Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Records of Prime Ministers of Great Britain and Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom:

Period of service

Robert Walpole, the longest-serving Prime Minister (1721–1742)

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.

George Canning, who served the shortest total period as an effective Prime Minister (1827)

The shortest period in office is more confused, depending on the criteria. The shortest ever period was only two days, a record held by the Earl of Bath, from 10 February to 12 February 1746, who was asked to form a government but was unable to find more than one person who would agree to serve in his cabinet. A satirist of the time wrote: "the minister to the astonishment of all wise men never transacted one rash thing; and, what is more marvellous, left as much money in the Treasury as he found in it." The 2nd Earl Waldegrave was prime minister for four days, from 8 June to 12 June 1757. However, since neither of these Earls actually formed an effective government, there are other contenders for the record of shortest term of office among those who actually governed the country.

In November 1834, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington declined to become Prime Minister in favour of Sir Robert Peel but formed a "caretaker" administration for 25 days (17 November 1834 – 9 December 1834) while Peel returned from Europe. However, as a caretaker administration this might not necessarily be considered a term of office in its own right.

Therefore, of those with clear and effective terms, the Prime Minister with the shortest single one was Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, whose second term lasted 96 days from 27 March 1782 until his death on 1 July 1782. However, combined with his first term (13 July 1765 – 30 July 1766) his total time in office was 1 year and 113 days, which exceeds the total periods of several other Prime Ministers. (The Duke of Wellington had also served as prime minister between 1828 and 1830.)

Consequently, the Prime Minister with the total shortest period in office was George Canning, whose sole term lasted 119 days from 10 April 1827 until his death on 8 August 1827.

Other notables

The Prime Minister with the longest period between the start of their first appointment and the end of their final term was William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, whose first term began on 2 April 1783 and his second and final term ended on 4 October 1809.

Portland also holds the record for the longest period between terms—his first term ended on 19 December 1783 and his second term did not start until 31 March 1807.

Number of terms

William Ewart Gladstone, appointed Prime Minister more times than any other and the oldest person ever appointed to the office

A Prime Minister's "term" is traditionally regarded as the period between their appointment and resignation, dismissal (or death, in the case of those who die in office), with the number of general elections taking place in the intervening period making no difference.

The only Prime Minister to serve four terms under that definition was William Ewart Gladstone (3 December 1868 – 20 February 1874, 23 April 1880 – 23 June 1885, 1 February 1886 – 25 July 1886 and 15 August 1892 – 5 March 1894).

Age at appointment

William Pitt the Younger, the youngest ever Prime Minister

The youngest Prime Minister to be appointed was William Pitt the Younger on 19 December 1783 at the age of 24 years, 6 months and 21 days.

The oldest Prime Minister to be appointed for the first time was Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston on 6 February 1855 at the age of 70 years, 3 months and 17 days.

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, 7 months and 3 days, following that year's General Election.

Age on leaving office

The youngest Prime Minister to leave office was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who retired in 1770, aged 34. The oldest was Gladstone, who was 84 at the time of his final retirement in 1894.

Longest lived

The longest-lived Prime Minister was James Callaghan, Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, who was born on 27 March 1912 and died on 26 March 2005 at the age of 92 years 364 days, which was the day before his 93rd birthday. Prior to this the longest living Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan, Earl of Stockton, who was born on 10 February 1894 and died on 29 December 1986 (aged 92 years 322 days).

Of the three former Prime Ministers currently alive, the oldest is John Major, who was born on 29 March 1943 and is 73 years old. If he is still alive on 29 March 2036 (his 93rd birthday), he will surpass Callaghan's record and become the longest-lived Prime Minister.

Shortest lived

The shortest-lived Prime Minister was William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, who was born on 8 May 1720 and died on 2 October 1764 at the age of 44 years and 147 days.

Intervals between terms of office

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland was out of office between his two terms for 23 years 101 days, from 19 December 1783 to 31 March 1807.

The shortest interval (or "fastest comeback") was achieved by William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, who was out of office after being dismissed on 14 November 1834 but returned following the end of successor Robert Peel's first ministry on 18 April 1835 – 155 days (under six months) later.

