William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, 1738—1809.
20th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 and from 1807 to 1809. 20th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 and from 1807 to 1809 was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era. He served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford (1792–1809) and twice as the Prime Minister of Great Britain (1783) and then of the United Kingdom (1807–1809). The 24 years between his two terms as Prime Minister is the longest gap between terms of office of any British Prime Minister.
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844)
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth as a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, (25 October 1759 – 12 January 1834)
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville styled as Lord Grenville from 1790, was a British Pittite Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, though he was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic Wars.
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel,( 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964. He was the last prime minister to hold office while a member of the House of Lords, before disclaiming his peerage and taking up a seat in the House of Commons for the remainder of his premiership. His reputation, however, rests more on his two periods serving as Britain's foreign minister than on his brief premiership.
Edward Richard George Heath
The Most Noble Order of the Garter
Edward Richard George Heath; (July 9, 1916 - July 17, 2005) - British Conservative politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1970 to 1974, as party leader - the predecessor of Margaret Thatcher. Since 1992 he has held the title of Sir as a Knight of the Garter.
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (March 27, 1912 - March 26, 2005) - British Labor politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1976 to 1979, before an 18-year era of Conservative rule.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 – 1852)
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Tory statesman who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister. 25th (from 22 January 1828 to 22 November 1830) and 28th (from 17 November to 10 December 1834) Prime Minister of Great Britain. He ended the Napoleonic Wars when he defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Charles Gray, 2nd Earl Gray (1764 – 1845)
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from November 1830 to July 1834. A scion of the noble House of Grey and a member of the Whig Party, his government enacted the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in 1833.
William Lam, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1764 - 1845)
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848), in some sources called Henry William Lamb, was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and 27th and 30th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1834 and from 1835 to 1841. He is best known for being prime minister in Queen Victoria's early years and coaching her in the ways of politics, acting almost as her private secretary.
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1788 – 1850)
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850) was an English Conservative statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1834–1835 and 1841–1846) and twice as Home Secretary (1822–1827 and 1828–1830). He is regarded as the father of modern British policing, owing to his founding of the Metropolitan Police Service. Peel was one of the founders of the modern Conservative Party.
Sir John Major (1943)
Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Major served in the Thatcher government from 1987 to 1990 and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2001. Since Margaret Thatcher's death in 2013, he has been both the oldest and earliest-serving of all the living former British prime ministers.
Andrew Bonar Law
Andrew Bonar Law (September 16, 1858-October 30, 1923) Prime Minister of Great Britain, leader of the Conservative Party in 1916-1921 and 1922-1923.
Stanley Baldwin
British politician, member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, 55th, 57th and 59th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1923-1924, 1924-1929 and in 1935-1937.
James Ramsay MacDonald
British politician and statesman, twice served as 56th and 58th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1929-1931 and 1931-1935. In 1924 he served as the 48th British Foreign Secretary. One of the leaders and founders of the Labor Party.
Аrtur Neville Chamberlain
60 British Prime Minister, post held from May 28, 1937 – May 10, 1940.
Spencer Perceval KC (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812)
Spencer Perceval (1 November 1762 – 11 May 1812) was a British Tory politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1809 until 1812. He is the only solicitor-general or attorney-general to have become prime minister.
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, KG, PC, FRS (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828)
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, KG, PC, FRS (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. As prime minister, Liverpool called for repressive measures at domestic level to maintain order after the Peterloo Massacre of 1819. He also steered the country through the period of radicalism and unrest that followed the Napoleonic Wars.
George Canning FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827)
George Canning FRS (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from April to August 1827. He was Paymaster of the Forces (1800–01) and Treasurer of the Navy (1804–1806) under William Pitt the Younger. Canning was Foreign Secretary (1807–1809) under the Duke of Portland. Canning was the dominant figure in the cabinet and directed the seizure of the Danish fleet in 1807 to assure Britain's naval supremacy over Napoleon. Canning subsequently served under new Prime Minister the Earl of Liverpool as British Ambassador to Portugal (1814–1816), President of the Board of Control (1816–1821), and Foreign Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons (1822–1827).
