Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom combined with his first term (13 July 176530 July 1766) his total time in office was 1 year and 113 days, which exceeds the total periods of several other Prime Ministers. (The Duke of Wellington had also served as Prime Minister between 1828 and 1830.) Consequently, the Prime Minister with the total shortest period in office was George Canning, whose sole term lasted 119 days from 12 April 1827 until his death on 8 August 1827. The Prime Minister with the longest period between the start of their first appointment and the end of their final term was the Duke
Timeline of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Leburn. Timeline of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom This is a graphical timeline of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom from when the first Prime Minister in the modern sense, Robert Walpole, took office in 1721, until the present day. This timeline shows most of the early life, the political career and death of each Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1846. The first Prime Minister was Robert Walpole in the early 18th century . Unlike countries where the leader is elected directly to the highest political office of a separate executive, the Prime Minister must first establish