Prime Minister
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Term of office
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School
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University
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Degree
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Professional training
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Walpole, Robert
Robert Walpole
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1721–1742
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Eton College
|
Cambridge (
King's Coll.)
|
1696–98, did not graduate (
LL.D. 1728)
[2]
|
|
Compton, Spencer
Spencer Compton Earl of Wilmington
|
1742–1743
|
St Paul's School
|
Oxford (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1690–?, did not graduate (
D.C.L. 1730)
[3]
|
Inns of Court:
Middle Temple
|
Pelham, Henry
Henry Pelham
|
1743–1754
|
Westminster School
|
Cambridge (
King's Coll.)
|
1709–10
[4]
|
|
Oxford (
Hart Hall)
|
1710–?, did not graduate
[5]
|
Pelham-Holles, Thomas
Thomas Pelham-Holles Duke of Newcastle
|
1754–1756 1757–1762
|
Westminster School
|
Cambridge (
Clare Coll.)
|
1710–?, did not graduate (
LL.D. 1728)
[6]
|
|
Cavendish, William
William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire
|
1756–1757
|
—
[7]
|
—
|
—
|
|
Stuart, John
John Stuart Earl of Bute
|
1762–1763
|
Eton College
|
Groningen University
|
Civil law 1730–32
[8]
|
|
Leiden University
|
Civil law 1732–34, graduated 1734
[9]
|
Grenville, George
George Grenville
|
1763–1765
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1730–?, did not graduate
[10]
|
Inns of Court:
Inner Temple
|
Watson-Wentworth, Charles
Charles Watson-Wentworth Marquess of Rockingham
|
1765–1766 1782
|
Westminster School
|
—
[11]
|
—
|
|
Pitt, William 1
William Pitt the Elder Earl of Chatham
|
1766–1768
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1727–28, did not graduate
[12]
|
|
Utrecht University
|
1728
[13]
|
FitzRoy, Augustus
Augustus FitzRoy Duke of Grafton
|
1768–1770
|
Westminster School
|
Cambridge (
Peterhouse)
|
1751–53,
M.A. 1753
[14]
|
|
North, Frederick
Frederick North
|
1770–1782
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1749–50,
M.A. 1750
[15]
|
|
Leipzig University
|
1751–52
[16]
[17]
|
Petty, William
William Petty (FitzMaurice) Earl of Shelburne
|
1782–1783
|
—
[18]
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1755–57, did not graduate
[19]
[20]
|
|
Cavendish-Bentinck, William
William Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland
|
1783 1807–1809
|
Westminster School
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1755–57,
M.A. 1757
[21]
|
|
Pitt, William 2
William Pitt the Younger
|
1783–1801 1804–1806
|
—
[22]
|
Cambridge (
Pembroke Coll.)
|
1773–76,
M.A. 1776
[23] MP for
Cambridge Univ. 1784–1806
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Addington, Henry
Henry Addington
|
1801–1804
|
Winchester College
|
Oxford (
Brasenose Coll.)
|
1774–78,
B.A. 1778 (
M.A. 1780)
[24]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Grenville, William
William Grenville Lord Grenville
|
1806–1807
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1776–80,
B.A. 1780
[25]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Perceval, Spencer
Spencer Perceval
|
1809–1812
|
Harrow School
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1780–82,
M.A. 1782
[26]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Jenkinson, Robert
Robert Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool
|
1812–1827
|
Charterhouse School
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1787–90,
M.A. 1790
[27]
|
|
Canning, George
George Canning
|
1827
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1787–91,
B.A. 1791 (
M.A. 1794)
[28]
|
|
Robinson, Frederick John
Frederick J. Robinson Viscount Goderich
|
1827–1828
|
Harrow School
|
Cambridge (
St John's Coll.)
|
1799–1802,
M.A. 1802
[29]
|
|
Wellesley, Arthur
Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
|
1828–1830 1834
|
Eton College
|
—
|
—
|
French Royal Academy of Equitation,
Angers
|
Grey, Charles
Charles Grey Earl Grey
|
1830–1834
|
Eton College
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1781–83, did not graduate
[30]
|
|
Lamb, William
William Lamb Viscount Melbourne
|
1834 1835–1841
|
Eton College
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
1796–99,
M.A. 1799
[31]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Glasgow University
|
Resident pupil of Prof.
