Past His Prime Minister

James Callaghan, former British Prime Minister and last Labor PM before Tony Blair, died on March 26th at the age of 92. He is the only person to hold the posts of PM, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, and Foreign Secretary (though, as you can imagine, not at the same time). Holding the PM's office from 1976 to 1979, he got to share Jimmy Carter’s good fortune in governing during a time of economic crisis and party divisions. He is also remembered for his 1969 decision to send the army into Northern Ireland to protect Catholics from Protestant mobs. He did so warning, "I can send the army in, but I'll have the devil of a time getting them out again." The British Army is, of course, still stationed in Northern Ireland.