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21 people

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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
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
Reginald Dyer Reginald Dyer British Indian Army officer who ordered troops to fire on an unarmed crowd at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar in 1919 Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1864–1927
Lionel Dunsterville Lionel Charles Dunsterville British general who led Dunsterforce across Persia to defend Baku in 1918 Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1865–1946
Harold Harmsworth Harold Sidney Harmsworth British press baron Lord Rothermere, who became a hero in Hungary by demanding revision of the Trianon borders in the Daily Mail Ideology and propaganda 1868–1940
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
Reginald Drax Reginald Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax A naval reformer sent to negotiate without authority Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1880–1967
Hugh Dowding Hugh Dowding Architect of integrated radar air defence Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1882–1970
William Seeds William Seeds A British diplomat whose judgments narrowed as the Moscow negotiations closed in Diplomacy and international organization · United Kingdom state institutions 1882–1973
Bertram Ramsay Bertram Home Ramsay The naval commander who organized the Dunkirk evacuation Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1945
John Maynard Keynes John Maynard Keynes British economist who left the Treasury in protest at the peace treaty and warned of the damage reparations would do Scholarship and theory · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1946
Alan Brooke Alan Francis Brooke Britain's professional head of the army and Allied chief strategist Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1883–1963
John Gort John Vereker The field marshal who chose withdrawal at Dunkirk Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1886–1946
Bernard Montgomery Bernard Law Montgomery Commander of the Allied ground forces in Normandy Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1887–1976
Trafford Leigh-Mallory Trafford Leigh-Mallory An air commander who made army cooperation central to Allied air power Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1944
Keith Rodney Park Keith Rodney Park The air-defence commander at the heart of the Battle of Britain Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1975
Arthur Harris Arthur Travers Harris The air commander who made strategic bombing central to total war Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1892–1984
Ronald Scobie Ronald MacKenzie Scobie The British general who commanded the Battle of Athens Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1893–1969
William Sholto Douglas William Sholto Douglas The RAF commander who turned Fighter Command from defence toward offence Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1893–1969
Edmund Myers Edmund Myers A British engineer officer drawn into Greek resistance politics Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1906–1997
Christopher Montague Woodhouse Christopher Montague Woodhouse A Greece expert at the boundary of resistance and empire Military command · United Kingdom state institutions 1917–2001