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Norman Lamont

Norman Lamont

Norman Lamont
Norman Stewart Hughson Lamont, Baron Lamont of Lerwick, PC (born 8 May 1942), the former Conservative MP for Kingston-upon-Thames, England
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Nicholas Vansittart

Nicholas Vansittart

Nicholas Vansittart
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA (29 April 1766 – 8 February 1851), the English politician, and the longest-serving Chancellor of the Exchequer in British history
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Peter Thorneycroft

Peter Thorneycroft

Peter Thorneycroft
George Edward Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft CH PC (26 July 1909 - 4 June 1994), the British Conservative Party politician
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Philip Snowden

Philip Snowden

Philip Snowden
Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC (18 July 1864 – 15 May 1937), the British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Reginald Maudling

Reginald Maudling

Reginald Maudling
Reginald Maudling (7 March 1917 – 14 February 1979), the British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Rab Butler

Rab Butler

Rab Butler
Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG, CH, PC, DL (9 December, 1902 - 8 March, 1982), who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and familiarly known as Rab, the British Conservative politician
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Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain, born Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940), the British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940
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National Savings and Investments

National Savings and Investments

National Savings and Investments
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, the state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom
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John Simon

John Simon

John Simon
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC (28 February 1873 - 11 January 1954), the senior British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second
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John Major

John Major

John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH, ACIB (born 29 March 1943), the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Leader of the Conservative Party
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Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke QC MP (born 2 July 1940), the British politician
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Kingsley Wood

Kingsley Wood

Kingsley Wood
Sir Howard Kingsley Wood (19 August 1881 - 21 September 1943), the Conservative politician in the United Kingdom
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Michael Hicks Beach

Michael Hicks Beach

Michael Hicks Beach
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (23 October 1837 - 30 April 1916), known as Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt from 1854 to 1906 and as The Viscount St Aldwyn from 1906 to 1915, from, the English statesman
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Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Churchill

Lord Randolph Churchill
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill (13 February 1849 – 24 January 1895), the British statesman
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Reginald McKenna

Reginald McKenna

Reginald McKenna
Reginald McKenna (6 July 1863 - 6 September 1943), the British banker and Liberal
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Robert Harley

Robert Harley

Robert Harley
Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer (5 December 1661 – 21 May 1724), the British politician and statesman of the late Stuart and early Georgian periods
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Thomas Denman

Thomas Denman

Thomas Denman
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman (23 July 1779 - 26 September 1854), the British lawyer, judge and politician
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Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947), the British Conservative politician and statesman
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Thomas Spring Rice

Thomas Spring Rice

Thomas Spring Rice
Thomas Spring Rice, 1st Baron Monteagle of Brandon, PC, FRS (8 February 1790-7 February 1866), the British Whig politician, who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1835 to 1839
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William Gladstone

William Gladstone

William Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898), the British statesman
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Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965), the British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War (WWII)
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William Vernon Harcourt

William Vernon Harcourt

William Vernon Harcourt
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt (14 October 1827 - 1 October 1904), the British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman
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Stafford Northcote

Stafford Northcote

Stafford Northcote
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC (27 October 1818 - 12 January 1887), known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, the British Conservative politician
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Stafford Cripps

Stafford Cripps

Stafford Cripps
Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952), the British Labour politician, who served in a number of Cabinet positions, most notably as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950
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Robert Peel

Robert Peel

Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 - 2 July 1850), the British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846
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Robert Lowe

Robert Lowe

Robert Lowe
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, the pivotal but often forgotten figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century
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Robert Stevenson Horne

Robert Stevenson Horne

Robert Stevenson Horne
Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne GBE (1871-1940), the businessman and Scottish Tory politician
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Roy Jenkins

Roy Jenkins

Roy Jenkins
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003), the British politician
Selwyn Lloyd

Selwyn Lloyd

Selwyn Lloyd
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH, PC (28 July 1904 - 18 May 1978), known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, the British Conservative politician
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Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling

Alistair Darling
Alistair Maclean Darling (born 28 November 1953), the British Labour politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Edinburgh South West since 1987, and appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer on 28 June 2007
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John Charles Herries

John Charles Herries

John Charles Herries
John Charles Herries PC (November 1778-24 April 1855), known as J. C. Herries, the British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid 19th century
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Francis Baring

Francis Baring

Francis Baring
Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook PC (20 April 1796 - 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, Bt, from 1848 to 1866, the British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell
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Derick Heathcoat Amory

Derick Heathcoat Amory

Derick Heathcoat Amory
Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory ((AY-məree), KG, GCMG, TD, Bt, PC, DL, (26 December 1899 - 20 January 1981), the British Conservative politician
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Frederick John Robinson

Frederick John Robinson

Frederick John Robinson
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC, Frederick John Robinson until 1827, The Viscount Goderich 1827-1833, and The Earl of Ripon 1833 onwards, the British statesman and Prime Minister
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Geoffrey Howe

