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20 hours ago · This was James Townsend, a Whig MP who was of one-eighth African ancestry and who later went on to become Mayor of London in 1772. [ 5 ] Following the election of Anas Sarwar as Scottish Labour Party leader in February 2021, he was described as the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a major British political party, [ 6 ] which led to debate about why Jewish party leaders had been ...
20 hours ago · Dame Priti Patel, Mel Stride, Tom Tugendhat and James Cleverly spent the summer campaigning alongside Mr Jenrick and Ms Badenoch after they put their names forward in the nominations at the end of ...
20 hours ago · e. John Ramsay Swinney (born 13 April 1964) is a Scottish politician who has served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) since May 2024. He previously served as the leader of the SNP from 2000 to 2004 as Leader of the Opposition, and held various roles within the Scottish Cabinet from 2007 to 2023 under ...
20 hours ago · John Mair, otherwise known as Major (1467–1550), teacher of George Buchanan, John Knox, and influencer of Calvin and Loyola. William Manderstown (c. 1485–1552), philosopher and Rector of the University of Paris. James McCosh (1811–1894) Thomas Reid (1710–1796), played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment.
20 hours ago · Sir James Dingemans: 17 December 2019 [25] 11 March 2020 [86] ... Long-serving MP (1992–1997, 2001–2015) Conservative politician Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley:
20 hours ago · Stephen Fry. Stephen John Fry (born 24 August 1957) is an English and Austrian actor, broadcaster, comedian, director, narrator and writer. He first came to prominence as one half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, alongside Hugh Laurie, with the two starring in A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989–1995) and Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993).
20 hours ago · t. e. Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff KG PC (/ ˈkæləhæn / ⓘ KAL-ə-han; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was a British statesman [1] and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980.
