Historical men and women

George Hamilton-Gordon, the 4 th Earl of Aberdeen and Prime Minister from 1852 to 1855, was born in 1784.  He was a member of the C...

Spencer Compton, 1 st Earl of Wilmington, was the second person to be recognised as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first ...

Clement Attlee was the first British Labour Prime Minister to have an overall majority in the House of Commons. His two governments, f...

Anthony Eden is generally regarded as one of the least successful British prime ministers of the 20 th century, whose poor judgmen...