Longest lived after office

The Prime Minister who lived the longest after leaving office for the final time was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, who left office on 28 January 1770 and died on 14 March 1811, a total of 41 years, and 45 days.

Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who lived the shortest after leaving office

In recent years, the Prime Minister who lived the longest after leaving office was Sir Edward Heath, whose term ended on 4 March 1974; he died on 17 July 2005, 31 years and 135 days later.

Shortest lived after office

The Prime Minister who lived the shortest period after leaving office was Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who resigned on 3 April 1908 and died just nineteen days later on 22 April 1908, while still resident in 10 Downing Street.

Foreign Born Prime Ministers

Only three Prime Ministers have been born outside of the island of Great Britain:

Both the Earl of Shelburne and the Duke of Wellington were born in Dublin, Ireland before the Union of 1801 (Both had actually served in the Parliament there).
Bonar Law was born in the colony of New Brunswick in what is now Canada, the only Prime Minister born outside the United Kingdom.

Ethnic Minority Prime Ministers

First British Prime Minister of Asian descent - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool whose mother was half-British, half-Indian,[1] making him Anglo-Indian.[2]

First ethnically Jewish British Prime Minister - Benjamin Disraeli (although religiously he converted to the Church of England in youth).

Two other Prime Ministers are known to have had Jewish ancestors:

Religious Minority Prime Ministers

Britain's Prime Ministers have been predominately Church of England by denomination, in an office which has had input into the appointment of that Church's bishops. The first to hold the office from outside the English established church was John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, who was a member of the Scottish Episcopal Church, while Augustus Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton was the first to convert away by formally becoming a Unitarian, after leaving office. Tony Blair is the only British Prime Minister to become a Roman Catholic, albeit he converted after leaving office.

Prime Ministers of other denominations (when in office, unless otherwise stated) were:

Scottish Episcopal Church:

Unitarian Church:

Church of Ireland:

Church of Scotland:

Congregationalist Church:

Baptist Church:

Free Church of Scotland:

Methodist Church:

Roman Catholic Church:

Judaism:

Disabled Prime Ministers

At least six Prime Ministers are known to have been physically disabled when in office:

Others became disabled after leaving office, notably:

General Elections

Most Prime Ministers in office between General Elections

There have been two intervals between General Elections, both in the 18th century, when on both occasions five successive Prime Ministers were in office.

In modern times, since members of the House of Lords ceased to hold Prime Ministerial office (after 1902), there were three Prime Ministers in office between the General Elections of 1935 and 1945: Stanley Baldwin (retired 28 May 1937), Neville Chamberlain (resigned 10 May, and subsequently died 1940), and Winston Churchill (until dissolution of the parliament).

Most General Elections contested

The most number of General Elections contested by an individual is 6. Herbert Henry Asquith contested the January 1910, December 1910, 1918, 1922, 1923, and the 1924 General Elections.

The most number of General Elections lost by an individual is 5. Charles James Fox was unsuccessful after contesting the 1784, 1790, 1796, 1801 co-option, and 1802 General Elections, and subsequently never became Prime Minister. The most number of General Elections won by an individual is 4. Robert Walpole, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, William Ewart Gladstone, and Harold Wilson would all win 4 General Elections.

Age at losing a General Election

The youngest person to be on the losing side at a General Election was Charles James Fox, who led his Whig Party to defeat in the 1784 General Election when aged 35. The youngest Prime Minister to be on the losing side at a General Election was Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, who, having resigned his ministry in May 1895, led his Liberal Party to defeat in the General Election the following month when aged 48. Since peers ceased to hold this office (1902), the youngest losing Prime Minister was John Major, at 54 years and 33 days when the Conservative Party lost the 1997 General Election.

William Ewart Gladstone, was the oldest, at 76 years, when his party lost the 1886 General Election, although he returned to office in 1892. The oldest Prime Minister to be defeated without returning to office was Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield who was 75 when the Conservative Party lost the 1880 General Election.

