Politics

Campbell-Bannerman

The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
by Roy Hattersley

Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908, GCB 1895) Liberal politician, Prime Minister 1905-8. He was invited by Edward VII to form a government when Balfour resigned in December 1905. In the subsequent general election the Liberals won a large majority, but many of their measures passed in the Commons were defeated by the Conservative majority in the House of Lords - a continuing provocation which led to the Parliament Act of 1911, in which Campbell-Bannerman's successor, Herbert Asquith, clipped the wings of the upper chamber.

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Balfour

The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
by E H H Green

Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930, Earl of Balfour 1922) Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1902-5. His early career was closely linked with that of his uncle, Lord Salisbury, becoming a member of his Cabinet in 1887 and succeeding him as Prime Minister in 1902, resigning in 1905. He served as Foreign Secretary from 1916-1919 and in a letter of 2 November 1917 to Lord Rothschild, leader of the British Jewish community, Balfour wrote that Britain favoured 'the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people', the so-called 'Balfour Declaration'.

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Salisbury

The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
by Eric Midwinter

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903) Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1885-6, 1886-92 and 1895-1902, and the last to hold that office in the House of Lords.

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Asquith

The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
by Stephen Bates

Herbert Asquith (1852-1928, earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925) Liberal politician, Prime Minister 1908-16. Asquith's administration laid the foundation of Britain's welfare state, but he was plunged into a major power struggle with the House of Lords.

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Blair

The 20 Prime Ministers of the 20th Century
by Mick Temple

Tony Blair (b. 1953) Labour politician, MP for Sedgefield since 11983 and leader of the party from 1994. He was elected Prime Minister for the first time in 1997 and is therefore the last Prime Minister of the 20th century and one of the most controversial, frequently accused of abandoning Cabinet government and introducing a presidential style of leadership. He resigned as Prime Minister 27 June 2007 and as MP for Sedgefield and leader of the Labour Party the day after.

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