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Lord President

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

10Records
1885–1989Date range
8Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1885

Hardy Cranbrook, 1st1885

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

1924

Curzon Kedleston1924

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

1925

Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st1925

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council, the "elder statesman" of Baldwins Cabinet

1938

Hogg Hailsham, 1st1938

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

1952

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 5th1952

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

1955

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1955

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council, 1st term

1956

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1956

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council, 2nd term

1957

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1957

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council, 3rd term

1983

Whitelaw1983

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

1989

Geoffrey Howe24 July 1989

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Lord President of the Council

Names involved

Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14thArthur James Balfour Balfour, 1stCurzon KedlestonGeoffrey HoweHardy Cranbrook, 1stHogg Hailsham, 1stRobert Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 5thWhitelaw

Provenance

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