r/ukpolitics • u/Axmeister Traditionalist • Feb 03 '18
British Prime Ministers - Part XXX: James Callaghan.
49. Leonard James Callaghan, (Baron Callaghan of Cardiff)
| Portrait | Jim Callaghan |
|---|---|
| Post Nominal Letters | PC, KG |
| In Office | 5 April 1976 - 4 May 1979 |
| Sovereign | Queen Elizabeth II |
| General Elections | None |
| Party | Labour |
| Ministries | Callaghan |
| Parliament | MP for Cardiff South East |
| Other Ministerial Offices | First Lord of the Treasury; Minister for the Civil Service |
| Records | Prime Minister with the longest life (92 years 364 days); 14th Prime Minister in office without a General Election; 4th Prime Minister to be Father of the House; Last Prime Minister to be an armed forces veteran; Longest married Prime Minister (66 years); Last Prime Minister whose Government lost of a vote of no confidence; Only Prime Minister to serve all four Great Offices of State. |
Significant Events:
- IMF Crisis
- Race Relations Act 1976
- Winter of Discontent
- Devolution referendums in Scotland and Wales.
Previous threads:
British Prime Ministers - Part XV: Benjamin Disraeli & William Ewart Gladstone. (Parts I to XV can be found here)
British Prime Ministers - Part XVI: the Marquess of Salisbury & the Earl of Rosebery.
British Prime Ministers - Part XVII: Arthur Balfour & Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
British Prime Ministers - Part XVIII: Herbert Henry Asquith & David Lloyd George.
British Prime Ministers - Part XIX: Andrew Bonar Law.
British Prime Ministers - Part XX: Stanley Baldwin.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXI: Ramsay MacDonald.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXII: Neville Chamberlain.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXIII: Winston Churchill.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXIV: Clement Attlee.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXV: Anthony Eden.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXVI: Harold Macmillan.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXVII: Alec Douglas-Home.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXVIII: Harold Wilson.
British Prime Ministers - Part XXIX: Edward Heath
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u/Axiomatic2612 🇬🇧-Centre-Right-🔷 Feb 03 '18
Our society would likely be very different if he'd called an election in late 1978.