Conservative MP holding many Cabinet posts, including Prime Minister. Is most associated with the inter-war policy of appeasement.
(1869-1940). Conservative politician. Prime Minister of Britain 1937-1940 during which time he pursued the policy of "appeasement" in the hope of avoiding war with Germany.
British Prime Minister from 1937-1940, misunderstanding Hitler, supported appeasement policies in the Munich Agreement of 1938, believing it would bring "peace in our time."