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TheLibrary | 18:32 Mon 18th Dec 2006 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Was there a British Prime Minister that committed suicide ?
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Yes. I have read somewhere that a PM killed himself with a penknife - am trying to trace which one
Yes there have been several,

Margeret Thatcher

Harold Callaghan

Tony Blair

Harold Wilson

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It might have been Viscount Castlereagh, in 1822, but I don't think he was ever PM, only Foreign Secretary. This is one of the bits of useless information I remember from school history lessons in the 1950s!
Lord Castlereagh committed suicide in 1822 - believing himself being blackmailed for his homosexuality. His friends and family knew he was likely to do this and had removed all razors etc but had overlooked his penknife. But as Iolanthe says, he was never Prime Minister.
Lord Castlereagh was the one I was thinking of, didnt realise he had not been PrimeMinister
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Thanks for all your help! The question was on our staff xmas quiz, its baffled everyone ... think ill just put down the penknife chap, see if i get that bottle of wine! =)

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