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859)
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon, PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known between 1827 and 1833 as The Viscount Goderich (pronounced /ˈɡoʊdrɪtʃ/ godrich), the name by which he is best known to history, was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1827 to 1828. In the House of Commons he rose through junior ministerial ranks, achieving cabinet office in 1818 as President of the Board of Trade. In 1823 he was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, a post he held for four years. In 1827 he was raised to the peerage, and in the House of Lords was Leader of the House and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies.
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878)
32th Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1846-1852. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878), known by his courtesy title Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1852
Edward Stanley, 14th earl of Derby, (born March 29, 1799, Knowsley Park, Lancashire, England—died October 23, 1869, London)
33th Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1852-1852. Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (29 March 1799 – 23 October 1869) was a British statesman, three-time Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley.
George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864).
34th Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1852-1852. George John James Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen (28 September 1816 – 22 March 1864), styled Lord Haddo before 1860, was a British peer and Liberal Party politician.
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865)
35th Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1855-1858. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. He began his parliamentary career as a Tory, defected to the Whigs in 1830, and became the first prime minister from the newly-formed Liberal Party in 1859. He was highly popular with the British public. David Brown argues "an important part of Palmerston's appeal lay in his dynamism and vigour."
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953)
73th Prime Minister of Great Britain – 1997 – 2007. Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007.
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British statesman and Liberal politician. In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times, serving over 12 years
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC, FRS, DL (3 February 1830 – 22 August 1903) was a British statesman. He was styled Lord Robert Cecil before the death of his elder brother in 1865, Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until his father died in April 1868, and then the Marquess of Salisbury.
James Gordon Brown HonFRSE (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Blair government from 1997 to 2007. Brown was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1983 to 2015, first for Dunfermline East and later for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath. He is the most recent Labour politician and most recent Scottish politician to hold the office of Prime Minister.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill – (November 30, 1874, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock - January 24, 1965, Hyde Park Gate, London, Great Britain)
British statesman and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1940-1945 and 1951-1955; reserve soldier, journalist, writer, artist, honorary member of the British Academy (1952), laureate of the Nobel Prize in Literature (1953).
Clement Richard Attlee (January 3, 1883, London - October 8, 1967, London)
British politician, leader of the Labor Party and the 62nd Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Anthony Eden (1st Earl of Avon, June 12, 1897 - January 14, 1977)
British statesman, member of the British Conservative Party.
Maurice Harold Macmillan (1st Earl of Stockton; February 10, 1894, Chelsea - December 29, 1986, Chelwood Gate)
British politician, aristocrat, member of the Conservative Party of Great Britain, 65th Prime Minister of Great Britain (from 1957 to 1963).
Theresa Mary, Lady May, nee Brasier; genus. October 1, 1956, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK)
Theresa Mary, Lady May, born October 1, 1956, is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 in and has been the Member of Parliament (MP) since 1997.
In July 2016 May was elected Conservative Party leader and became the UK's second female prime minister after Margaret Thatcher. She is the first, and to date, the only woman to hold two of the Great Offices of State. She began the process of withdrawing the UK from the European Union in March 2017.
As Prime Minister, she carried out the Brexit negotiations with the European Union. She also oversaw a £20 billion increase in funding to the National Health Service. After versions of her draft withdrawal agreement were rejected by Parliament three times, she resigned and was succeeded by Boris Johnson, her former Foreign Secretary. She remains in the House of Commons as a backbencher.