John Millar 1799–1801
[32]
|
Peel, Robert
Robert Peel
|
1834–1835 1841–1846
|
Harrow School
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Classics and
Mathematics 1805–08,
B.A. 1808 (
M.A. 1814)
[33] MP for
Oxford Univ. 1817–29
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Russell, John
John Russell Earl Russell
|
1846–1852 1865–1866
|
Westminster School
|
Edinburgh University
|
Resident pupil of Prof.
John Playfair 1809–12
[34]
|
|
Smith-Stanley, Edward
Edward Smith-Stanley Earl of Derby
|
1852 1858–1859 1866–1868
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Classics 1817–20, did not graduate
[35]
[36]
|
|
Hamilton-Gordon, George
George Hamilton-Gordon Earl of Aberdeen
|
1852–1855
|
Harrow School
|
Cambridge (
St John's Coll.)
|
1800–04,
M.A. 1804
[37]
|
|
Temple, Henry John
Henry John Temple Viscount Palmerston
|
1855–1858 1859–1865
|
Harrow School
|
Edinburgh University
|
Resident pupil of Prof.
Dugald Stewart 1800–03
[38]
[39]
|
|
Cambridge (
St John's Coll.)
|
1803–06,
M.A. 1806
[40] MP for
Cambridge Univ. 1811–31
|
Disraeli, Benjamin
Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield
|
1868 1874–1880
|
Dr Cogan's School,
Walthamstow
|
—
|
—
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Gladstone, William
William Ewart Gladstone
|
1868–1874 1880–1885 1886 1892–1894
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Classics and
Mathematics 1828–32:
B.A. 1832 (
M.A. 1834)
[41] MP for
Oxford Univ. 1847–65
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Marquess of Salisbury
|
1885–1886 1886–1892 1895–1902
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Mathematics 1847–50,
B.A. 1850 (
M.A. 1853), Fellow of
All Souls Coll. 1853
[42]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Primrose, Archibald
Archibald Primrose Earl of Rosebery
|
1894–1895
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
1866–68, did not graduate
[43]
[44]
|
|
Balfour, Arthur
Arthur Balfour
|
1902–1905
|
Eton College
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
Moral Sciences 1866–70,
B.A. 1870 (
M.A. 1874)
[45]
|
|
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
|
1905–1908
|
High School of Glasgow
|
Glasgow University
|
Greek and
Logic 1851–53
[46]
|
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
Classics 1854–58,
B.A. 1858 (
M.A. 1861)
[47]
|
Asquith, Herbert Henry
H. H. Asquith
|
1908–1916
|
City of London School
|
Oxford (
Balliol Coll.)
|
Classics 1870–74,
B.A. 1874, Fellow 1874–82
[48]
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Lloyd George, David
David Lloyd George
|
1916–1922
|
Llanystumdwy National School
|
—
|
—
|
Solicitor
|
Law, Bonar
Bonar Law
|
1922–1923
|
High School of Glasgow
|
Glasgow University
|
Extramural student 1879–80
[49]
|
|
Baldwin, Stanley
Stanley Baldwin
|
1923–1924 1924–1929 1935–1937
|
Harrow School
|
Cambridge (
Trinity Coll.)
|
History 1885–88,
B.A. 1888 (
M.A. 1892)
[50]
|
|
Mason College
|
Metallurgy
|
Macdonald, Ramsay
Ramsay MacDonald
|
1924 1929–1935
|
Drainie Parish School
|
Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution
|
Extramural student 1886–87
[51]
[52]
|
|
Chamberlain, Neville
Neville Chamberlain
|
1937–1940
|
Rugby School
|
Mason College
|
Metallurgy 1887–89
[53]
|
|
Churchill, Winston
Winston Churchill
|
1940–1945 1951–1955
|
Harrow School
|
—
|
—
|
RMC Sandhurst
|
Attlee, Clement
Clement Attlee
|
1945–1951
|
Haileybury College
|
Oxford (
University Coll.)
|
Modern History 1901–04,
B.A. 1904 (
M.A.)
