I . James Baldwin
(1924–87)
a US writer of novels and plays. He had immediate success with his first novel Go, Tell It On the Mountain (1954), which, like much of his later work, deals with the condition of black people in the US.
II . Stanley Baldwin
(1867–1947)
a British Conservative politician who was Prime Minister three times in the 1920s and 1930s. His government created a law that defeated the General Strike of 1926. He also dealt skilfully with the difficult matter of the abdication of King Edward VIII . He was made an earl (1) in 1937.