The 1886 United Kingdom general election took place from 1 to 27 July 1886, following the defeat of the Government of Ireland Bill 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 elec
Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
William Ewart Gladstone, 1892
Charles Stewart Parnell Brady Handy
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The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly known as the Conservative Party and colloquially as the Tories, is a political party in the United Kingdom. It sits on the centre-right to right-wing of t
1886 United Kingdom general election
…27 July 1886, following the defeat of the Government of Ireland Bill 1886. It resulted in a major reversal of the results of the 1885 election as the Conservatives, led by Lord Salisbury, were joined in an electoral pact with the breakaway Unionist wing of the Liberals led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of…
Robert Peel, twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and founder of the Conservative Party
Sir Winston Churchill, who was Prime Minister during World War II and in the 1950s
Harold Macmillan is closely associated with the post-war settlement.
Margaret Thatcher is the first woman to be Prime Minister and the longest-serving of the 20th century.