Age at winning a General Election

The youngest Prime Minister to be on the winning side at a General Election was William Pitt the Younger, who led his Tory Party to victory in the 1784 General Election when aged 25. In recent years, the youngest Prime Minister to be on the winning side at a General Election was David Cameron, who was 43 years and 209 days old when he led his Conservative Party to victory in the 2010 General Election.

William Ewart Gladstone, was the oldest. He was 82 years of age when he returned to office after his Liberal Party were successful in the 1892 General Election. The oldest Prime Minister to be victorious at a General Election for the first time was Viscount Palmerston, who was 72 years of age when his Whig Party won the 1857 General Election.

Prime Ministers in office without a General Election

Thirteen Prime Ministers have held office without the holding of a General Election in bringing them to office, while holding office, or following the end of their office, usually by serving terms sandwiched between the victor of one election and the one who faced the next. Chronologically they were:

Prime Ministers who served from, or later entered, the House of Lords

John Russell was unique in serving one entire term at Downing Street as Commons MP, when known as Lord John Russell (as younger son of a Duke of Bedford) in 1846-52, and his second and last entirely as a member of the Lords as 1st Earl Russell in 1865-66, having been raised to the peerage between terms in 1861.

Without counting Earl Russell, eighteen Prime Ministers served their entire terms from the House of Lords where they were already members, chronologically:

(The five Prime Ministers asterisked in the above list never served in the House of Commons during their political careers.)

Three Prime Ministers were elevated from the Commons to the House of Lords during their terms through being raised to the peerage:

Frederick North, Lord North succeeded to his father's peerage as 2nd Earl of Guilford in 1790 after being in office.

Alec Douglas-Home disclaimed his hereditary peerage as 14th Earl of Home 4 days after coming to office in 1963 (under the Peerage Act of that year), giving up his seat in the Lords and subsequently sat in the Commons after succeeding in a by-election, pending which for 20 days he held office from neither House. He returned to the Lords when made life peer as Baron Home of The Hirsel in 1974.

Eleven Prime Ministers have served their entire terms as Members of the House of Commons but were elevated to the House of Lords afterwards by being created peers:

In contrast 16 Prime Ministers preceding the current (David Cameron) have never become members of the House of Lords. Henry Pelham (served 1743 to his death in 1754) was the first to be a lifelong 'Commoner' but the convention of Prime Ministers leading from the House of Commons only became established in the 20th century.

Holders of Irish peerages (with the exception of 28 Irish representative peers allowed after 1801, who were elected from among their peers) legally did not sit in the House of Lords in the Parliaments of Great Britain and the United Kingdom, but were allowed to sit in the House of Commons. Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston was the only Irish peer to serve as Prime Minister, thus leading from the House of Commons.

Service in House of Commons

The shortest period between entering Parliament and being appointed Prime Minister was William Pitt the Younger who became Prime Minister two years after first becoming an MP. The longest period of service as an MP before becoming Prime Minister was 47 years for Lord Palmerston.

The oldest debut of a future Prime Minister as MP was by Neville Chamberlain who was elected, aged 49 years 261 days, at general election in 1918.[16]

The youngest at first election was Augustus Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, who was elected at by election on 10 December 1756 aged 21 years and 73 days.

The shortest period as an MP enjoyed by a Prime Minister was nearly 5 months, representing two successive seats (the first of which he only held for 11 days before being elected for his second) in the case of Augustus Fitzroy, Earl of Euston, who was in the Commons from 10 December 1756 until going to the House of Lords when he succeeded his father as 3rd Duke of Grafton on 6 May 1757, eleven years before his term of office began.

The longest service as MP was enjoyed by Sir Winston Churchill, who sat for a total of 63 years and 360 days, for five successive seats, between 1 October 1900 and retiring on 25 September 1964, excluding two intervals out of parliament (in 1908 and 1922–24). He was in the Commons throughout both his terms as Prime Minister, and his service covered the terms of eleven other Prime Ministers, from the Marquess of Salisbury to Alec Douglas-Home, but did not serve under Bonar Law who was in office when Churchill was briefly out of parliament.

