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Born May 24, 1869 • Ireland
Died May 12, 1930 (aged 60) • Scotland
Political Affiliation Labour Party
Beatrice Webb
British economist
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
prime minister of United Kingdom
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury, oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1862; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th earl of Shaftesbury
British industrial reformer [1801–1885]
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
British politician
1st Viscount Cross, detail of a portrait by Sir Hubert Von Herkomer, 1882; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
British statesman
William E. Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone
prime minister of United Kingdom
The “Iron Lady”
Margaret Thatcher
prime minister of United Kingdom
John Linnell: portrait of Sir Robert Peel
Robert Peel
prime minister of United Kingdom
John Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
prime minister of United Kingdom
Duncan Sandys
British politician and statesman
Sidney Webb
British economist
Tony Blair
Tony Blair
prime minister of United Kingdom
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn
British politician
Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
prime minister of United Kingdom
Benn, Tony
Tony Benn
British politician
Clement Attlee
Clement Attlee
prime minister of United Kingdom
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer
prime minister of United Kingdom
Ed Miliband
Ed Miliband
British politician
John Prescott
British politician
David Blunkett
British politician