UK Law

Tag: Biographies

  • James Callaghan

    James Callaghan History Labour Prime Minister from 1976-1979 and the only person to have served in all four 'Great Offices of State'. As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964-1967 he dealt with the devaluation crisis. As Home Secretary from 1967-1970 he sent troops to Ulster. As […]

  • James Callaghan

    James Callaghan History Labour Prime Minister from 1976-1979 and the only person to have served in all four 'Great Offices of State'. As Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964-1967 he dealt with the devaluation crisis. As Home Secretary from 1967-1970 he sent troops to Ulster. As […]

  • Gwilym Lloyd George

    Gwilym Lloyd George History Liberal politician and son of David Lloyd George. From 1931 until his retirement in 1957 he held several minor ministerial posts.

  • Cyril Jones

    Sir Cyril Jones History Senior civil servant who in 1950 conducted an inquiry into the financial working of the National Health Service (NHS) critical of budgetary control mechanisms and suggested changes.

  • Geoffrey Lloyd

    Geoffrey Lloyd History Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil Control Board from 1939-1945. Was Governor of the BBC between […]

  • Nicholas Kaldor

    Nicholas Kaldor History Economist who developed a famous model for welfare comparisons in 1939. He is most famous for advising Labour governments in the 1960s and was influential in the development of VAT. Became Professor of Economics at Cambridge in 1966. Most well-known book is 'The […]

  • Edward Heath

    Edward Heath History Conservative politician and Prime Minister between 1970-1974. A committed pro-European, he led the United Kingdom into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. His confrontation with the miners led to the Three Day Week and to two lost elections in 1974. Replaced by […]

  • Alec Douglas-Home

    Alec Douglas-Home History Conservative politician who served in various ministries before becoming Harold Macmillan's surprise successor as Prime Minister in 1963, for which he gave up his peerage. After election defeat in 1964 he was Leader of the Opposition until replaced by Edward […]

  • Peter Thorneycroft

    Peter Thorneycroft History Conservative politician. Served as President of the Board of Trade 1951-1957 but resigned after a year as Chancellor of the Exchequer 1957-1958. Later held office as Minister of Aviation 1960-1962, Minister/Secretary of State for Defence 1962-1965, and Chairman of […]

  • Derek Bentley

    Bentley And Craig History Derek Bentley was hanged for the murder of a policeman possibly committed by friend and accomplice, Christopher Craig, in the course of a robbery attempt. It created a cause célèbre and led to a 45-year-long successful campaign to win him a posthumous pardon. Craig, […]

  • Harold Macmillan

    Harold Macmillan History Conservative politician and Prime Minister. Held a succession of senior ministerial posts before becoming Prime Minister. Made memorable speeches; the 'never had it so good' speech in 1957, the 'winds of change' speech in 1960 about de-colonisation. […]

  • John Christie

    Evans And Christie History John Christie was a 54 year old serial murderer who murdered at least 6 women between 1943 and 1953. He gave evidence at the trial of Timothy Evans, who was executed (and later posthumously pardoned).

  • John Hodge

    John Hodge History Labour MP from 1906-1923 and trade unionist in the Iron and Steel Industry. Minister of Labour from 1916-1917 and Minister of Pensions from 1917-1919 in Lloyd George's the First World War Coalition government. He opposed strike action and threatened strikers during the […]

  • George Bolton

    Sir George Bolton History British civil servant and former Director of the Bank of England. Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil […]

  • George Bolton

    Sir George Bolton History British civil servant and former Director of the Bank of England. Conservative politician and MP from 1931-1945 and 1950-1959. Held a succession of minor ministerial posts, including Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to Stanley Baldwin and was Chairman of the Oil […]