List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by education

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Prime Minister Term of office School University Degree Professional training Walpole, RobertRobert Walpole 1721–1742 Eton College Cambridge (King’s Coll.) 1696–98, did not graduate (LL.D. 1728)[2] Compton, SpencerSpencer Compton
Earl of Wilmington 1742–1743 St Paul’s School Oxford (Trinity Coll.) 1690–?, did not graduate (D.C.L. 1730)[3] Inns of Court: Middle Temple Pelham, HenryHenry Pelham 1743–1754 Westminster School Cambridge (King’s Coll.) 1709–10[4] Oxford (Hart Hall) 1710–?, did not graduate[5] Pelham-Holles, ThomasThomas Pelham-Holles
Duke of Newcastle 1754–1756
1757–1762 Westminster School Cambridge (Clare Coll.) 1710–?, did not graduate (LL.D. 1728)[6] Cavendish, WilliamWilliam Cavendish
Duke of Devonshire 1756–1757 —[7] — — Stuart, JohnJohn Stuart
Earl of Bute 1762–1763 Eton College Groningen University Civil law
1730–32[8] Leiden University Civil law
1732–34, graduated 1734[9] Grenville, GeorgeGeorge Grenville 1763–1765 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) 1730–?, did not graduate[10] Inns of Court: Inner Temple Watson-Wentworth, CharlesCharles Watson-Wentworth
Marquess of Rockingham 1765–1766
1782 Westminster School —[11] — Pitt, William 1William Pitt the Elder
Earl of Chatham 1766–1768 Eton College Oxford (Trinity Coll.) 1727–28, did not graduate[12] Utrecht University 1728[13] FitzRoy, AugustusAugustus FitzRoy
Duke of Grafton 1768–1770 Westminster School Cambridge (Peterhouse) 1751–53, M.A. 1753[14] North, FrederickFrederick North 1770–1782 Eton College Oxford (Trinity Coll.) 1749–50, M.A. 1750[15] Leipzig University 1751–52[16][17] Petty, WilliamWilliam Petty (FitzMaurice)
Earl of Shelburne 1782–1783 —[18] Oxford (Christ Church) 1755–57, did not graduate[19][20] Cavendish-Bentinck, WilliamWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck
Duke of Portland 1783
1807–1809 Westminster School Oxford (Christ Church) 1755–57, M.A. 1757[21] Pitt, William 2William Pitt the Younger 1783–1801
1804–1806 —[22] Cambridge (Pembroke Coll.) 1773–76, M.A. 1776[23]
MP for Cambridge Univ. 1784–1806 Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Addington, HenryHenry Addington 1801–1804 Winchester College Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) 1774–78, B.A. 1778 (M.A. 1780)[24] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Grenville, WilliamWilliam Grenville
Lord Grenville 1806–1807 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) 1776–80, B.A. 1780[25] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Perceval, SpencerSpencer Perceval 1809–1812 Harrow School Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) 1780–82, M.A. 1782[26] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Jenkinson, RobertRobert Jenkinson
Earl of Liverpool 1812–1827 Charterhouse School Oxford (Christ Church) 1787–90, M.A. 1790[27] Canning, GeorgeGeorge Canning 1827 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) 1787–91, B.A. 1791 (M.A. 1794)[28] Robinson, Frederick JohnFrederick J. Robinson
Viscount Goderich 1827–1828 Harrow School Cambridge (St John’s Coll.) 1799–1802, M.A. 1802[29] Wellesley, ArthurArthur Wellesley
Duke of Wellington 1828–1830
1834 Eton College — — French Royal Academy of Equitation, Angers Grey, CharlesCharles Grey
Earl Grey 1830–1834 Eton College Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) 1781–83, did not graduate[30] Lamb, WilliamWilliam Lamb
Viscount Melbourne 1834
1835–1841 Eton College Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) 1796–99, M.A. 1799[31] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Glasgow University Resident pupil of Prof. John Millar
1799–1801[32] Peel, RobertRobert Peel 1834–1835
1841–1846 Harrow School Oxford (Christ Church) Classics and Mathematics
1805–08, B.A. 1808 (M.A. 1814)[33]
MP for Oxford Univ. 1817–29 Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Russell, JohnJohn Russell
Earl Russell 1846–1852
1865–1866 Westminster School Edinburgh University Resident pupil of Prof. John Playfair
1809–12[34] Smith-Stanley, EdwardEdward Smith-Stanley
Earl of Derby 1852
1858–1859
1866–1868 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) Classics
1817–20, did not graduate[35][36] Hamilton-Gordon, GeorgeGeorge Hamilton-Gordon
Earl of Aberdeen 1852–1855 Harrow School Cambridge (St John’s Coll.) 1800–04, M.A. 1804[37] Temple, Henry JohnHenry John Temple
Viscount Palmerston 1855–1858
1859–1865 Harrow School Edinburgh University Resident pupil of Prof. Dugald Stewart
