements of Stanley Baldwin in our past Prime Ministers...
Baldwin made the key speech at the Carlton Club meeting of Conservative backbenchers in 1922 that brought down Lloyd George, after which he served as chancellor of the Exchequer in the short‐lived Conservative administration of the dying Andrew Bonar Law, succeeding to the premiership in May 1923.
