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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.
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. A relative of the author Rudyard Kipling and the painter Sir Edward.
His post-1939 reputation as a guilty man who failed to resist Hitler or to rearm persists as a popular myth, but has been overtaken by modern historical scholarship. On his retirement from ...
Jan 2, 2021 · Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) was one of the most successful and important political leaders of twentieth-century Britain.
Read a biography of the 20th century Conservative prime minister Stanley Baldwin.
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin, (born Aug. 3, 1867, Bewdley, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Dec. 14, 1947, Astley Hall, near Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire), British politician. After managing his family’s large industrial holdings, he became a Conservative member of the House of Commons (1908–37).
Jun 11, 2018 · Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), was three times prime minister of Great Britain. He was involved in the settlement of the general strike of 1926 and in the abdication of Edward VIII in 1936.