Stanley Baldwin
| Noun | 1. |  Stanley Baldwin - English statesman; member of the Conservative Party (1867-1947) |
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| 释义 | Stanley Baldwin
Stanley BaldwinBaldwin, Stanley,1867–1947, British statesman; cousin of Rudyard KiplingKipling, Rudyard,1865–1936, English author, b. Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Educated in England, Kipling returned to India in 1882 and worked as an editor on a Lahore paper. ..... Click the link for more information. . The son of a Worcestershire ironmaster, he was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge, and entered the family business. In 1908 he was elected to Parliament as a Conservative. In 1916 he became parliamentary private secretary to Andrew Bonar LawLaw, Andrew Bonar , 1858–1923, British statesman, b. Canada. He went to Scotland as a boy and in 1900, after a business career, was elected to Parliament as a Conservative. He soon became known as a spokesman for tariff reform. ..... Click the link for more information. , who made him (1917) joint financial secretary to the treasury. He was made president of the Board of Trade in 1921 but in 1922 played an important role in the decision of the Conservative party to withdraw from David Lloyd GeorgeLloyd George, David, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor , 1863–1945, British statesman, of Welsh extraction. ..... Click the link for more information. 's coalition government. When the Conservatives won the ensuing election, Baldwin became chancellor of the exchequer and in 1923 succeeded Bonar Law as prime minister. His government fell (1924) when he failed to obtain support for a protectionist tariff policy, but he returned to office within the year. Baldwin's second period of office (1924–29) was marked by rising unemployment and by a general strike (1926), following which he secured passage of the Trade Disputes Act (1927) to restrict the power of the labor unions. In 1931, Baldwin became lord president of the council in the National government. Although under the nominal leadership of Ramsay MacDonaldMacDonald, Ramsay (James Ramsay McDonald), 1866–1937, British statesman, b. Scotland. The illegitimate son of a servant, he went as a young man to London, where he joined the Social Democratic Federation (1885) and the Fabian Society (1886). ..... Click the link for more information. , the coalition was dominated by Baldwin, and in 1935 he again became prime minister. Although he won the general election of 1935 on a platform of support for the League of Nations, Baldwin approved the Hoare-Laval pact (see TemplewoodTemplewood, Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount, 1880–1959, British statesman. He entered parliament as a Conservative in 1910, served (1922–24, 1924–29) as secretary of state for air, and in 1931 ..... Click the link for more information. , Samuel John Hoare, 1st Viscount), which greatly discredited his government. As international relations continued to deteriorate, with the German reoccupation of the Rhineland and the beginning of the Spanish civil war, Britain finally began to rearm. Baldwin steadfastly opposed the proposed marriage of Edward VIIIEdward VIII, 1894–1972, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1936), known in later years as the duke of Windsor; eldest son of George V. He attended the naval colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth and Magdalen College, Oxford. In 1911 he was made prince of Wales. ..... Click the link for more information. to Wallis Warfield Simpson and secured the king's abdication (1936). He retired in 1937 and shortly thereafter was created Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. Although an able politician, Baldwin has been much criticized for his indolence and particularly for his apparent complacency in the face of the mounting threats to peace in Europe. BibliographySee biographies by G. M. Young (1952), A. W. Baldwin (1956), and K. Middlemas and J. Barnes (1969). Baldwin, StanleyBorn Aug. 3, 1867, at Bewdley, Worcestershire; died Dec. 14, 1947, at Astley Hall, Worcestershire. English statesman; leader of the Conservative Party. Baldwin was joint owner of the steel company Baldwins Ltd. Beginning in 1908 he was a member of Parliament. From 1921 to 1922 he was minister of trade and from 1922 to 1923, minister of finance. From May 1923 until January 1924 and from November 1924 until June 1929 he was prime minister. Baldwin’s government suppressed a general strike of the English workers (May 1926), carried out military intervention against the Chinese revolution, and broke off diplomatic relations with the USSR (May 1927). From 1931 to 1935, Baldwin was lord president of the council; from 1935 to 1937 he was again prime minister. Baldwin adhered to a policy of appeasement toward fascist aggression. Stanley Baldwin
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