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Leader of the House of Lords

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

6Records
1881–1994Date range
6Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1881

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1881

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the Lords Opposition

1935

Hogg Hailsham, 1st1935

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Lords

1951

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 5th1951

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Lords, 2nd term

1979

Christopher Soames1979

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Lords

1983

Whitelaw10 June 1983

London · Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Lords

1994

Cranborne1994

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Leader of the House of Lords

Names involved

Christopher SoamesCranborneHogg Hailsham, 1stRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rdRobert Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 5thWhitelaw

Provenance

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