Born in 1708 in Westminster
the Earl
of Chatham (also known as William
Pitt the Elder)
became Prime Minister from 1766-68.
He was the father of William Pìtt, the Younger who would also
become Prime Minister and a predecessor George Grenville was his brother-in-law.
He was
buried in 1778
in Westminster
Abbey .
Earl
of Chatham
Famous
people buried at Westminster Abbey
George
Grenville,
Prime Minister in 1753-65, was born in Westminster in 1712. He died
in Bolton Street in 1770.
George
Grenville
Prime
Minister in 1762-63, the Earl
of Bute
was born as John Stuart in 1713 in Parliament Square. He died in 1792
in Grosvenor Square.
Earl
of Bute
Lord
North,
Prime Minister in 1770-82, was born as Frederick North in Albemarle
Street in Piccadilly in 1732. He died in Grosvenor Square in 1792
and is buried in Wroxton in Oxfordshire.
His administration saw the Declaration of Independence by the North
American colonies and their loss in the resulting American
War of Independence.
Lord
North
American War of Independence
The
Earl
of Wilmington,
Prime Minister from 1742-43, died in St James Square in 1743.
Earl
of Wilmington
The
first "Prime Minister"
Robert Walpole died in 1745 in Arlington Street and was buried
at the family estate Houghton Hall in Norfolk.
Walpole served as First Lord of the Treasury under the first of the
Hanoverian monarchs George
I.
The German-born King could not speak English which led to Walpole
exercising much more power than had before been the case for the position
he held. He governed as the most important or "Prime" Minister
of a small group of Ministers, the beginnings of the future Cabinet
system of government.
Walpole was not only the first to hold the post but he also held it
the longest, staying in office for a total of 20 years and 314 days
between 1721 and 1742.
Robert Walpole
Henry
Pelham became Prime Minister from 1743-54 and also died in Arlington
Street in 1754. He was succeeded by his brother the Duke of Newcastle.
Henry
Pelham
Prime Minister from 1801-04, Henry
Addington was born in Bedford Row in Holborn in 1757.
Henry
Addington
Spencer
Perceval
who became Prime Minister in 1809-12, was born in Audley Square in
1762. He was the only Prime Minister to be assassinated when he was
shot in 1812 by a disgruntled businessman in the lobby of the House
of Commons. He is buried at St Luke's in Charlton.
Spencer
Perceval
The Prime Minister from 1812-27 Earl
of Liverpool, was born as Robert Jenkinson in London in 1770.
Earl
of Liverpool
George
Canning,
Prime Minister in 1827, was born in Marylebone in 1770. He was the
shortest ever serving Prime Minister dying in the same year at Chiswick
House after only 119 days in office. He is buried in Westminster
Abbey.
George
Canning
Famous
people buried at Westminster Abbey
In
1779 Viscount
Melbourne,
twice Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835-41, was born as William Lamb
at Melbourne House in Piccadilly.
Viscount
Melbourne
Prime
Minister in 1827-28, Viscount
Goderich
was born as Frederick Robinson in London in 1782.
Viscount
Goderich
Viscount
Palmerston,
twice Prime Minister in 1855-58 and 1859-65, was born at 20 Queen
Anne's Gate, Westminster in 1784. He
was
buried in 1865 in Westminster
Abbey.
Viscount
Palmerston
Famous
people buried at Westminster Abbey
The twice Prime Minister from 1846-51 and 1865-66 Earl
Russell, was born as John Russell
in Hertford Street in Mayfair in 1792.
Earl
Russell
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