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| | Biographies |
Addington, Henry
Aitken, William Maxwell
Ashdown, Paddy
Asquith, Henry Herbert
Atkins, Humphrey
Attlee, Clement Richard
Baldwin, Stanley
Balfour, Arthur James
Banks Jenkinson, Robert
Bevan, Aneurin
Bevan, Nye
Bevin, Ernest
Birch, Nigel
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
Blunkett, David
Bright, John
Brittan, Leon
Brown, Gordon
Bruce, Henry Austin
Bruce, Henry
Burns, John Elliot
Callaghan, James
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry
Canning, George
Carrington, Peter Alexander Rupert
Carson
Cavendish
Cavendish, Spencer
Chamberlain, Austen
Chamberlain, Joseph
Chamberlain, Neville
Churchill, Randolph
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Clough, Brian
Cobden, Richard
Cook, Robin Finlayson
Cooper, Alfred Duff
Corbett, Gerald
Cornwallis, Charles
Cousins, Frank
Cripps, Stafford
Curzon
Disraeli, Benjamin
Douglas, Dick
Douglas-Home, Alexander Frederick
Dundas, Henry Melville
Eden, Robert Anthony
Elizabeth II
Fisher
Foot, Michael
Fowler, Norman
Frederick Augustus
Freeman, John
Gage, Thomas
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
George VI
Gladstone, William Ewart
Goderich
Gordon, Charles George Hamilton
Gormley, Joe
Gow, Ian
Graham, James Robert George
Greenwood, Arthur
Grenville, George Nugent Temple
Grey, Charles
Grimmond, Jo
Haig, William
Hamilton, Frederick
Hamilton-Gordon, George
Hastings, Warren
Heath, Edward Richard George
Heseltine, Michael
Hoare, Samuel
Howe, Geoffrey
Jenkins, Roy
Jervis, John
Keegan, Joseph Kevin
Kinnock, Neil
Lamb, William
Lansbury, George
Law, Andrew Bonar
Lawson, Nigel
Lennon, John Winston
Lloyd George, David
Luce, Richard
MacDonald, James Ramsey
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
Major, John Roy
Maude, Francis
Maudling, Reginald
Milburn, Alan
Nicholson, Bill
North, Frederick
Owen, David
Parkinson, Cecil
Peel, Robert
Petty, William
Pitt the Elder, William
Pitt the Younger, William
Ponting, Clive
Portillo, Michael
Powell, John Enoch
Primrose
Profumo, John
Pym, Francis
Revie, Donald George "Don"
Ridley, Nicholas
Russell
Russell, William Howard
Saunders, Ron
Short, Clare
Snowden, Philip
Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry
Stanley, Edward
Stuart
Taylor, Peter
Temple, Henry John
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Thorneycroft, George Edward Peter
Thorpe, Jeremy
Walker, Gordon
Walker, Peter
Walpole, Robert
Walters, Alan
Wellesley, Arthur
William Augustus
Williams, Robert Peter "Robbie"
Wilson, James Harold
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Resignation
History of Great Britain
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| | 1717 | Walpole, Robert | |
| 10th April Resigns over the dimissal of Charles Townshend |
| 1742 | Walpole, Robert | |
| Defeated in Parliament, as the King's servant in Parliament is forced to resign |
| 11th Jan Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 1757 | William Augustus | |
| After Klosterzeven resigns in disgrace & retires to Windsor Castle |
| 1761 | Pitt the Elder, William | |
| 5th Oct Wishes to declare war on Spain but does not receive cabinet support |
| 1763 | Stuart | |
| 15th April Resigns over the unpopular cider tax |
| 1765 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London The Queen is omitted from the regency list & Grenville resigns |
| 1768 | Pitt the Elder, William | |
| Resigns due to ill health |
| 1775 | Gage, Thomas | |
| London Resigns after the battle of Bunker Hill as Governor of Massachusetts |
| 1782 | North, Frederick | |
| 27th Feb Resigns after Britain's defeat |
| 1783 | Petty, William | |
| 2nd April London Censured over the the Treaty of Versailles with America |
| 1785 | Hastings, Warren | |
| Bengal Resigns amid allegations of autocratic behavior & returns to England |
| 1799 | Canning, George | |
| 1st April Resigns as Under Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1799 | Jervis, John | |
| Aug London Resigns due to ill health |
| 1801 | Addington, Henry | |
| Mar Pitt resigns from after his failure to achieve Catholic emancipation & Addington is chosen to succeed him |
| 1801 | Cornwallis, Charles | |
| Resigns when the King fails to grant Catholic emancipation |
| 1801 | Grenville, George Nugent Temple | |
| London Resigns over George III's refusal to assent to Catholic emancipation |
