Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
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The Right Honourable The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley KG PC JP FRS |
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Baldwin in the 1920s
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| Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
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In office 7 June 1935 – 28 May 1937 |
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| Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
| Preceded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
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In office 4 November 1924 – 5 June 1929 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
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In office 23 May 1923 – 16 January 1924 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Bonar Law |
| Succeeded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Lord President of the Council | |
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In office 24 August 1931 – 7 June 1935 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Lord Parmoor |
| Succeeded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Leader of the Opposition | |
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In office 5 June 1929 – 24 August 1931 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Henderson |
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In office 22 January 1924 – 4 November 1924 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Preceded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Succeeded by | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Leader of the Conservative Party | |
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In office 22 May 1923 – 28 May 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Bonar Law |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 27 October 1922 – 27 August 1923 |
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| Prime Minister | Bonar Law |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Horne |
| Succeeded by | Neville Chamberlain |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 |
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| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Sir Robert Horne |
| Succeeded by | Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame |
| Member of Parliament for Bewdley |
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In office 29 February 1908 – 30 June 1937 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred Baldwin |
| Succeeded by | Roger Conant |
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3 August 1867 Bewdley, Worcestershire, England |
| Died | 14 December 1947 (aged 80) Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire, England |
| Resting place | Worcester Cathedral |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Lucy Ridsdale (m. 1892; her death 1945) |
| Children | 6, including Oliver Ridsdale and Arthur Windham |
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| Profession | Industrialist |
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Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars. Three times Prime Minister, he is the only premier to have served under three monarchs (George V, Edward VIII and George VI).
Baldwin first entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the Member of Parliament for Bewdley, in succession to his father Alfred Baldwin. He held government office in the coalition ministry of David Lloyd George. In 1922, Baldwin was one of the prime movers in the withdrawal of Conservative support from Lloyd George; he subsequently became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Bonar Law's Conservative ministry. Upon Bonar Law's resignation due to health reasons in May 1923, Baldwin became Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader. He called an election on the issue of tariffs and lost the Conservatives' majority, after which Ramsay MacDonald formed a minority Labour government.
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