...being Treasurer of the Navy. New reign, new opportunities Grenville had grown close to the future king, George III, during the 1750s and George’s accession, combined with his frustrations with...
...views and what she knew of unfolding events. Eden believed that informing the Queen was of supreme importance and all the Suez papers were sent to her, the first time...
...constructed in the 1680s, and the process of adapting them for their new purpose began almost immediately. Whilst Nos. 10, 11 and 12 appear as a row of modest, terraced...
...outbreak of the First World War, but only in certain clearly defined areas and with very limited opportunities as regards pay and promotion. In this regard it is interesting to...
The Cabinet Room at No. 10 Downing Street, courtesy of 10 Downing Street's new page on Google Arts and Culture Researcher in Residence: Progress Report III My name is...
...conflict to a small executive ‘War Cabinet’. Rather than acquiesce to this humiliation Asquith dissolved his government, and two days later Lloyd George formed a new Coalition ministry with the...
...of births, marriages and deaths in England and Wales, was no exception to this state of affairs. A clerk at work (New Penny Magazine, 1899) Extra Demands Soon after the...
...museums and battle sites, I was able to share my experience with the new friends that I made, explore deeply about the history of the war, and truly empathise with...
...beginning of May the Red Army had conquered ‘the lair of the fascist beast’. The Soviet capture of Berlin came at a heavy price: 78, 291 Red Army soldiers killed...
...subsequent decisions to replace or renew atomic weapons systems. Such decisions are always controversial and difficult, but they are also impossible not to take.[2] The decision in January 1947 formalised...