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This is a list of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. This table can be sorted to display prime ministers of the United Kingdom by name, order of office, date of birth, age at appointment, length of retirement, or lifespan. Age at appointment is determined by the day a prime minister assumed office for the first time. Length of retirement is determined from the day a prime minister ...
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the principal minister of the crown of His Majesty's Government, and the head of the British Cabinet.. There is no specific date for when the office of prime minister first appeared, as the role was not created but rather evolved over time through a merger of duties. [1]
The oldest prime minister to be appointed overall, and oldest to win a General Election, was William Ewart Gladstone, who was born on 29 December 1809 and appointed for the final time on 15 August 1892 at the age of 82 years and 231 days, following that year's General Election.
Prime Minister of Turkey (1937–1939) 1883: 1986: 103 years, 98 days President of Turkey (1950–1960) 3: Antoine Pinay: Prime Minister of France (1952–1953) 1891: 1994: 102 years, 348 days 4: André Prunet-Foch: French Viguier in Andorra (1977–1980) 1914: 2017: 102 years, 211 days 5: Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni: Prime Minister of Japan ...
Prime Minister of India: Parliamentary republic 26 May 2014 10 years, 267 days Gaston Browne: Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda: Constitutional monarchy 13 June 2014 10 years, 249 days Saara Kuugongelwa: Prime Minister of Namibia: Semi-presidential republic: 21 March 2015 9 years, 333 days Keith Rowley: Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Since regular parliamentary government was established by the start of the UK Parliament, contenders for longest span of continuous service include the four brothers Sir Robert Peel (also twice prime minister), William Yates Peel, Jonathan Peel and Edmund Peel, with a span of 59 years from Robert's by-election return on 15 April 1809 as MP for ...
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.
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 .