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Crisis

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records
1898–1990Date range
6Named people
2Places

Chronological records

1898

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd27 October 1898

Fashoda · Government / Conservative Party Government

Rejects talks with France until the French troops are withdrawn from Fashoda

1963

John Profumo4 June 1963

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Resigns before being exposed for lying to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons

Christine Keeler1963

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Profumo has sex with Christine Keeler who sleeps with a Russian naval attache

John Profumo1963

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Profumo has sex with Christine Keeler who sleeps with a Russian naval attache

1986

Margaret Hilda Thatcher9 January 1986

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Michael Heseltine resigns as a result of the Westland Helicopter crisis

Leon Brittan25 January 1986

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Resigns over the Westland Affair

Margaret Hilda Thatcher25 January 1986

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Resigns over the Westland Affair

1989

Leon Brittan5 April 1989

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Leon Brittan reveals PMs Private Secretary & Press Officer leaked the Westland letter

Margaret Hilda Thatcher5 April 1989

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Leon Brittan reveals PMs Private Secretary & Press Officer leaked the Westland letter

1990

John Selwyn Gummer6 February 1990

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Announces increased compensation to farmers affected by BSE

Names involved

Christine KeelerJohn ProfumoJohn Selwyn GummerLeon BrittanMargaret Hilda ThatcherRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd

Provenance

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