Jump to content

User:Khasai22/sandbox

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prime ministers

[edit]
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721
Portrait Prime minister
Office
(Lifespan)
Term of office Mandate[a] Party Government Monarch
Reign
Start End Duration
Robert Walpole Robert Walpole[1]
MP for King's Lynn
(1676–1745)
3 April
1721
11 February
1742
20 years, 315 days 1722 Whig Walpole–​Townshend George I
George I of Great Britain
r. 1714–1727
1727 George II
George II of Great Britain
r. 1727–1760
1734 Walpole
1741
Spencer Compton Spencer Compton[2]
1st Earl of Wilmington
(1674–1743)
16 February
1742
2 July
1743
1 year, 137 days[b] Carteret
Henry Pelham Henry Pelham[3]
MP for Sussex
(1694–1754)
27 August
1743
6 March
1754
10 years, 192 days[b] Broad Bottom I
1747 Broad Bottom II
Thomas Pelham-Holles Thomas Pelham-Holles[4]
1st Duke of Newcastle
(1693–1768)
16 March
1754
11 November
1756
2 years, 241 days 1754 Newcastle I
William Cavendish William Cavendish[5]
4th Duke of Devonshire
(1720–1764)
16 November
1756
29 June
1757
226 days Pitt–​Devonshire
1757 Caretaker
Thomas Pelham-Holles Thomas Pelham-Holles[6]
1st Duke of Newcastle
(1693–1768)
29 June
1757
26 May
1762
4 years, 332 days 1761 Pitt–​Newcastle
Bute–​Newcastle
(ToryWhig)
George III
George III of Great Britain
r. 1760–1820
John Stuart John Stuart[7]
3rd Earl of Bute
(1713–1792)
26 May
1762
8 April
1763
318 days Tory Bute
George Grenville George Grenville[8]
MP for Buckingham
(1712–1770)
16 April
1763
10 July
1765
2 years, 86 days Whig
(Grenvillite)
Grenville
(mainly Whig)


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

  1. ^ Eccleshall & Walker 2002, pp. 1, 5; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 1–5; Pryde et al. 1996, pp. 45–46.
  2. ^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 41; Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 14; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 7–10; Jones & Jones 1986, p. 222.
  3. ^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, pp. 41–42; Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 17; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 11–15.
  4. ^ Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 28; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 16–21.
  5. ^ Cook & Stevenson 1988, p. 44; Courthope 1838, p. 19; Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 34; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 23–26; Schumann & Schweizer 2012, p. 143.
  6. ^ Cook & Stevenson 1980, p. 11; Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 28; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 16–21; Pryde et al. 1996, p. 46; Tout 1910, p. 740.
  7. ^ Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 36; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 28–31; Jones & Jones 1986, p. 223; Tout 1910, p. 740.
  8. ^ Eccleshall & Walker 2002, p. 42; Englefield, Seaton & White 1995, pp. 33–35; Tout 1910, p. 740.