Presidents, Prime Ministers, Monarchs & Dictators
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Tim
Feb 5, 2021
An excellent introduction to the 55 British PMs. I enjoy every episode.
The guests so far lean towards soft Tory/classical liberal, and the non-chronological ordering can make it hard to place the PMs if you don't already have an overview.
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Season One of ‘The Presidents & Prime Ministers brought to life all 55 of Britain's Prime Ministers through interviews with the authors of all 55 essays in Iain Dale’s book The Prime Ministers: Three Hundred Years of History. From the obscure 18th-century figures like the Earl of Shelburne and Henry Pelham to 20th-century titans like Churchill and Thatcher, these podcasts provide a much-needed reminder about their motivations, failures and achievements. Season Two, gives the same treatment to the 45 US Presidents from George Washington through to Joe Biden, with each episode featuring an interview with the author of the essay about a President in Iain Dale’s book ‘The Presidents’. Season Three contained interviews about the various and varied Irish Taoisigh, whilst the new Season 4 takes you through England and the UK's many Kings and Queens, as featured in Iain's book Kings and Queens: 1200 Years of English and British Monarchs. Season 5 looks at the life of 64 Dictators. Buy signed copies of ‘The Prime Ministers’, ‘The Presidents’ and 'Kings and Queens' & 'Dictators' at http://www.politicos.co.uk.
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229. Sir Keir Starmer – Labour (2024-)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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228. Napoleon III – France (1852-70)
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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227. Liz Truss – 2022-22
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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226. Simon Harris – Ireland (2024-25)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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225. Bashar Al-Assad – Syria (2000-24)
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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224. Josef Stalin - Soviet Union (1924-53)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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223. Hendrik Verwoerd - South Africa (1958-1966)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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222. Napoleon Bonaparte – France (1799-1814, 1815)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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221. Isaias Afwerki – Eritrea (1991-)
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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220. Saddam Hussein – Iraq (1979-2003)
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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219. Genghis Khan – Mongolia (1206-1227)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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218. Lee Quan Yew – Singapore (1959-90)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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217. Mohammed bin Salman – Saudi Arabia (2017-)
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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216. Enver Hoxha – Albania (1941-85)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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215. Benito Mussolini – Italy (1922-43)
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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214. Walter Ulbricht – East Germany (1950-71)
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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213. Alexander the Great – Macedonia (346BC-323BC)
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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212. Hugo Chavez – Venezuela (1999-2013)
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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211. Mao Zedong – China (1943-76)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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210. Joseph-Désiré Mobutu – Congo (later Zaire) (1971-97)
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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209. Augusto Pinochet – Chile (1973-90)
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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208. Alfredo Stroessner – Paraquay (1954-89)
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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207. János Kádár – Hungary (1955-88)
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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206. Tito – Yugoslavia (1945-80)
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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205. Wu Zetian – China (690-705)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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204. Nicolae Ceaușescu – Romania (1965-89)
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May 26, 2025 |
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203. Slobodan Milošević – Yugoslavia, then Serbia (1989-97, 1997-2000)
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May 19, 2025 |
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202. Adolf Hitler – Germany (1933-45)
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May 12, 2025 |
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201. Hafez Al-Assad – Syria (1970-2000)
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May 05, 2025 |
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200. Vladimir Putin – Russia (2000-)
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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199. Manuel Noriega – Panama (1983-89)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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198. Muammar Gaddafi – Libya (1969-2011)
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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197. Juan Peron – Argentina (1946-55, 1973-74)
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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196. Julius Caesar – Rome (64-44BC)
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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195. Ferdinand Marcos – The Philippines, (1965-86)
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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194. Simón Bolívar– Greater Columbia (1819-30)
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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193. Pisistratus – Athens (561 BC, 559–556 BC, 546–527 BC)
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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192. Xi Jinping – China, (2012-)
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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191. Antonio de Oliveira Salazar – Portugal, (1932-68)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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190. Francisco Franco – Spain (1936-75)
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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189. Idi Amin – Uganda, 1971-79
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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188. Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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187. Anne (1702-14)
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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186. William IV (1830-37)
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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185. Mary I (1553-58)
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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184. Matilda (1141-1141)
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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183. Henry II (1154-89)
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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182. Charles III (2022 - )
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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181. Henry IV (1399-1413)
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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180. Richard I (1187-1199)
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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179. William II (1087-1100)
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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178. George III (1760-1820)
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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177. Aethelstan (924-939)
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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176. Elizabeth I (1558-1603)
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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175. Edgar II (1066-1066)
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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174. Edgar I (959-975)
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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173. Richard II (1377-99)
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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172. King Harold (1066-1066)
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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171. George IV (1820 - 1830)
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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170. Edmund Ironside (1016-1016)
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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169. Harold Harefoot (1035-40)
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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168. Aethelred the Unready (978-1013, 1014-16)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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167. Richard Cromwell (1658-59)
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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166. Louis (1216)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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165. James II (1685-1688)
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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164. James I (1603 - 1625)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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163. King Edward I (1272-1307)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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162. Aelfweard (924-924)
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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161. Edmund (939-940)
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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160. Henry V (1413-1422)
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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159. Sweyn Forkbeard (1013-1013)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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158. Edward VI (1547-53)
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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157. Edward the Elder (899-924)
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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156. Edward VII (1901-10)
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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155. George VI (1936-52)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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154. Lady Jane Grey (1553)
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May 27, 2024 |
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153. Eadred (946-55)
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May 20, 2024 |
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152. Henry III (1216-72)
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May 13, 2024 |
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151. Edward III (1327-77)
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May 06, 2024 |
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150. George II (1727-60)
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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149. King Charles I (1625-49)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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148. King Stephen (1135-54)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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147. Harthacnut (1040-42)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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146. Canute (1016-1035)
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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145. Charles II (1660-85)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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144. Edward II (1307-1327)
