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Chief Minister

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1053–1532Date range
2Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1053

Harold II1053

Government / Government of England

Appointed Chief Minister

1532

Thomas Cromwell Essex, 1st1532

Government / Government of England

Cromwell becomes Henry VIIIs Chief Minister in 1532, not via any formal appointment to office but by gaining the King's confidence

Names involved

Harold IIThomas Cromwell Essex, 1st

Provenance

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