Election
The Conservatives win 321 seats, Labour 295, Liberals 6 & United Ireland 3
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1951 in Great Britain — Page 2
Explore 173 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1951.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1951
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October
Election
Returns as Prime Minister after the Conservative election victory.
General Election
Retains Coventry East despite Labour losing the general election.
General Election
Retains Plymouth Devonport for Labour at the 1951 general election.
General Election
Retains Wakefield for Labour in his final general election.
General Election
Retains Birmingham Stechford for Labour at the general election.
Conservative Government Return
Serves as a Conservative backbencher after Winston Churchill returns to office.
Government
Churchill accepts George VIs commission to form a Government
Government
Churchill accepts George VIs commission to form a Government
Resignation of Clement Richard Attlee
Attlee hands in his resignation as Prime Minister to George VI
Resignation of Clement Richard Attlee
Attlee hands in his resignation as Prime Minister to George VI
Alliance Agreement with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement
Alliance Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill and Britain and the 1899 Sudan agreement
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance with Britain & the 1899 Sudan agreement
Foreign Secretary
Returns to the Foreign Office after Churchill's Conservatives win the election
Foreign Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Foreign Minister
Home Secretary of Great Britain
Appointed Home Secretary
Prime Minister of Great Britain
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
Secretary of State for Defence
Appointed Minister of Defence
Treaty of Alliance
Egypt breaks off the 1936 Treaty of alliance & the 1899 agreement over Sudan
Parliament
Calls for dissolution after Labour's introduction of prescription charges
November
United Nations
The US, France & Britain produce a disarmament plan to introduce to the United Nations Assembly
Foreign Policy Statement at London
France, Britain, USA & Turkey announce a security programme for the Near East
Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite
Egypt offers to let the future of Sudan be decided by plebiscite under United Nations supervision
Housing
Announces the design for the "Peoples House"
Meeting with President Truman in Washington
Meets President Truman in Washington
Morphogenesis Manuscript Submitted
Submits his major manuscript on the mathematical basis of biological pattern formation to the Royal Society.
December
Anniversary
Celebrates the 15th year of his accession to the throne
Birth of Anthony Edwin Phillips
Birth of Anthony Edwin Phillips, later Genesis guitarist and founding member.
Other events (month unknown)
1922 Committee
Appointed Chairman of the 1922 Committee
A Place in the Sun
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American drama film based on the novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the play, also titled An American Tragedy, which was adapted by Patrick Kearney from the novel. A Place in the Sun, directed by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, and stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, and Raymond Burr
Armed Forces Act
Armed Forces Act 1951 continues and amends service discipline law
Atoll K
Laurel and Hardy make their final film. Atoll K (also known as Utopia)
Auden Introductory Study
Hoggart published a study of W H Auden, establishing his early reputation as a literary critic.
Battle of Alamein, 2nd
Uses the phrase, Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.
Birth of Elizabeth II
Received by the Pope & celebrates her 25th birthday
Board of Trade
Appointed President of the Board of Trade
Cambridge University Conservative Association
Serves as chairman of the Cambridge University Conservative Association while studying at Trinity Hall.
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer
Christopher Strachey Computing Support
Encourages Christopher Stracheys early computer work and provides access to programming information for the Manchester machine.
Church of Ulster
Founds the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster
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