List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by birthplace

This list give the names of British prime ministers by their birthplace.

48 of the past 59 prime ministers were born in England, including the incumbent Andy Burnham. Of them, nineteen were born in Central London, most recently Keir Starmer (2024–2026). The rest were born in Scotland (7), Republic of Ireland (2), Canada (1), and United States (1). The most recent prime minister born in Scotland was Gordon Brown (2007–2010).

David Lloyd George was Welsh and a first-language Welsh speaker, but was born in England. No prime minister has ever been born in Wales or in Northern Ireland.

Four prime ministers were born outside the modern United Kingdom, the most recent being Boris Johnson (2019–2022).

List

+NameTermBirthplaceCountryRobert Walpole1721 to 1742Houghton Hall, NorfolkSpencer Compton1742 to 1743Compton Wynyates, WarwickshireHenry Pelham1743 to 1756Laughton, SussexThomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle1754 to 1756 1757 to 1762LondonWilliam Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire1756 to 1757Hardwicke, StroudJohn Stuart, Earl of Bute1762 to 1763Parliament Square, EdinburghGeorge Grenville1763 to 1765Wotton, Buckinghamshire Charles Watson-Wentworth 1782 to 1782, 1765 to 1766 Wentworth, South Yorkshire William Pitt1766 to 1768Westminster, LondonAugustus FitzRoy1768 to 1770LondonFrederick North1770 to 1782Piccadilly, LondonWilliam Petty1782 to 1783Dublin, County Dublin, modern day Henry Addington1801 to 1804Holborn, LondonWilliam Pitt1783 to 1801 1804 to 1806Hayes, KentWilliam Grenville1806 to 1807Wotton, BuckinghamshireWilliam Cavendish-Bentinck1783 1807 to 1809Bulstrode Park, BuckinghamshireSpencer Perceval1809 to 1812Mayfair, LondonRobert Jenkinson1812 to 1827LondonGeorge Canning1827Marylebone, LondonFrederick Robinson1827 to 1828Skelton-on-Ure, YorkshireArthur Wellesley1828 to 1830 1834Dublin, County Dublin, modern day Charles Grey1830 to 1834Fallodon, NorthumberlandWilliam Lamb1834 1835 to 1841LondonRobert Peel1834 to 1835 1841 to 1846Bury, LancashireGeorge Hamilton Gordon1852 to 1855Edinburgh, MidlothianHenry John Temple, Lord Palmerston1859 to 1865 1855 to 1858Westminster, MiddlesexJohn Russell1865 to 1866

1846 to 1852Mayfair, MiddlesexEdward Smith-Stanley1866 to 1868 1858 to 1859

1852Knowsley Hall, Knowsley, LancashireBenjamin Disraeli1874 to 1880

1868 to 1868Bloomsbury, MiddlesexWilliam Ewart Gladstone1868 to 1874 1880 to 1885

1886 to 1886

1892 to 1894Liverpool, LancashireArchibald Primrose1894 to 1895Mayfair, MiddlesexRobert Gascoyne-Cecil1885 to 1886 1886 to 1892

1895 to 1902Hatfield, HertfordshireArthur Balfour1902 to 1905Whittingehame, East LothianHenry Campbell-Bannerman1905 to 1908Kelvinside, GlasgowH. H. Asquith1908 to 1916Morley, West Riding of YorkshireDavid Lloyd George1916 to 1922Chorlton-on-Medlock, Lancashire,Bonar Law1922 to 1923Rexton, Kent County colony, modern day Ramsay MacDonald1924 1929 to 1935Lossiemouth, MorayshireStanley Baldwin1924 to 1929 1935 to 1937Bewdley, WorcestershireNeville Chamberlain1937 to 1940Edgbaston, BirminghamWinston Churchill1940 to 1945 1951 to 1955Blenheim Palace, OxfordshireClement Attlee1945 to 1951Putney, SurreyAnthony Eden1955 to 1957Windlestone Hall, County DurhamHarold Macmillan1957 to 1963Belgravia, LondonAlec Douglas-Home1963 to 1964Mayfair, LondonHarold Wilson1964 to 1970 1974 to 1976Huddersfield, West Riding of YorkshireEdward Heath1970 to 1974Broadstairs, KentJames Callaghan1976 to 1979Portsmouth, HampshireMargaret Thatcher1979 to 1990Grantham, LincolnshireJohn Major1990 to 1997St Helier, SurreyTony Blair1997 to 2007Edinburgh, MidlothianGordon Brown2007 to 2010Giffnock, RenfrewshireDavid Cameron2010 to 2016Marylebone, LondonTheresa May2016 to 2019Eastbourne, East SussexBoris Johnson2019 to 2022New York City, New YorkLiz Truss2022Oxford, OxfordshireRishi Sunak2022 to 2024Southampton, HampshireKeir Starmer2024 to 2026Southwark, LondonAndy Burnham2026-PresentAintree, Liverpool

See also List of prime ministers of Australia by birthplace List of prime ministers of Canada by birthdate, birthplace, and age List of prime ministers of New Zealand by place of birth

References 3. "AP HUGH, Owen (1518-1613), of Bodeon, nr. Llangadwaladr, Anglesey". Retrieved 24 January 2016. (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/ap-hugh-owen-1518-1613 )