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List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Quiz
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
  • 1. Who was the last Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Charles Townshend
B) James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
C) Robert Walpole
D) Earl of Chatham
  • 2. Which department was responsible for the Great Seal in the Kingdom of Scotland?
A) The privy council
B) The Treasury
C) The court of session
D) The chancery
  • 3. What event in 1714 led to the commission of lords of the Treasury becoming permanent?
A) The resignation of Robert Walpole
B) The death of Queen Anne
C) The end of the Seven Years' War
D) The succession of George I
  • 4. Who headed the government for three years following 1714?
A) Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
B) Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
C) Robert Walpole
D) James Stanhope
  • 5. Which two men ran the government jointly after Townshend?
A) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
B) Robert Walpole and the Earl of Bath
C) Lords Stanhope and Sunderland
D) George I and James Ogilvy
  • 6. In what year did James Stanhope die?
A) 1721
B) 1714
C) 1757
D) 1746
  • 7. When was the title 'prime minister' officially recognised?
A) Victorian era
B) Edwardian era
C) 1707
D) 1721
  • 8. Which two individuals are the only exceptions to the convention that the prime minister holds the office of first lord?
A) Robert Walpole and Charles Townshend
B) James Stanhope and Charles Spencer
C) William Pulteney and James Waldegrave
D) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
  • 9. Who was invited to form a ministry in 1746 after Henry Pelham resigned?
A) William Pitt the Elder
B) William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
C) Robert Walpole
D) James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
  • 10. How long did William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Three years
B) Four days
C) Two months
D) Two days
  • 11. How long did James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Two months
B) Three years
C) Two days
D) Four days
  • 12. Who dominated the affairs of government during the Seven Years' War?
A) William Pulteney
B) James Waldegrave
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) Henry Pelham
  • 13. What is the modern academic consensus on William Pulteney and James Waldegrave?
A) They did not hold the office of prime minister
B) They were the first two prime ministers
C) They were the only prime ministers before 1721
D) They held the office but were not recognised
  • 14. What was a primary responsibility of the Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Presiding at meetings of the privy council
B) Confirmining land titles via the Treasury
C) Leading the Seven Years' War
D) Managing foreign affairs
  • 15. What office does the prime minister usually hold by constitutional convention?
A) Secretary of State
B) Lord high treasurer
C) First lord
D) Chancellor of Scotland
  • 16. Who is considered by historians to be the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain?
A) Robert Walpole
B) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
C) William Pitt the Younger
D) Benjamin Disraeli
  • 17. In what year did the office of prime minister officially become a title?
A) 1805
B) 1905
C) 1922
D) 1878
  • 18. Who was the first prime minister to use the title in an official act?
A) William Pitt the Younger
B) Robert Walpole
C) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
D) Benjamin Disraeli
  • 19. Which prime minister was the first to be officially referred to as such in the order of precedence in 1905?
A) Stanley Baldwin
B) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
C) Benjamin Disraeli
D) Andrew Bonar Law
  • 20. Who was the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922?
A) Stanley Baldwin
B) William Pitt the Younger
C) Andrew Bonar Law
D) Robert Walpole
  • 21. Who was the serving prime minister when the country was officially renamed in 1927?
A) Benjamin Disraeli
B) Andrew Bonar Law
C) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
D) Stanley Baldwin
  • 22. During which decade was the term 'prime minister' regularly used by Robert Walpole?
A) 1740s
B) 1730s
C) 1710s
D) 1720s
  • 23. In what year was the term 'prime minister' first used in the House of Commons?
A) 1730
B) 1805
C) 1905
D) 1880
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