Key Figures Flashcards
Who was Anthony Eden? What was his previous role?
PM from 1955-57
Foreign Secretary
Who was Harold Wilson?
PM from 1964-70, 1974-76
Who was Harold Macmillan?
PM from 1957-63
Who was Roy Jenkins?
Home Secretary in the 1960s
Who was Lyndon Johnson? What War was he associated with?
US President from 1963-69
Vietnam War
Who was Edward Heath?
PM from 1970-74
Who was James Callaghan? What is he the only politician to have achieved?
PM from 1976-79
He held all 4 key offices of state
Who was Margaret Thatcher?
PM from 1979-90
Who was Michael Foot?
Far-left Labour Leader from 1980-83
Who was Geoffrey Howe?
Loyal (until the end) Chancellor and Foreign Secretary to Mrs Thatcher
Who was Nigel Lawson?
Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983-89, during the “Lawson Boom”
Who was John Major?
PM from 1990-97
Who was Tony Blair?
PM from 1997-2007
Who was Gordon Brown?
Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1997-2007; he succeeded Blair in 2007
