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- Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS DL (/ ˈɡæskɔɪn ˈsɪsəl /; [a] 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.
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3 days ago · Salisbury was back in office, although without a conservative majority; he depended on the Liberal Unionists, led by Lord Hartington. Maintaining the alliance forced Salisbury to make concessions in support of progressive legislation regarding Irish land purchases, education, and county councils.
May 22, 2024 · This article explains why that change in Salisbury’s outlook occurred, how Salisbury developed a distinctively Conservative approach to arbitration in international relations and how the British contribution to the development of an institutional international rule of law at the end of the nineteenth century was as much a Conservative moment ...
13 hours ago · Skills wear out, however. Runs come to an end. Some think that British conservatism as a centre-right tradition is already done for. Sir Oliver Letwin, a former Conservative minister and manifesto ...
May 17, 2024 · By. Conservatism is “an instinct rather than a political stance”. So said Sir Michael Oakeshott, the philosopher who alongside Disraeli, Lord Salisbury and Sir Roger Scruton has done most to shape conservative thought. This is only partially right.
1 day ago · From 1891 he led the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, serving under his uncle, Lord Salisbury, whose government won large majorities in 1895 and 1900. An esteemed debater, he was bored by the mundane tasks of party management.
2 days ago · Thus reinforced, the Conservatives held office for all but 3 of the next 20 years, first under the leadership of Lord Salisbury and then under Arthur Balfour. A split over tariff policy caused them to lose the election of 1906 in a disastrous landslide, and they did not regain power until they joined a wartime coalition with the Liberals in May ...
Jun 1, 2024 · However, it led Winston Churchill to commend his ‘cool ruthlessness’ and contributed to the decision of his uncle, Lord Salisbury, to appoint him Chief Secretary for Ireland – probably the most important post in the Cabinet given the increasing power of the National League.
