Great Offices of State simultaneously. Following the resignation of The Earl of Derby in 1868, Benjamin Disraeli became the first person of an ethnic minority to attain one of the Great Offices of State and the first person of Jewish heritage to become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Malcolm Rifkind and David Miliband later held the position of Foreign Secretary, with Michael Howard and Leon Brittan serving as Home Secretary and Nigel Lawson as Chancellor of the Exchequer. After Amber Rudd's resignation following the Windrush scandal, Sajid Javid became the first Muslim to hold the position of one of the Great Offices of
Great Britain at the 1900 Summer Olympics only match, against Club Française, 4-0. Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic golf events. The British golfers took the silver and bronze medals in the men's competition, making Great Britain the only nation other than the United States to win a golfing medal that year. Great Britain's second Olympic gymnastics appearance was no more successful than the nation's first, resulting in no medals. Great Britain was one of four nations to compete in the first Olympic polo event. British athletes played on three of the five teams, two of which included either American