Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Eccleshall, Robert; Walker, Graham

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers" is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the political lives of Britain's Prime Ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics this authoritative dictionary provides essential information about each premiership, including facts and analytical debate. In addition to brief biographical information outlining career history and important dates and events, each entry contains a brief summary of the Prime Minister's significance and peculiarities, followed by a more descriptive and interpretative account of his or her political life and influence on British politics. Entries also include references and further reading.
"The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers" addresses many of the key themes to understanding the role and impact of particular prime ministers such as: the political context; party management and reform; intra-party intellectual debate; and where relevant the evolution of the office of prime minister.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134662319
• Artikelnr.: 42675868

Autorenporträt

Eccleshall, Robert; Walker, Graham

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Preface
Robert Walpole
First Earl of Orford
Spencer Compton
First Earl of Wilmington
Henry Pelham
Thomas Pelham-Holles
Duke of Newcastle
William Cavendish
Fourth Duke of Devonshire
John Stuart
Third Earl of Bute
George Grenville
Charles Watson-Wentworth
Second Marquess of Rockingham
William Pitt
First Earl of Chatham
Augustus Henry Fitzroy
Third Duke of Grafton
Frederick North
styled Lord North 1752-90
Second Earl of Guilford
William Petty
Second Earl of Shelburne
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
Third Duke of Portland
William Pitt 'the Younger' Henry Addington
First Viscount Sidmouth
William Wyndham Grenville
First Baron Grenville
Spencer Perceval
Robert Banks Jenkinson
Second Earl of Liverpool
George Canning
Frederick John Robinson
First Viscount Goderich
First Earl of Ripon
Arthur Wellesley
First Duke of Wellington
Charles Grey
Second Earl Grey of Howick
William Lamb
Second Viscount Melbourne
Robert Peel
Lord John Russell
First Earl Russell
Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley
Fourteenth Earl of Derby
George Gordon (later Hamilton-Gordon)
Fourth Earl of Aberdeen
Henry John Temple
Third Viscount Palmerston
Benjamin Disraeli
First Earl of Beaconsfield William Ewart Gladstone
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Third Marquess of Salisbury
Archibald Philip Primrose
Fifth Earl of Rosebery
Arthur James Balfour
First Earl of Balfour
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert Henry Asquith
Earl of Oxford and Asquith
David Lloyd George
First Earl of Dwyfor
Andrew Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
First Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
(James) Ramsay MacDonald
(Arthur) Neville Chamberlain
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Clement Richard Attlee
First Earl of Prestwood
(Robert) Anthony Eden
First Earl of Avon
(Maurice) Harold Macmillan
First Earl of Stockton
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home
Lord Home of the Hirsel
(James) Harold Wilson
Lord Wilson of Rievaulx
Edward Richard George Heath
(Leonard) James Callaghan
Lord Callaghan of Cardiff
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts)
Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven
John Major
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Index