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Prime Minister of Great Britain History of Great Britain                1721 Walpole, Robert    3rd April Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1730 Walpole, Robert    15th May Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1734 Walpole, Robert     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 3rd term 1742 Compton    16th Feb London Appointed Prime MInister of Great Britain  , a "nominal" position, by George II    16th Feb London The administration is dominated by John Carteret & Walpole is relied upon for advice 1743 Pelham, Henry    27th Aug London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1754 Pelham-Holles    16th Mar London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1756 Cavendish, William    16th Nov Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1757 Pelham-Holles    2nd July London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1762 Stuart    26th May London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1763 Grenville, George Nugent Temple    16th April London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1765 Watson-Wentworth    13th July London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1768 Fitzroy     London Appointed Prime Minister of Britain   1768 Grafton     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1782 Shelburne    4th July London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1782 Watson-Wentworth     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1783 Cavendish     Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1783 Pitt the Younger, William    19th Dec Appointed Prime Minister by George III, Britain  's youngest Prime Minister, age 24 1784 Pitt the Younger, William     Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1785 Acton, John Francis Edward     Appointed Prime Minister of Naples 1801 Addington, Henry    17th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1804 Pitt the Younger, William    10th May London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1806 Grenville, George Nugent Temple    11th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   after the death of his cousin William Pitt 1807 Cavendish    24th Mar Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1809 Perceval, Spencer    4th Oct London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1812 Banks Jenkinson, Robert    9th June Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1827 Canning, George    10th April Appointed Prime Minister of Britain   for three months 1827 Goderich    31st Aug London Appointed Prime Miinister of Britain  , ater the death of George Canning 1828 Wellesley, Arthur    9th Jan London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   by George IV    22nd Jan London Fills a vacuum after refusal by Whig & Tory Party leaders to accept the office 1830 Grey, Charles     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1831 Grey, Charles     Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1834 Lamb, William    18th April London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1834 Peel, Robert    10th Dec London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1834 Wellesley, Arthur    13th Nov London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain      13th Nov London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term, November-December 1835 Lamb, William    18th Aug London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1835 Peel, Robert    18th Feb London The Whigs, radicals & Irish agree to joint opposition 1841 Peel, Robert    6th Sep London Appointed Prime MInister of Great Britain   1846 Russell    30th June London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1852 Hamilton-Gordon, George     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1852 Stanley, Edward    23rd Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1855 Temple, Henry John    6th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1857 Temple, Henry John     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain       London The Winner of the election with a majority of 85 seats over all other parties combined 1858 Stanley, Edward    20th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain      20th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1859 Temple, Henry John    18th June London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1865 Russell    29th Oct London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1865 Russell of Kingston, 1st    29th Oct London Sits in the Lords while Gladstone leads the government in the Commons 1865 Temple, Henry John     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1866 Stanley, Edward    28th June London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 3rd term 1868 Gladstone, William Ewart    3rd Dec London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1874 Disraeli, Benjamin    20th Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1874 Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1877 Grey, George     Appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand 1880 Gladstone, William Ewart    23rd April London Appointed Prime Minister, 2nd term 1885 Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot    23rd June London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term, a minority administration    23rd Nov London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1886 Cavendish, Spencer     Declines an offer to become Prime Minister 1886 Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot    24th July London Appointed Prime Minister of Britain  , 3rd term, 1886 Gladstone, William Ewart    1st Feb London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 3rd term    1st Feb London Chamberlain, hostile to Irish home rule, refuses to serve in the Cabinet 1892 Gladstone, William Ewart    15th Aug London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 4th term 1894 Primrose     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1902 Balfour, Arthur James    12th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , succeeds his uncle, Lord Salisbury 1905 Campbell-Bannerman, Henry    5th Dec Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term    9th Dec Offers to make Churchill Financial Secretary under Asquith, Churchill refuses 1908 Asquith, Henry Herbert    7th April Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1915 Asquith, Henry Herbert    25th May Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 4th term 1916 Lloyd George, David    6th Dec London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1918 Lloyd George, David     London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1921 Craig, James     London Appointed Prime MInister of Nortern Ireland 1922 Law, Andrew Bonar    23rd Oct London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1923 Baldwin, Stanley    22nd May Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1924 Baldwin, Stanley    4th Nov Appointed Prime Minister Great Britain  , 2nd term 1924 MacDonald, James Ramsey    22nd Jan London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1929 MacDonald, James Ramsey    5th June London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1931 MacDonald, James Ramsey    26th Aug London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   3rd term    9th Nov London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 2nd term 1935 Baldwin, Stanley    7th June Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 4th term 1937 Chamberlain, Neville    28th May London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain   1939 Chamberlain, Neville    1st Sep London Asks Churchill to join the Cabinet as First Lord of the Admiralty 1940 Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer    10th May London Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term    3rd Oct London Churchill appoints Ernest Bevin as Minister of Labour 1943 Brooke     Appointed Prime Minister of Northern Ireland 1945 Attlee, Clement Richard    26th July Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain  , 1st term 1945