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British Prime Minister (1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937), for a total of seven years, 82 days

Cousin of the author and journalist Rudyard Kipling.

He was awarded Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter on May 28, 1937 in the King's Honours List for his services to government.

For the final decade of his life, and for many years afterwards, he was vilified for having presided over high unemployment in the 1930s and as one of the "Guilty Men" who had tried to appease Adolf Hitler and who had not rearmed sufficiently to prepare for the Second World War.

He is the only Prime Minister in British history to serve under three different monarchs: George V (1923-1924, 1924-1929 and 1935-1936), Edward VIII (1936) and George VI (1936-1937).