Stanley Baldwin

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

Page	Quote	Author	Date
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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