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In July 1902, he succeeded his uncle as prime minister. In domestic policy he passed the Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903 , which bought out most of the Anglo-Irish landowners. The Education Act 1902 had a major long-term impact in modernising the school system in England and Wales and provided financial support for schools operated by the ...
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]
King Edward VII was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Empire from 22 January 1901 until his death on 6 May 1910. During his reign Edward was served by a total of 13 prime ministers; 5 from Australia , 4 from the United Kingdom , 3 from New Zealand , and 1 from the Dominion of Canada .
11 July – retirement of Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister due to ill health. [7] He is succeeded by his nephew Arthur Balfour [3] and will be the last person to have sat in the House of Lords as Prime Minister. 22 July – Cremation Act allows burial authorities to establish crematoria with effect from 1 April 1903.
A coalition of the Conservative and Liberal Unionist parties took power in the United Kingdom shortly before the 1895 general election.Conservative leader Lord Salisbury was appointed Prime Minister and his nephew, Arthur Balfour, became Leader of the House of Commons, but various major posts went to the Liberal Unionists, most notably the Leader of the House of Lords, the Liberal Unionist ...
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (/ ˈ ɡ æ s k ɔɪ n ˈ s ɪ s əl /; [1] [a] 3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Salisbury, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.
This is a graphical timeline of prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from when the first prime minister of Great Britain in the modern sense, Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. From 1801 until 1922, British prime ministers also held the office for the whole of Ireland.
Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. There have been three female prime ministers, all Conservative. They have led the United Kingdom for a total of 14 years, 268 days. Margaret Thatcher – served May 1979 – November 1990, 11 years, 208 days. Theresa May – served July 2016 – July 2019, 3 years, 11 days.