Saint Columba (521-597)
Christianity in Britain
Alfred the Great (849-899)
The Kingdom of England
Henry II (1133-1189)
The common law
Simon de Montfort (1208-1265)
Parliament
James IV of Scotland (1443-1517)
The Kingdom of Scotland
Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)
The stock market
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
The British Army
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
The Royal Society
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
The British Empire
Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850)
The police
Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)
Universal suffrage
Nye Bevan (1897-1960)
The National Health Service
Christianity in Britain
Alfred the Great (849-899)
The Kingdom of England
Henry II (1133-1189)
The common law
Simon de Montfort (1208-1265)
Parliament
James IV of Scotland (1443-1517)
The Kingdom of Scotland
Thomas Gresham (1519-1579)
The stock market
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658)
The British Army
Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
The Royal Society
Robert Clive (1725-1774)
The British Empire
Sir Robert Peel (1778-1850)
The police
Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929)
Universal suffrage
Nye Bevan (1897-1960)
The National Health Service
The socialist founder of the NHS and a sixth-century saint are among a dozen people who the Conservatives say have "shaped British history"
Millicent Fawcett
Nye Bevan
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