Consult biographical dictionaries to get brief information about people, dates and events.
"Each entry contains
- brief biographical information outlining career history and significant dates and events
- a brief summary of the significance and peculiarities of each prime minister followed by a more descriptive and interpretative account of his or her political life and impact on British politics
- references and further reading."
Biography Index
REF Z5301 .B61 (1946-2011) (Storage-- Ask at Information Desk)
"Provides a complete overview of the lives and influence of fifty major figures in modern British political history."
Oxford Reference Online. Presents English, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish monarchs, from mythical and Romano-British rulers to the House of Windsor.
Who Was Who
REF DA28 .W63
Seven volumes (dates are from 1897 to 1980). Companion to Who's Who which has "authoritative biographies of distinguished living Britons".
Who's Who in Victorian Britain
DA562 .E45 2001