[54] Lecturer at
LSE 1912–14, 1919–23
[55]
|
Inns of Court:
Inner Temple
|
Eden, Anthony
Anthony Eden
|
1955–1957
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Persian and
Arabic 1919–22,
B.A. 1922 (
M.A.)
|
|
Macmillan, Harold
Harold Macmillan
|
1957–1963
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Balliol Coll.)
Chancellor of Oxford University 1960 - 86
|
Classics 1912–14, did not graduate
|
|
Douglas-Home, Alec
Alec Douglas-Home Earl of Home
|
1963–1964
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Christ Church)
|
Modern History 1922–25,
B.A. 1925 (
M.A.)
|
|
Wilson, Harold
Harold Wilson
|
1964–1970 1974–1976
|
Royds Hall Grammar School;
Wirral Grammar School for Boys
|
Oxford (
Jesus Coll.)
|
PPE (transferred from
Modern History)
[56] 1934–37,
B.A. 1937 (
M.A.) Fellow of
University Coll. 1938–45
[57]
|
|
Heath, Edward
Edward Heath
|
1970–1974
|
Chatham House Grammar School
|
Oxford (
Balliol Coll.)
|
PPE 1935–39,
B.A. 1939 (
M.A.)
|
|
Callaghan, James
James Callaghan
|
1976–1979
|
Northern Secondary School, Portsmouth
|
—
|
—
|
Civil Service:
Inland Revenue
|
Thatcher, Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
|
1979–1990
|
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School
|
Oxford (
Somerville Coll.)
|
Chemistry 1943–47,
B.A. 1947 (
M.A. 1950)
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Major, John
John Major
|
1990–1997
|
Rutlish School
|
—
|
—
|
Correspondence course in banking
|
Blair, Tony
Tony Blair
|
1997–2007
|
Fettes College
|
Oxford (
St John's Coll.)
|
Law 1972–75,
B.A. 1975 (
M.A.)
|
Inns of Court:
Lincoln's Inn
|
Brown, Gordon
Gordon Brown
|
2007–2010
|
Kirkcaldy High School
|
Edinburgh University
|
History 1967–82,
M.A. 1972,
Ph.D. 1982,
[58]
University Rector 1972–75
[59]
|
|
Cameron, David
David Cameron
|
2010–2016
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Brasenose Coll.)
|
PPE 1985–88,
B.A. 1988 (
M.A.)
|
|
May, Theresa
Theresa May
|
2016–2019
|
Holton Park Girls' Grammar School
|
Oxford (
St Hugh's Coll.)
|
Geography 1974–77,
B.A. 1977 (
M.A.)
|
|
Johnson, Boris
Boris Johnson
|
2019–2022
|
Eton College
|
Oxford (
Balliol Coll.)
|
Classics 1983–87,
B.A. 1987 (
M.A.)
|
|
Truss, Liz
Liz Truss
|
2022
|
Roundhay School
|
Oxford (
Merton Coll.)
|
PPE 1993–96,
B.A.
|
|
Rishi Sunak
|
2022–present
|
Winchester College
|
Oxford (
Lincoln Coll.)
|
PPE 1998–2001,
B.A.
|
|
Stanford University
|
Business administration 2004–2006,
M.B.A. 2006
[60]
|
Prime Minister
|
Term of office
|
School
|
University
|
Degree
|
Professional training
|