Beginning, Middle, End: 20th C British PMs Quiz - By daran

Beginning, Middle, End: 20th C British PMs

Can you name the 20th Century British PMs from three clues relating to the Beginning, Middle, and End of their lives?

Clues

  1. Clement Attlee

    • Born in Yorkshire in 1852.
    • Became Home Secretary in 1892.
    • Died in Berkshire in 1928.

  2. Winston Churchill

    • Born in Manchester in 1863.
    • Joined Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade in 1905.
    • Died in North Wales in 1945, a month after leaving Parliament after 55 years service.

  3. David Lloyd George

    • Born in Lossiemouth, Elginshire, Scotland, in 1866.
    • First elected to Parliament in 1906.
    • Died aboard a cruise ship in the North Atlantic in 1937.

  4. George VI

    • Born in Bewdley, England, in 1867.
    • First elected Member of Parliament for Bewdley in 1908.
    • Died in Worcestershire, England, in 1947.

  5. Anthony Eden

    • Born in Birmingham in 1869.
    • First elected to Parliament in 1918.
    • Died in Hampshire in 1940.

  6. Harold Macmillan

    • Born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1874.
    • Became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1924 after a short period outside Parliament.
    • Died in London in 1965.

  7. Edward Heath

    • Born in London in 1894.
    • Served in the wartime coalition as Minister Resident in the Mediterranean (1942–1945).
    • Died in West Sussex in 1986, having joined the House of Lords two years earlier.

  8. Harold Wilson

    • Born in County Durham, England, in 1897.
    • Resigned as Foreign Secretary in 1938 over the appeasement policy.
    • Died in Wiltshire in 1977.

  9. John Major

    • Born in Portsmouth in 1912.
    • Appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1964.
    • Died in 2005 in West Sussex.

  10. Margaret Thatcher

    • Born in Yorkshire in 1916.
    • Made his name as Shadow Chancellor from 1956 to 1963.
    • Died in London in 1995 after years of ill-health.

  11. Tony Blair

    • Born in Kent in 1916.
    • Appointed to Cabinet as Lord Privy Seal with responsibility for the negotiations to secure the UK's first attempt to join the European Communities.
    • Died in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in 2005.

  12. Gordon Brown

    • Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England in 1925.
    • Became the first female Prime Minister in Europe in 1979.
    • Died in London in 2013.