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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
When was Margaret Thatcher the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
It was probably Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (previously known as Ceylon). She was the widow of Solomon Bandaranaike, a former prime minister, who was assassinated in 1959. She was elected in 1960, the first time any country had a woman prime minister.
British prime minister at the Munich conference?
Neville Chamberlain.
He has also been described as Hitler's best bodyguard, having in one way or another thwarted several well-planned attempts to assassinate him both before and after the War started.
Which british prime minister is accoisated with appeasment?
The United Kingdom's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
How many kids did David Lloyd George have?
David Lloyd George had two daughters by his first wife, Mair, who died at the age of 17 in 1907, and Megan, who later became a Member of Parliament.
His second marriage, to Frances née Stevenson, may have produced one daughter, Jennifer.
Can the British Prime Minister be replaced by his party while in office?
Technically, this is done by the Queen in a short ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
She always chooses the leader of the political party with the majority in the House of Commons.
Changes of PM only happen after General Elections or when the party in power changes its leader.
Who was the British prime minister in November 1949?
Harold MacMillan- he took over from Anthony Eden when the latter resigned on 11th January '57, and was in office up until resigning in October '63 after being misdiagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, which in fact he didn't have.
Who was the British prime minister between 1951-1957?
Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS (3 Jan 1883 - 8 Oct 1967) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.
He was Deputy Prime Minister under Winston Churchill in the wartime coalition government, before leading the Labour Party to a landslide election victory over Churchill's Conservative Party at the 1945 General Election. He was the first Labour Prime Minister to serve a full Parliamentary term and the first to have a majority in Parliament.
He was in turn defeated by Winston Churchill in the 1951 election.
Who was the british prime minister during the revolutionary war?
Lord North (Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford) was Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Mostly as a result of the war, he was removed from office on a vote of no confidence in 1782.
Who is british prime minister in the french and Indian war?
Frederick, Lord North was the Prime Minister from the beginning of the war until shortly after the Battle of Yorktown when he was forced to resign in disgrace because of the British defeat in that battle. Charles Watson-Wentworth (Lord Rockingham) became Prime Minister after Lord North resigned however he died just 14 weeks later and William Petty, the Earl of Shelburne became Prime Minister. Lord Shelburne was the Prime Minister when the Treaty of Paris, which formally recognized American independence, was ratified.
British prime minister who imposed stamp act?
Prime Minister George Grenville imposed the stamp tax to raise revenues for a new military force
Who was the longest-serving British Prime Minister in the 20th century?
The Prime Minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 314 days from 4 April 1721 until 11 February 1742. This is also longer than the accumulated terms of any other Prime Minister.
Who was the first prime minister of England?
There never was a Prime Minister of England. At the time of the first prime minister England was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
The first prime minister of the UK was Robert Walpole (1676-1745). His period of office lasted from 1721-1742.
(The term 'prime minister' had no official standing in Britain till 1906. It was a more a nickname for the chief minister, who held the office of First Lord of the Treasury. However, there is unanimous agreement among historians that Walpole was the first prime minister of a cabinet style government responsible to Parliament).
Robert Walpole.
Who was the shortest british prime minister?
David Laws
Laws was appointed Chief Secretary of the Treasury (a Cabinet post, but the PM and Chancellor are the highest ranked leaders of the Treasury) on the 12th May 2010, shortly after he helped negotiate for the formation of the Coalition government. However, it was soon discovered that Laws had been claiming expenses for a home he shared with a sexual partner he was not legally partnership with, which was against the rules for claiming expenses. Laws had not wanted to do this as he would reveal the fact his sexual partner was male. He resigned from the Cabnet on the 19th May and was replaced by fellow Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander, who had just been appointed Secretary for Scotland.
Who was the British Prime Minister in 1958?
Sir Winston Churchill served as the Prime minister of England from 1951 to 1955, while Sir Anthony Eden remained in office from 1955 to 1957. From 1957 to 1963 Harold Mc Millan was the Prime Minister.
What is your past three ministers?
The last three British Prime Ministers are David Cameron, who is currently in office after being elected head of a Conservative / Liberal Democrat Coalition in May 2010, his predecessor Gordon Brown, who was Labour PM after taking over from Tony Blair in May 2007 after Blair resigned (Brown had up until then been Blair's Chancellor), and Tony Blair, who was elected in May 1997 but forced to resign exactly ten year's later following public opposition to his support for the Iraq War and his increased tendency to behave like a dictator.
Could the UK have a Muslim prime minister?
From purely a question of law, yes, there is no religious bar to the office of Prime Minister of the UK.
From a question of societal pressures and how Britons would feel about a Muslim coming to power as a Prime Minister, there are likely to be more obstacles. There would be two main arguments: the first would be how a member from a minority group could be expected to represent the will and views of the majority culture and the second would be a question of ideological loyalties. The first argument is an attempt to mask the cultural issues brought up in the second.
What socioeconomic class did churchill belong?
I think he could be Upper Class as his ancestors were Earls and they are in the rank below kings and queens :)
Edward Heath served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from June 19, 1970 to March 4, 1974. Prior to becoming the Prime Minister, he served as the Leader of the Opposition from March 1974 to February 1975 and from July 1965 to June 1970.
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1919?
David Lloyd George, who was the first Welshman to hold the office.
He replaced Herbert Asquith as Prime Minister in 1916 in the middle of WW1, following disagreements within the War Cabinet over policy in handling the conflict. He was present at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, was the PM who finally gave women the vote (although only if they were over 30), and was in office up until October 1922.
He died in 1945 aged 82, soon after the end of WW2 in Europe.
What is the length of the British prime minister?
Do you mean his HEIGHT, or how long he can be in office?!
If the former, I've no idea how tall the current Prime Minister David Cameron is, but if you're asking how long they can remain in office, then there's no fixed term. Unlike the US President, there's no limit to the amount of time a British Premier can stay in office- elections have to be held every five years (although they CAN be held after four if the governing Party thinks it's got a good chance of getting re-elected then), but the PM can stay on for as long as their health allows and for as long as they have the support both of their Party and the electorate.
Who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1965?
James Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1965.
Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1964 October 16 to 1970 June 19 and again from 1974 March 4 March to 1976 April 5.
Harold Wilson led the Labour Party from 1963 February 14 to 1976 April 5. A election in 1964 gave Labour a slim 4 seat majority in the assembly. However after the 1966 election their margin increased to 96 seats.
During Wilson's first term there was an unsuccessful attempt to avoid devaluing the pound. He re-nationalized the steel industry. Wilson allowed for social reforms while limiting immigration into the United Kingdom. Attempts were made to improve education, but a promise to raise the education age to 16 was left unfulfilled. Labour was defeated in 1970 by the Conservatives.
After the first 1974 election Labour was able to form a coalition with the Liberals to return to power. In Wilson's second term, there was increased social spending, with price controls and taxes on the rich. Wilson resigned in 1976 passing control to James Callaghan.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland contains England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which do not have separate prime ministers.
