Robert Peel's father was keen for him to do well in the political arena and bought him his Commons seat. It’s said that he told him, “Bob, you dog, if you do not become Prime Minister someday I’ll disinherit you”. 10 facts about a former PM.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/02/5-february-sir-robert-peel.html

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Here is the rock group #PrimeMinisters from #Ecuador.

https://youtu.be/iFqt4RpEFSE
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This equals about 8 Tory #Primeministers in the #UK!

From: @purplepadma
https://beige.party/@purplepadma/115328757312501455

_The Evening Post_, 16 May 1925:
MR. MASSEY’S DEATH

The first news which some Wellington residents had of the #death of the late Mr. #Massey was conveyed to them by wireless. The Prime Minister’s death was announced by the local broadcasting station, #2YK, when it opened up for the usual Sunday concert, and the programme was commenced with Chopin’s “Funeral March.” Even earlier than that, those who happened to be listening to #1YB, which was transmitting a church service, heard the announcement from that city. On Thursday evening 2YK opened up at 7 o’clock, and gave a special concert of a character appropriate to the day of the late Prime Minister’s funeral. The first item was the repetition by the Rev. G. Millar, of Dunedin, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, of the funeral oration he had given earlier in the day. The delivery was admirable, and those who heard it, transmitted with perfect clarity, must have been much impressed and touched.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250516.2.159.2

#OnThisDay #OTD #PapersPast #Broadcasting #Radio #PrimeMinisters #Funerals #Orations #NewZealand

_The Evening Post_, 14 May 1925:
JOURNEY BEGINS
BORNE DOWN THE STEPS
HIS COLLEAGUES BESIDE HIM
AFFECTING DEPARTURE.
It was now past the half-hour after noon. The Ministers entered the building again to prepare for the final exit of their leader from the restlessness of the political stage.…
…
… The members of the funeral party took their seats in the long line of cars stretching right round the whole Parliamentary block.
There was a slight pause, and then almost on the stroke of 1 o’clock, with a little puff of smoke from its running engine, the hearse slowly began to move down the driveway, followed by the long procession of cars. The band struck up a new air, as of triumph over mortality, and thus, as it were, with a note of good cheer Parliament bade farewell to its long-time leader on his journey to a place where there are no debates and no divisions, and where the only majority is the Great Majority of those who have gone that way before.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250514.2.90.3
Biography in DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m39/massey-william-ferguson

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_The Evening Post_, 13 May 1925:
ON THE THRESHOLD OF PARLIAMENT
SILENT TRIBUTE OF THE PEOPLE
FILING PAST THE DEAD
The casket bearing the mortal remains of the late Prime Minister lay throughout to-day in state in the vestibule of #Parliament Buildings, and thousands of people took the opportunity of paying a silent tribute to the memory of the dead, filing reverently past the catafalque in a constant stream from a comparatively early hour.
…
The day was in full harmony with the occasion—a soft, sad, mild day of late autumn, with the mists still lingering in a gentle haze over the city after last night's rain.… with a subtle atmosphere of rest after the turmoil of life.
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The moving throng continued all through the morning in a varying stream, but never ceasing. Visitors from the country could be noted unmistakably, farmers and local body representatives…. Women were numerous, during the business hours of the day especially, and there were always children waiting outside while their mothers went through with the procession. The number who paid their last tribute during the day must have run into many thousands.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250513.2.63.1
Biography in DNZB https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2m39/massey-william-ferguson

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Earl Derby is one of only four British prime ministers to have three or more separate periods in office. 10 things you might not know about him:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/03/29-march-edward-stanley-earl-derby.html

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It looked as if Neville Chamberlain was going to be a lifelong bachelor, but when he was 40 he met and fell in love with Anne Cole. They married, and it was she who encouraged him to get involved in politics.
Ten things you might not know about Neville Chamberlain.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/03/18-march-neville-chamberlain.html

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He was the first British Prime Minister of the 20th century, and the last to head a British government while in the House of Lords and not the elected Commons.

10 facts about Lord Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, statesman and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/02/3-february-lord-robert-cecil.html

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As well as introducing state pensions, he raised the school leaving age to 14, prohibited the employment of children in railways and transport, building and engineering works, factories and mines, and introduced national insurance.

10 things you might not know about David Lloyd George.

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/01/17-january-david-lloyd-george.html

#BirthAnniversary #LloydGeorge #PrimeMinisters #History #Politics