Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Prime Ministers of Great Britain
| Prime Ministers of Great Britain |
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| Prime Minister
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Party
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Dates in Office
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The modern party system did not evolve until the end of the 18th cent.
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| Sir Robert Walpole
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1721-42
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| Earl of Wilmington
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1742-43
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| Henry Pelham
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1743-54
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| Duke of Newcastle
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1754-56
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| Duke of Devonshire
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1756-57
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| Duke of Newcastle
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1757-62
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| Earl of Bute
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1762-63
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| George Grenville
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1763-65
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| Marquess of Rockingham
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1765-66
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| William Pitt the Elder (earl of Chatham)
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1766-68
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| Duke of Grafton
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1768-70
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| Lord North
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1770-82
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| Marquess of Rockingham
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1782
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| Earl of Shelburne
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1782-83
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| Duke of Portland
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1783
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| William Pitt the Younger
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Tory
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1783-1801
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| Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth)
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Tory
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1801-4
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| William Pitt the Younger
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Tory
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1804-6
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| Baron Grenville
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Whig
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1806-7
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| Duke of Portland
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Tory
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1807-9
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| Spencer Perceval
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Tory
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1809-12
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| Earl of Liverpool
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Tory
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1812-27
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| George Canning
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Tory
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1827
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| Viscount Goderich (later earl of Ripon)
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Tory
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1827-28
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| Duke of Wellington
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Tory
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1828-30
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| Earl Grey
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Whig
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1830-34
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| Viscount Melbourne
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Whig
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1834
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| Sir Robert Peel
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Tory
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1834-35
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| Viscount Melbourne
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Whig
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1835-41
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| Sir Robert Peel
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Conservative
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1841-46
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| Lord John Russell (later earl Russell)
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Whig
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1846-52
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| Earl of Derby
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Conservative
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1852
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| Earl of Aberdeen
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Peelite Conservative
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1852-55
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| Viscount Palmerston
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Liberal
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1855-58
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| Earl of Derby
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Conservative
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1858-59
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| Viscount Palmerson
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Liberal
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1859-65
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| Earl Russell
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Liberal
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1865-66
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| Earl of Derby
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Conservative
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1866-68
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| Benjamin Disraeli
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Conservative
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1868
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| William Gladstone
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Liberal
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1868-74
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| Benjamin Disraeli
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Conservative
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1874-80
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| William Gladstone
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Liberal
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1880-85
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| Marquess of Salisbury
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Conservative
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1885-86
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| William Gladstone
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Liberal
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1886
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| Marquess of Salisbury
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Conservative
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1886-92
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| William Gladstone
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Liberal
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1892-94
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| Earl of Rosebery
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Liberal
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1894-95
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| Marquess of Salisbury
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Conservative
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1895-1902
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| Arthur Balfour
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Conservative
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1902-5
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| Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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Liberal
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1905-8
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| Herbert Asquith
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Liberal
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1908-15
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| Herbert Asquith
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Coalition
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1915-16
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| David Lloyd George
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Coalition
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1916-22
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| Andrew Bonar Law
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Conservative
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1922-23
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| Stanley Baldwin
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Conservative
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1923-24
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| Ramsay MacDonald
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Labour
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1924
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| Stanley Baldwin
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Conservative
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1924-29
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| Ramsay MacDonald
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Labour
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1929-31
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| Ramsay MacDonald
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National (Coalition)
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1931-35
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| Stanley Baldwin
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National
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1935-37
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| Neville Chamberlain
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National
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1937-40
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| Winston Churchill
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Coalition
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1940-45
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| Clement Attlee
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Labour
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1945-51
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| Sir Winston Churchill
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Conservative
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1951-55
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| Sir Anthony Eden
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Conservative
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1955-57
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| Harold Macmillan
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Conservative
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1957-63
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| Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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Conservative
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1963-64
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| Harold Wilson
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Labour
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1964-70
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| Edward Heath
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Conservative
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1970-74
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| Harold Wilson
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Labour
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1974-76
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| James Callaghan
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Labour
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1976-79
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| Margaret Thatcher
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Conservative
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1979-90
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| John Major
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Conservative
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1990-97
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| Tony Blair
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Labour
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1997-2007
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| Gordon Brown
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Labour
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2007-
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Earl and Maggie Brown.(DEDICATION)(National Collegiate Honors Council )(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Honors in Practice; 1/1/2009; 282 words
; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For over a decade, Earl and Maggie Brown were dynamic forces in the NCHC. From 1993 through 1997, Earl was Editor and Maggie Assistant Editor...and the Annual Report. In 1997, when Earl became Executive Director of the NCHC...