| 1801 | Pitt the Younger, William | |
| 3rd Feb London George III refuses to include Pitt's Catholic emancipation in the Act of Union |
| 1804 | Addington, Henry | |
| 10th Mar London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 1805 | Dundas, Henry Melville | |
| Resigns after being impeached when aware that a friend was abusing public funds |
| 1806 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| Resigns military appointments to become an MP |
| 1807 | Cavendish | |
| 24th Mar London Grenville's "Ministry of all talents" collapses after failure to emancipate Catholics |
| 1807 | Grey, Charles | |
| London Attempts to secure Catholic emancipation are opposed by George III & other Ministers |
| London Grey remains out of office for 23 years |
| 1809 | Frederick Augustus | |
| London Resigns as the Commander-in-Chief |
| 1827 | Banks Jenkinson, Robert | |
| 28th Mar London Resigns after suffering a stroke, Prime Minister for 14 years 41 weeks |
| 1827 | Peel, Robert | |
| London Resigns from the Government because he could not serve under a pro-Catholic, canning |
| 1828 | Goderich | |
| 8th Jan London Unable to keep the Tories united |
| 1828 | Lamb, William | |
| London Resigns after Wellington creates a Tory Government |
| 1830 | Wellesley, Arthur | |
| 16th Nov Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 1832 | Grey, Charles | |
| 8th May London Offers William IV his resignation his refusal to create peers to pass the Reform Bill |
| 1834 | Grey, Charles | |
| 2nd July London Resigns as Prime Minister due to ill health, succeeded by Lord Melbourne |
| 1835 | Peel, Robert | |
| 18th April London Resigns after a 33 vote defeat on Irish Church revenue |
| 18th April London Stanley & Graham do not join the government |
| 1837 | Graham, James Robert George | |
| Resigns from the Whig Party over the Irish Church question |
| 1841 | Lamb, William | |
| London Resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain |
| 1841 | Peel, Robert | |
| 6th Sep Stanley resigns over Peel's Free Trade Policy, Peel's only casualty |
| 1844 | Stanley, Edward | |
| London Resigns from Peel's Cabinet when it is decided to repeal the Corn Laws |
| 1846 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Leaves the Tory Party with the Peelites in defense of free trade |
| 1846 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| London Resigns over the Corn Laws |
| 1846 | Peel, Robert | |
| 29th June London Wishes to repeal the corn laws but his Cabinet is divided |
| 30th June London Peel is forced to resign after the defeat on the Irish Coercion Bill |
| 1846 | Russell | |
| 30th June London Peel resigns |
| 1852 | Russell | |
| London Forced to resign by Lord Palmerston's proposed amendment to the Militia Bill |
| 1852 | Stanley, Edward | |
| London Minority Government is defeated following the Chancellor's budget |
| 1852 | Temple, Henry John | |
| 17th Dec Forced to resign after supporting the coup of Louis Napoleon in France |
| 1855 | Hamilton-Gordon, George | |
| Sevastopol Resigns after the Times article about conditions of British soldiers at Sevastopol |
| 29th Jan Sevastopol The government is defeated over conditions facing the troops in the Crimea |
| 1855 | Russell | |
| London Resigns after the revelation of a comprimise peace in Vienna to stop the Crimean War |
| 1855 | Russell, William Howard | |
| Forces Aberdeen's resignation after his Times article about conditions at Sevastopol |
| 1858 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Leaves the Aberdeen coalition & never returns to the Conservative Party |
| London Leaves the Tory Party despite appeals from Derby, opposed to the policies of Disraeli |
| 1858 | Temple, Henry John | |
| Feb Palmerston's government is defeated over the conspiracy to murder bill |
| 1859 | Cobden, Richard | |
| Resigned in opposition to the Crimea War in 1857 but returns to office in 1859 |
| 1859 | Stanley, Edward | |
| 10th June London Lord Derby resigns |
| 1866 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| London Russell refuses to take the defeated Franchise Bill to the electorate |
| 1868 | Disraeli, Benjamin | |
| London The precedent is set of defeated Prime Ministers resigning before Parliament sits |
| 2nd Mar London Disraeli resigns as Chancellor of the Exchequer |
| 1872 | Bruce, Henry | |
