ThatQuiz Test Library Take this test now
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom - Quiz
Contributed by: Craven
  • 1. Who was the last Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Charles Townshend
B) James Ogilvy, 1st Earl of Seafield
C) Robert Walpole
D) Earl of Chatham
  • 2. Which department was responsible for the Great Seal in the Kingdom of Scotland?
A) The court of session
B) The Treasury
C) The privy council
D) The chancery
  • 3. What event in 1714 led to the commission of lords of the Treasury becoming permanent?
A) The death of Queen Anne
B) The succession of George I
C) The end of the Seven Years' War
D) The resignation of Robert Walpole
  • 4. Who headed the government for three years following 1714?
A) Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
B) Robert Walpole
C) Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
D) James Stanhope
  • 5. Which two men ran the government jointly after Townshend?
A) Robert Walpole and the Earl of Bath
B) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
C) George I and James Ogilvy
D) Lords Stanhope and Sunderland
  • 6. In what year did James Stanhope die?
A) 1714
B) 1746
C) 1721
D) 1757
  • 7. When was the title 'prime minister' officially recognised?
A) 1707
B) Victorian era
C) Edwardian era
D) 1721
  • 8. Which two individuals are the only exceptions to the convention that the prime minister holds the office of first lord?
A) James Stanhope and Charles Spencer
B) The Earl of Chatham and the Marquess of Salisbury
C) William Pulteney and James Waldegrave
D) Robert Walpole and Charles Townshend
  • 9. Who was invited to form a ministry in 1746 after Henry Pelham resigned?
A) James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
B) Robert Walpole
C) William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
D) William Pitt the Elder
  • 10. How long did William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Two months
B) Four days
C) Three years
D) Two days
  • 11. How long did James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, attempt to form a government before stepping down?
A) Two days
B) Two months
C) Three years
D) Four days
  • 12. Who dominated the affairs of government during the Seven Years' War?
A) Henry Pelham
B) William Pulteney
C) William Pitt the Elder
D) James Waldegrave
  • 13. What is the modern academic consensus on William Pulteney and James Waldegrave?
A) They did not hold the office of prime minister
B) They were the only prime ministers before 1721
C) They held the office but were not recognised
D) They were the first two prime ministers
  • 14. What was a primary responsibility of the Chancellor of Scotland?
A) Leading the Seven Years' War
B) Confirmining land titles via the Treasury
C) Presiding at meetings of the privy council
D) Managing foreign affairs
  • 15. What office does the prime minister usually hold by constitutional convention?
A) Secretary of State
B) Chancellor of Scotland
C) Lord high treasurer
D) First lord
  • 16. Who is considered by historians to be the first prime minister of the Kingdom of Great Britain?
A) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
B) William Pitt the Younger
C) Benjamin Disraeli
D) Robert Walpole
  • 17. In what year did the office of prime minister officially become a title?
A) 1878
B) 1922
C) 1805
D) 1905
  • 18. Who was the first prime minister to use the title in an official act?
A) Benjamin Disraeli
B) Robert Walpole
C) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
D) William Pitt the Younger
  • 19. Which prime minister was the first to be officially referred to as such in the order of precedence in 1905?
A) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
B) Andrew Bonar Law
C) Benjamin Disraeli
D) Stanley Baldwin
  • 20. Who was the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1922?
A) Robert Walpole
B) Stanley Baldwin
C) William Pitt the Younger
D) Andrew Bonar Law
  • 21. Who was the serving prime minister when the country was officially renamed in 1927?
A) Andrew Bonar Law
B) Henry Campbell-Bannerman
C) Benjamin Disraeli
D) Stanley Baldwin
  • 22. During which decade was the term 'prime minister' regularly used by Robert Walpole?
A) 1720s
B) 1740s
C) 1710s
D) 1730s
  • 23. In what year was the term 'prime minister' first used in the House of Commons?
A) 1805
B) 1905
C) 1880
D) 1730
Created with That Quiz — where test making and test taking are made easy for math and other subject areas.