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Keir Hardie Keir Hardie Former miner who founded the British Labour Party and opposed the First World War to the end, urging an anti-war general strike Political and party leadership · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1856–1915
George Curzon George Nathaniel Curzon Conservative viceroy of India and foreign secretary who gave his name to the Curzon Line and led the Allies at Lausanne Diplomacy and international organization · United Kingdom state institutions 1859–1925
Arthur Henderson Arthur Henderson British Labour organizer and politician who led the international disarmament effort. Political and party leadership · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1863–1935
David Lloyd George David Lloyd George Liberal prime minister who led Britain in the later war and argued for moderation towards Germany at the peace conference Political and party leadership · United Kingdom state institutions 1863–1945
Ramsay MacDonald Ramsay MacDonald Politician who gave up the Labour chairmanship in 1914 over war credits and later became Britain’s first Labour prime minister Political and party leadership · Labour Party (United Kingdom) 1866–1937
Neville Chamberlain Neville Chamberlain The appeasement architect whose bid to avoid war helped open the way to it Political and party leadership · Conservative Party (United Kingdom) 1869–1940
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Winston Churchill Britain's wartime prime minister who divided Europe with Stalin on a half-sheet of paper Government and administration · United Kingdom state institutions 1874–1965
Clement Attlee Clement Attlee The laconic reformer who replaced Churchill mid-Potsdam and built Britain's postwar welfare state Government and administration · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1967
Harry Pollitt Harry Pollitt Stalin's personally approved CPGB General Secretary who led the party for 25 years Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1890–1960
Herbert Vere Evatt Herbert Vere Evatt Australia's Foreign Minister who led the small and medium powers' fight against the great-power veto at San Francisco Political and party leadership · Australian Labor Party (ALP) 1894–1965
Rajani Palme Dutt Rajani Palme Dutt CPGB founding member, chief theoretician for half a century, and pioneer of Marxist historiography on India Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1896–1974
Anthony Eden Anthony Eden A British diplomat of war and decolonisation Political and party leadership · United Kingdom state institutions 1897–1977