Talk:Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

December 1923 General Election: new section

← Previous revision Revision as of 05:43, 23 April 2026 Line 17: Line 17: :It's overtly fiction. The originating source is an "alternate history" forum[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-promise-of-a-socialist-dawn-in-britain.165724/page-12]. In this scenario, the writer/writers imagine Stanley Baldwin won the 1928(sic) General Election, and so by coincidence/narrative convenience is the sitting PM in 1931, when [[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp]] is threatened with public exposure as homosexual. In sober history, Beauchamp quietly left the country for a few years, and the matter was hushed up by the British establishment. In this scenario, the writer imagines Beauchamp instead chose to stay, which earns him public arrest and a prison sentence. This in turn (imagines the writer) leads to Stanley Baldwin emerging as a (frankly unlikely) champion of tolerance and gay rights... :It's overtly fiction. The originating source is an "alternate history" forum[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-promise-of-a-socialist-dawn-in-britain.165724/page-12]. In this scenario, the writer/writers imagine Stanley Baldwin won the 1928(sic) General Election, and so by coincidence/narrative convenience is the sitting PM in 1931, when [[William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp]] is threatened with public exposure as homosexual. In sober history, Beauchamp quietly left the country for a few years, and the matter was hushed up by the British establishment. In this scenario, the writer imagines Beauchamp instead chose to stay, which earns him public arrest and a prison sentence. This in turn (imagines the writer) leads to Stanley Baldwin emerging as a (frankly unlikely) champion of tolerance and gay rights... :It's an entertaining work of fiction (though highly implausible, given his role in the Abdication Crisis); but there's absolutely no historical reality to it. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/148.253.221.44|148.253.221.44]] ([[User talk:148.253.221.44#top|talk]]) 21:46, 8 October 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> :It's an entertaining work of fiction (though highly implausible, given his role in the Abdication Crisis); but there's absolutely no historical reality to it. <!-- Template:Unsigned IP --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/148.253.221.44|148.253.221.44]] ([[User talk:148.253.221.44#top|talk]]) 21:46, 8 October 2020 (UTC)</small> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
== December 1923 General Election ==
David Torrance's book on the 1924 Labour Government ("Wild Men") says that he caused his father some embarrassment standing at Islington in this election. However, I can't find any mention of him on any of the pages for Islington constituencies. Anyone know? [[User:Paulturtle|Paulturtle]] ([[User talk:Paulturtle|talk]]) 05:43, 23 April 2026 (UTC)