Post by Hec Scrivener on Sept 21, 2006 0:35:28 GMT -5
Three favorite English/British monarchs and prime ministers! GO!
For me:
Monarchs:
3. William of Orange and Mary. This might count as double-dipping, but they're really inseparable. Stuck it to Louis XIV, always a plus, and the only monarchs to be on the right side of a major Enlightenment-era revolution.
2. Ælfred the Great. Major badass. Fought the Vikings to a standstill, for God's sake. Also an eminent scholar; it ain't called the Ælfredian Renaissance for nothing. (Actually, is it called the Ælfredian Renaissance?)
1. Elizabeth I. Duh.
PMs:
3. Margaret Thatcher. I'm known to some as a connoisseur of fine '80s conservatism. And Margaret Thatcher's '80s conservatism is fine '80s conservatism indeed.
2. Benjamin Disraeli. Has a really awesome name. Yeah, that's right, Gladstone. Don't see your name anywhere on this list. *Ahem* Also a bad novelist.
1. Winston Churchill. Come on! He is John Bull! And he could rally the Confederation of Three Elderly Women and a Child against the hordes of Attila the Hun!
Honorable mentions go to Wellington and John I (Hey, sometimes you have to have a weasel king to get certain important legislation through).
For me:
Monarchs:
3. William of Orange and Mary. This might count as double-dipping, but they're really inseparable. Stuck it to Louis XIV, always a plus, and the only monarchs to be on the right side of a major Enlightenment-era revolution.
2. Ælfred the Great. Major badass. Fought the Vikings to a standstill, for God's sake. Also an eminent scholar; it ain't called the Ælfredian Renaissance for nothing. (Actually, is it called the Ælfredian Renaissance?)
1. Elizabeth I. Duh.
PMs:
3. Margaret Thatcher. I'm known to some as a connoisseur of fine '80s conservatism. And Margaret Thatcher's '80s conservatism is fine '80s conservatism indeed.
2. Benjamin Disraeli. Has a really awesome name. Yeah, that's right, Gladstone. Don't see your name anywhere on this list. *Ahem* Also a bad novelist.
1. Winston Churchill. Come on! He is John Bull! And he could rally the Confederation of Three Elderly Women and a Child against the hordes of Attila the Hun!
Honorable mentions go to Wellington and John I (Hey, sometimes you have to have a weasel king to get certain important legislation through).