U.K. Prime Ministers Flashcards

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Spencer Perceval

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  • Dates: 1762-1812
  • In Office: 1809-1812
  • Party: Tory
  • Education: Harrow; Trinity College, Cambridge
  • MP for Northampton
  • Only PM to have been assassinated (by John Bellingham, a merchant, in the lobby of the House of Lords)
  • Also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Dealt with the madness of George III and economic depression, successfully pursued the Peninsular War
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Andrew Bonar Law

commonly referred to as just Bonar Law

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  • Dates: 1858-1923
  • In Office: 1922-1923
  • Party: Conservative
  • Education: High School of Glasgow
  • MP for Glasgow Central
  • Only PM to have been born outside the British Isles (New Brunswick, now in Canada)
  • Shortest serving PM of 20th century (211 days)
  • Became PM due to Conservative backbenchers’ decision to withdraw from the Lloyd George Coalition, resigned due to ill health and died six months later
  • Was Conservative Party leader for over 10 years
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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

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  • Dates: 1757-1844
  • In Office: 1801-1804
  • Party: Tory (Pittite)
  • Education: Winchester; Brasenose College, Oxford
  • MP for Devizes
  • Best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with France
  • Although Addington had been a Pittite, and had invited Pitt to join his government, Pitt went into opposition and ousted him
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Winston Churchill

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  • Dates: 1874-1965
  • In Office: 1940-1945; 1951-1955
  • Party: Conservative
  • Education: Harrow, Sandhurst
  • MP for
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