...and Wales, and in Scotland). The question included 9 boxes, 7 labelled with pre-coded categories and 2 allowing people to write in their ethnicity. The classification was: White; Black-Caribbean; Black-African;...
...made towards the design of this spectacular property. Upon inspection in July 1962, Edward Muir wrote that he was “very glad indeed to have seen this compound, which I have...
...While the media harboured significant doubts, the Labour government was equally concerned. Unilateral withdrawal? Harold Wilson’s Labour government had a troubled history with Concorde. After taking office in October 1964,...
...as junior counsel for the prosecution of the political radicals Thomas Paine and John Horne Tooke, and then in 1796 as King’s Counsel and a bencher at Lincoln’s Inn. Perceval’s...
...in 1769. Fitzroy’s tenure as an MP was short too. His grandfather’s death in May 1757 led to his elevation to the Lords and his promotion to Lord Lieutenant of...
Henry Addington, born on 30 May 1757, was eldest son of a successful London physician, Dr Anthony Addington. He passed through Winchester College and other schools on his path to...
...Rose was allowed to resign, and promptly emigrated to Australia. In the following decades Graham had to deal with a number of challenges in running his department, starting with the...
...Cameron. In this interview Lord O'Donnell talks to Lord Hennessy about his experiences during Coalition discussions between the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrats following the 2010 General Election. http://youtu.be/Y4_TS_okX2g...
...at each other are Viscount Castlereagh (Feb 1812-Sep 1822) and George Canning (Mar 1807-Oct 1809, Sep 1822- Apr 1827) both brilliant Foreign Secretaries who once fought a duel on Putney...
...Exchequer thanks to the Dialogus de Scaccario, an intimate (if somewhat self-important) account written by royal treasurer Richard fitz Nigel. The Exchequer started life as an expedient means by which...