List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by longevity

This is a list of UK Prime Ministers by longevity. For those Prime Ministers still living, the lifespan column gives the age as of 7 December.

Prime Minister
 Date of birth
 Start date
of (first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date
of (final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death
 Lifespan
Robert Walpole 26 August 1676 4 April 1721 44 years, 221 days 11 February 1742 7,618 days 18 March 1745 25,040 days (68 years, 204 days)
Spencer Compton 18 March 1673 16 February 1742 68 years, 335 days 2 July 1743[1] 501 days 2 July 1743 25,672 days (70 years, 106 days)
Henry Pelham 25 September 1694 27 August 1743 48 years, 336 days 6 March 1754[1] 3,844 days 6 March 1754 21,711 days (59 years, 162 days)
Thomas Pelham-Holles 21 July 1693 16 March 1754 60 years, 238 days 26 May 1762 2,765 days 17 November 1768 27,512 days (75 years, 119 days)
William Cavendish 8 May 1720 16 November 1756 36 years, 192 days 25 June 1757 221 days 2 October 1764 16,218 days (44 years, 147 days)
John Stuart 25 May 1713 26 May 1762 49 years, 1 day 8 April 1763 317 days 10 March 1792 28,779 days (78 years, 290 days)
George Grenville 14 October 1712 16 April 1763 50 years, 184 days 13 July 1765 819 days 13 November 1770 21,214 days (58 years, 30 days)
Charles Watson-Wentworth 13 May 1730 13 July 1765 35 years, 61 days 1 July 1782[1] 478 days 1 July 1782 19,042 days (52 years, 49 days)
William Pitt the Elder 15 November 1708 30 July 1766 57 years, 257 days 14 October 1768 807 days 11 May 1778 25,379 days (69 years, 177 days)
Augustus FitzRoy 28 September 1735 14 October 1768 33 years, 16 days 28 January 1770 471 days 14 March 1811 27,560 days (75 years, 167 days)
Frederick North 13 April 1732 28 January 1770 37 years, 290 days 22 March 1782 4,436 days 5 August 1792 22,029 days (60 years, 114 days)
William Petty 2 May 1737 4 July 1782 45 years, 63 days 2 April 1783 272 days 7 May 1805 24,841 days (68 years, 5 days)
William Cavendish-Bentinck 14 April 1738 2 April 1783 44 years, 353 days 4 October 1809 1,179 days 30 October 1809 26,131 days (71 years, 199 days)
William Pitt the Younger 28 May 1759 19 December 1783 24 years, 205 days 23 January 1806[1] 6,917 days 23 January 1806 17,041 days (46 years, 240 days)
Henry Addington 30 May 1757 17 March 1801 43 years, 291 days 10 May 1804 1,150 days 15 February 1844 31,671 days (86 years, 261 days)
William Grenville 25 October 1759 11 February 1806 46 years, 109 days 31 March 1807 413 days 12 January 1834 27,107 days (74 years, 79 days)
Spencer Perceval 1 November 1762 4 October 1809 46 years, 337 days 11 May 1812[2] 950 days 11 May 1812 18,088 days (49 years, 192 days)
Robert Jenkinson 7 June 1770 8 June 1812 42 years, 1 day 9 April 1827 5,418 days 4 December 1828 21,364 days (58 years, 180 days)
George Canning 11 April 1770 10 April 1827 56 years, 364 days 8 August 1827[1] 120 days 8 August 1827 20,937 days (57 years, 119 days)
Frederick Robinson 1 November 1782 31 August 1827 44 years, 303 days 21 January 1828 143 days 28 January 1859 27,846 days (76 years, 88 days)
Arthur Wellesley 1 May 1769[3] 22 January 1828 58 years, 266 days 10 December 1834 1,055 days 14 September 1852 30,451 days (83 years, 136 days)
Charles Grey 13 March 1764 22 November 1830 66 years, 254 days 16 July 1834 1,332 days 17 July 1845 29,710 days (81 years, 126 days)
William Lamb 15 March 1779 16 July 1834 55 years, 123 days 30 August 1841 2,447 days 24 November 1848 25,456 days (69 years, 254 days)
Robert Peel 5 February 1788 10 December 1834 46 years, 308 days 29 June 1846 1,883 days 2 July 1850 22,792 days (62 years, 147 days)
John Russell 18 August 1792 30 June 1846 53 years, 316 days 28 June 1866 2,306 days 28 May 1878 31,328 days (85 years, 283 days)
Edward Smith-Stanley 29 March 1799 23 February 1852 52 years, 331 days 27 February 1868 1,386 days 23 October 1869 25,775 days (70 years, 208 days)
George Hamilton-Gordon 28 January 1784 19 December 1852 68 years, 326 days 30 January 1855 772 days 14 December 1860 28,079 days (76 years, 321 days)
