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The first prime minister of the current United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland upon its creation in 1922 (when 26 Irish counties seceded and created the Irish Free State) was Andrew Bonar Law, [10] although the country was not renamed officially until 1927, when Stanley Baldwin was the serving prime minister.
The Prime Minister's Office was officially created in 1916 by David Lloyd George during the World War I, which marked the first formal recognition of the office of prime minister and established it as an independent institution from other entities within government, with staff to support the coordination of government policy. This development ...
He also served as First Lord of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Leader of the House of Commons, and is generally regarded as the de facto first prime minister of Great Britain. Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance, dubbed the "Robinocracy", [1] are a matter of scholarly debate, the period 1721–1742 is often used.
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.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli cultivated a public image as an imperialist with grand gestures such as conferring on Victoria the title "Empress of India". Robert Peel, often called the "model prime minister", [63] was the first to recognise this new role. After the successful Conservative campaign of 1841, J. W. Croker said in a letter to ...
David Lloyd George was Welsh and a first-language Welsh speaker, but was born in England. No prime minister has ever been born in Northern Ireland, Wales, or South West England. Four prime ministers were born outside the modern United Kingdom, the most recent being Boris Johnson (2019–2022).
Britain's longest serving prime minister in the 20th century and first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher is rated highly by many. Academics, members of Parliament , the general public and journalists alike have attempted to rank prime ministers of the United Kingdom .
Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom. There have been three female prime ministers, all Conservative. They have led the United Kingdom for a total of 14 years, 268 days. Margaret Thatcher – served May 1979 – November 1990, 11 years, 208 days. Theresa May – served July 2016 – July 2019, 3 years, 11 days.