Prime Minister |
Term of office |
School |
University |
Professional Training |
Walpole, RobertRobert Walpole |
1721–1742 |
Eton College |
Cambridge (King's Coll.) |
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Compton, SpencerSpencer Compton
Earl of Wilmington |
1742–1743 |
St Paul's School |
Oxford (Trinity Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Middle Temple |
Pelham, HenryHenry Pelham |
1743–1754 |
Westminster School |
Oxford (Hart Hall) |
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Pelham-Holles, ThomasThomas Pelham-Holles
Duke of Newcastle |
1754–1756
1757–1762 |
Westminster School |
Cambridge (Clare Coll.) |
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Cavendish, WilliamWilliam Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire |
1756–1757 |
— |
— |
|
Stuart, JohnJohn Stuart
Earl of Bute |
1762–1763 |
Eton College |
Leiden University |
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Grenville, GeorgeGeorge Grenville |
1763–1765 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
Inns of Court: Inner Temple |
Watson-Wentworth, CharlesCharles Watson-Wentworth
Marquess of Rockingham |
1765–1766
1782 |
Westminster School |
Cambridge (St John's Coll.)?[1] |
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Pitt, William 1William Pitt the Elder
Earl of Chatham |
1766–1768 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Trinity Coll.);
Utrecht University[2] |
|
FitzRoy, AugustusAugustus FitzRoy
Duke of Grafton |
1768–1770 |
Westminster School |
Cambridge (Peterhouse) |
|
North, FrederickFrederick North |
1770–1782 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Trinity Coll.);
Leipzig University |
|
Petty, WilliamWilliam Petty
Earl of Shelburne |
1782–1783 |
—[3] |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Cavendish-Bentinck, WilliamWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland |
1783
1807–1809 |
Westminster School |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Pitt, William 2William Pitt the Younger |
1783–1801
1804–1806 |
—[4] |
Cambridge (Pembroke Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Addington, HenryHenry Addington |
1801–1804 |
Winchester College |
Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Grenville, WilliamWilliam Grenville
Lord Grenville |
1806–1807 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Perceval, SpencerSpencer Perceval |
1809–1812 |
Harrow School |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Jenkinson, RobertRobert Jenkinson
Earl of Liverpool |
1812–1827 |
Charterhouse School |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Canning, GeorgeGeorge Canning |
1827 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Robinson, Frederick JohnFrederick J. Robinson
Viscount Goderich |
1827–1828 |
Harrow School |
Cambridge (St John's Coll.) |
|
Wellesley, ArthurArthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington |
1828–1830
1834 |
Eton College |
— |
French Royal Academy of Equitation, Angers |
Grey, CharlesCharles Grey
Earl Grey |
1830–1834 |
Eton College |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) |
|
Lamb, WilliamWilliam Lamb
Viscount Melbourne |
1834
1835–1841 |
Eton College |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) |
|
Peel, RobertRobert Peel |
1834–1835
1841–1846 |
Harrow School |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Russell, JohnJohn Russell
Earl Russell |
1846–1852
1865–1866 |
Westminster School |
Edinburgh University |
|
Smith-Stanley, EdwardEdward Smith-Stanley
Earl of Derby |
1852
1858–1859
1866–1868 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Hamilton-Gordon, GeorgeGeorge Hamilton-Gordon
Earl of Aberdeen |
1852–1855 |
Harrow School |
Cambridge (St John's Coll.) |
|
Temple, Henry JohnHenry John Temple
Viscount Palmerston |
1855–1858
1859–1865 |
Harrow School |
Edinburgh University;
Cambridge (St John's Coll.) |
|
Disraeli, BenjaminBenjamin Disraeli
Earl of Beaconsfield |
1868
1874–1880 |
Dr Cogan's School, Walthamstow |
— |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Gladstone, WilliamWilliam Ewart Gladstone |
1868–1874
1880–1885
1886
1892–1894 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Gascoyne-Cecil, RobertRobert Gascoyne-Cecil
Marquess of Salisbury |
1885–1886
1886–1892
1895–1902 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Primrose, ArchibaldArchibald Primrose
Earl of Rosebery |
1894–1895 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Balfour, ArthurArthur Balfour |
1902–1905 |
Eton College |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) |
|
Campbell-Bannerman, HenryHenry Campbell-Bannerman |
1905–1908 |
High School of Glasgow |
Glasgow University;
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) |
|
Asquith, Herbert HenryHerbert Henry Asquith |
1908–1916 |
City of London School |
Oxford (Balliol Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Lloyd George, DavidDavid Lloyd George |
1916–1922 |
Llanystumdwy National School |
— |
|
Law, BonarAndrew Bonar Law |
1922–1923 |
High School of Glasgow |
Glasgow University |
|
Baldwin, StanleyStanley Baldwin |
1923–1924
1924–1929
1935–1937 |
Harrow School |
Cambridge (Trinity Coll.);
Mason Science College, Birmingham |
|
Macdonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald |
1924
1929–1935 |
Drainie School |
— |
|
Chamberlain, NevilleNeville Chamberlain |
1937–1940 |
Rugby School |
Mason Science College, Birmingham |
|
Churchill, WinstonWinston Churchill |
1940–1945
1951–1955 |
Harrow School |
— |
RMC Sandhurst |
Attlee, ClementClement Attlee |
1945–1951 |
Haileybury College |
Oxford (University Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Inner Temple |
Eden, AnthonyAnthony Eden |
1955–1957 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Macmillan, HaroldHarold Macmillan |
1957–1963 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Balliol Coll.) |
|
Douglas-Home, AlecAlec Douglas-Home
Earl of Home |
1963–1964 |
Eton College |
Oxford (Christ Church) |
|
Wilson, HaroldHarold Wilson |
1964–1970
1974–1976 |
Royds Hall Grammar School;
Wirral Grammar School for Boys |
Oxford (Jesus Coll.) |
|
Heath, EdwardEdward Heath |
1970–1974 |
Chatham House Grammar School |
Oxford (Balliol Coll.) |
|
Callaghan, JamesJames Callaghan |
1976–1979 |
Northern Secondary School, Portsmouth |
— |
Civil Service: Inland Revenue |
Thatcher, MargaretMargaret Thatcher |
1979–1990 |
Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School |
Oxford (Somerville Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Major, JohnJohn Major |
1990–1997 |
Rutlish School |
— |
Correspondence course in banking |
Blair, TonyTony Blair |
1997–2007 |
Fettes College |
Oxford (St John's Coll.) |
Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn |
Brown, GordonGordon Brown |
2007–2010 |
Kirkcaldy High School |
Edinburgh University |
|
Cameron, DavidDavid Cameron |
2010– |
Eton College |
Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) |
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Prime Minister |
Term of office |
School |
University |
Professional Training |