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"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

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.

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

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