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The Rt Hon. Stanley Baldwin
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| Periods in Office:
| May, 1923 - January, 1924
November, 1924 - June, 1929
May, 1935 - May, 1937
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| PM Predecessors:
| Andrew Bonar Law
Ramsay MacDonald (twice)
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| PM Successors:
| Ramsay MacDonald (twice)
Neville Chamberlain
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| Date of Birth:
| 3 August 1867
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| Place of Birth:
| Bewdley, WorcestershireWorcestershire (pronounced wustashur or wustasheer abbreviated Worcs is a county, located in the West Midlands region of central England. It borders Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, and Gloucestershire. To the west, t
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| Political Party:
| ConservativeThe Conservative Party is the largest centre right political party in the United Kingdom. It is descended from the Tory Party and its members are still commonly referred to as Tories''. It votes with the European People's Party bloc in the European Parlia
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| Retirement honour:
| Earldom of Baldwin of BewdleyThe title of Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom was created in 1937 for the former prime minister Stanley Baldwin. The Earl holds the subsidiary title of Viscount Corvedale ( 1937). Earls Baldwin of Bewdley ( 1937) Stanley Baldwi
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Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley ( August 3August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. Events 1492 Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain. 1492 The Jews were expelled from Spain by the Catholic Monarchs., 1867 - December 14, 1947) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on three separate occasions.
1 Early Life
Born at Bewdley in Worcestershire he was educated at Harrow and Cambridge, and went into the family business. In 1908 he succeeded his deceased father as Conservative MP for Bewdley. In 1917 he was appointed to the junior ministerial post of Financial Secretary to the Treasury where he sought to encourage voluntary donations by the rich in order the repay the United Kingdom's war debt, notably writing to The Times under the peusdonym 'FST'. In 1921 he was promoted to the Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade in 1921.
In late 1922 dissatisfaction grew within the Conservative Party about the coalition it was in with David Lloyd George. At a meeting of Conservative MPs at the Carlton Club in October Baldwin announced that he would no longer support the coalition and famously condemned Lloyd George for being a "dynamic force" that was bringing destruction across politics. The meeting chose to leave the coalition despite the views of most of the party leadership. As a result the Conservatives' new leader, Andrew Bonar Law was forced to find new ministers for his Cabinet and so he promoted Baldwin to the position of Chancellor of the Exchequer. In November a general election was held and the Conservatives were returned with a majoirty.
