User:DBD/List of Prime Ministers' retirement honours

This is a list of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor state the Kingdom of Great Britain, from when the first Prime Minister (in the modern sense), Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day.

18th century Prime Ministers edit

Prime Ministers during the 18th century were Prime Minister of England, Wales and Scotland (the Kingdom of Great Britain, formed by the Act of Union 1707).

	Portrait	Date	Honour
Sir Robert Walpole		6 February 1742	Earl of Orford and Created KG
The Earl of Wilmington		Earl prior to premiership later Created KG
Henry Pelham		died in office
The Duke of Newcastle		Duke prior to premiership later Created KG
The Duke of Devonshire	later Created KG	Duke prior to premiership
The Duke of Newcastle	see above
The Earl of Bute		Earl prior to premiership later Created KG
George Grenville		none
The Marquess of Rockingham		Marquess prior to premiership later Created KG
The Earl of Chatham, "William Pitt the Elder"		crated during premiership
The Duke of Grafton		Duke prior to premiership later Created KG
Lord North		courtesy title used since prior to premiership later Created KG
The Marquess of Rockingham	see above
The Earl of Shelburne		1784	Marquess of Lansdowne later Created KG
The Duke of Portland		Duke prior to premiership later Created KG
William Pitt the Younger		none

19th century Prime Ministers edit

Prime Ministers during the 19th century were Prime Minister of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, following the Act of Union 1800 (which merged the Kingdom of Ireland with the Kingdom of Great Britain, forming the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, as of 1 January, 1801).

	Portrait	Date	Honour
Henry Addington		1805	Viscount Sidmouth
William Pitt the Younger	see above	died in office
The Lord Grenville		Baron prior to premiership
The Duke of Portland	see above
Spencer Perceval		assassinated
The Earl of Liverpool		Earl prior to premiership
George Canning		died in office
The Viscount Goderich		created Viscount during premiership; created Earl in later career
The Duke of Wellington		Duke prior to premiership later Created KG KP GCB GCH
The Earl Grey		Earl prior to premiership later Created KG
The Viscount Melbourne		Viscount prior to premiership
The Duke of Wellington	see above
Sir Robert Peel		Baronet prior to premiership
The Viscount Melbourne	See above
Sir Robert Peel	see above
The Lord John Russell	see below
The Earl of Derby		Earl prior to premiership later created KG
The Earl of Aberdeen		Earl prior to premiership later created KG KT FRS
The Viscount Palmerston		Viscount prior to premiership later created KG GCB
The Earl of Derby	see above
The Viscount Palmerston	see above
The Lord John Russell		created Earl between two premierships later created KG GCMG
The Earl of Derby	see above
Benjamin Disraeli	see below
William Ewart Gladstone		none
Benjamin Disraeli		created Earl during second premiership later created KG
William Ewart Gladstone	see above
The Marquess of Salisbury		Marquess prior to premiership later created KG GCVO
William Ewart Gladstone	see above
The Marquess of Salisbury	see above
William Ewart Gladstone	See above
The Earl of Rosebery		Earl prior to premiership later created KG
The Marquess of Salisbury	See above

20th century Prime Ministers edit

There was no change in the jurisdiction of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (and hence the area the Prime Minister was Prime Minister of) until 1922, when following the Anglo-Irish War, 26 counties in Ireland seceded from the United Kingdom, forming the Irish Free State. The other 6 counties, in the northeast of Ireland, remained in the Union, becoming Northern Ireland. The official name of the United Kingdom became the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

	Portrait	Date	Honour
Arthur Balfour		created Earl in later career later created KG OM
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman		later created GCB
H. H. Asquith		created Earl in later career later created KG
David Lloyd George		created Earl after retirement later created OM
Andrew Bonar Law		none
Stanley Baldwin	see below
Ramsay MacDonald	see below
Stanley Baldwin	see below
Ramsay MacDonald	see below
Ramsay MacDonald		none
Stanley Baldwin		8 June 1937	Earl Baldwin of Bewdley later created KG
Neville Chamberlain		none
Winston Churchill	see below
Clement Attlee		16 December 1955	Earl Attlee later created KG OM CH
Winston Churchill		declined Dukedom of London on son's request created KG OM CH
Sir Anthony Eden		12 July 1961	Earl of Avon later created KG
Harold Macmillan		24 February 1984	Earl of Stockton later created OM
Sir Alec Douglas-Home		19 December 1974	Baron Home of the Hirsel (for life) later created KT was previously known as th 14th Earl of Home
Harold Wilson	see below
Edward Heath		24 April 1992	Knight of the Garter
Harold Wilson	File:Haroldwilson.jpg	23 April 1976; 16 September 1983	Knight of the Garter; Lord Wilson of Rievaulx (for life)
James Callaghan		23 April; 5 November 1987	Knight of the Garter; Lord Callaghan of Cardiff (for life)
Margaret Thatcher		26 June 1992; 22 April 1995	Baroness Thatcher (for life); Lady of the Garter
John Major	File:G8major.JPG	23 April 2005	Knight of the Garter; has, so far, declined peerage
Tony Blair		remains active in international politics