Prime Minister | Term of office | School | University | Degree | Professional training |
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Walpole, Robert Robert Walpole | 1721–1742 | Eton College | Cambridge (King's Coll.) | 1696–98, did not graduate (LL.D. 1728) [2] | |
Compton, Spencer Spencer Compton Earl of Wilmington | 1742–1743 | St Paul's School | Oxford (Trinity Coll.) | 1690–?, did not graduate (D.C.L. 1730) [3] | Inns of Court: Middle Temple |
Pelham, Henry Henry Pelham | 1743–1754 | Westminster School | Cambridge (King's Coll.) | 1709–10 [4] | |
Oxford (Hart Hall) | 1710–?, did not graduate [5] |
Pelham-Holles, Thomas Thomas Pelham-Holles Duke of Newcastle | 1754–1756 1757–1762 | Westminster School | Cambridge (Clare Coll.) | 1710–?, did not graduate (LL.D. 1728) [6] | |
Cavendish, William William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire | 1756–1757 | — [7] | — | — | |
Stuart, John John Stuart Earl of Bute | 1762–1763 | Eton College | Groningen University | Civil law 1730–32 [8] | |
Leiden University | Civil law 1732–34, graduated 1734 [9] |
Grenville, George George Grenville | 1763–1765 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1730–?, did not graduate [10] | Inns of Court: Inner Temple |
Watson-Wentworth, Charles Charles Watson-Wentworth Marquess of Rockingham | 1765–1766 1782 | Westminster School | — [11] | — | |
Pitt, William 1 William Pitt the Elder Earl of Chatham | 1766–1768 | Eton College | Oxford (Trinity Coll.) | 1727–28, did not graduate [12] | |
Utrecht University | 1728 [13] |
FitzRoy, Augustus Augustus FitzRoy Duke of Grafton | 1768–1770 | Westminster School | Cambridge (Peterhouse) | 1751–53, M.A. 1753 [14] | |
North, Frederick Frederick North | 1770–1782 | Eton College | Oxford (Trinity Coll.) | 1749–50, M.A. 1750 [15] | |
Leipzig University | 1751–52 [16] [17] |
Petty, William William Petty (FitzMaurice) Earl of Shelburne | 1782–1783 | — [18] | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1755–57, did not graduate [19] [20] | |
Cavendish-Bentinck, William William Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland | 1783 1807–1809 | Westminster School | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1755–57, M.A. 1757 [21] | |
Pitt, William 2 William Pitt the Younger | 1783–1801 1804–1806 | — [22] | Cambridge (Pembroke Coll.) | 1773–76, M.A. 1776 [23] |
Addington, Henry Henry Addington | 1801–1804 | Winchester College | Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) | 1774–78, B.A. 1778 (M.A. 1780) [24] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Grenville, William William Grenville Lord Grenville | 1806–1807 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1776–80, B.A. 1780 [25] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Perceval, Spencer Spencer Perceval | 1809–1812 | Harrow School | Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | 1780–82, M.A. 1782 [26] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Jenkinson, Robert Robert Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool | 1812–1827 | Charterhouse School | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1787–90, M.A. 1790 [27] | |
Canning, George George Canning | 1827 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1787–91, B.A. 1791 (M.A. 1794) [28] | |
Robinson, Frederick John Frederick J. Robinson Viscount Goderich | 1827–1828 | Harrow School | Cambridge (St John's Coll.) | 1799–1802, M.A. 1802 [29] | |
Wellesley, Arthur Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington | 1828–1830 1834 | Eton College | — | — | French Royal Academy of Equitation, Angers |
Grey, Charles Charles Grey Earl Grey | 1830–1834 | Eton College | Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | 1781–83, did not graduate [30] | |
Lamb, William William Lamb Viscount Melbourne | 1834 1835–1841 | Eton College | Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | 1796–99, M.A. 1799 [31] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Glasgow University | Resident pupil of Prof. John Millar 1799–1801 [32] |
Peel, Robert Robert Peel | 1834–1835 1841–1846 | Harrow School | Oxford (Christ Church) | Classics and Mathematics 1805–08, B.A. 1808 (M.A. 1814) [33] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Russell, John John Russell Earl Russell | 1846–1852 1865–1866 | Westminster School | Edinburgh University | Resident pupil of Prof. John Playfair 1809–12 [34] | |
Smith-Stanley, Edward Edward Smith-Stanley Earl of Derby | 1852 1858–1859 1866–1868 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | Classics 1817–20, did not graduate [35] [36] | |
Hamilton-Gordon, George George Hamilton-Gordon Earl of Aberdeen | 1852–1855 | Harrow School | Cambridge (St John's Coll.) | 1800–04, M.A. 1804 [37] | |
Temple, Henry John Henry John Temple Viscount Palmerston | 1855–1858 1859–1865 | Harrow School | Edinburgh University | Resident pupil of Prof. Dugald Stewart 1800–03 [38] [39] | |
Cambridge (St John's Coll.) | 1803–06, M.A. 1806 [40] |
