Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (Whig 1742 to 1743)
...his desire to replace Walpole with Compton when he succeeded to the throne. Thus, on receiving news of his father’s death from Walpole in June 1727, the new King made...
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Air-raid casualties in the First World War
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Edgar Jones, Posted on:
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Defence and conflict, First World War, No 10 guest historian series
...aerial bombardment was a significant element in a new era of total warfare. Bombing campaign Air-raids over the UK during the First World War were sporadic and relatively small scale...
William Pitt 'The Elder' (Whig, 1766-1768)
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Andrew Thompson, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...a policy of continental involvement, no doubt helped by his increasing attachment to Newcastle. It was through Newcastle’s influence that he was elected as MP for Seaford in 1747 and...
William Pitt the Younger (Whig/Tory 1783-1801, 1804-1806)
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Professor Arthur Burns, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...House of Commons. A new model of leadership If Pitt’s political fortunes would be determined in part by the impact of events such as the French Revolution and Wars, and...
What’s the context? 12 October 2015: The execution of Edith Cavell
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Gill Bennett, Posted on:
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First World War, Foreign Office Historians, What's the context? series
...guns, ammunition or men to fight the war they were faced with, and their communications were poor. The Central Powers discovered that success would require new defensive tactics, while on...
Lord Palmerston
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Prof Jonathan Parry, Posted on:
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No 10 guest historian series, Past prime ministers
...away, holding onto it through Lord Liverpool’s premiership, but did not reach the cabinet until 1827. With like-minded ‘liberal Tory’ colleagues, he resigned the following year from Wellington’s new government,...
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
Sir Maurice Hankey, 1921 (Library of Congress) A century ago today, David Lloyd George, the new Prime Minister, held the first meeting of his War Cabinet. In the process he...
The Zimmermann telegram and Room 40
...Mexican Government. It indicated that the new policy on submarine warfare might bring Germany and the USA into conflict, and asked if, in such an event, Mexico would be willing...
The language of Government and the power of plain English
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Dr Sean Cunningham, Posted on:
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Communications, The Monarchy, The National Archives
When governments communicate, the medium can be as valuable as the message. In the modern age of instant news and response through social media, it is often easy to lose...
Intelligence, Attlee and the Brook Report
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Dr Dan Lomas, Posted on:
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Foreign affairs and diplomacy, Past prime ministers
...aiming to protect the security of the Eastern Bloc, would be ‘aggressive by all means short of war’. Another report warned Communism was a ‘serious menace to the interests of...