Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Flashcards

Numbered based on when each served their first term

1
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1st (1801-1801 and 1804-1806)

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William Pitt the Younger

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2
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2nd (1801-1804)

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Henry Addington
(The Viscount Sidmouth)

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3rd (1806-1807)

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William Wyndham Grenville (William Grenville)
(The Lord Grenville)

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4th (1807-1809)

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William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck (William Cavendish-Bentinck)
(The Duke of Portland)

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5th (1809-1812)

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Spencer Perceval

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6th (1812-1827)

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Robert Banks Jenkinson
(The Earl of Liverpool)

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7th (1827-1827)

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George Canning

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8th (1827-1828)

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Frederick John Robinson (F. J. Robinson)
(The Earl of Ripon)
(The Viscount Goderich)

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9th (1828-1830 and 1834-1834)

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Arthur Wellesley
(The Duke of Wellington)

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10th (1830-1834)

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Charles Grey
(The Earl Grey)

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11th (1834-1834 and 1835-1841)

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William Lamb (also Henry William Lamb)
(The Viscount Melbourne)

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12
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12th (1834-1835 and 1841-1846)

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Robert Peel

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13
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13th (1846-1852 and 1865-1866)

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John Russell
(The Earl Russell)

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14th (1852-1852, 1858-1859, and 1866-1868)

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Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley (Edward Smith-Stanley)
(The Earl of Derby)

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15th (1852-1855)

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George Hamilton-Gordon
(The Earl of Aberdeen)

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16th (1855-1858 and 1859-1865)

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Henry John Temple
(The Viscount Palmerston)

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17th (1868-1868 and 1874-1880)

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Benjamin Disraeli
(The Earl of Beaconsfield)

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18th (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886-1886, and 1892-1894)

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William Ewart Gladstone

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19th (1885-1886, 1886-1892, and 1895-1902)

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Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil (Robert Gascoyne-Cecil)
(The Marquess of Salisbury)

20
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20th (1894-1895)

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Archibald Philip Primrose (Archibald Primrose)
(The Earl of Rosebery)

21
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21st (1902-1905)

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Arthur James Balfour (Arthur Balfour)
(The Earl of Balfour)

22
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22nd (1905-1908)

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Henry Campbell-Bannerman

23
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23rd (1908-1916)

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Herbert Henry Asquith (H. H. Asquith)
(The Earl of Oxford and Asquith)

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24th (1916-1922)

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David Lloyd George

25
25th (1922-1923)
Andrew Bonar Law (Bonar Law)
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26th (1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1935-1937)
Stanley Baldwin (The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)
27
27th (1924-1924 and 1929-1935)
James Ramsay MacDonald (Ramsay MacDonald)
28
28th (1937-1940)
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (Neville Chamberlain)
29
29th (1940-1945 and 1951-1955)
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Winston Churchill)
30
30th (1945-1951)
Clement Richard Attlee (Clement Attlee) (The Earl Attlee)
31
31st (1955-1957)
Robert Anthony Eden (Anthony Eden) (The Earl of Avon)
32
32nd (1957-1963)
Maurice Harold Macmillan (Harold Macmillan) (The Earl of Stockton)
33
33rd (1963-1964)
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home ("Alec" Douglas-Home) (The Lord Home of the Hirsel)
34
34th (1964-1970 and 1974-1976)
James Harold Wilson (Harold Wilson) (The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx)
35
35th (1970-1974)
Edward Richard George Heath ("Ted" Heath)
36
36th (1976-1979)
Leonard James Callaghan (James Callaghan, or "Jim" Callaghan) (The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff)
37
37th (1979-1990)
Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher) (The Baroness Thatcher)
38
38th (1990-1997)
John Major
39
39th (1997-2007)
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair ("Tony" Blair)
40
40th (2007-2010)
James Gordon Brown (Gordon Brown)
41
41st (2010-2016)
David William Donald Cameron (David Cameron)
42
42nd (2016-2019)
Theresa Mary May (Theresa May)
43
43rd (2019-2022)
Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson (Boris Johnson)
44
44th (2022-2022)
Mary Elizabeth Truss (Liz Truss)
45
45th (2022-current)
Rishi Sunak