1800–03[38][39] Cambridge (St John’s Coll.) 1803–06, M.A. 1806[40]
MP for Cambridge Univ. 1811–31 Disraeli, BenjaminBenjamin Disraeli
Earl of Beaconsfield 1868
1874–1880 Dr Cogan’s School, Walthamstow — — Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Gladstone, WilliamWilliam Ewart Gladstone 1868–1874
1880–1885
1886
1892–1894 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) Classics and Mathematics
1828–32: B.A. 1832 (M.A. 1834)[41]
MP for Oxford Univ. 1847–65 Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Gascoyne-Cecil, RobertRobert Gascoyne-Cecil
Marquess of Salisbury 1885–1886
1886–1892
1895–1902 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) Mathematics
1847–50, B.A. 1850 (M.A. 1853),
Fellow of All Souls Coll. 1853[42] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Primrose, ArchibaldArchibald Primrose
Earl of Rosebery 1894–1895 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) 1866–68, did not graduate[43][44] Balfour, ArthurArthur Balfour 1902–1905 Eton College Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) Moral Sciences
1866–70, B.A. 1870 (M.A. 1874)[45] Campbell-Bannerman, HenryHenry Campbell-Bannerman 1905–1908 High School of Glasgow Glasgow University Greek and Logic
1851–53[46] Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) Classics
1854–58, B.A. 1858 (M.A. 1861)[47] Asquith, Herbert HenryH. H. Asquith 1908–1916 City of London School Oxford (Balliol Coll.) Classics
1870–74, B.A. 1874, Fellow 1874–82[48] Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Lloyd George, DavidDavid Lloyd George 1916–1922 Llanystumdwy National School — — Solicitor Law, BonarBonar Law 1922–1923 High School of Glasgow Glasgow University Extramural student
1879–80[49] Baldwin, StanleyStanley Baldwin 1923–1924
1924–1929
1935–1937 Harrow School Cambridge (Trinity Coll.) History
1885–88, B.A. 1888 (M.A. 1892)[50] Mason College Metallurgy Macdonald, RamsayRamsay MacDonald 1924
1929–1935 Drainie Parish School Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution Extramural student
1886–87[51][52] Chamberlain, NevilleNeville Chamberlain 1937–1940 Rugby School Mason College Metallurgy
1887–89[53] Churchill, WinstonWinston Churchill 1940–1945
1951–1955 Harrow School — — RMC Sandhurst Attlee, ClementClement Attlee 1945–1951 Haileybury College Oxford (University Coll.) Modern History
1901–04, B.A. 1904 (M.A.)[54]
Lecturer at LSE 1912–14, 1919–23[55] Inns of Court: Inner Temple Eden, AnthonyAnthony Eden 1955–1957 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) Persian and Arabic
1919–22, B.A. 1922 (M.A.) Macmillan, HaroldHarold Macmillan 1957–1963 Eton College Oxford (Balliol Coll.) Classics
1912–14, did not graduate Douglas-Home, AlecAlec Douglas-Home
Earl of Home 1963–1964 Eton College Oxford (Christ Church) Modern History
1922–25, B.A. 1925 (M.A.) Wilson, HaroldHarold Wilson 1964–1970
1974–1976 Royds Hall Grammar School;
Wirral Grammar School for Boys Oxford (Jesus Coll.) PPE (transferred from Modern History)[56]
1934–37, B.A. 1937 (M.A.)
Fellow of University Coll. 1938–45[57] Heath, EdwardEdward Heath 1970–1974 Chatham House Grammar School Oxford (Balliol Coll.) PPE
1935–39, B.A. 1939 (M.A.) Callaghan, JamesJames Callaghan 1976–1979 Northern Secondary School, Portsmouth — — Civil Service: Inland Revenue Thatcher, MargaretMargaret Thatcher 1979–1990 Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School Oxford (Somerville Coll.) Chemistry
1943–47, B.A. 1947 (M.A. 1950) Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Major, JohnJohn Major 1990–1997 Rutlish School — — Correspondence course in banking Blair, TonyTony Blair 1997–2007 Fettes College Oxford (St John’s Coll.) Law
1972–75, B.A. 1975 (M.A.) Inns of Court: Lincoln’s Inn Brown, GordonGordon Brown 2007–2010 Kirkcaldy High School Edinburgh University History
1967–82, M.A. 1972, Ph.D. 1982,[58]
University Rector 1972–75[59] Cameron, DavidDavid Cameron 2010–2016 Eton College Oxford (Brasenose Coll.) PPE
1985–88, B.A. 1988 (M.A.) May, TheresaTheresa May 2016–2019 Holton Park Girls’ Grammar School Oxford (St Hugh’s Coll.) Geography
1974–77, B.A. 1977 (M.A.) Johnson, BorisBoris Johnson 2019–2022 Eton College Oxford (Balliol Coll.) Classics
1983–87, B.A. 1987 (M.A.) Truss, LizLiz Truss 2022 Roundhay School Oxford (Merton Coll.) PPE
1993–96, B.A. Rishi Sunak 2022– Winchester College Oxford (Lincoln Coll.) PPE
1998–2001, B.A. Stanford University Business administration
2004–2006, M.B.A. 2006[60] Prime Minister Term of office School University Degree Professional training
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