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Prime Minister Born Born where Governed Died Died where Buried Political party Portrait
Marquess of
Salisbury
3rd
administration		 1830 Hatfield House,
Hertfordshire		 1895-1902 1903 Hatfield House,
Hertfordshire		 St Etheldreda,
Hatfield,
Hertfordshire 		Conservative Portrait
Arthur James
Balfour
1		 1848 Whittingehame House,
East Lothian,
Scotland 		1902-1905 1930 Fisher's Hill,
Woking,
Surrey 		Whittingehame House,
East Lothian,
Scotland 		Conservative Portrait
Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman		 1836 Kelvinside,
Glasgow,
Scotland 		1905-1908 1908 10 Downing Street,
Westminster,
London 		Meigle church,
Perthshire,
Scotland 		Liberal Portrait
Herbert Henry
Asquith		 1852 Morley,
Yorkshire 		1908-1916 1928

Sutton Courtenay,
Oxfordshire

All Saints,
Sutton Courtenay,
Oxfordshire 		Liberal Portrait
David Lloyd
George		 1863 Chorlton-upon-
Medlock, Manchester,
Lancashire 		1916-1922 1945 Ty Newydd,
Llanystumdwy,
Caernarfonshire,
Wales		 On the banks of the River Dwyfor,
Llanystumdwy,
Caernarfonshire,
Wales 		Liberal Portrait
Andrew Bonar
Law		 1858 Rexton,
New Brunswick,
Canada 		1922-1923 1923 24 Onslow Gardens,
Chelsea,
London 		Westminster Abbey,
London		 Conservative Portrait
Stanley
Baldwin		 1867 Lower Park House,
Bewdley,
Worcestershire 		1923-1924 1947 Astley Hall,
Stourport-on-
Severn,
Worcestershire 		Worcester Cathedral,
Worcestershire 		Conservative Portrait
Ramsay
MacDonald
2		 1866 Lossiemouth,
Morayshire,
Scotland 		Jan-Nov 1924 1937 On a cruise liner in the Atlantic Ocean Old Spynie churchyard,
Morayshire,
Scotland 		Labour Portrait
Stanley
Baldwin
2nd
administration		 See above 1924-1929 See above
Ramsay
MacDonald
2nd
administration 		See above 1929-1935 See above
Stanley
Baldwin
3rd
administration		 See above 1935-1937 See above
Neville
Chamberlain		 1869 Edgbaston,
Birmingham,
Warwickshire 		1937-1940 1940 Highfield Park,
Heckfield,
Hampshire 		Westminster Abbey,
London		 Conservative Portrait
Winston
Churchill		 1874 Blenheim Palace,
Oxfordshire		 1940-1945 1965 28 Hyde Park Gate,
London		 Bladon,
Oxfordshire 		Conservative Portrait
Clement
Attlee		 1883 Putney,
Surrey 		1945-1951 1967 Westminster Hospital,
Westminster,
London		 Westminster Abbey,
London		 Labour Portrait
Winston
Churchill
2nd
administration		 See above 1951-1955 See above
Anthony
Eden		 1897 Windlestone Hall,
Bishop Auckland,
Durham 		1955-1957 1977 Alvediston,
Wiltshire 		St Mary's,
Alvediston,
Wiltshire		 Conservative Portrait
Harold
Macmillan		 1894 Brixton,
London 		1957-1963 1986 Birch Grove House,
Chelwood Gate,
Sussex 		St Giles,
Horsted Keynes,
Sussex 		Conservative Portrait
Alec
Douglas-Home		 1903 Mayfair,
London 		1963-1964 1995 The Hirsel,
Coldstream,
Berwickshire,
Scotland 		Coldstream,
Borders,
Scotland		 Conservative Portrait
Harold
Wilson		 1916 Cowlersley,
Huddersfield,
Yorkshire 		1964-1970 1995 London St Mary's,
Isles of Scilly,
Cornwall 		Labour Portrait
Edward
Heath		 1916 St Peter's, Broadstairs,
Kent 		1970-1974 2005 Arundells, Salisbury,
Wiltshire 		Salisbury Cathedral,
Salisbury,
Wiltshire		 Conservative Portrait
Harold
Wilson
2nd
administration		 See above 1974-1976 See above
James
Callaghan		 1912 Portsmouth,
Hampshire 		1976-1979 2005 Ringmer,
East Sussex

Peter Pan statue, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London
(Ashes scattered)

 Labour Portrait
Margaret
Thatcher
3 		1925 Grantham,
Lincolnshire		 1979-1990 2013 Ritz Hotel,
London		 Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
London
(Ashes interred)		 Conservative Portrait
John
Major		 1943 St Helier Hospital,
Carshalton,
Surrey		 1990-1997 1 1 1 Conservative Portrait
Tony
Blair		 1953 Edinburgh,
Scotland		 1997-2007 1 1 1 Labour Portrait

Notes
1. Arthur Balfour was the nephew of his predecessor the Marquess of Salisbury.

2. In 1924 Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Prime Minister.

3. In 1979 Margaret Thatcher became the first woman Prime Minister.

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