F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenheadi

Maiden speech, March 12, 1906 The debut often called the most famous of all, and the plainest case of the gentle-first-speech convention thrown away on purpose. The January 1906 election had crushed the Conservatives, and the new member for Liverpool Walton used a free trade debate to make his…

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