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  Stanley Baldwin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baldwin remained Prime Minister until the opening session of the new Parliament in January 1924 when the government was defeated on a confidence vote and he resigned immediately.
Baldwin was a cousin of the author and journalist Rudyard Kipling.
Stanley Baldwin - Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
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 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Stanley Baldwin
Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire he was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, and went into the family business.
Baldwin is known to history chiefly through the eyes of his chief rival and antagonist, Winston Churchill, who desired the premiership, but spent much of the 1930's as a backbencher in the Conservative Party, despite having held portfolios in both war and peace.
Ironically, Baldwin was responsible, more than any other person for creating a sharp divide in British politics between Conservatives and Labour, since he saw the rise of Labour as a useful tool to divide the Liberal Party, which has not held government since his first victory as Prime Minister.
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 Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (August 3, 1867 - December 14, 1947) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on three separate occasions.
Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire he was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, and went into the family business.
The Conservatives had a clear majority in the House of Commons and could govern for another four years before the need for a new general election, but Baldwin felt bound by a pledge given by Bonar Law at the previous election that there would be no introduction of tariffs without a further election.
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 Stanley Baldwin Biography / Biography of Stanley Baldwin Biography
Stanley Baldwin was born on Aug. 3, 1867, at Lower Park, Bewdley, Worcestershire.
Baldwin came to national attention in 1922 at the Carlton Club Conference, at which the Conservatives in the House of Commons, after a stormy meeting, voted to end the coalition under David Lloyd George.
Baldwin himself was content to rest on the slogans "Safety First" and "Trust Baldwin" in the election of 1929, which brought defeat to the Conservatives.
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In 1908 he was elected to Parliament from the Bewdley division of Worcestershire, representing the Conservative Party.
In September 1931, Baldwin became lord privy seal and was again prime minister from 1935 to 1937.
Baldwin retired in 1937 and was made 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley.
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Carlton Club in October Baldwin announced that he would no longer support the coalition and famously condemned Lloyd George for being a "dynamic force" that was bringing destruction across politics.
Likewise, his lack of experience in domestic affairs, his personal character, which many found objectional, and his aristocratic background at a time when the Conservative Party sought to shed its image as bastion of the establishment, were deemed as impediments to his advancement.
Baldwin remained Prime Minister until the opening session of the new Parliament in January 1924 when the government was defeated on a
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 BBC - History - Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, Viscount Corvedale of Corvedale (1867 - 1947)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Baldwin understood the British desire for tranquillity above all else and initially pursued the line of least resistance.
Baldwin proclaimed a state of emergency and refused to negotiate further until the strike was over.
Baldwin was Prime Minister again from June 1935 to May 1937.
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 Earl Baldwin of Bewdley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The title of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was created in 1937 for the former prime minister Stanley Baldwin.
Edward Alfred Alexander Baldwin, 4th Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (b.
The Heir Apparent is Benedict Alexander Stanley Baldwin, Viscount Corvedale (b.
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 Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin began his career as a member of Parliament, elected as a Unionist in 1908.
He was financial secretary to the Treasury in Lloyd George's government (1917-21) and was appointed president of the Board of Trade.
As a chancellor of the Exchequer under Law, he negotiated a settle of war debts with the U.S. Baldwin was prime minister three times, in between the World Wars.
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 thePeerage.com - Person Page 11281
Sir Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Lucy Ridsdale.
Sir Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born on 3 August 1867 in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England.
Sir Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was educated in Harrow School, Harrow on the Hill, London, England.
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 Stanley Baldwin
Born to a family of rich, Conservative industrialists, Stanley Baldwin was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Baldwin was the de facto figurehead of the 1930s National Government, and properly regained the premiership after the 1935 election.
Stanley Baldwin was a serious Christian, but also a masterly politician.
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 Baldwin of Bewdley Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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BALDWIN, STANLEY 1867 1947, British statesman; cousin of Rudyard Kipling.
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 Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin's second period of office (1924–29) was marked by rising unemployment and by a general strike (1926), following which he secured passage of the Trade Disputes Act (1927) to restrict the power of the labor unions.