Of intervals between service in the Commons, Alec Douglas-Home had the longest between renouncing his seat at Lanark on 11 July 1951 after succeeding his father and going to the House of Lords as 14th Earl of Home, and gaining his next seat at Kinross and Western Perthshire in a by-election on 7 November 1963 - a total of 12 years 123 days - after becoming Prime Minister and disclaiming his hereditary peerage.

Armed forces veterans

The earliest Prime Minister to be an armed forces veteran was Henry Pelham, Prime Minister 1746-54, who had served as a volunteer soldier in Dormer's regiment during the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and fought at the Battle of Preston that year against the Jacobite forces.

As of 2016 the last Prime Minister to be an armed forces veteran was James Callaghan, Prime Minister 1976-79, who served in the Royal Navy in World War II, from 1942 to 1945, seeing action with the East Indies Fleet and reaching the rank of Lieutenant. He was the only future Prime Minister to serve in the navy rather than the army.

In contrast to many nations, Britain has had only two Prime Ministers who have been military generals: William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister 1782-83, who was promoted from Lieutenant-General to full General in the British Army in the latter year, and the Duke of Wellington, who achieved the supreme rank of Field Marshal in 1813. He was PM twice, in 1828-30 and 1834, in the interval between his two terms as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces. During his military career he took part in some 60 battles, seeing more wartime combat than any other future Prime Minister.

No future Prime Ministers have yet served in the flying services, although Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister 1937-40, and Winston Churchill, Prime Minister 1940-45 and 1951–55, were honorary Air Commodores in the Auxiliary Air Force during their respective terms of office.

Active service veterans

Jacobite Rising 1715:

Jacobite Rising 1745;

Seven Years' War:

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars:

In addition, the following served in home based militia, volunteer or yeomanry units raised during the same wars but were not deployed abroad:

Mahdist War:

Boer War:

First World War:

Second World War:

Note: Anthony Eden and Alec Douglas Home were Territorial Army officers at outbreak of war in 1939 but neither were mobilised and the latter was invalided due to disabling spinal tuberculosis.

Decorated

Winston Churchill in honorary air commodore's uniform, displaying the ribbons of some of his decorations.
The Duke of Wellington wearing decorations representing several nations.

The most decorated British Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, who received a total of 38 orders, decorations and medals,[17] from the United Kingdom and thirteen other states (on continents of Europe, Africa, Asia and North America). Ten were awarded for active service as an Army officer in Cuba, India, Egypt, South Africa, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium. The greater number of awards were given in recognition of his service as a minister of the British government.[18][19]

Churchill was also the first and so far only British Prime Minister to receive a Nobel Prize (for Literature, in 1953).

The most widely decorated Prime Minister by the number of states from which he received honours was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH who is known to have received 28 orders, decorations and medals from the United Kingdom and seventeen other states (all in Europe), in recognition of his military services.

The British order of knighthood most frequently conferred on Prime Ministers has been the Order of the Garter, of which 30 male Prime Ministers (beginning with Robert Walpole and later including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden) have been Knight Companions (KG) and the only female, Margaret Thatcher a Lady Companion (LG) of the Order. Nine Prime Ministers, including Thatcher, received it after serving the office. The only currently living (2015) Knight among them is Sir John Major.

The first and so far only Prime Minister to have received a British gallantry award was Anthony Eden who won the Military Cross (MC) while serving in the army in World War I, before entering parliament.

