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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom Top left: Robert Walpole is considered the first prime minister of Great Britain. Top right: Winston Churchill was prime minister during much of World War II. Bottom left: Margaret Thatcher was the first female prime minister. Bottom right: Keir Starmer is the incumbent prime minister.
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet, and selects its ministers. As modern prime ministers hold office by virtue of their ability to command the confidence of the House of Commons ...
This is a graphical timeline of prime ministers of Great Britain and the United Kingdom from when the first prime minister of Great Britain in the modern sense, Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. From 1801 until 1922, British prime ministers also held the office for the whole of Ireland.
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by the number of calendar days, the figures would be one day greater for each term served.
Records of prime ministers of the United Kingdom The portraits of former prime ministers line the staircase of 10 Downing Street, with then United States Secretary of State John Kerry walking past them (2016). The article lists the records of prime ministers of the United Kingdom since 1721.
United Kingdom. Queen Elizabeth II with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and former prime ministers Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, James Callaghan, and John Major during her Golden Jubilee in 2002. Winston Churchill was the incumbent prime minister when Elizabeth became queen. No.
Foundations For the various personages who presided over the government of England and subsequently Great Britain at the pleasure of the monarch, usually with said monarch's permission, prior to the government under Robert Walpole as prime minister in 1721, see List of English chief ministers.
This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time.