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Hoe heette de Brit die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog minister president was?
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (Woodstock, Engeland, 30 november 1874 – Londen, Engeland, 24 januari 1965) was een Brits politicus van de Conservative Party en premier van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van 1940 tot 1945 en van 1951 tot 1955. Churchills eerste ambtstermijn viel samen met de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Wie was koning ten tijde van Churchill?
Albert Frederick Arthur George (Bertie) (Sandringham Estate, 14 december 1895 – aldaar, 6 februari 1952) was van 11 december 1936 tot aan zijn dood in 1952 koning van het Verenigd Koninkrijk en van de Britse overzeese gebieden.
Hoe wordt een Brits parlementslid genoemd?
In het Hogerhuis zetelen twee soorten parlementsleden: de Lords Spiritual en de Lords Temporal. Dit zijn respectievelijk oudgediende bisschoppen van de Anglicaanse Kerk en leden van de zogenaamde Peerage.
Who is Benjamin Disraeli?
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, DL, JP, FRS (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach.
What is Disraeli’s ethnicity?
Disraeli was born on 21 December 1804 at 6 King’s Road, Bedford Row, Bloomsbury, London, the second child and eldest son of Isaac D’Israeli, a literary critic and historian, and Maria (Miriam), née Basevi. The family was mostly from Italy, of Sephardic Jewish, mercantile background with some Italian-Jewish, and Ashkenazi origins.
What did Benjamin Disraeli do in the 1850s?
Disraeli clashed with Peel in the House of Commons, becoming a major figure in the party. When Lord Derby, the party leader, thrice formed governments in the 1850s and 1860s, Disraeli served as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons .
What happened to Disraeli’s political career?
The split in the Tory party over the repeal of the Corn Laws had profound implications for Disraeli’s political career: almost every Tory politician with experience of office followed Peel, leaving the rump bereft of leadership.
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