Geoffrey Howe

Geoffrey Howe
Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC (born 20 December 1926), previously known as Sir Geoffrey Howe, the British Conservative politician
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George Cornewall Lewis

George Cornewall Lewis

George Cornewall Lewis
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC (21 April 1806 - 13 April 1863), the British statesman and man of letters
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George Canning

George Canning

George Canning
George Canning (1770-1827), the British politician
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Denis Healey

Denis Healey

Denis Healey
Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey, CH, MBE, PC (born 30 August 1917), the British life peer and Labour politician
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David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George

David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George (1863-1945), the British politician
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Austen Chamberlain

Austen Chamberlain

Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG (16 October 1863 - 17 March 1937), the British statesman and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
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Andrew Bonar Law

Andrew Bonar Law

Andrew Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 - 30 October 1923), the Canadian-born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, born Benjamin D'Israeli, (21 December 1804 - 19 April 1881), the British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure
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Charles Abbott

Charles Abbott

Charles Abbott
Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden PC SL (7 October 1762 - 4 November 1832), the British barrister and judge. who served as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench between 1818 and 1832
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Charles Wood

Charles Wood

Charles Wood
Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC (20 December 1800 - 8 August 1885), known as Sir Charles Wood, Bt between 1846 and 1866, the British Liberal politician and Member of Parliament
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Charles Thomson Ritchie

Charles Thomson Ritchie

Charles Thomson Ritchie
Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee (19 November 1838 - 9 January 1906), the British politician
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John Anderson

John Anderson

John Anderson
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, the British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary
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George Goschen

George Goschen

George Goschen
GeorgeBALLSGoschen, 1st Viscount Goschen (10 August 1831 - 7 February 1907), the British statesman and businessman best remembered for being "forgotten" by Lord Randolph Churchill
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Hugh Childers

Hugh Childers

Hugh Childers
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827-29 January 1896), the British and Australian Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century
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George Osborne

George Osborne

George Osborne
The Rt. Hon. George Gideon Oliver Osborne, MP, PC (born 23 May 1971 in Paddington, London), the British Conservative politician
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Hugh Dalton

Hugh Dalton

Hugh Dalton
Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC (16 August 1887 - 13 February 1962), the British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he, implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks
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Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell

Hugh Gaitskell
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell PC, the British Labour politician, who served in a number of Cabinet positions under various governments, and the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955, until his death in 1963
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James Callaghan

James Callaghan

James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), the British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980
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Henry Goulburn

Henry Goulburn

Henry Goulburn
Henry Goulburn PC (19 March 1784-12 January 1856), the English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846
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Henry Petty-FitzMaurice

Henry Petty-FitzMaurice

Henry Petty-FitzMaurice
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS (2 July 1780 – 31 January 1863), known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809 and then as The Earl of Kerry to 1818, the British statesman
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Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951), the British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010
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George Ward Hunt

George Ward Hunt

George Ward Hunt
George Ward Hunt (30 July 1825 - 29 July 1877), the British Conservative Party politician and statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1st and 2nd ministries of Benjamin Disraeli
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Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 - 29 December 1986), the British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963
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H. H. Asquith

H. H. Asquith

H. H. Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC (12 September 1852 - 15 February 1928), served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916
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Nigel Lawson
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born 11 March 1932), the British Conservative politician and journalist
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Anthony Barber
Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, PC, DL (4 July 1920 – 16 December 2005), the British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords
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Iain Macleod
Iain Norman Macleod (11 November 1913 - 20 July 1970), the British Conservative Party politician and government minister
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Louis Spencer
Louis Frederick John Spencer, Viscount Althorp, the son and heir of Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer and Victoria Lockwood, the nephew of the late Diana, Princess of Wales and the first cousin of Princes William and Harry
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Which current or former Chancellor of the Exchequer (the British cabinet minister responsible for finance) has also been a politician or political leader, a person who is trained from a young age to be a dishonest, professional liar?
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The Politician as Chancellor | Inside Higher Ed
... order to serve as chancellor or president. Faculty leaders also ... education systems) have appointed politicians ... of presidents and chancellors from all backgrounds. (There have been ...
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/12/tennessee
Angela Merkel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After her election as Chancellor ... energy development have been major ... As a female politician from a centre right party who is also a scientist, Merkel has been compared by many ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Merkel
Kenneth Clarke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One of Britain's best-known politicians, his past ... of 62% to 38%, was attributed to the former Chancellor's ... Many MPs have also been outraged by the UK supreme court's ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Clarke
Charter Day remarks by Chancellor Robert M. Gates '65
I am honored to have been selected -- and now installed -- as 24 th Chancellor of ... too many of today's politicians have ... chairmen, who might have been tough partisans, but were also ...
http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2012/robert-gates-charter-day-remarks123.php
Berlusconi's wife shopped him. The Kennedy women covered up their ...
American politicians have always enjoyed a bit of extra ... concubine" Sally Hemings who may well have also been his ... obvious to everybody that the recovery the chancellor ...
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