Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom The tallest Prime Minister is believed to be Lord Salisbury, who was around in height, although Downing Street's own website lists James Callaghan as the tallest. The longest personal name held by a British Prime Minister was that of Lord Derby whose three forenames and double-barreled surnameEdward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanleytotal 32 letters. The shortest baptismal names, each 10 letters long, were held by Lord Bute who was plain John Stuart, and Sir Robert Peel. John Major was baptised "John Roy Major" but his birth certificate simply read "John Major", and so his legal name has only nine letters. (He used
Deputy Prime Minister (Denmark) In some cases the leader of the third largest coalition party, who is as a matter of course third in precedence, has been called 2nd deputy prime minister (2. "vicestatsminister"). This tradition goes back at least to 1957. Deputy Prime Minister (Denmark) Deputy Prime Minister (Danish: "vicestatsminister") is an informal description sometimes used, especially by the press, for the minister who is second in the order of precedence. This is the minister who will usually be appointed as acting prime minister when the prime minister is unavailable. Traditionally the minister of foreign affairs holds the second rank. It is only