| London Responsible for the Liquor Licensing Act leading to the fall Gladstone's government |
| 1872 | Bruce, Henry Austin | |
| London Responsible for the Liquor Licensing Act leading to the fall Gladstone's government |
| 1873 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Mar London 43 Liberals vote against the government |
| 13th Mar London Resigns after the defeat of the Irish University Bill |
| 1875 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 13th Jan Gladstone resigns as Party Leader in the Commons |
| 1876 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| Resigns as Governor of Central Africa |
| 1880 | Gordon, Charles George Hamilton | |
| London Resigns as Governor-General of Sudan due to ill health & returns to England |
| 1882 | Bright, John | |
| London Resigns over British intervention in Egypt |
| 1885 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| After Gordon's death Gladstone resigns |
| 1886 | Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| London Resigns over Gladstone's support for Irish home rule |
| 1886 | Churchill, Randolph | |
| 22nd Dec London Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts |
| 1886 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| 27th Jan London Resigns after having lost Irish Party support |
| 1886 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 8th June London Defeated by Liberal Unionists & 93 Liberal MP's, including Chamberlain, resigns |
| 8th June London Resigns over the issue of Irish Home Rule |
| 1886 | Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry | |
| 22nd Dec London Sudden resignation after the Cabinet will not support his proposed defense cuts |
| 1894 | Gladstone, William Ewart | |
| 3rd Mar London Resigns after being critical of the high naval estimates |
| 1895 | Primrose | |
| London Resigns after defeated in a debate on the stocks of cordite in Government depots |
| London Roseberry could have won a vote of confidence but finds Government a strain |
| 1899 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Mar Resigns his commission & leaves India |
| 1901 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Resigns from the Conservatives & joins the Liberals on the issue of free trade |
| 1902 | Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot | |
| London The Boer War splits the Cabinet & leads to Salisbury's resignation |
| 1903 | Cavendish, Spencer | |
| As a free trader opposes tariff reform |
| 1903 | Chamberlain, Austen | |
| 16th Sep London Resigns after Balfour fails to support the introduction of tariffs |
| 1903 | Chamberlain, Joseph | |
| London Resigns from the Conservative-Unionist Government to campaign for Imperial Preference |
| 1905 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Dec London Resigns over the policy of Imperial Preference rather then call an election |
| 1908 | Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 4th Mar London Resigns as Prime Minister of Britain |
| 1911 | Balfour, Arthur James | |
| 8th Nov London Resigns as Conservative Party leader over Irish Home Rule |
| 1912 | Lansbury, George | |
| 26th Nov London Resigns from the Labour Party |
| 1914 | Burns, John Elliot | |
| London Resigns as President of the Board of Trade over Britain's involvement in World War I |
| 1914 | MacDonald, James Ramsey | |
| London Resigns the Party leadership because of British involvement in World War I |
| 1915 | Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 4th Oct London Threatens to resign from the cabient if Kitchener is not dismissed, Asquith refuses |
| 22nd Oct Writes to Asquith threatning to resign if Kitchener is not removed from the War Office |
| 28th Oct Threatens to resign if Asquith carries out his announcement to reduce the War Council |
| 29th Oct Writes to Asquith threatning to resign if Kitchener is not removed from the War Office |
| 11th Nov London Churchill resigns from the government |
| 15th Nov London Churchill makes his resignation speech in Parliament |
| 1915 | Fisher | |
| 15th May London Churchill calls for reinforcements for the Dardanelles despite Fisher's wishes |
| 1915 | Hamilton, Frederick | |
| 17th May London First Sea Lord Fisher resigns & leaves operational contol of the Admiralty to Hamilton |
| 1916 | Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| 5th Dec London Resigns as Prime Minister of | | |
