Lloyd George as prime minister.
Q. Who was the PM of England in 1919?
David Lloyd George
Table of Contents
- Q. Who was the PM of England in 1919?
- Q. Who was the prime minister of England in 1910?
- Q. Who is the longest serving Prime Minister in the UK?
- Q. Who was the Queen’s first prime minister?
- Q. Who was the Prime Minister 1940 1945?
- Q. How many female prime ministers has the UK had?
- Q. Why is the number 10 wonky?
- Q. Who are the past Prime Ministers of the UK?
- Q. Who was the Prime Minister of the UK in 1939?
- Q. Who was the only British Prime Minister to take office on foreign soil?
- Q. Who was the Prime Minister of England in 1905?
The Right Honourable David Lloyd George OM [n.b.] | |
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Lloyd George c. 1919 | |
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom | |
In office 6 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 | |
Monarch | George V |
Q. Who was the prime minister of England in 1910?
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, KG, PC, KC, FRS (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British statesman and Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
Q. Who is the longest serving Prime Minister in the UK?
The prime minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from 3 April 1721 until 11 February 1742. This is also longer than the accumulated terms of any other prime minister.
Q. Who was the Queen’s first prime minister?
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No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Tenure |
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Took office | ||
1 | Louis St. Laurent (1882–1973) | 15 November 1948 |
2 | John Diefenbaker (1895–1979) | 21 June 1957 |
3 | Lester B. Pearson (1897–1972) | 22 April 1963 |
Q. Who was the Prime Minister 1940 1945?
Winston Churchill was an inspirational statesman, writer, orator and leader who led Britain to victory in the Second World War. He served as Conservative Prime Minister twice – from 1940 to 1945 (before being defeated in the 1945 general election by the Labour leader Clement Attlee) and from 1951 to 1955.
Q. How many female prime ministers has the UK had?
The United Kingdom has had two female Prime Ministers: Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) and Theresa May (2016–2019). The publication of the book Women in the House by Elizabeth Vallance in 1979 highlighted the under-representation of women in Parliament.
Q. Why is the number 10 wonky?
The ‘0’ numeral is painted at a 37° degree angle sloping to the left. A Wonky Zero? A commonly given reason for this angled numeral is that it is a nod to the original door which featured a poorly fixed ‘0’. The door from this period is on display in the Churchill Museum in London.
Q. Who are the past Prime Ministers of the UK?
75 Past Prime Ministers. The Rt Hon David Cameron. Gordon Brown. Tony Blair. Sir John Major. Baroness Margaret Thatcher. James Callaghan. Harold Wilson.
Q. Who was the Prime Minister of the UK in 1939?
During this period, Neville Chamberlain was the prime minister of United kingdom in 1939. He was succeeded by Sir Winston Churchill in 1940, who continued in office until 1945. Clement Attlee then became the prime minister before the surrender of Japan in 1945. The next general elections in the United Kingdom are scheduled to be held on 7 May 2015.
Q. Who was the only British Prime Minister to take office on foreign soil?
Herbert Henry Asquith Liberal 1908 to 1916 Asquith is the only Prime Minister to have taken office on foreign soil. At the time that he succeeded Campbell-Bannerman, Edward VII was in Biarritz so Asquith travelled there for the official ‘kissing-hands’ ceremony.
Q. Who was the Prime Minister of England in 1905?
Balfour was the nephew of the Marquess of Salisbury but his cabinet was divided on the issue of free trade and without the support of Edward VII he was forced to resign in December 1905. Following Arthur James Balfour’s resignation, Edward VII invited the leader of the next largest party, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, to form a government.