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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the Head of Her Majesty's Government. The Prime Minister and Cabinet (consisting of all the most senior government department heads) are collectively accountable for...
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Robert Walpole
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) and known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Although the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 26, 1676
Date of death:
- Mar 18, 1745 (age 68 years)
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Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG, KB, PC (18 March 1673 – 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in...
Date of birth:
- Mar 18, 1673
Date of death:
- Jul 2, 1743 (age 70 years)
Party:
Henry Pelham
Henry Pelham (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754. He was the younger brother of the politician the Duke of Newcastle who succeeded...
Date of birth:
- Sep 25, 1694
Date of death:
- Mar 6, 1754 (age 59 years)
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman who was briefly titular Prime Minister of Great Britain...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1720
Date of death:
- Oct 2, 1764 (age 44 years)
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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804.
Henry Addington was the son of Anthony Addington, Pitt's physician, and Mary Addington,...
Date of birth:
- May 30, 1757
Date of death:
- Feb 15, 1844 (age 86 years)
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 (although at this period the term of "Prime...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1759
Date of death:
- Jan 23, 1806 (age 46 years)
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William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville PC, PC (Ire) (25 October 1759 – 12 January 1834) was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister.
Grenville studied at Eton, Christ Church, Oxford, and Lincoln's Inn. The son of Whig Prime Minister...
Date of birth:
- Oct 25, 1759
Date of death:
- Jan 12, 1834 (age 74 years)
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809), was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of...
Date of birth:
- Apr 14, 1738
Date of death:
- Oct 30, 1809 (age 71 years)
Party:
Spencer Perceval
Spencer Perceval, KC (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British statesman and Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated. He is the only Solicitor General or Attorney General, and one of very few lawyers, to...
Date of birth:
- Nov 1, 1762
Date of death:
- May 11, 1812 (age 49 years)
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool PC (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since the Union with Ireland in 1801. During his time as Prime Minister from 1812...
Date of birth:
- Jun 7, 1770
Date of death:
- Dec 4, 1828 (age 58 years)
George Canning
George Canning (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.
Canning was born at his parents' home in Queen Anne Street, Marylebone, London. His father, George...
Date of birth:
- Apr 11, 1770
Date of death:
- Aug 8, 1827 (age 57 years)
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), better known with the title The 1st Viscount Goderich, was a British statesman and Prime Minister.
He was born to the 2nd Baron Grantham and his wife, the former...
Date of birth:
- Nov 1, 1782
Date of death:
- Jan 28, 1859 (age 76 years)
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, KP, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. 29 April/1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century...
Date of birth:
- May 1, 1769
Date of death:
- Sep 14, 1852 (age 83 years)
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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig...
Date of birth:
- Mar 13, 1764
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 1845 (age 81 years)
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835–1841), and was a mentor of Queen Victoria. The city of Melbourne...
Date of birth:
- Mar 15, 1779
Date of death:
- Nov 24, 1848 (age 69 years)
Party:
Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was the Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846. He helped create the modern concept of the...
Date of birth:
- Feb 5, 1788
Date of death:
- Jul 2, 1850 (age 62 years)
Party:
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
Russell...
Date of birth:
- Aug 18, 1792
Date of death:
- May 28, 1878 (age 85 years)
Party:
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869) was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1799
Date of death:
- Oct 23, 1869 (age 70 years)
Party:
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG KT FRS PC (28 January 1784 – 14 December 1860), styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United...
Date of birth:
- Jan 28, 1784
Date of death:
- Dec 14, 1860 (age 76 years)
Party:
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. Popularly nicknamed "Pam", he was in government...
Date of birth:
- Oct 20, 1784
Date of death:
- Oct 18, 1865 (age 81 years)
Party:
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. He served in government for three decades, twice as Prime...
Date of birth:
- Dec 21, 1804
Date of death:
- Apr 19, 1881 (age 76 years)
Party:
William Ewart Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal Party statesman and four times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868–74, 1880–85, 1886 and 1892–94). He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer and a champion of the...
Date of birth:
- Dec 29, 1809
Date of death:
- May 19, 1898 (age 88 years)
Party:
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and thrice Prime Minister...
Date of birth:
- Feb 3, 1830
Date of death:
- Aug 22, 1903 (age 73 years)
Party:
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC (7 May 1847 – 21 May 1929) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister, also known as Archibald Primrose (1847–1851) and Lord Dalmeny (1851–1868).