In 1931, Baldwin became lord president of the council in the National government.
Although an able politician, Baldwin has been much criticized for his indolence and particularly for his apparent complacency in the face of the mounting threats to peace in Europe.
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 Stanley Baldwin --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
From 1917 to 1921 Baldwin served as financial secretary of the treasury, and in 1921 he became president of the Board of Trade.
Baldwin was then appointed chancellor of the Exchequer in the new Conservative government headed by Bonar Law.
When the miners went on strike (May 4, 1926) and they were supported with sympathetic strikes in other vital industries, Baldwin proclaimed a state of emergency, organized volunteers to maintain essential services, and refused to negotiate further with labour until the strike was called off (it ended May 12, 1926).
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Stanley, Edward George Geoffrey Smith, 23rd (14th Stanley) Earl of Derby (1799-1869) statesman and British Prime Minister (1852, 1858-1859, and...
Baldwin, Stanley, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley: Edward VIII
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 Stanley Baldwin Information - TextSheet.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He became a Conservative MP in 1908, and was appointed president of the Board of Trade in 1921.
The unexpected illness and death from cancer of Andrew Bonar Law resulted in Baldwin being selected to replace him as prime minister in 1923, but his government lasted only months.
In the face of the growing Nazi threat to Europe, he resigned and was created Earl Baldwin of Bewdley.
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Baldwin, Stanley, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), British statesman and Prime Minister (1923-1924; 1924-1929; 1935-1937), who dominated...
His political career began in 1923, when as a Conservative Party candidate for Warwick and Leamington he was elected to the House of Commons; from...
Despite these defeats, he became well known through a series of pamphlets, tracts, and letters to The Times, in which he set forth the foundation of...
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 Stanley Baldwin --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He was succeeded by an almost unknown politician, Stanley Baldwin, who would nonetheless dominate British politics until his resignation from his third government in May 1937.
Baldwin seemed an unlikely leader for a major party; he had been in Parliament for 15 years without making a...
Three times British prime minister between 1923 and 1937, Stanley Baldwin headed the government during the general strike of 1926, the Ethiopian crisis of 1935, and the abdication crisis of 1936.
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 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
Young Baldwin was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
When ill health forced Bonar Law to retire from his position, it nonetheless was Baldwin whom King George V asked, on May 22, 1923, to form a government.
Baldwin procured Edward's abdication (Dec. 10, 1936) and satisfied public opinion.
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 Mr & Mrs Stanley Baldwin 1923, by Lafayette   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Stanley Baldwin, later 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947); Prime Minister 1923-1924, 1924-1929 and 1935-1937.
Mrs Stanley Baldwin, later Lucy, Countess Baldwin of Bewdley, née Ridsdale (d.
Baldwin) Dictionary of National Biography; Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; The Times, 15 December 1947, pp 4f and 6a; (Mrs Stanley Baldwin) Burke's Peerage; The Times, 19 June 1945, p 6e.
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 Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - Your gateway to all Britannica has to offer!
In 1936 he satisfied public opinion by procuring the abdication of Edward VIII, whose desire to marry divorcée Wallis Simpson, Baldwin believed, threatened the prestige of the monarchy.
Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of, Viscount Furneaux Of Charlton, Viscount Birkenhead Of Birkenhead, Baron Birkenhead Of Birkenhead
An American novelist, essayist, and playwright, James Baldwin wrote with eloquence and passion on the subject of race in America.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Stanley Baldwin
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 Stanley Baldwin
STANLEY BALDWIN IN HIS OWN WORDS.(Baldwin Papers: A Conservative Statesman, 1908-1947)(Book Review) (Contemporary Review)
Baldwin of Bewdley, Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl (The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition)
Former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's pipe will soon make an appearance on the worldwide web.(News) (The Birmingham Post (England))
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 Baldwin, Stanley 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley - Prime Minister Plaque   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Baldwin was prime minister three times, in between the World Wars.
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     Major Oliver Ridsdale Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was educated in Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.
     Arthur Windham Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was born on 22 March 1904.
     Arthur Windham Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley was educated in Eton College, Eton, Berkshire, England.
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