William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chetham
Pitt's political career peaked during the Seven Years ' War of 1756-1763. Against the background of the unfavorable start of hostilities for Great Britain, George II in November 1756 was forced to turn to Pitt and instructed him to form a government. Although the Duke of Newcastle became the head of the cabinet from July 1757, the conduct of the war was actually led by Pitt. Subsidizing the army of the Prussian King Frederick II the Great in Europe, the main direction of the British armed forces chose India and North America. In October 1768, he resigned due to poor health. He died on his estate. Throughout his life, due to his outstanding speeches and leadership in the House of Commons, he was known as the "Great Commoner". He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708-11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who, as Minister of War during the Seven Years ' War, made an invaluable contribution to the establishment of Britain as a world colonial empire and was able to significantly increase the overseas possessions of the British Crown. He ended his career as Prime Minister (from 1766 to 1768). He was a distant relative of the Duke of Buckingham. He is often referred to as William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from the son of William Pitt the Younger, who led the British government during the Napoleonic Wars. 10 th Prime Minister of Great Britain. In October 1768, he resigned due to poor health. He died on his estate. Throughout his life, due to his outstanding speeches and leadership in the House of Commons, he was known as the «Great Commoner». He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (28 September 1735-14 March 1811) was the 11th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 14 October 1768 to 28 January 1770. Between 1747 and 1757, Augustus Fitzroy was known as the Earl of Euston and was a British statesman of the Whig Party of the Georgian era. He was one of the few dukes who were prime ministers. 11th Prime Minister of Great Britain. He died on 14 March 1811 in Euston, England.
In 1756, Augustus Fitzroy became Member of Parliament for the «pocket borough» of Boroughbridge. A few months later, he was elected to the House of Commons for Bury St Edmunds, which was run by his family. However, a year later, his grandfather died, and Augustus became the 3rd Duke of Grafton and entered the House of Lords. In 1765, the Duke of Grafton was appointed a privy councillor; he then became Secretary of the Northern Department in the first cabinet of the Marquess of Rockingham. However, he left it the following year, and Pitt (by then Earl of Chetham) formed a ministry in which Grafton was First Lord of the Treasury. He died on 14 March 1811 in Euston, England.
Lord Frederick North
Frederick North (13 April 1732, London, United Kingdom-5 August 1792) was the 12th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782, whose short-sighted policies during the American War of Independence cost Britain the loss of overseas colonies. 2 years before his death, he inherited the title of Earl of Guildford from his father.
Frederick North was born on 13 April 1732 in the family mansion in Piccadilly Street, London. A member of the upper strata of the British aristocracy, North was educated at Eton and Oxford. At the age of 22, he became a member of Parliament for the Tory party (which his father supported) and remained so until his death. When the nobleman turned 27, the Prime Minister, the Duke of Newcastle, appointed him Lord Treasurer.
Having succeeded the Duke of Grafton in February 1770, North remained at the head of the government for twelve of the most eventful years in the British history of the eighteenth century. The conservative King George III held the young prime minister in high regard, and the kingdom's previously unsettled finances seemed to have finally been put in order.
North's strict financial policy resulted in an uprising of American colonists. The first call was the Boston Tea Party, a reaction to the government's customs duties. Underestimating the strength and determination of the colonists to go to the end, he tried to bring them to submission by the policy of carrot and stick.
William Petty-FitzMaurice
William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (2 May 1737-7 May 1805) was an English statesman and member of the Whig Party. 1st Minister of the Interior of Great Britain from 27 March to 10 July 1782. 14th Prime Minister of Great Britain.
He first became a member of the British Parliament on 2 June 1760. Leader of the House of Lords (1782-1783).
Several times was a member of the cabinet. In 1766-1768, he was Secretary of State for the Colonies and tried to pursue a conciliatory policy towards America, but did not meet with the approval of the rest of the government and resigned.
Lord Shelbourne was the first British Home Secretary in Lord Rockingham's cabinet. During his short reign, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States. Shortly after his retirement, he received the title of Marquess of Lansdowne and retired from big politics. He was known as a philanthropist and art collector.