Number of living former Prime Ministers

None

After Robert Walpole, three other Prime Ministers have been in office at a time when no former Prime Ministers were alive:

One

After Earl of Wilmington, eleven other Prime Ministers have been in office at a time when only one former Prime Minister has been alive:

Most

The most living former Prime Ministers at any one time has been 5, which has happened several times: the first time was between January and November 1770, while Lord North was in office, and the Earl of Bute, George Grenville, the 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Pitt the Elder and the 3rd Duke of Grafton were still alive (Grenville died in November 1770); from 1964 to 1965, while Wilson was in office, with Clement Attlee; Winston Churchill; Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan; and Alec Douglas-Home (Churchill died in January 1965); from April 1976 to January 1977, while Callaghan was in office, with Anthony Eden; Harold Macmillan; Alec Douglas-Home; Harold Wilson; and Edward Heath (Eden died in January 1977); from May 1979 to December 1986, while Thatcher was in office, with Harold Macmillan; Alec Douglas-Home; Harold Wilson; Edward Heath; and James Callaghan (Macmillan died in December 1986); the most recent was between November 1990 and May 1995, while John Major was in office, and Douglas-Home, Wilson, Heath, Callaghan and Thatcher were still alive (Wilson died in May 1995).

Living former Prime Ministers

As of April 2016, there are three living former Prime Ministers. From oldest to youngest:

Prime Minister Term of office Date of birth
Sir John Major 1990–1997 29 March 1943
Gordon Brown 2007–2010 20 February 1951
Tony Blair 1997–2007 6 May 1953

The most recent death of a former Prime Minister was that of Margaret Thatcher (1979–90) on 8 April 2013, aged 87.

Died in office

Seven Prime Ministers have died in office:

Spencer Perceval is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated.

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Bonar Law each resigned during their respective final illnesses. Law died five months after his resignation, but Campbell-Bannerman lived only another 19 days, dying at 10 Downing Street, the only Prime Minister ever to do so. Others who died within the same year they were Prime Minister were 3rd Duke of Portland who died in 1809, 26 days after he left office, Andrew Bonar Law who died in 1923, and Neville Chamberlain, who died in 1940, six months (less a day) after he left office, of a cancer that was undiagnosed at the time of his resignation.

Died while immediate successor was in office

Nine Prime Ministers have died while their immediate successor was in office:

Among these Prime Ministers all of whom were older than their direct successors. 3rd Duke of Portland and Earl of Aberdeen are the only ones among this list who have both had direct successors to die in office.

Married

The longest-married Prime Minister was James Callaghan who was married to his wife Audrey for 66 years from July 1938 until her death on 15 March 2005.

Three Prime Ministers married while in office, all to second wives:

Widowed

Widowed the longest

Widowed the shortest

The British Prime Minister widowed the shortest is James Callaghan, who died on 26 March 2005. His wife, Audrey Callaghan, died on 15 March 2005, only 11 days before him.

Other widowed Prime Ministers

Divorced

Only two British Prime Ministers have been divorced:

Kindred Prime Ministers

At least 24 British Prime Ministers were related to at least one other Prime Minister by blood or marriage.

Fathers and Sons

Two sets of father and son have successively held the office:

Brothers

The only brothers to hold the office were Henry Pelham, who was succeeded on his death in 1754 by Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.

Full cousins

Pitt the Younger and Baron Grenville (who directly succeeded the latter in office) were the only set of full cousins to hold the office, their fathers being brothers-in-law.

Uncles and Nephews

There have been three blood uncle-nephew sets of Prime Ministers:

Great-great-uncle and great-great-nephew

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington was two-greats uncle of Spencer Perceval, whose mother, Catherine (nee Compton), Baroness Arden, was a blood great-niece of Wilmington.

Father-in-law and Son-in-law

William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, married in 1766 Lady Dorothy Cavendish, daughter of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (who had died in 1764).

Brothers-in-law

Uncle-in-law and Nephew-in-law

Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden. In 1952, during Churchill's second term, Eden married Clarissa, daughter of John Strange Spencer Churchill, Winston's brother, before succeeding to the office.

Great-uncle-in-law and Great-nephew-in-law

William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville was married from 1792 to Anne Pitt, daughter of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford who was a nephew of William Pitt the Elder.

Other connections

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire had family connections in different ways with five further Prime Ministers:

Lord John Russell, later 1st Earl Russell was connected in different ways to two further Prime Ministers:

Frederick North, Lord North (later 2nd Earl of Guilford) and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - North's granddaughter, Lady Maria North, married Bute's great-grandson John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury - Salisbury's paternal aunt Lady Georgiana Cecil married Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, Wellington's brother.