Disraeli, Benjamin Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield | 1868 1874–1880 | Dr Cogan's School, Walthamstow | — | — | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Gladstone, William William Ewart Gladstone | 1868–1874 1880–1885 1886 1892–1894 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | Classics and Mathematics 1828–32: B.A. 1832 (M.A. 1834) [41] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Marquess of Salisbury | 1885–1886 1886–1892 1895–1902 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | Mathematics 1847–50, B.A. 1850 (M.A. 1853), Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1853 [42] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Primrose, Archibald Archibald Primrose Earl of Rosebery | 1894–1895 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | 1866–68, did not graduate [43] [44] | |
Balfour, Arthur Arthur Balfour | 1902–1905 | Eton College | Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | Moral Sciences 1866–70, B.A. 1870 (M.A. 1874) [45] | |
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 1905–1908 | High School of Glasgow | Glasgow University | Greek and Logic 1851–53 [46] | |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | Classics 1854–58, B.A. 1858 (M.A. 1861) [47] |
Asquith, Herbert Henry H. H. Asquith | 1908–1916 | City of London School | Oxford (Balliol Coll.) | Classics 1870–74, B.A. 1874, Fellow 1874–82 [48] | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Lloyd George, David David Lloyd George | 1916–1922 | Llanystumdwy National School | — | — | Solicitor |
Law, Bonar Bonar Law | 1922–1923 | High School of Glasgow | Glasgow University | Extramural student 1879–80 [49] | |
Baldwin, Stanley Stanley Baldwin | 1923–1924 1924–1929 1935–1937 | Harrow School | Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) | History 1885–88, B.A. 1888 (M.A. 1892) [50] | |
Mason College | Metallurgy |
Macdonald, Ramsay Ramsay MacDonald | 1924 1929–1935 | Drainie Parish School | Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution | Extramural student 1886–87 [51] [52] | |
Chamberlain, Neville Neville Chamberlain | 1937–1940 | Rugby School | Mason College | Metallurgy 1887–89 [53] | |
Churchill, Winston Winston Churchill | 1940–1945 1951–1955 | Harrow School | — | — | RMC Sandhurst |
Attlee, Clement Clement Attlee | 1945–1951 | Haileybury College | Oxford (University Coll.) | Modern History 1901–04, B.A. 1904 (M.A.) [54] | Inns of Court: Inner Temple |
Eden, Anthony Anthony Eden | 1955–1957 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | Persian and Arabic 1919–22, B.A. 1922 (M.A.) | |
Macmillan, Harold Harold Macmillan | 1957–1963 | Eton College | Oxford (Balliol Coll.) | Classics 1912–14, did not graduate | |
Douglas-Home, Alec Alec Douglas-Home Earl of Home | 1963–1964 | Eton College | Oxford (Christ Church) | Modern History 1922–25, B.A. 1925 (M.A.) | |
Wilson, Harold Harold Wilson | 1964–1970 1974–1976 | Royds Hall Grammar School; Wirral Grammar School for Boys | Oxford (Jesus Coll.) | PPE (transferred from Modern History) [55] 1934–37, B.A. 1937 (M.A.) Fellow of University Coll. 1938–45 [56] | |
Heath, Edward Edward Heath | 1970–1974 | Chatham House Grammar School | Oxford (Balliol Coll.) | PPE 1935–39, B.A. 1939 (M.A.) | |
Callaghan, James James Callaghan | 1976–1979 | Northern Secondary School, Portsmouth | — | — | Civil Service: Inland Revenue |
Thatcher, Margaret Margaret Thatcher | 1979–1990 | Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School | Oxford (Somerville Coll.) | Chemistry 1943–47, B.A. 1947 (M.A. 1950) | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Major, John John Major | 1990–1997 | Rutlish School | — | — | Correspondence course in banking |
Blair, Tony Tony Blair | 1997–2007 | Fettes College | Oxford (St John's Coll.) | Law 1972–75, B.A. 1975 (M.A.) | Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Brown, Gordon Gordon Brown | 2007–2010 | Kirkcaldy High School | Edinburgh University | History 1967–82, M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1982, [57] University Rector 1972–75 [58] | |
Cameron, David David Cameron | 2010–2016 | Eton College | Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) | PPE 1985–88, B.A. 1988 (M.A.) | |
May, Theresa Theresa May | 2016–2019 | Holton Park Girls' Grammar School | Oxford (St Hugh's Coll.) | Geography 1974–77, B.A. 1977 (M.A.) | |
Johnson, Boris Boris Johnson | 2019–2022 | Eton College | Oxford (Balliol Coll.) | Classics 1983–87, B.A. 1987 (M.A.) | |
Truss, Liz Liz Truss | 2022 | Roundhay School | Oxford (Merton Coll.) | PPE 1993–96, B.A. | |
Rishi Sunak | 2022–2024 | Winchester College | Oxford (Lincoln Coll.) | PPE 1998–2001, B.A. | |
Stanford University | Business administration 2004–06, M.B.A. 2006 [59] |
Keir Starmer | 2024–present | Reigate Grammar School | Leeds University | Law 1982–85, LL.B. 1985 | Inns of Court: Middle Temple |
Oxford (St Edmund Hall) | Law 1985–86, B.C.L. 1986 |
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