1914: Remembering Kingston at War
...model planes, one of a Sopwith Pup and one of a Sopwith Tabloid. The exhibition hosts a significant section detailing Kingston’s roll in aviation history, with the establishment of Tommy...
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What’s the context? 22 January 1924: Britain’s first Labour government takes office
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
Ninety years ago today, the British political mould was shattered by the election of the first Labour government. After an inconclusive election on 6 December 1923 that the ruling Conservatives...
What’s the Context? US President announces the ‘Truman Doctrine’, 12 March 1947
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...then stopped off briefly in Poland where a new communist-dominated government had been elected in what Western powers felt were rigged elections. On 2 March, Martial Law was declared in...
The Zimmermann telegram and Room 40
...thought that their signals might also be collected. If the Germans then became aware of this and changed their codes, the intelligence advantage would be lost. Only when the Admiralty...
Harold Macmillan and the Geography of Power at No. 10
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Cabinet Secretaries, Past prime ministers, Prime Ministers and No. 10, Researcher in residence, The National Archives, Uncategorized
...the Prime Minister and the Cabinet Room itself. In doing so, the Cabinet Office – and the Cabinet Secretary - gained a significant promotion in Whitehall’s ‘geography of power’. In...
9 December 1916: David Lloyd George introduces minuted Cabinet meetings and instigates the Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Office, Cabinet Secretaries, Civil service, Defence and conflict, First World War
...At the bottom of the list of attendees at the 9 December War Cabinet meeting are two names: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir M.P.A Hankey, described as the ‘Secretary’; and Lieutenant-Colonel W. Dally...
Sir Edward Grey and the First World War: the unmaking of a Foreign Secretary
...Grey had to use the pavement kerb to feel his way from Buckingham Palace to the Foreign Office. Eleven years to the day Grey was back at the Palace to...
The private life of Harold Macmillan
...as opposed to a private sanctuary. Significantly, it was a scandal involving the private life of one of his ministers – John Profumo, who was sleeping with a model named...
What’s The Context? 8 January 1959: Fidel Castro enters Havana in triumph
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Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...and Fidel, at the age of 30, entered Havana in triumph on 8 January 1959. Che Guevara & Fidel Castro Author; Alberto Korda / Wikimedia Commons The eyes of...
A Century of Policy Advice at No.10 – Part One
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Dr Andrew Blick and Professor George Jones, Posted on:
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Cabinet Office, Civil service, Prime Ministers and No. 10
![Extract of the draft note from 2 January 1917 on 10 Downing Street headed paper which reads 'To: The Private Secretary, the Prime Minister has decided, with a view to keeping himself in close touch with the several departments, to establish a ['Secretariat' is crossed out and replaced by 'Department'] in connection with Office of the First Lord of the Treasury. The following gentlemen have been appointed to act as secretaries to the ['First Lord of the Treasury' is crossed out and replaced by 'new Department']](https://history.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/01/edited-1024x753.jpg)
...Street. The Garden Suburb represented a significant augmentation in the support available to the Prime Minister. Before this point, the only full-time official staff available at No.10 was a group...