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Stanley Baldwin

1867 - 1947

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Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947), was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was prominent in the political leadership of the United Kingdom between the world wars. He was prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929 and from June 1935 to May 1937. Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron- and steel-making business and entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the member for Bewdley, succeeding his father Alfred. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Baldwin is the 2,847th most popular politician (down from 2,441st in 2019), the 705th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 529th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Politician.

Stanley Baldwin was the British Prime Minister from 1924-1929 and 1935-1937. He is most famous for his leadership during the Great Depression.

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Among politicians, Stanley Baldwin ranks 2,847 out of 19,576. Before him are Pepin I of Aquitaine, Bülent Ecevit, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Henry II, Duke of Bavaria, and Lee Teng-hui. After him are Władysław I the Elbow-high, Dionysius II of Syracuse, Jacob Zuma, Odaenathus, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and Nureddin al-Atassi.

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Among people born in 1867, Stanley Baldwin ranks 25. Before him are Władysław Reymont, Maxime Weygand, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Enrique Granados, and Walther Rathenau. After him are Umberto Giordano, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rubén Darío, Kurt Eisner, Percy Fawcett, and Ignacy Mościcki. Among people deceased in 1947, Stanley Baldwin ranks 30. Before him are Karl Mannheim, Ernst Lubitsch, Nicholas Roerich, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, G. H. Hardy, and Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted. After him are Victor Lustig, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Alexander Löhr, Annie S. D. Maunder, Qazi Muhammad, and Georg von Trapp.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin ranks 705 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Seymour (1951), Edgar Wallace (1875), Norman Angell (1872), Joan Collins (1933), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), and W. T. Stead (1849). After him are Kenneth Branagh (1960), William John Swainson (1789), John Cockcroft (1897), Bartholomew Roberts (1682), Colin Bell (1946), and Margaret Douglas (1515).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Stanley Baldwin ranks 142. Before him are Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Tristan (535), Anne Neville (1456), Norman Angell (1872), and Alec Douglas-Home (1903). After him are Margaret Douglas (1515), Oswald Mosley (1896), Henry the Young King (1155), James III of Scotland (1451), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), and Neil Kinnock (1942).

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