Henry Temple 20 October 1784 6 February 1855 70 years, 109 days 18 October 1865[1] 3,429 days 18 October 1865 29,582 days (80 years, 363 days)
Benjamin Disraeli 21 December 1804 27 February 1868 63 years, 68 days 21 April 1880 2,530 days 19 April 1881 27,878 days (76 years, 119 days)
William Ewart Gladstone 29 December 1809 3 December 1868 58 years, 340 days 2 March 1894 4,508 days 19 May 1898 32,283 days (88 years, 141 days)
Robert Cecil 3 February 1830 23 June 1885 55 years, 140 days 11 July 1902 5,000 days 22 August 1903 26,862 days (73 years, 200 days)
Archibald Primrose 7 May 1847 5 March 1894 46 years, 302 days 22 June 1895 474 days 21 May 1929 29,964 days (82 years, 14 days)
Arthur Balfour 25 July 1848 11 July 1902 53 years, 351 days 5 December 1905 1,243 days 19 March 1930 29,821 days (81 years, 237 days)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman 7 September 1836 5 December 1905 69 years, 89 days 3 April 1908 850 days 22 April 1908 26,159 days (71 years, 228 days)
Herbert Asquith 12 September 1852 5 April 1908 55 years, 206 days 5 December 1916 3,166 days 15 February 1928 27,548 days (75 years, 156 days)
David Lloyd George 17 January 1863 7 December 1916 53 years, 325 days 22 October 1922 2,145 days 26 March 1945 30,018 days (82 years, 68 days)
Andrew Bonar Law 16 September 1858 23 October 1922 64 years, 37 days 22 May 1923 211 days 30 October 1923 23,784 days (65 years, 44 days)
Stanley Baldwin 3 August 1867 23 May 1923 55 years, 293 days 28 May 1937 2,633 days 14 December 1947 29,352 days (80 years, 133 days)
Ramsay MacDonald 12 October 1866 22 January 1924 57 years, 102 days 7 June 1935 2,480 days 9 November 1937 25,960 days (71 years, 28 days)
Neville Chamberlain 18 March 1869 28 May 1937 68 years, 71 days 10 May 1940 1,078 days 9 November 1940 26,168 days (71 years, 236 days)
Winston Churchill 30 November 1874 10 May 1940 65 years, 162 days 6 April 1955 3,161 days 24 January 1965 32,927 days (90 years, 55 days)
Clement Attlee 3 January 1883 26 July 1945 62 years, 204 days 26 October 1951 2,283 days 8 October 1967 30,958 days (84 years, 278 days)
Anthony Eden 12 June 1897 6 April 1955 57 years, 298 days 10 January 1957 645 days 14 January 1977 29,070 days (79 years, 216 days)
Harold Macmillan 10 February 1894 10 January 1957 62 years, 335 days 18 October 1963 2,472 days 29 December 1986 33,924 days (92 years, 322 days)
Alec Douglas-Home 2 July 1903 18 October 1963 60 years, 108 days 16 October 1964 364 days 9 October 1995 33,702 days (92 years, 99 days)
Harold Wilson 11 March 1916 16 October 1964 48 years, 219 days 5 April 1976 2,835 days 24 May 1995 28,928 days (79 years, 74 days)
Edward Heath 9 July 1916 19 June 1970 53 years, 345 days 4 March 1974 1,354 days 17 July 2005 32,515 days (89 years, 8 days)
James Callaghan 27 March 1912 5 April 1976 64 years, 9 days 4 May 1979 1,124 days 26 March 2005 33,967 days (92 years, 364 days)
Margaret Thatcher 13 October 1925 4 May 1979 53 years, 203 days 28 November 1990 4,226 days 8 April 2013 31,954 days (87 years, 177 days)
John Major 29 March 1943 28 November 1990 47 years, 244 days 2 May 1997 2,347 days 26,917 days (73 years, 253 days)
Tony Blair 6 May 1953 2 May 1997 43 years, 361 days 27 June 2007 3,708 days 23,226 days (63 years, 215 days)
Gordon Brown 20 February 1951 27 June 2007 56 years, 127 days 11 May 2010 1,049 days 24,032 days (65 years, 291 days)
David Cameron 9 October 1966 11 May 2010 43 years, 214 days 13 July 2016 2,255 days 18,322 days (50 years, 59 days)
Theresa May 1 October 1956 13 July 2016 59 years, 286 days Incumbent 147 days 21,982 days (60 years, 67 days)
Prime Minister Date of birth Start date
of (first) term		 Age at beginning
of (first) term		 End date
of (final) term		 Total time
in office		 Date of death Lifespan

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Died in office on this date.
  2. ↑ Assassinated on this date.
  3. ↑ Some uncertainty exists about Wellesley's birthday, but his biographers generally place it as 1 May 1769. See his page for more information.
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