Arthur James Balfour (25 July 1848-19 March 1930)
Arthur James Balfour 1st Earl Balfour was a British statesman who succeeded his uncle, the Marquess of Salisbury, as the 50th Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1902. During the First World War (1916-19), he served as Foreign Secretary, then as Lord President of the Council (1919-1922, 1925-1929). In total, he spent almost half a century at the top of the British political Olympus.
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (5 December 1905-3 April 1908)
English politician. 51st Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1905 to 1908. He came from a family of large merchants from Glasgow, who held conservative views, but he himself made a career as a liberal. Since 1868, he has been a member of the House of Commons. He was financial Secretary to the War Office in 1871-1874 and 1880-1882, Secretary to the Admiralty (1882-1884), Minister for Ireland (1884-1885), Minister of War in the third Gladstone Ministry in 1886 and in the Fourth Gladstone Ministry and Rosebery Ministry in 1892-1895.
Herbert Henry Asquith (12 September 1852 — 15 February 1928)
British statesman and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the Liberal Party from 1908 to 1916. He was born in Morley, West Yorkshire, the son of wool merchant Joseph Dixon Asquith (1825-1860) and his wife Emily Williams, the second son in a family with two sons and three daughters.
In 1886, he was elected to Parliament for East Fife. He was re-elected several times from the same constituency, retaining his parliamentary seat until 1918. In 1892, he was appointed Home Secretary in the cabinet of William Gladstone. In 1893, during the coal strikes, Asquith sent 400 police officers to the mining town of Featherstone in Yorkshire to help the local authorities deal with the riots. To quell the riots, military units were also involved, which opened fire on the workers and killed two.
In 1908, Asquith was appointed Prime Minister by King Edward VII. During his tenure as head of Government, a number of important social and economic reforms were implemented, in particular the introduction of the social insurance system and the State pension system. In 1916, at the height of the First World War, the liberal leader of the coalition government, Herbert Asquith, lost the support of the House of Commons and resigned.
David Lloyd George (17 January 1863-26 March 1945)
British politician, the last Prime Minister of Great Britain from the Liberal Party (1916-1922). Born into a teacher's family, he trained as a barrister in Porthmadog in Wales, taking an active part in local political life. In 1890, he was elected as a Liberal member of Parliament. During the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902, he sharply opposed the policy of Great Britain. He was close friend of Winston Churchill.
David William Donald Cameron (9 October 1966)
British politician, leader of the Conservative Party (2005-2016), 75th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016). Cameron was born in the family of an aristocratic broker Ian Donald Cameron and his wife Mary Fleur (ur. Mount), in Marylebone (London). He graduated from Eton College and the University of Oxford (cum laude), where he studied politics, philosophy and economics. In Oxford, Cameron met Boris Johnson.
On the evening of 11 May 2010, Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced his resignation as head of Government and leader of the Labour Partyand submitted his resignation as Prime Minister to the Queen. On the same evening, the Queen's proposal to form a government was received by David Cameron. Cameron, 43, became Britain's youngest prime minister since 1812, when the 42-year-old Earl of Liverpool took over the government.
David Cameron has called for a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU. During the debate before the referendum, he spoke in favor of keeping the UK in the EU. On 23 June 2016, this referendum was held. Following the results of the referendum on Britain's membership in the EU, the supporters of the kingdom's exit from the European Union won. After the results were published, Prime Minister David Cameron made an address to the nation, where he announced his resignation, which will take place before the beginning of October 2016. The very conduct of the referendum was widely called a disastrous mistake by Cameron. After the referendum, he was accused of dividing the party and the country. Cameron planned to use the referendum as a lever of pressure in the negotiations with the European Union on many issues that did not suit the UK. He was so confident of the victory of the supporters of remaining in the EU that he even ordered to stop the preliminary assessment of the consequences of leaving the union.
