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Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
20 years and 314 days: Robert Walpole (1721–1742) Longest term and longest total tenure. 12 years and 126 days: William Ewart Gladstone ( 1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, and 1892–1894) Most non-consecutive terms. 11 years and 208 days: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990)[ 3] Longest-serving prime minister in the 20th century.
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.
This is a list of United Kingdom general elections (elections for the UK House of Commons) since the first in 1802.The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliament of Ireland, before being co-opted to serve in the first Parliament of the United Kingdom, so that Parliament is not included in the table below.
The seven-year term of office of the president was inspired by that of the presidents of Weimar Germany. At the time the office was established critics warned that the post might lead to the emergence of a dictatorship. However, these fears were not borne out as successive presidents played a limited, largely apolitical role in national affairs.
The rank of general (or full general, or four-star general) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Army. It ranks above lieutenant general ( three-star general) and below General of the Army ( five-star general ). There have been 257 four-star generals in the history of the U.S. Army. Of these, 243 achieved that rank while on ...
Template:Timeline US presidents and vice presidents. Categories: United States history timelines. Presidencies of the United States. Personal timelines.
The following is a complete list of people who held the office of President of Turkey. There have been twelve heads of state since the inception of the republican period in 1923, following the Turkish War of Independence. For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire.