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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 ...
[4] [6] [7] The previous shortest time served was George Canning, who served for less than four months before dying in office. [8] Margaret Thatcher, in office for 11 years and 288 days between 1979 and 1990, is the longest-serving prime minister in modern history, [3] and the longest-serving prime minister officially referred to as such.
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.
Colin Luther Powell ( / ˈkoʊlɪn ˈpaʊəl / KOH-lin POW-əl; [ 1] April 5, 1937 – October 18, 2021) was an American politician, statesman, [ 2] diplomat, and United States Army officer who was the 65th United States secretary of state from 2001 to 2005. He was the first Black secretary of state. [ 3]
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 ...
Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [ 4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the ...
The Tories' wholesale conversion started when Pitt was confirmed as prime minister in the election of 1784. For the next 17 years until 1801 (and again from 1804 to 1806), Pitt, the Tory, was prime minister in the same sense that Walpole, the Whig, had been earlier. Their conversion was reinforced after 1810.
Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. There have been three female prime ministers, all Conservative. They have led the United Kingdom for a total of 14 years, 268 days. Margaret Thatcher – served May 1979 – November 1990, 11 years, 208 days. Theresa May – served July 2016 – July 2019, 3 years, 11 days.