British Outlines

Note taking guides will appear here.

Section 7 1914–1951

1. Full Reader -Britain and the First World War
2. Quick Reader – Britain and the First World War
3. Full Reader -The Lloyd George Coalition 1918-22
4. Quick Reader – The Lloyd George Coalition
5. Full Reader – The Decline of the Liberal Party
6. Quick Reader – The Decline of the Liberals
7. Full Reader – The Conservatives 1922-29, and the Baldwin Government 1924-29
8. Quick Reader – The Conservatives 1922-29
9. Full Reader – Labour 1919-24
10. Full Reader- The Labour Government 1929-31
11. Quick Reader – Labour 1918-31
12. Full Reader – The Economy and The National Governments of 1931-39
13. Full Reader – Foreign and imperial policy 1929-39
14. Quick Reader – Foreign and Imperial Policy 1919-39
15. Full Reader – The Politics of the National Governments, 1931-39
16. Quick Reader – The National Governments 1931-39
17. Full Reader – Britain and the Second World War
18. Quick Reader – Britain and the Second World War
19. Full Reader – Labour 1945-51
20. Quick Reader – Labour 1945-51

Section 8 1951-2010

1. Full Reader – The Conservative Governments, 1951-64
2. Quick Reader – The Conservative Governments, 1951-64
3. Full Reader – The Wilson Governments 1964-70
4. Quick Reader – The Wilson Governments 1964-70
5. Full Reader – The Heath Government 1970-74
6. Quick Reader – The Heath Government 1970-74
7. Full Reader – The Labour Governments 1974-79
8. Quick Reader – The Labour Governments 1974-79
9. Full Reader – Thatcher and the Conservative Governments 1979-97
10. Quick Reader – Thatcher and the Conservative Governments, 1979-97

Here you can also find the links to the series on the chancellors, home secretaries and foreign secretaries as they are published.

The Chancellors

1. Asquith
2. Lloyd George
3. McKenna
4. Bonar Law
5. Austen Chamberlain
6. Horne
7. Baldwin
8. Neville Chamberlain
9. Snowden
10. Churchill
11. Simon
12. Wood
13. Anderson
14. Dalton
15. Cripps
16. Gaitskell
17. Butler
18. Macmillan
19. Thorneycroft
20. Heathcoat Amory
21. Selwyn Lloyd
22. Maudling
23. Callaghan
24. Jenkins
25. Macleod
26. Barber
27. Healey
28. Howe
29. Lawson
30. Major

The Home Secretaries

1. Hebert Gladstone
2. Churchill
3. McKenna
4. Simon
5. Samuel
6. Cave
7. Shortt
8. Bridgeman
9. Henderson
10. Joynson-Hicks
11. JR Clynes
12. Gilmour
13. Hoare
14. Anderson
15. Morrison
16. Somervell
17. Ede
18. Maxwell Fyfe
19. Gwilym Lloyd-George
20. Butler
21. Brooke
22. Soskice
23. Jenkins
24. Callaghan
25. Maudling
26. Carr
27. Rees
28. Whitelaw
29. Brittan
30. Hurd
31. Waddington

The Foreign Secretaries

1. Grey
2. Balfour
3. Curzon
4. MacDonald
5. Austen Chamberlain
6. Henderson
7. Reading
8. Simon
9. Hoare
10. Eden
11. Halifax
12. Bevin
13. Morrison
14. Macmillan
15. Selwyn Lloyd
16. Lord Home
17. Butler
18. Gordon-Walker
19. Stewart
20. George Brown
21. Callaghan
22. Crosland
23. Owen
24. Carrington
25. Pym
26. Howe
27. Major

You can also find the articles on Tory leaders:

1. Balfour
2. Bonar Law
3. Austen Chamberlain
4. Neville Chamberlain
5. Eden
6. Macmillan (part one)
7. Macmillan (part two)
8. Home
9. Major

The list of old essay questions by theme is now here: British Questions by Theme and Year