U.K. Prime Ministers

Question 1

Spencer Perceval

Answer 1

• 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

Question 2

Andrew Bonar Law

commonly referred to as just Bonar Law

Answer 2

• 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

Question 3

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Answer 3

• 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

Question 4

Winston Churchill

Answer 4

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