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Stanley Baldwin
Featured Biography Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

Born this day in 1867, Conservative politician Stanley Baldwin served as British prime minister (1923–24, 1924–29, 1935–37) during the General Strike of 1926, the Ethiopian crisis of 1935, and the abdication crisis of 1936.

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