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford KG, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman and Whig politician who is generally regarded as the de facto first prime minister of Great Britain. Although the exact dates of Walpole's dominance, dubbed the "Robinocracy",are a matter of scholarly debate, the period 1721–1742 is often used.
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (c. 1674 – 2 July 1743)was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords. He served as the prime minister of Great Britain from 1742 until his death in 1743.
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, PC (c. 1674 – 2 July 1743)was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1698 and 1728, and was then raised to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords. He served as the prime minister of Great Britain from 1742 until his death in 1743.
Henry PelhamFRS (25 September 1694 – 6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1743 until his death. He was the younger brother of Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, who served in Pelham's government and succeeded him as prime minister. Pelham is generally considered to have been Britain's third prime minister, after Robert Walpole and the Earl of Wilmington.
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, KG, PC, FRS (21 July 1693 – 17 November 1768) was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. He is commonly known as the Duke of Newcastle.
A protégé of Sir Robert Walpole, he served under him for more than 20 years until 1742. He held power with his brother, Prime Minister Henry Pelham, until 1754. He had then served as a Secretary of State continuously for 30 years and dominated British foreign policy.
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and writer who has been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. He was Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015 and was previously MP for Henley from 2001 to 2008. He has been described as adhering to the ideology of one-nation and national conservatism.
William Cavendish, 5t h Duke of Devonshire
William Cavendish (14 December 1748 — 29 July 1811) is a British aristocrat and politician. He was the eldest son of William Cavendish and Charlotte Elizabeth Boyle. His father belonged to an old English aristocratic family and was a British statesman. He was married twice. His first wife was Lady Georgiana Spencer. The Spencer and Cavendish families belonged to the Whig party, but since William was one of the dukes of the kingdom, he could not engage in politics, and Georgiana voiced the family's political ambitions in public.
John Stuart
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (25 May 1713 — 10 March 1792) was a Scottish nobleman and English statesman, the 7th Prime Minister of Great Britain (from 1762 to 1763), and the first Scottish Prime Minister since the Act of Union of 1707. John Stewart 3rd Earl of Bute-a representative of one of the junior branches of the House of Stewart. When George became King of Great Britain in 1760, John Stuart had a considerable influence on his pupil. Bute, being a Tory Party supporter, raised George on the same principles, as a result of which, from the very first days of his reign, George III decided to break the strength of the Whig party
George Grenville
George Grenville (14 October 1712-13 December 1770) was a British statesman. George Grenville briefly served as First Lord of the Admiralty in 1762-1763. After serving in the government for a relatively short period of 7 years, he became the 8th Prime Minister of Great Britain (1763-1765). George Grenville was one of the few prime ministers (including William Pitt the Younger, Winston Churchill, George Canning, Spencer Perceval, and William Gladstone) who never accepted a peerage.
Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (13 May 1730-1 July 1782) was an English politician. 9th (from 1765 to 1766) and 13th (in 1782) Prime Minister of Great Britain. In 1750, he s ucceeded his father in the House of Lords and soon became the leader of one of the strongest factions of the then fragmented Whig party. In 1765, he formed a cabinet that did not enjoy the sympathy of King George III and was not sufficiently unanimous. In 1782, Rockingham was again prime Minister and insisted on recognizing the independence of the United States. He, however, did not live to see the conclusion of the peace treaty, and died of the complication of a severe cold, after serving as Prime Minister for a little more than three months.
Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (13 May 1730-1 July 1782) was an English politician. 9th (from 1765 to 1766) and 13th (in 1782) Prime Minister of Great Britain. In 1750, he s ucceeded his father in the House of Lords and soon became the leader of one of the strongest factions of the then fragmented Whig party. In 1765, he formed a cabinet that did not enjoy the sympathy of King George III and was not sufficiently unanimous. In 1782, Rockingham was again prime Minister and insisted on recognizing the independence of the United States. He, however, did not live to see the conclusion of the peace treaty, and died of the complication of a severe cold, after serving as Prime Minister for a little more than three months.