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| Birth of Sellers, Peter Sellars, Peter |  |
| 8th Sep Portsmouth Birth of Peter Sellers |
| Birth of Thatcher, Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Margaret Hilda | |
| 13th Oct Grantham Birth of Margaret Thatcher, daughter of a grocer |
| Budget Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 28th April London Announces Britain will return to the gold standard & reduce income tax |
| 28th April London Introduces social Legislation such as pensions for widows & orphans |
| 28th April London Make his 1st budget speech to the House of Commons |
| Conference of Allies Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 7th Jan Paris Attends the Allied Financial Conference |
| 7th Jan Paris Tries to reduce Germany's war debts to France & France's war debts to the US |
| Conservative Party Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Rejoins the Conservative Party after 21 years absence |
| Death of French, John Denton Pikstone French, John Denton Pikstone | |
| 22nd May Deal Castle Death of John Denton Pikstone French |
| Death of Milner, Alfred Milner, Alfred | |
| 13th May Death of Alfred Milner, of sleeping sickness soon after returning from SouthAfrica, his viscountcy, lacking suitable heirs, dies with him |
| Defection Churchill Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Returns to the Conservatives because the Liberal Party had supported Ramsay MacDonald |
| Diplomacy Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Facilitates Germany's membership into the League of Nations |
| Economy Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Announces Britain will return to the gold standard at the pre-war level of $4.86 |
| Exhibition Wembley George VI | |
| Wembley Appointed Chairman of the Committee for the Wembley Exhibition |
| Gold Standard Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| Announces Britain will return to the gold standard at the pre-war level of $4.86 |
| Governor General Australia Baird | |
| Appointed Governor General of Australia |
| Governor General Ceylon Clifford, Hugh Charles | |
| Appointed Governor General of SriLanka |
| Head Lords Opposition Haldane Haldane, Robert Anthony | |
| London Appointed Head of the Lords Opposition |
| Invasion of Poland Chamberlain, Austen | |
| London "No British Government will risk the bones of a British grenadier" |
| League of Nations Chamberlain, Austen | |
| The Council of the League is required to ruleon alleged breaches of the treaty & Britain & Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a 'flagrant contravention' |
| Lord President Balfour, Arthur James | |
| Appointed Lord President of the Council, the "elder statesman" of Baldwin's Cabinet |
| Nobel Prize Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Winner of the Nobel peace Prize, negotiated the Locarno Pact fixing German boundaries |
| Peerage Asquith, Henry Herbert | |
| Created Earl & Knight of the Garter |
| Peerage Rushworth, John Rushworth | |
| London Created Earl Jellicoe, 1st |
| Peerage Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| London Created Baron Irwin |
| Publication of Aitken Aitken, William Maxwell | |
| Publication of, " Politicians the Press " |
| Publication of, "Politicians & the Press " |
| Publication of Huxley Huxley, Aldous Leonard | |
| Publication of, "Those Barren Leaves" |
| Publication of Russell Russell | |
| Publication of, "The ABC of Relativity" |
| Quote Grey Grey, Edward | |
| "The moral is obvious: it is that great armaments lead inevitably to war" |
| Secretary Dominions Amery, Leopold | |
| London Appointed Secretary for the Dominions |
| Speech MacMillan MacMillan, Maurice Harold | |
| London Maiden Speech, supports the budget introducing contributory pensions & reduced inc tax |
| Standard Gold Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London Announces Britain will return to the gold standard at the pre-war level of $4.86 |
| Strike General Strike Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| 3rd May London Advocates "no surrender" to the strikers |
| 3rd May London Organizes the printing of a Government newspaper, the "British Gazette" |
| 19th May London Praised by the Daily Mail for his handling of the General Strike |
| Strike Miners Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer | |
| London A subsidy of œ10M is agreed by the Cabinet for 9 months to prepare for a coal strike |
| Treaty of Locarno Chamberlain, Austen | |
| Locarno Conducts the diplomacy which leads to the signing of the Locarno Pact |
| Locarno The principle treaty is signed between Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy, under which the first three signatories undertook not to attack each other, with the latter two acting as guarantors |
| 1st Dec London The decision to hold the signing ceremony in London was taken before the delegates left Locarno, a recognition of Chamberlain's pivotal role in bringing together Europe's former adversaries |
| Treaty of Mutual Guarantee Chamberlain, Austen | |
| The Council of the League is required to ruleon alleged breaches of the treaty & Britain & Italy are, as guarantors, only obliged to intervene without awaiting such a decision in the event of a 'flagrant contravention' |
| Viceroy Wood, Edward Frederick Lindley | |
| London Appointed Viceroy of India |
| Whip Henderson, Arthur | |
| Appointed Whip of the Labour Party, 3rd term |
