Prime Minister
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of approximately 204 objects representing 37 British Prime Ministers of the 59 people who have held this highest political office. Of these, there are 8 who are Scottish by birth and education (Aberdeen, Blair, Brown, Bute, Campbell Bannerman, MacDonald, Rosebery). In history, Prime Ministers were able to sit in either the House of Lords or Commons and among the Scottish Prime Ministers were nobles such as the Earl of Bute and the Earl of Rosebery. The collection is generally categorised as history and art. The range of objects representing Prime Ministers vary from portraits and prints to commemorative goods made for elections and to be satirical. Most of the collection dates from the 18th and 20th centuries.
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