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'''Note:''' ''The table is sortable by clicking the icon at the head of each column.'' | '''Note:''' ''The table is sortable by clicking the icon at the head of each column.'' | ||
+ | =='OxBridge Domination== | ||
The list is dominated by ''''OxBridge'''' which accounts for over 75% of the total. | The list is dominated by ''''OxBridge'''' which accounts for over 75% of the total. | ||
* OxBridge - 41 | * OxBridge - 41 | ||
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**Leiden (Netherlands) - 1 | **Leiden (Netherlands) - 1 | ||
* No university attendance - 8 | * No university attendance - 8 | ||
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+ | The following counts are taken from the office start year. The figures do not tally exactly with the table grand-totals because some office-holders (notably Tony Blair) served more than one term which began in different centuries: | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===18th Century=== | ||
+ | * Oxford - 8 | ||
+ | * Cambridge 5 | ||
+ | * OxBridge total - 13 of Century total - 16 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===19th Century=== | ||
+ | *Oxford - 10 | ||
+ | *Cambridge - 7 | ||
+ | *Oxbridge total - 17 of Century total - 18 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===20th Century=== | ||
+ | *Oxford - 8 | ||
+ | *Cambridge - 3 | ||
+ | *Oxbridge total - 11 of Century total 18 | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==21st Century== | ||
+ | *Oxford - 2 | ||
+ | *Cambridge - 0 | ||
+ | *OxBridge total - 2 of century total to date (April 2011) - 3 | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== |
Revision as of 10:30, 25 April 2011
"PM | Dates | University, College |
---|---|---|
Walpole, Robert | 1721-1742 | Cambridge, King's |
Wilmington, Earl of | 1742-1743 | Oxford, Trinity |
Pelham, Henry | 1743-1746 | Oxford, Hart Hall |
Bath, Earl of | 1746 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Newcastle, Duke of | 1754-1756 1757-1762 |
Cambridge, Clare |
Devonshire, 4th Duke of | 1756-1757 | N/A |
Bute, 3rd Earl of | 1762-1763 | Leiden, Netherlands |
Grenville, George | 1763-1765 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Rockingham, Marquess of | 1765-1766 1782 |
Cambridge, St John's |
Chatham, Earl of | 1766-1768 | Oxford, Trinity |
Grafton, Duke of | 1768-1770 | Cambridge, Peterhouse |
North, Lord | 1770-1782 | Oxford, Trinity |
Rockingham, 2nd Marquis of | 1782-1782 | N/A |
Shelburne, Earl of | 1782-1783 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Portland, Duke of | 1783 1807-1809 |
Oxford, Christ Church |
Pitt, William | 1783-1801 1804-1806 |
Cambridge, Pembroke |
Addington, Henry | 1801-1804 | Oxford, Brasenose |
Grenville, Baron | 1806-1807 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Perceval, Spencer | 1809-1812 | Cambridge, Trinity |
Liverpool, Earl of | 1812-1827 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Canning, George | 1827 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Goderich, Viscount | 1827-1828 | Cambridge, St John's |
Grey, Earl | 1830-1834 | Cambridge, Trinity |
Melbourne, Viscount | 1834 | Cambridge, Trinity |
Peel, Robert | 1841-1846 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Russell, 1st Earl | 1846-1852 | Edinburgh |
Derby, Earl of | 1852-1852 1858-1859 1866-1868 |
Oxford, Christ Church |
Aberdeen, Earl of | 1852-1855 | Cambridge, St John's |
Palmerston, Viscount | 1855-1858 1859-1865 |
Cambridge, St John's |
Gladstone, William | 1868-1874 1880-1885 1886 1892-1894 |
Oxford, Christ Church |
Salisbury, Marquess of | 1885-1886 1886-1892 1895-1902 |
Oxford, Christ Church |
Rosebery, Earl of | 1894-1895 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Balfour, Arthur | 1902-1905 | Cambridge, Trinity |
Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | 1905-1908 | Cambridge, Trinity |
Asquith, Herbert | 1908-1916 | Oxford, Balliol |
Lloyd George, David | 1916-1922 | N/A |
Bonar Law, Andrew | 1922-1923 | N/A |
Baldwin, Stanley | 1923-1924 1924-1929 1935-1937 |
Cambridge, Trinity |
MacDonald, Ramsey | 1924-1924 1931-1935 |
N/A |
Chamerlain, Neville | 1937-1939 1939-1940 |
Birmingham, Masons Science |
Churchill, Winston | 1945-1945 1951-1955 |
N/A |
Atlee, Clement | 1945-1951 | Oxford, University |
Eden, Anthony | 1955-1957 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Macmillan, Harold | 1957-1963 | Oxford, Balliol |
Douglas-Home, Alec | 1963-1964 | Oxford, Christ Church |
Wilson, Harold | 1964-1970 1974-1976 |
Oxford, Jesus |
Heath, Edward | 1970-1974 | Oxford, Balliol |
Callaghan, James | 1976-1979 | N/A |
Thatcher, Margaret | 1979-1990 | Oxford, Somerville |
Major, John | 1990-1997 | N/A |
Blair, Tony | 1997-2007 | Oxford, St John's |
Brown, Gordon | 2007-2010 | Edinburgh |
Cameron, David | 2010- | Oxford, Brasenose |
Contents
Table of the 53 UK Prime Ministers to date
(April 2011)
Note: The table is sortable by clicking the icon at the head of each column.
'OxBridge Domination
The list is dominated by 'OxBridge' which accounts for over 75% of the total.
- OxBridge - 41
- Oxford - 27
- Cambridge - 14
- Others - 4
- Edinburgh - 2
- Birmingham - 1
- Leiden (Netherlands) - 1
- No university attendance - 8
The following counts are taken from the office start year. The figures do not tally exactly with the table grand-totals because some office-holders (notably Tony Blair) served more than one term which began in different centuries:
18th Century
- Oxford - 8
- Cambridge 5
- OxBridge total - 13 of Century total - 16
19th Century
- Oxford - 10
- Cambridge - 7
- Oxbridge total - 17 of Century total - 18
20th Century
- Oxford - 8
- Cambridge - 3
- Oxbridge total - 11 of Century total 18
21st Century
- Oxford - 2
- Cambridge - 0
- OxBridge total - 2 of century total to date (April 2011) - 3
See Also
- List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia page
- Prime Ministers in History UK - No 10 Website