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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 56. Chapters: Stanley Baldwin, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Andrew Forman, Menzies Campbell, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville, Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll, Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae, George Gledstanes, James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, David Beaton, John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl, James Kennedy, Alexander Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Kenneth Dover, Patrick Adamson, John Spottiswoode, John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane, James Stewart, Duke of Ross, John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir, Alexander Stewart, John Hamilton, James Sharp, James Beaton, John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun, Alexander Burnet, Chancellor of the University of St Andrews, Arthur Rose, Patrick Graham, John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose, Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull, William Scheves, Henry Wardlaw, John Douglas. Excerpt: Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 - 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative politician, statesman and Prime Minister. He served three times as Prime Minister; first from 1923-24 then 1924-29 and again from 1935-37 and was Conservative Party leader from 1923-1937. To date, he is the only British Prime Minister to serve under three different monarchs: George V (1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1936), Edward VIII (1936) and George VI (1936-1937). Baldwin first entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the Member of Parliament for Bewdley. In 1922, Baldwin was appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer in Bonar Law's Conservative ministry and upon Bonar Law's resignation in May 1923, Baldwin became Prime Minister and Leader of the Conservative Party. He was made Leader of the O...
