the conservative political leaders Flashcards
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when did Winston Churchill first become PM and why?
May 1940 - because of the war.
what two governments was Churchill in and between when?
1906-1940, Conservative and Liberal
when did Churchill become prime minister again and till when?
1951-1955
when was Anthony eden foreign secretary and for who?
1940-1945, for Winston Churchill
when was Anthony Eden acting PM and for who?
multiple occasions over 1951-55, and for Winston Churchill
when did Anthony eden become PM?
1955
when did Anthony eden resign and why / following what?
in 1957, following the Suez crisis and due to ill health
who played a key role in the reorganisation of the party and its policies in preparation for returning to power in 1951?
R.A. Butler
who was the architect of the 1944 Education Act?
R.A. Butler
who was ‘the best PM the conservatives never had’?
R.A. Butler
When was R.A. Butler Chancellor?
1951-55
when was R.A. Butler seen as a possible leader for the Conservative Party?
in 1957 after the fall of Eden and again in 1963 when Macmillan resigned
what was Harold Macmillan’s role during WW2?
an MP for Stockton-on-Tees and Churchill’s military liaison officer
when was Harold Macmillan foreign secretary and under who?
1955-57, under Anthony Eden
when was Harold Macmillan housing minister?
1951-55, under Churchill
what was Harold Macmillans constituency called?
Stockton-on-Tees
when was Harold Macmillan Prime Minister?
1957-1963
what were Harold Macmillans politics shaped by?
both world wars and the Great Depression of the 1930s when he was MP for Stockton-on-Tees in the depressed northeast.
what did Churchill focus more on
foreign policy > domestic policy. saw himself as a world statesman.
which three people within Churchill’s government didn’t get on that well
Macmillan, Butler and Eden. Eden was also impatient for Churchill to step down