Rosebery was born in his parents' house...
Date of birth:
- May 7, 1847
Date of death:
- May 21, 1929 (age 82 years)
Party:
Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL (25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British Conservative politician and statesman. He authored the tough Perpetual Crimes Act (1887) (or Coercion Act) aimed at the prevention of boycotting,...
Date of birth:
- Jul 25, 1848
Date of death:
- Mar 19, 1930 (age 81 years)
Party:
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, GCB (7 September 1836 – 22 April 1908) was a British Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister from 5 December 1905 until resigning due to ill health on 3 April 1908. No previous First Lord of the Treasury had been...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1836
Date of death:
- Apr 22, 1908 (age 71 years)
Party:
H. H. Asquith
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928) served as the Liberal Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the longest-serving Prime Minister of the twentieth century...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1852
Date of death:
- Feb 15, 1928 (age 75 years)
Party:
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman and the only Welsh Prime Minister of the United Kingdom; he is also the only one to have spoken English as a second language, Welsh...
Date of birth:
- Jan 17, 1863
Date of death:
- Mar 26, 1945 (age 82 years)
Party:
Andrew Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law PC (16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923), commonly known as Bonar Law, was a British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. Born in the crown colony of New Brunswick, he is the only British Prime Minister to have been born...
Date of birth:
- Sep 16, 1858
Date of death:
- Oct 30, 1923 (age 65 years)
Party:
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, and major figure on the political scene in the interwar years. He served three terms as Prime Minister of the...
Date of birth:
- Aug 3, 1867
Date of death:
- Dec 14, 1947 (age 80 years)
Party:
Ramsay MacDonald
James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British Labour politician, who served two separate terms as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He rose from humble origins to become the first ever Labour Prime Minister in 1924....
Date of birth:
- Oct 12, 1866
Date of death:
- Nov 9, 1937 (age 71 years)
Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain is best known for appeasement foreign policy, in particular for his signing of...
Date of birth:
- Mar 18, 1869
Date of death:
- Nov 9, 1940 (age 71 years)
Party:
Clement Attlee
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 January 1883 – 8 October 1967) was a British Labour politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955....
Date of birth:
- Jan 3, 1883
Date of death:
- Oct 8, 1967 (age 84 years)
Party:
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician known chiefly for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He served as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and...
Date of birth:
- Nov 30, 1874
Date of death:
- Jan 24, 1965 (age 90 years)
Anthony Eden
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British Conservative politician, who was Foreign Secretary for three periods between 1935 and 1955, including during World War II. He was Prime Minister from...
Date of birth:
- Jun 12, 1897
Date of death:
- Jan 14, 1977 (age 79 years)
Party:
Harold Macmillan
Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963.
Nicknamed 'Supermac' and known for...
Date of birth:
- Feb 10, 1894
Date of death:
- Dec 29, 1986 (age 92 years)
Party:
Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC (2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British Conservative politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October...
Date of birth:
- Jul 2, 1903
Date of death:
- Oct 9, 1995 (age 92 years)
Party:
Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath's accession marked a change in...
Date of birth:
- Jul 9, 1916
Date of death:
- Jul 17, 2005 (age 89 years)
Party:
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, PC (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British Labour politician; one of the most prominent British politicians of the latter half of the 20th century, he served two terms as Prime...
Date of birth:
- Mar 11, 1916
Date of death:
- May 24, 1995 (age 79 years)
Party:
James Callaghan
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC (27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), was a British Labour politician, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980....
Date of birth:
- Mar 27, 1912
Date of death:
- Mar 26, 2005 (age 93 years)
Party:
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925) served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She is the only woman to have held either post...
Date of birth:
- Oct 13, 1925 (age 84 years)
Party:
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party. Brown became Prime Minister in June 2007, after the resignation of Tony Blair and three days after becoming leader of the...
Date of birth:
- Feb 20, 1951 (age 58 years)
Party:
John Major
Sir John Major, KG, CH, ACIB (born 29 March 1943), is a former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and former Leader of the Conservative Party. He held these posts from 1990 to 1997.
During his service as Prime Minister, the world went through a...
Date of birth:
- Mar 29, 1943 (age 66 years)
Party:
Tony Blair
Anthony "Tony" Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of...
Date of birth:
- May 6, 1953 (age 56 years)
