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...William Pitt, Britain's prime minister for 17 years, assumed office at 24, having previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer. At 20, Alexander Hamilton was a leading authority on government; at 24, conceived the National Bank. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence at 33. Robert Peel's name was great in Parliament soon after he was 21. J. T. Delane became editor of the London Times...
Where the Neighborhood Playhouse finds its actors is difficult to say. Certainly it finds good ones. The company has an evenness and a flair for the ridiculous unequaled since Beatrice Lillie (Lady Peel) and Gertrude Lawrence entertained with Chariot's extraordinary revue...
Since 1735, many great men have resided at No. 10-the Pitts, North, Canning, Goderich, Wellington, Melbourne with his erring wife, Peel, Russell, Palmerston, Disraeli, Gladstone, Salisbury-in all, 39 Prime Ministers, including Mr. Baldwin...
Works Viscount Peel...
...Baldwin's last Cabinet, Viscount Peel was Secretary of State for India; and Viscount Cecil, better known as Lord Robert Cecil, was Lord Privy Seal. The appointment Lord Privy Seal...