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in his coat pockets, etc) that she was forced to step down. Ironically,
Palmerston was forced to resign by the Muggles two days later.
Dugald McPhail
1858 – 1865
A safe pair of hands. While the Muggle parliament underwent a period of
marked upheaval, the Ministry of Magic knew a period of welcome calm.
Faris ‘Spout-hole’ Spavin
1865 – 1903
Longest-ever serving Minister for Magic, and also the most long-winded, he
survived an ‘assassination attempt’ (kicking) from a centaur who resented the
punchline of Spavin’s infamous ‘a centaur, a ghost and a dwarf walk into a
bar’ joke. Attended Queen Victoria’s funeral in an admiral’s hat and spats, at
which point the Wizengamot suggested gently that it was time he move aside
(Spavin was 147 when he left office).
Venusia Crickerly
1903 – 1912
Second ex-Auror to take office and considered both competent and likeable,
Crickerly died in a freak gardening accident (mandrake related).
Archer Evermonde
1912 – 1923
In post during the Muggle First World War, Evermonde passed emergency
legislation forbidding witches and wizards to get involved, lest they risk mass
infractions of the International Statute of Secrecy. Thousands defied him,
aiding Muggles where they could.
Lorcan McLaird
1923 – 1925
A gifted wizard, but an unlikely politician, McLaird was an exceptionally
taciturn man who preferred to communicate in monosyllables and expressive
puffs of smoke that he produced through the end of his wand. Forced from