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  1. Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929 ...

  2. Apr 29, 2024 · Baldwin served the Lloyd George Coalition as Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1917–21) and President of the Board of Trade (1921–22). He rose rapidly in the party ranks. In 1922, he was a prime mover behind the withdrawal of Conservative support from Lloyd George.

  3. May 24, 2024 · Stanley Baldwin was a British Conservative politician, three times prime minister between 1923 and 1937; he headed the government during the General Strike of 1926, the Ethiopian crisis of 1935, and the abdication crisis of 1936.

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  4. Jun 11, 2018 · Stanley Baldwin, pipe in hand, was an avuncular figure, the epitome of British middle-class moderation against a turbulent and menacing European backcloth. He also symbolized the inter-war Conservative Party's suspicion of intellectuals and preference for second-class minds.

  5. Stanley Baldwin dominated Britain’s interwar politics. He was Prime Minister three times, and the power behind the early 1930s National Government. His leadership was steady and conservative, tending to follow public opinion, and he was a very able political communicator.

  6. Baldwin successfully created an illusion of himself among the voters by communicating a sense of "Englishness," provincialism and ordinariness that appealed beyond partisan political lines.

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  8. Jan 2, 2021 · Baldwin made his reputation by helping to free the Conservative party from a coalition government in 1922, yet led it into another and more enduring coalition government in 1931. He was the first Conservative prime minister to feature in the modern mass media of radio and sound film.

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