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UK Prime Ministers
Head of her majestey's government, the Prime Minister office dates back to 1721. Prime Ministers traditionally live at 10 Downing Street in London. The Prime Minister is appointed by the queen, and is felt to inspire confidence in the House of Commons.
584 Questions
Who was the first british prime minister not to have been privatley educated?
John Major. Was a bus driver and the son of a bus driver.
When and why did the English become the British?
The simple is: They didn't! Great Britain is a union of states; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, in much the same way as the United States of America. The English come from England, The Scots from Scotland, the Welsh from Wales and the Irish from Northern Ireland. Collectively they are 'British' The simple analogy would be, "When and why did the Texans become American?"
I agree with the previous . I am from Scotland,which makes me Scottish,but Scotland is part of the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and NORTHERN IRELAND so I am British as well and happy to be so. There is nothing that Americans do that upsets Scots and some English people as when Americans call Britain England,why do they do this ? A craxy number of Americans seem to think that they are Irish or Scots so why do they call the Britain England? Another tip for American tourists, do what Harrison Ford did and go to Wales, it is a beautiful country and not like anywhere else.
Apparrently it was all 'England' at one time, it was the generic term for Britain until the natives objected. I think this was in the 1930s. It was accepted usage. I am English, I live in England & my country is the UK. These islands are the British Isles which make up Great Britain. I think that the people that did the objecting to the term 'England' were the Scottish Nationalists, if I remember my QI from Stepen Fry correctly...
Sorry, but NOPE, it was never " all 'England' " at any time, England was only used as a generic term for Britain by the English, (and still is by the majority of English to this day), if you ask non-English residents of the U.K. if the terms are synonymous you will get a resounding "NO!" from 99.999% of them, and might even come to some physical harm!.
The fact that people here in the United States call Britain "England" stems from the lack of education in Geography, not because they are stupid, unfortunately most people learn from television, and most of the talking heads don't know any better, though it is hard to excuse it when historians, economists and political experts make the same mistake, I've lost count of how many times I've heard how the U.K. referred to as England in serious documentaries.
Now this may seem pretty petty to most Americans reading this, but imagine if you were constantly called Californians, (Californians may think of themselves being called Texans), and hearing Californians and foreign people referring to how the Californian Army helped defeat Hitler, while the Californian Navy fought the Japanese after California was bombed at Pearl Harbor, how the Californians put a man on the moon, and on and on, you're probably mildly amused at this point thinking about it, but imagine it day in and day out, especially if you were in your own home state, and someone called you a Californian!!.... I guarantee you would tell them in no uncertain terms "I'm not ****ing Californian!!!"
Well, in Germany, it's also not very fixed. Most of the time we're saying "England" if we mean the UK but know it's not exactly the same. It's just very common and also there's no good equivalent to "UK" in German. Hardly anybody would say "Das Vereinigte Königreich", also "Großbritannian"= Great Britain isn't really fitting since it excludes Northern Ireland.
We tend to say "Briten" or "britisch" if we want to stress differences between British and Americans though. But except for that "Briten" sounds a bit too political correct in most ears :D
Who was the british prime minister in the late 1800s?
William Pitt The Younger was prime minister in 1800. In the late 1800s it was Robert Gascoyne-Cecil.
Neville Chamberlain - "Peace In Our Time".
What is the British prime minister plane?
Unlike the US President, the British Prime Minister does not have an official aircraft like Air Force One. He just uses a chartered executive airliner for trips abroad, any availalable such 'plane will do.
However, there have beena very few occasions when the Prime Minister has in in the past made use of The Queen's private jet, which is an old Vickers VC10.
Former US President Ronald Reagan
Who was the first woman prime minister of the UK?
Margaret Thatcher was the first and only (as of 2014) female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She also served as Prime Minister longer than any other in the twentieth century.
Which british prime minister introduced two home rule bills in the last 19th centruy?
William Gladstone
Who was Prime Minister after David Lloyd George?
Churchill. No, it was Andrew Bonar Law, the shortest serving Prime Minister of the 20th century.
How long was James Callaghan Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
Three years.
He replaced Harold Wilson, who resigned in 1976 through illness (not revealed at the time). And he was voted out in 1979, in favour of the Conservatives under Margaret Thatcher.
Who was british prime minister during the munich conference?
The british prime minister during the munich conference was Neville Chamberlaine
Is the british prime minister chosen by the house of lords?
Nope - He's usually the leader of the party with the majority of seats in the Government. Nothing to do with the House of Lords.
Who was the British prime minister when the World War 2 started?
World War 2 began earlier for Britain and Europe than it did for the USA; Britain entered the war on 3rd September 1939 after Hitler invaded Poland in breach of the Munich Agreement. At the time, the PM was Sir Neville Chamberlain- he sent an enormous British Expeditionary Force to support the French from Nazi invasion, but was forced to resign his office in February 1940 after Britain's disastrous retreat from Dunkirk.
He was replaced by Winston Churchill, who was in office until the end of the war in Europe in 1945 at the head of a Coalition Government. He was replaced in the General Election of May '45 by Clement Attlee, a Labour Prime Minister who was in office when the war ended against Japan.
Who is the most famous prime minister in the UK?
Winston Churchill during WW2. But maybe the slogan 'Cheer Winston:Vote Labour' said a great deal at the time, (1945) Winston was popular because of his great leadership during the war rather than his party political attributes. Labour won the subsequent election. Margaret Thatcher was also very popular, but polarised opinion. In terms of parliamentary seats I think you'll find the answer is Tony Blair in 1997.
What was the Duke of Wellington's political significance?
He was a Tory Political leader and served twice as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
How many Jewish prime ministers were there in Great Britain history?
None. All British Prime Ministers were Christian and most were Anglican Christians.
Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli was an ethnic Jew, but was religiously an Anglican Christian.
Who was the British Prime Minister in 1861?
Henry John Temple, The Viscount Palmerston, was the British Prime Minister during that time period.
He was in office for the second time from June, 12 1859 - October, 18 1865
Who was British Prime minister between Churchill and Macmillan?
Anthony Eden- Churchill was elected for a second time at the 1951 elections, but although he served his full term of foffice as a peacetime leader, by the '55 elections he was becoming an old man and starting to lose his mental faculties. Eden had been his Chancellor, so took over a Conservative Party leader and was voted in.
Eden is chiefly remembered for having exacerbated, if not actually CREATED, the Suez Crisis of late 1956, which was one of the most dangerous incidents during the Cold War and nearly led to WW3. His failure to deal with this effectively led to him resigning in disgrace on 11th January '57 and being replaced by his own Chancellor, Harold MacMillan, who was in office until October 1963.
Who was the wealthiest british prime minister?
Edward Stanley was the richest...had a net worth of about 445 million...this was back in the 1700's
Has a british prime minister been killed in office?
Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to be assassinated, he was shot in 1820.
Does the Prime Minister of the UK have to be an MP?
No, he (or she) can in fact be a member of the House of Lords (I think) but this would be a very difficult (probably unworkable) situation. So perhaps I am saying the answer is in fact Yes....
Was sir Robert walpole was the first british prime minister?
Sir Robert Walpole was the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 April 4 to 1742 February 11.
Although he did not officially bear this title, as his title was First Lord of the Treasury, he is considered by many historians to be the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Walpole was the prime minister under King George I until 1727 June 11 when George I died and King George II took over.
At this time, the acts of Union of 1706 and 1707 had united Scotland and England into Great Britain. Ireland was still a separate Kingdom at this time.
