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Did you know that 19 of Britain’s 52 Prime Ministers have been educated at Eton ? David Cameron is of course the latest in a list that includes Robert Walpole , the Duke of Wellington , Harold Macmillan and William Gladstone . It has also produced a Thai Prime Minister and two Northern Ireland PMs.
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Famous Eton people:
Humphrey Lyttleton
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Brit Quote:
Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. - Winston Churchill
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On this day:
Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope - the only Englishman ever - 1154, The Observer First Published - 1791, Wuthering Heights Published - 1847, Gillingham Bus Disaster - 1951, Lewisham Train Crash Kills 90 - 1957, The Pill is introduced - 1961, Belfast Bar Bomb Kills 15 - 1971, The Hastie Fire - 1979
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