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The death of Edward the Confessor and the conflicting claims to the English Crown
...might expect to see if the Confessor was attempting to promote him as a potential successor. The rival claims of Harold and William – which would of course be ultimately...
Number 10 under Lloyd George 1916-1922
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Kenneth O Morgan, Posted on:
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Home affairs, No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...the British government’s terms for the creation of the Irish Free State. For the first time, the two sides walked around the table; British Ministers shook hands with those Lloyd...
The Aberdeen Coalition
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Professor Angus Hawkins, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...the Conservative Party split over the repeal of the protectionist Corn Laws in 1846). Although the Cabinet was united in their advocacy of Free Trade, this rich political compound contained...
Margaret Thatcher and the Joint Intelligence Committee
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Ian B Beesley and Dr Michael S Goodman, Posted on:
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Civil service, Defence and conflict, No 10 guest historian series, Prime Ministers and No. 10
...in the way in which intelligence was collated and assessed by the JIC, stressing that assessment should be free from policy (or political) considerations. She also expressed a wish to...
What’s The Context? 8 January 1959: Fidel Castro enters Havana in triumph
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...and Jordan, a show of force intended to deter Nasser from becoming closer to Moscow. Meanwhile, the UK Government under Harold Macmillan was preoccupied with unsuccessful efforts to promote a...
Sir Edward Grey and the First World War: the unmaking of a Foreign Secretary
...you are interested in our work then feel free to read our blogs on GOV.UK. keep tabs on the past. Sign up for our email alerts follow our Foreign &...
What’s the Context? 4 February 1945: the Yalta Conference opens
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...Europe. Less specific but nevertheless important was Churchill’s tough stance in defence of freedom and the rule of law, for example in the drafting of the Declaration on Liberated Europe...
Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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Prof Jonathan Parry, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...political office after many failures. Opinions differ about his achievements, principles and legacy. Benjamin Disraeli Disraeli’s father was a free-thinking gentleman-scholar in London. His abandonment of the family’s Jewish religion...
Lord Derby
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Prof Jonathan Parry, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...impressive powers of oratory ensured that he would be the leading figure in what remained of the Conservative party. By the early 1850s he accepted that free trade could not...