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History of Great Britain

              


1824
Stanley, Edward
30th Mar London Maiden speech on the Manchester Gas Light Bill
1827
Temple, Henry John
London Makes a speech in the Commons supporting flogging in the Army
1854
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot
7th April London Makes Maiden Speech in Parliament agaist the 2nd Reading of the Oxford University Bill
1886
Churchill, Randolph
22nd Feb London Gives a militant speech to encourage Ulster Protestants in Belfast
2nd Oct Dartford Promises wide-ranging reforms
1886
Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Henry
22nd Feb London Gives a militant speech to encourage Ulster Protestants in Belfast
2nd Oct Dartford Promises wide-ranging reforms
1901
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
18th Feb London Churchill makes his maiden speech in the House of Commons
1903
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
24th Feb London Speaks in the Commons against the government's proposed increase in military spending
25th May Hoxton Supports Free Trade in answer to Chamberlain's speech in favour of Imperial Preference
27th May London Attacks his party's proposals to increase military expenditure
28th May London Rebukes Chamberlains speech on Imperial Preference in the Commons
1905
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
13th May Manchester Describes the Conservative Party as a party of "great vested interests"
4th June Manchester Supports Free Trade while speaking at a mass meeting in Manchester
10th Dec Manchester Speaks against the persecution of Jews in Russia at the Palace Theatre Manchester
1908
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
Swansea Ridicules the idea of Anglo-German conflict & calls for a reduction of naval building
1909
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
6th Sep Leicester Speaks against the Lords ' plan to vote against the Budget
14th Nov Bristol Speaks against the Lords ' plan to vote against the Budget
1910
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
9th Jan Leven Calls the Lords an "anachronistc assembly" & wants to "finish it off for ever"
1911
Lloyd George, David
21st July The Germans call Lloyd-George's Mansion House speech, "warning bordering on menace"
1914
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
9th Nov Guildhall "Business carried on as usual during alterations on the map of Europe"
1916
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
7th Mar London Urges the First Lord of the Admiralty to recall Lord Fisher as First Sea Lord
1922
Balfour, Arthur James
Delivers the Gifford lectures on "Theism & Thought"
o other British PM is intelectually as highly regarded
1925
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
London Maiden Speech, supports the budget introducing contributory pensions & reduced inc tax
1939
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
10th Mar Defends his opposition to appeasement to his constituents
1940
Anderson, John
London Criticizes Churchill for "interfering with everybody's department"
1940
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
18th Feb London Speaks at the Guildhall praising the warships opposing the Graf Spee
13th May London In the Commons says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat"
4th June Dunkirk "We shall fight on the beaches...... we shall never surrender"
1941
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
9th Feb Churchill says in a speech, "Give us the tools and we will finish the job"
1942
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
10th Nov London "it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is perhaps the end of the beginning"
1943
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
21st Mar London Makes a public broadcast outlining plans for a post-war Britain
1946
Callaghan, James
20th Aug London Makes his maiden speech in Parliament
1946
Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer
5th Mar Fulton Makes his famous "iron curtain" speech at Fulton, Missouri, USA
19th Sep Zurich Gives a speech at the University of Zrich calling for a "United States of Europe", similar to the United States of America
1946
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
London Says Russia is becoming isolationist within a cordon sanitaire of dependent states
1947
Elizabeth II
Makes a "dedication" speech to the Empire on her 21st birthday from Sth Africa
1956
Wilson, James Harold
Birmingham Makes a speech condeming Anglo-French intervention, to his relief it is well received
1960
MacMillan, Maurice Harold
3rd Feb Cape Town In a speech to MPs in the Houses of Parliament in Cape Town, Mr Macmillan spoke of the "wind of change" blowing through the continent of Africa
3rd Feb Cape Town Macmillan's "wind of change" speech became a historical landmark, the first sign that the British government accepted that the days of Empire were over
1960
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
5th Feb London Makes maiden speech in Parliament
1963
Benn, Anthony Wedgewood
Appointed Harold Wilson's speech writer & adviser
1966
Wilson, James Harold
21st April London The Queen's Speech includes the nationalization of steel
1968
Powell, John Enoch
Wolverhampton "Rivers of blood" speech, criticising immigration policies of the Labour government
Wolverhampton Says in 20 yrs time the "black man will have the whip hand"
1970
Heath, Edward Richard George
June Selsdon End of the Butskellite consensus
1970
Tebbit, Norman
24th Nov London Makes maiden speech on the 2nd reading of the Civil Aviation Bill
1976
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
31st Jan London Refers to herself as the "Iron Lady" after an article in the Soviet Red Star
1977
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
14th Oct Brighton Tells Callaghan to, "keep taking the tablets", after Peter Jay compares him to Moses
1979
Major, John Roy
13th June London Makes maiden speech in the House of Commons
1980
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
10th Oct Brighton Tells conference, "the lady's not for turning"
1987
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
31st Oct Quoted in the press saying, "there is no such thing as society"
1988
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda
Bruges Makes her Bruges speech in which she recalls how Britain stood alone in 1940
1995
Blair, Anthony Charles Lynton
25th April Taunts Prime Minister John Major at PMQs saying I lead my party he follows his

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