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery - Rosebery's son Neil Primrose, married in 1915 Lady Victoria Stanley, daughter of the 17th Earl of Derby and great-granddaughter of the 14th Earl.

Facial Hair

British male Prime Ministers when in office have been predominately clean shaven men, except for the following (as borne out by pictures):

Bearded:

Moustached when in office:

Side whiskers (sideburns):

Miscellaneous

The Prime Minister who had the most children is Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who fathered 17 children (16 legitimate, one illegitimate).

The tallest Prime Minister is believed to be Lord Salisbury, who was around 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) in height,[22] although Downing Street's own website lists 6-foot-1-inch (1.85 m) James Callaghan as the tallest.[23]

The longest personal name held by a British Prime Minister was that of the 14th Earl of Derby whose three forenames and double-barreled surname - Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley - total 32 letters. The shortest names, each 10 letters long, were held by the 3rd Earl of Bute who was plain John Stuart, and Sir Robert Peel.

The richest Prime Minister was Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, with a personal fortune of over £7 million (about £444 million in today's money).[24] The poorest was William Pitt the Younger, who was £40,000 (now over £1 million) in debt by 1800.

Three Prime Ministers ultimately died as a result of accidents:

See also

References

  1. ↑ D. Leonard 2008 Nineteenth-Century British Premiers: Pitt to Rosebery. Palgrave Macmillan: p. 82.
  2. ↑ Liverpool's mother, Amelia Jenkinson (nee Watts) was daughter of an East India Company official.
  3. ↑ Kenneth O. Morgan, Callaghan: A Life, 1997, p.5 "His father's mother was Elizabeth Bernstein, from Sheffield; he was, therefore, a quarter Jewish as well."
  4. ↑ "David Cameron 'could be a direct descendant of Moses'". The Times (London). 10 July 2009. (subscription required)
  5. ↑ Fischer, Joseph (1912). Hartvig Philip Rée og hans slægt; udg. paa Foranledning af Eduard Rée. Copenhagen. pp. 47, 56, 59, 61, 62 & 64
  6. ↑ The Legal Observer, or, Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 12 (1837?), p. 534
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  8. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 22. Oxford University Press. 2004. pp. 902–903. ISBN 0-19-861372-5.Article on Aberdeen by Muriel E. Chamberlain, section 'Religion and family'.
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  12. ↑ Spartacus Educational website biography on Harold Macmillan.
  13. ↑ Gaby Hinsliff (10 October 2009). "How Gordon Brown's loss of an eye informs his view of the world". The Observer. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013.
  14. ↑ Baldwin: A Biography by Keith Middlemass and John Barnes (1969), page 1070. Publisher, Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
  15. ↑ Balfour resigned on 5 December 1905 but was immediately succeeded by his then Liberal opponent, Campbell-Bannerman, who did not hold the next General Election until January 1906. Balfour contested this as Leader of the Conservative Party and lost.
  16. ↑ Dermot Englefield (1995), Facts About the British Prime Ministers, H.W. Wilson Co, ISBN 978-0-8242-0863-9
  17. ↑ Medals in this context mean wearable awards, not including prize medals such as those accompanying the Nobel Prizes.
  18. ↑ The Orders, Decorations and Medals of Sir Winston Churchill – The Churchill Centre
  19. ↑ Before Churchill, the most decorated was the 1st Duke of Wellington, whose orders, decorations and medals totaled at least 28, according to the Wikipedia article on his honours.
  20. ↑ Trahair, R.C.S. (1994). From Aristotelian to Reaganomics: A Dictionary of Eponyms With Biographies in the Social Science. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 72. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  21. ↑ Bernstein, Jonathan (2006). Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang. Canongate U.S. p. 65. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  22. ↑ Englefield, Dermot; Janet Seaton; Isobel White (1995). Facts About the British Prime Ministers. Mansell. p. 374.
  23. ↑ "James Callaghan". 10 Downing Street.
  24. ↑ "Richest British Prime Minister". guinnessworldrecords.com. Retrieved 12-04-2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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