British Empire (Britain) By ebo3k Period: 1857 to 1967 BE 1868 Liberal Gladstone elected 1874 Conservative Disraeli elected for the 2nd time 1880 Liberal Gladstone elected for the 2nd time 1902 Empire Day celebrated on Queen Vikky's bday 1902 Education Act to address national efficiency 1902 Conservative Arthur Balfour elected 1909 Round Table movement founded by Milner- shared sovereignty between Britain and Dominions. 1916 Liberal Lloyd George elected 1917 SOAS founded 1920 White settlers got self government in Kenya- excluding Indians and Kikuyus from northern highlands. 1923 BBC started by John Reith to promote Empire 1923 Southern Rhodesia- whites won self gov 1924 1st Imperial exhibition in Wembley attended by 17 million people 1925 2nd Wembley exhibition attended by 9 million people 1926 Empire Marketing Board set up by Leo Amery (Secretary of State for colonies and dominions) 1929 Labour Macdonald elected 1929 Colonial Development Act- £1mn spent 1931 Westminister Statute giving more independence to dominions 1935 Conservative Chamberlain elected 1938 Imperial exhibition in Glasgow attracted 12 million people 1940 Conservative Churchill elected 1945 Labour Attlee elected 1951 Conservative Churchill elected again 1955 Tory Eden elected 1957 Tory Macmillan elected