UK Prime Ministers: Titles

Up until the end of the 19th century, the majority of Britain's Prime Ministers were members of the aristocracy, and the House of Lords. It's not unheard of to be given the name of one of these Prime Ministers and asked for his title.

This table does not include those whose titles included their surnames: Lord (Frederick) North, Baron (William) Grenville, Earl (Charles) Grey, and Lord (John) Russell.

	Name	Dates		Title
2	Spencer Compton	1742–3		Earl of WILMINGTON
4	William Pulteney	1746		Earl of BATH
5	Thomas Pellham–Holles	1754–6		Duke of NEWCASTLE
6	William Cavendish	1756–7		Duke of DEVONSHIRE
7	John Stuart	1762–3		Earl of BUTE
9	Charles Watson–Wentworth	1765–6		Marquess of ROCKINGHAM
11	Augustus FitzRoy	1768–70		Duke of GRAFTON
13	William Petty	1782–3		Earl of SHELBURNE
14	William Cavendish–Bentinck	1783, 1807–9		Duke of PORTLAND
19	Robert Jenkinson	1812–27		Earl of LIVERPOOL
21	Frederick John Robinson	1827–8		Viscount GODERICH
22	Arthur Wellesley	1828–30		Duke of WELLINGTON
24	William Lamb	1834, 1835–41		Viscount MELBOURNE
27	Edward Smith–Stanley	1852, 1858–9, 1866–8		Earl of DERBY
28	George Hamilton–Gordon	1852–5		Earl of ABERDEEN
29	Henry John Temple	1855–1858, 1859–65		Viscount PALMERSTON
32	Robert Gascoyne–Cecil	1885–6, 1886–92, 1895–1902		Marquess of SALISBURY
33	Archibald Primrose	1894–1895		Earl of ROSEBERY

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