Administrators of the British Empire
...Chief Clerk role was abolished in 1833, leaving approximately 25 permanent officials in post. This number remained relatively the same until 1850. The Colonial Office was made up of five...
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig 1742 to 1743)
...in the Commons. He retained a strong dislike of Walpole and maintained contacts with a number of opposition figures, but he joined the administration as Lord Privy Seal and then...
“A perfect nuisance”: The history of women in the Civil Service
...was a key moment – allowing women to prove they could work in the civil service as well as men. Women flooded into clerical roles, with the number of women...
Lord Palmerston
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Prof Jonathan Parry, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...number of offices during the course of his career, he served in government for 46 years: a record in the modern period. As this suggests, he loved office, was good...
Hugh O’Beirne and the sinking of HMS Hampshire: a diplomat remembered
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Dr Richard Smith, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians
...Secretary of State for War was the public face of the British war effort against Germany (literally through his famous poster – ‘Your Country Needs You’). In 1926 a memorial...
Teaching No.10 Downing Street's History
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jackbrown, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10, Researcher in residence
...and those who qualify for free school meals, are less likely to attend a highly-selective university.[i] This disparity can be attributed to a number of factors. However, it is clear...
9 December 1916: David Lloyd George introduces minuted Cabinet meetings and instigates the Cabinet Office
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Dr Andrew Blick, Posted on:
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Cabinet Office, Cabinet Secretaries, Civil service, Defence and conflict, First World War
...General Robertson (Chief of the Imperial Defence Staff). Important innovation The occasion was important for a number of reasons. In the midst of the Great War, various pressing military matters...