Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom the middle name until the 1980s.) The richest Prime Minister was Lord Derby, with a personal fortune of over £7 million (about £444 million in today's money). The poorest was William Pitt the Younger, who was £40,000 (now over £1 million) in debt by 1800. Three Prime Ministers ultimately died as a result of accidents: Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom The article lists the records of Prime Ministers of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom since 1721. The Prime Minister with the longest single term was Sir Robert Walpole, lasting 20 years and 315 days from
Records of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom Ministers, including Thatcher, received it after serving office. As of , the only currently living Knight among them is John Major, knighted in 2005. The first and so far only Prime Minister to have received a British gallantry award was Sir Anthony Eden who won the Military Cross (MC) while serving in the army in the First World War, before entering parliament. After Sir Robert Walpole, three other Prime Ministers have been in office at a time when no former Prime Ministers were alive: After Lord Wilmington, eleven other Prime Ministers have been in office at a time when only