Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin.

This Torch of Freedom. Speeches and Addresses. By the Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin.

Third Edition. London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1937]. Octavo. 318 pages. Original Hardcover with the rare, original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The dustjacket shows a portrait-photograph of Baldwin by Vandyk. Stunning condition with only minor signs of wear.

Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can), JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929, and from June 1935 to May 1937.
Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron and steel making business and entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the member for Bewdley, succeeding his father Alfred. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1917–1921) and President of the Board of Trade (1921–1922) in the coalition ministry of David Lloyd George and then rose rapidly: in 1922, Baldwin was one of the prime movers in the withdrawal of Conservative support from Lloyd George; he subsequently became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Bonar Law’s Conservative ministry. Upon Law’s resignation for health reasons in May 1923, Baldwin became prime minister and leader of the Conservative Party. He called an election in December 1923 on the issue of tariffs and lost the Conservatives’ parliamentary majority, after which Ramsay MacDonald formed a minority Labour government. (Wikipedia)

• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 31555AB

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