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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143. Henry VII (1457-1509)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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142. George I (1714-27)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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141. John (1199-1216)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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140. Alfred the Great (871-899)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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139. Edward V (1483)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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138. William the Conqueror (1066-1087)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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137. Oliver Cromwell (1653-58)
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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136. Henry VI (1421-1471)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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135. Henry VIII (1509-47)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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134. Eadwig (955-959)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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133. Edward IV (1461-70, 1470-83)
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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132. Victoria (1837-1901)
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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131. William III & Mary II (1689 - 1702)
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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130. Edward the Martyr (975-978)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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129. Richard III (1483-1485)
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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128. Edward VIII (January 1936-December 1936)
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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127. Henry I (1100-1135)
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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126. Edward the Confessor (1042-1066)
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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125. George V (1910-36)
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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Coming soon: Kings and Queens
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Micheál Martin
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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Leo Varadkar
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Enda Kenny
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Brian Cowen
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Bertie Ahern
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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John Bruton
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May 31, 2023 |
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Albert Reynolds
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May 27, 2023 |
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Garret Fitzgerald
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May 17, 2023 |
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Charles Haughey
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May 10, 2023 |
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Liam Cosgrave
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May 03, 2023 |
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Jack Lynch
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Sean Lemass
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Apr 21, 2023 |
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John Costello
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Eamon de Valera
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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W T Cosgrave
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Series 3 – The Irish Taoisigh
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Joe Biden
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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Introducing: Sweeney Talks
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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George Washington
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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Harry S. Truman
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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Andrew Johnson
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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John Quincy Adams
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Donald Trump
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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John F. Kennedy
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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Bonus : The Queen & The Presidents
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Rutherford B. Hayes
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Abraham Lincoln
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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Barack Obama
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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Grover Cleveland
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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Calvin Coolidge
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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Woodrow Wilson
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Herbert Hoover
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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James Buchanan
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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Benjamin Harrison
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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May 30, 2022 |
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Millard Fillmore
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May 23, 2022 |
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James Garfield
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May 16, 2022 |
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Richard Nixon
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May 09, 2022 |
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Gerald Ford
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May 02, 2022 |
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Zachary Taylor
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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James Madison
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Warren G. Harding
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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John Adams
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Bill Clinton
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Chester A. Arthur
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Franklin Pierce
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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James Monroe
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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George W Bush
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Thomas Jefferson
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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James K. Polk
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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George H W Bush
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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William Howard Taft
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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William McKinley
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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John Tyler
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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William Henry Harrison
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Martin Van Buren
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Andrew Jackson
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Ronald Reagan
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Jimmy Carter
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Introducing 'The Presidents'
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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Boris Johnson
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Viscount Palmerston
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Stanley Baldwin
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Earl Grey
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Margaret Thatcher
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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George Canning
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Earl of Rosebery
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Bonus: Steve Richards on the ‘Nearly Prime Ministers’
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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John Major
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Duke of Devonshire
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Harold Wilson
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Tony Blair
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Earl of Shelburne
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Henry Pelham
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Edward Heath
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Ramsay MacDonald
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Marquess of Rockingham
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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David Cameron
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Earl of Aberdeen
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Viscount Goderich
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Duke Of Grafton
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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H H Asquith
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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Duke of Newcastle
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Sir Anthony Eden
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May 31, 2021 |
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Lord Grenville
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May 24, 2021 |
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Arthur Balfour
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May 17, 2021 |
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Marquess of Salisbury
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May 10, 2021 |
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Harold Macmillan
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May 04, 2021 |
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300 years of the office of Prime Minister
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Sir Robert Peel
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Duke of Portland
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Lord North
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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BONUS Sir Anthony Seldon & Mark Garnett
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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George Grenville
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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David Lloyd George
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Gordon Brown
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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The Earl of Bute
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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Spencer Perceval
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Viscount Melbourne
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Clement Attlee
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Neville Chamberlain
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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William Pitt the Younger
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Andrew Bonar Law
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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The Earl of Liverpool
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Lord John Russell
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Winston Churchill
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Henry Addington
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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Theresa May
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Sir Robert Walpole
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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Leonard James Callaghan
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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The Prime Ministers -The Trailer
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Oct 07, 2020 |