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 "Herald & Post (Luton, England)")
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Gutsy Earl beats Romanov.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 1/25/2006; 253 words
; ...Commonwealth lightweight boxing champion Graham Earl is ready to take on the world after another...Goresbrooke Leisure Centre this evening. Earl won the 12-round fight by 116 points to...ring at around 10 o'clock and it was all Earl in the opening rounds. But classy Romanov...
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Earl v Khan confirmed for December 8.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 10/18/2007; 428 words
; ...official announcement that Luton's Graham Earl will be the next opponent for Commonwealth...Commonwealth and British title holder Earl, 29, will fight Khan on Saturday, December...town of Bolton at the Bolton Arena. But Earl says he is going to ruin Khan's coming...
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Virtues of a wicked earl; the life and legend of William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (1806-78).(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2009; 150 words
; 9781846821219 Virtues of a wicked earl; the life and legend of William Sydney Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim (1806-78). Malcomson, A.P.W. Four...the life of William Sydney Clements, the third Earl of Leitrim (1806-1878). The earl was a fun-loving...
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The Earl of bowling. (The Fans Speak Out).
Magazine article from: Bowling Digest; 2/1/2002; ; 105 words
; ...many other bowling fans across the country do, I sure miss Earl Anthony. I grew up in the 1970s watching him bowl every...delivery I've ever seen, and you could hear those chants of Earl, Earl, Earl from the crowd after each of his shots. He always...
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Willie Limond date confirmed for Earl.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 4/26/2008; 374 words
; ...eliminator Resurgent Luton fighter Graham Earl will fight Scotsman Willie Limond for his...an eliminator for the full world title. Earl is relishing the opportunity to get back...Exhibition and Conference Centre in Glasgow. And Earl, who has suffered defeats in his last two...
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Earl Scruggs.(People, Places & Miscellany)
Magazine article from: Sing Out!; 6/22/2004; 120 words
; Bluegrass banjo pioneer Earl Scruggs turned 80 on January 6 of this...held a birthday party and tribute for Earl on his special day. Along with congratulations...an all-star cast picked a few tunes in Earl's honor and Gibson Original Acoustic Instruments...
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The Earl of class. (The Fans Speak Out).(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: Bowling Digest; 4/1/2002; 341 words
; The Earl Anthony Memorial Tournament, which was held...but it fell a little short in one respect: Earl liked to be referred to as one of the greatest...greatest right-handed bowlers ever? Never. Earl also may have appreciated seeing fewer lefties...
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Earl Henry Brazeal, Sr.(DEATHS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 11/30/2008; 263 words
; ROCHESTER, NY Earl H. Brazeal, Sr., 91, died peacefully Sat., Nov. 22, 2008. He...Richard Brazeal and his sisters, Beaulah Tapper and Elsie Howe. Earl is survived by his son, Earl Jr. and his wife Beverly of Woodstock, CT and by his daughter...
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Earl and Katsidis set for battle.
Newspaper article from: Herald & Post (Luton, England); 1/17/2007; 157 words
; ...world lightweight boxing champion Graham Earl is to face Australian Michael Katsidis...fight at Wembley Arena on February 17. Earl, the current WBU champion, faces Katsidis...conference today that the winner of the Earl v Katsidis encounter will go on to fight...
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prime minister
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...system of government. The prime minister is head of the...constitutional monarch, as in Great Britain, or an elected official...governing the selection of the prime minister vary from country...system that has evolved in Great Britain (which has provided the...of the lower house. The ...
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Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher Thatcher, Baroness
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...British political leader. Great Britain's first woman prime minister, Thatcher served...dismantled many aspects of Britain's postwar welfare state...party. She resigned as prime minister, and John Major...speeches in The Revival of Britain, compiled by A. Cooke...
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Progressive Conservative party
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the first Canadian prime minister, John A. Macdonald...and close ties to Britain were continued by subsequent Conservative prime ministers, John J. C. Abbott...1920s, Conservative prime ministers Robert Borden and Arthur...support. During the Great Depression Richard...John ...
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Don Stephen Senanayake
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
, 1884-1952, prime minister (1947-52) of Ceylon...before independence from Great Britain (1948), serving as minister...1942-47). He was succeeded as prime minister by his son Dudley...times as a right-of-center prime minister (1952-53, 1960...
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Pitt, William
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...William (1708–78) prime minister of Great Britain (1756–61, 1766...Parliament in 1735. As prime minister, he attempted to extend Britain's empire around the world, largely by taking on Britain's ancient rival, France...of the Mississippi to Britain, thus ensuring ...
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