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Jan 16, 2022 · 1754. Henry Pelham. 1742. 1743. Spencer Compton. 1721. 1742. Sir Robert Walpole. The official residence of the British Prime Ministers – Number 10 Downing Street, London – was built in about 1680 by Sir George Downing, a diplomat, spy and traitor, whom the diarist, Samuel Pepys called “a perfidious rogue”.
Prime Ministers of Britain since 1721 including Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and Robert Walpole. Ellen Castelow. 38 min read. The Prime Minister is the political leader of the United Kingdom and is the head of the Government. There were 15 Prime Ministers during the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, some more than once.
Jul 7, 2022 · British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a resignation speech outside 10 Downing St. in London on Thursday. Johnson is bowing out after his government hemorrhaged dozens of ministers and junior ...
Sep 6, 2022 · Liz Truss has officially become PM. Truss flew to Scotland to meet the Queen on Tuesday, the final, formal step in her ascension to prime minister. She beat rival Rishi Sunak in the Conservative ...
Robert Walpole is regarded as the first prime minister; he became First Lord of the Treasury of Great Britain in 1721. This list includes all prime ministers of the Kingdom of Great Britain, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the modern-day United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
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.
Apr 18, 2017 · Thatcher was Britain’s first female British prime minister and the country’s longest serving leader for more than 150 years. She bolstered her reputation by leading the country to war against Argentina to reclaim the Falkland Islands. Her government followed a radical program of privatization and deregulation that profoundly changed the ...
