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Hace 1 día · Winston Churchill was First Lord of the Admiralty before World War I, and he twice suggested naming a British battleship HMS Oliver Cromwell. The suggestion was vetoed by King George V because of his personal feelings and because he felt that it was unwise to give such a name to an expensive warship at a time of Irish political unrest , especially given the anger caused by the statue outside ...
- Soldier and statesman
- Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
- pre-1642 (militia service), 1642–1651 (civil war)
- Robert Cromwell (father), Elizabeth Steward (mother)
Hace 2 días · Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promotion as a young Conservative member of Parliament, he became foreign secretary aged 38 ...
- 1915–1919, 1920–1923, 1939 (as Territorial)
- Eton College
- 3, including Nicholas (by Beckett)
- Conservative
Hace 5 días · Its popularity as a Cold War symbol is attributed to its use in a speech Winston Churchill gave on 5 March 1946, in Fulton, Missouri, soon after the end of World War II. On the one hand, the Iron Curtain was a separating barrier between the power blocs and, on the other hand, natural biotopes were formed here, as the European Green Belt shows today
Hace 5 días · The Churchill Day Book: “Nothing Surpasses 1940”. “A totalitarian eclipse has been arranged.” (“Zec” in the Daily Mirror, 8 April 1940). It had been announced that the First Lord of the Admiralty, as the senior Service Minister, would preside over the Military Coordination Committee, an injection of confidence to the public.
Hace 1 día · Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton CVO OBE FRGS FRSGS (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration . Born in Kilkea, County Kildare, Ireland, Shackleton and his Anglo ...
Hace 1 día · Lewis Strauss. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ( / ˈstrɔːz / STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chair in the 1950s.
Hace 6 días · Winston Churchill: Appointed by: George VI: Preceded by: Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian: Succeeded by: Archibald Clark Kerr, 1st Baron Inverchapel: Leader of the House of Lords; In office 3 October 1940 – 22 December 1940: Prime Minister: Winston Churchill: Preceded by: Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote: Succeeded by: George Lloyd ...
