ABSTRACT

This guidebook provides a complete overview of the lives and influence of fifty major figures in modern British political history. Reflecting the changes within British society and politics over the past century, the entries chart the development of key contemporary issues such as women's rights, immigration and the emergence of New Labour. Figures covered include:

* Winston Churchill
* Tony Blair
* Emmeline Pankhurst
* David Lloyd George
* Margaret Thatcher
* John Maynard Keynes
* Enoch Powell
* Barbara Castle

With cross-referenced entries and helpful suggestions for further reading, this book is an essential guide for all those with an interest in understanding the dominating issues of modern British politics.

chapter |6 pages

Herbert Henry Asquith

part |1 pages

Nancy Astor

chapter |6 pages

Clement Attlee

chapter |5 pages

Stanley Baldwin

chapter |4 pages

Arthur James Balfour

chapter |3 pages

Lord Beaverbrook

part |2 pages

Aneurin Bevan

chapter |9 pages

William Beveridge

chapter |3 pages

Ernest Bevin

chapter |9 pages

Tony Blair

chapter |3 pages

Richard Austen Butler

chapter |5 pages

James Callaghan

chapter |3 pages

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

part |2 pages

Edward Carson

chapter |5 pages

Barbara Castle

chapter |6 pages

Joseph Chamberlain

chapter |6 pages

Neville Chamberlain

chapter |4 pages

Sir Winston Churchill

chapter |3 pages

Walter Citrine

chapter |4 pages

Sir Stafford Cripps

chapter |3 pages

Anthony Crosland

chapter |4 pages

Hugh Dalton

chapter |4 pages

Sir Anthony Eden

chapter |3 pages

Michael Foot

chapter |4 pages

Hugh Gaitskell

chapter |3 pages

Edward Grey

chapter |9 pages

Keir Hardie

chapter |4 pages

Edward Heath

chapter |4 pages

Arthur Henderson

chapter |3 pages

Sir Samuel Hoare

chapter |3 pages

Sir Alec Douglas Home

chapter |3 pages

Sir Keith Joseph

chapter |5 pages

John Maynard Keynes

chapter |10 pages

Neil Kinnock

chapter |4 pages

George Lansbury

chapter |4 pages

Andrew Bonar Law

chapter |7 pages

David Lloyd George

chapter |5 pages

James Ramsay MacDonald

chapter |4 pages

Harold Macmillan

chapter |5 pages

John Major

chapter |3 pages

Herbert Morrison

chapter |5 pages

Oswald Mosley

chapter |4 pages

Emmeline Pankhurst

chapter |5 pages

Harry Pollitt

chapter |5 pages

Enoch Powell

chapter |4 pages

Sir Herbert Samuel

chapter |5 pages

Sir John Simon

chapter |6 pages

Margaret Thatcher

part |2 pages

Ellen Wilkinson

chapter |7 pages

Harold Wilson