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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3
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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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5
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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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7
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7th (1827-1827)

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George Canning

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8
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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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9
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9th (1828-1830 and 1834-1834)

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Arthur Wellesley
(The Duke of Wellington)

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10
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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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14
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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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17
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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

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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

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25th (1922-1923)

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Andrew Bonar Law (Bonar Law)

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26th (1923-1924, 1924-1929, and 1935-1937)

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Stanley Baldwin
(The Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)

27
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27th (1924-1924 and 1929-1935)

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James Ramsay MacDonald (Ramsay MacDonald)

28
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28th (1937-1940)

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Arthur Neville Chamberlain (Neville Chamberlain)

29
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29th (1940-1945 and 1951-1955)

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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (Winston Churchill)

30
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30th (1945-1951)

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Clement Richard Attlee (Clement Attlee)
(The Earl Attlee)

31
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31st (1955-1957)

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Robert Anthony Eden (Anthony Eden)
(The Earl of Avon)

32
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32nd (1957-1963)

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Maurice Harold Macmillan (Harold Macmillan)
(The Earl of Stockton)

33
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33rd (1963-1964)

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Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home (“Alec” Douglas-Home)
(The Lord Home of the Hirsel)

34
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34th (1964-1970 and 1974-1976)

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James Harold Wilson (Harold Wilson)
(The Lord Wilson of Rievaulx)

35
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35th (1970-1974)

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Edward Richard George Heath (“Ted” Heath)

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36th (1976-1979)

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Leonard James Callaghan (James Callaghan, or “Jim” Callaghan)
(The Lord Callaghan of Cardiff)

37
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37th (1979-1990)

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Margaret Hilda Thatcher (Margaret Thatcher)
(The Baroness Thatcher)

38
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38th (1990-1997)

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John Major

39
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39th (1997-2007)

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Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (“Tony” Blair)

40
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40th (2007-2010)

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James Gordon Brown (Gordon Brown)

41
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41st (2010-2016)

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David William Donald Cameron (David Cameron)

42
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42nd (2016-2019)

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Theresa Mary May (Theresa May)

43
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43rd (2019-2022)

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Alexander Boris De Pfeffel Johnson (Boris Johnson)

44
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44th (2022-2022)

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Mary Elizabeth Truss (Liz Truss)

45
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45th (2022-current)

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Rishi Sunak