Question: who has been prime minister the most times
Answer: The only Prime Minister to serve four terms under that definition was William Ewart Gladstone ( 3 December 1868 -- 20 February 1874 , 23 April 1880 -- 23 June 1885 , 1 February 1886 -- 25 July 1886 and 15 August 1892 -- 5 March 1894 ) .