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First Lords of the Treasury
- David CameronDavid Cameron walked away from 10 Downing Street on the 13th of July 2016, humming a tune that a nearby microphone picked up.
- Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill was born on the 30th of November 1874 inside Blenheim Palace, the ancestral home his family had held for generations in Oxfordshire.
- Neville ChamberlainNeville Chamberlain stepped off a plane at Heston Aerodrome on the 30th of September 1938 and waved a single sheet of paper at the waiting crowd.
- Harold WilsonHarold Wilson was born on the 11th of March 1916 on Warneford Road, in the mill town of Huddersfield, to a family that already breathed politics.
- David Lloyd GeorgeDavid Lloyd George stood before a crowd in Birmingham in 1901 and had to be smuggled out disguised as a policeman when his life was threatened by a mob.
- Margaret ThatcherMargaret Hilda Thatcher arrived at 10 Downing Street on the 4th of May 1979 and kept a portrait of her Oxford chemistry tutor on the wall throughout her time…
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, was born in Dublin in 1769 as the sixth of nine children, and died in 1852 holding the rank of Field Marshal and…
- William Pitt the YoungerWilliam Pitt the Younger became Britain's prime minister at the age of 24, the youngest person ever to hold that office in British or world history.
- Benjamin DisraeliBenjamin Disraeli climbed what he called "the top of the greasy pole" to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, not once but twice, despite arriving at…
- Clement AttleeClement Attlee walked into Buckingham Palace on the 26th of July 1945 to be appointed Prime Minister. King George VI stood waiting.