Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin   (politician)
Born	1867-08-03 Bewdley, United Kingdom
Died	1947-12-14 (Age 80) Stourport-on-Severn, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Trinity College (Cambridge), Mason College
Religion	Church of England
Children	• Diana Lucy Leonora Stanley • Pamela Margaret • Oliver Ridsdale • Esther Louisa • Arthur Windham
Spouse	Lucy Ridsdale
Party	Conservative
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 7 June 1935 - 28 May 1937 Preceded by Ramsay MacDonald Succeeded by Neville Chamberlain  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 4 November 1924 - 5 June 1929 Preceded by Ramsay MacDonald Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald  Prime Minister of the United Kingdom In office 23 May 1923 - 16 January 1924 Preceded by Andrew Bonar Law  Lord President of the Council In office 24 August 1931 - 7 June 1935 Succeeded by Ramsay MacDonald  Leader of the Opposition  In office 5 June 1929 - 24 August 1931  Leader of the Opposition  In office 22 January 1924 - 4 November 1924  Leader of the Conservative Party  In office 22 May 1923 - 28 May 1937 Preceded by Andrew Bonar Law  Chancellor of the Exchequer  In office 27 October 1922 - 27 August 1923 Succeeded by Neville Chamberlain  President of the Board of Trade  In office 1 April 1921 - 19 October 1922  Member of Parliament for Bewdley In office 29 February 1908 - 30 June 1937

 

Related Quotation

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BBC	“The BBC began in 1922, just before the corporate press began in America. Its founder was Lord John Reith, who believed that impartiality and objectivity were the essence of professionalism. In the same year the British establishment was under siege. The unions had called a general strike and the Tories were terrified that a revolution was on the way. The new BBC came to their rescue. In high secrecy, Lord Reith wrote anti-union speeches for the Tory Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and broadcast them to the nation, while refusing to allow the labor leaders to put their side until the strike was over. So, a pattern was set. Impartiality was a principle certainly: a principle to be suspended whenever the establishment was under threat. And that principle has been upheld ever since.”	John Pilger	16 June 2007

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