List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by education
List of British prime ministers by education

List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom by education

Section Title: List of British prime ministers by education
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Prime Minister	Term of office	School	University	Degree	Professional Training

Robert Walpole	1721–1742	Eton College	Cambridge (King's Coll.)

Spencer Compton Earl of Wilmington	1742–1743	St Paul's School	Oxford (Trinity Coll.)	Inns of Court: Middle Temple

Henry Pelham	1743–1754	Westminster School	Oxford (Hart Hall)

Thomas Pelham-Holles Duke of Newcastle	1754–1756 1757–1762	Westminster School	Cambridge (Clare Coll.)#

William Cavendish Duke of Devonshire	1756–1757	—	—	—

John Stuart Earl of Bute	1762–1763	Eton College	Leiden University

George Grenville	1763–1765	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)	Inns of Court: Inner Temple

Charles Watson-Wentworth Marquess of Rockingham	1765–1766 1782	Westminster School	Cambridge (St John's Coll.)?

William Pitt the Elder Earl of Chatham	1766–1768	Eton College	Oxford (Trinity Coll.); Utrecht University

Augustus FitzRoy Duke of Grafton	1768–1770	Westminster School	Cambridge (Peterhouse)

Frederick North	1770–1782	Eton College	Oxford (Trinity Coll.); Leipzig University

William Petty Earl of Shelburne	1782–1783	—	Oxford (Christ Church)

William Cavendish-Bentinck Duke of Portland	1783 1807–1809	Westminster School	Oxford (Christ Church)

William Pitt the Younger	1783–1801 1804–1806	—	Cambridge (Pembroke Coll.)	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

Henry Addington	1801–1804	Winchester College	Oxford (Brasenose Coll.)	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

William Grenville Lord Grenville	1806–1807	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)

Spencer Perceval	1809–1812	Harrow School	Cambridge (Trinity Coll.)	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

Robert Jenkinson Earl of Liverpool	1812–1827	Charterhouse School	Oxford (Christ Church)

George Canning	1827	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)

Frederick J. Robinson Viscount Goderich	1827–1828	Harrow School	Cambridge (St John's Coll.)

Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington	1828–1830 1834	Eton College	—	—	French Royal Academy of Equitation, Angers

Charles Grey Earl Grey	1830–1834	Eton College	Cambridge (Trinity Coll.)

William Lamb Viscount Melbourne	1834 1835–1841	Eton College	Cambridge (Trinity Coll.); Glasgow University)	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

Robert Peel	1834–1835 1841–1846	Bury Grammar School; Harrow School	Oxford (Christ Church)	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

John Russell Earl Russell	1846–1852 1865–1866	Westminster School	Edinburgh University

Edward Smith-Stanley Earl of Derby	1852 1858–1859 1866–1868	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)

George Hamilton-Gordon Earl of Aberdeen	1852–1855	Harrow School	Cambridge (St John's Coll.)

Henry John Temple Viscount Palmerston	1855–1858 1859–1865	Harrow School	Edinburgh University; Cambridge (St John's Coll.)

Benjamin Disraeli Earl of Beaconsfield	1868 1874–1880	Dr Cogan's School, Walthamstow	—	—	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

William Ewart Gladstone	1868–1874 1880–1885 1886 1892–1894	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)	Classics and Mathematics	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Marquess of Salisbury	1885–1886 1886–1892 1895–1902	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)	Mathematics

Archibald Primrose Earl of Rosebery	1894–1895	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)

Arthur Balfour	1902–1905	Eton College	Cambridge (Trinity Coll.)	Moral Sciences

Henry Campbell-Bannerman	1905–1908	High School of Glasgow	Glasgow University; Cambridge (Trinity Coll.)	Classical Tripos

Herbert Henry Asquith	1908–1916	City of London School	Oxford (Balliol Coll.)	Classics	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

David Lloyd George	1916–1922	Llanystumdwy National School	—	—	Solicitor

Bonar Law	1922–1923	High School of Glasgow	—	—

Stanley Baldwin	1923–1924 1924–1929 1935–1937	Harrow School	Cambridge (Trinity Coll.); Mason Science College, Birmingham	History

Ramsay MacDonald	1924 1929–1935	Drainie Parish School	—	—	Birkbeck Literary and Scientific Institution

Neville Chamberlain	1937–1940	Rugby School	Mason Science College, Birmingham

Winston Churchill	1940–1945 1951–1955	Harrow School	—	—	RMC Sandhurst

Clement Attlee	1945–1951	Haileybury College	Oxford (University Coll.)	Modern History	Inns of Court: Inner Temple

Anthony Eden	1955–1957	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)	Languages

Harold Macmillan	1957–1963	Eton College	Oxford (Balliol Coll.)	Classics

Alec Douglas-Home Earl of Home	1963–1964	Eton College	Oxford (Christ Church)	Modern History

Harold Wilson	1964–1970 1974–1976	Royds Hall Grammar School; Wirral Grammar School for Boys	Oxford (Jesus Coll.)	Modern History

Edward Heath	1970–1974	Chatham House Grammar School	Oxford (Balliol Coll.)	Politics, Philosophy and Economics

James Callaghan	1976–1979	Northern Secondary School, Portsmouth	—	—	Civil Service: Inland Revenue

Margaret Thatcher	1979–1990	Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School	Oxford (Somerville Coll.)	Chemistry	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

John Major	1990–1997	Rutlish School	—	—	Correspondence course in banking

Tony Blair	1997–2007	Fettes College	Oxford (St John's Coll.)	Law	Inns of Court: Lincoln's Inn

Gordon Brown	2007–2010	Kirkcaldy High School	Edinburgh University	History

David Cameron	2010–2016	Eton College	Oxford (Brasenose Coll.)	Politics, Philosophy and Economics

Theresa May	2016–	Holton Park Girls' Grammar School	Oxford (St Hugh's Coll.)	Geography

Prime Minister	Term of office	School	University	Degree	Professional Training

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