Prime Minister of Great Britain
20 dated entries naming Prime Minister of Great Britain, drawn from 17 separate years between 1721 CE and 1805 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
18th century
- 1721April 4 – Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister of Great Britain (although this is more a term of disparagement at this time).source
- 1730May 13 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1782)source
- 1735September 22 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, becomes the first British premier to move into London's 10 Downing Street.source
- 1737May 2 – William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d. 1805)source
- 1742February 16 – Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
- 1742January 9 – Robert Walpole is made Earl of Orford, and resigns as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively ending his period as Prime Minister of Great Britain. On his formally relinquishing office five days later, he will have served 20 years and 314 days as Prime Minister, the longest single term ever, and also longer than the accumulated terms of any other British Prime Minister.source
- 1756November 16 – Thomas Pelham-Holles, the Duke of Newcastle, is forced to resign as Prime Minister of Great Britain after the British lose the Battle of Minorca to the French. The office of Prime Minister remains vacant for eight months with William Pitt and the Duke of Devonshire leading the cabinet.source
- 1757July 2 – The Duke of Newcastle is asked to form a new government of Great Britain and fills the office of Prime Minister of Great Britain, after his forced resignation eight months earlier. Pitt is recalled to conduct Britain's foreign and military affairs and given greater control.source
- 1757June 25 – The Duke of Devonshire resigns as Prime Minister of Great Britain after being unable to conduct governmental affairs without William Pitt.source
- 1763April 16 – George Grenville takes office as the new Prime Minister of Great Britain, after the Earl of Bute resigns amid criticism over Britain's concessions in the Treaty of Paris.source
- 1764October 2 – William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1720)source
- 1765July 10 – King George III dismisses George Grenville from the office of Prime Minister of Great Britain, and replaces him with another Whig Party statesman, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Lord Rockingham.source
- 1768October 14 – William Pitt resigns from his position as Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
- 1778May 11 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1708)source
- 1781January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21.source
- 1782July 1 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British statesman, 2-time Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1730)source
- 1782March 27 – Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
- 1783December 19 – William Pitt the Younger becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain.source
- 1798May 27 – Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath. British Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger fights a duel against opposition politician George Tierneysource