PRIME


Meaning of PRIME in English

n. 25B6; verb

he primed the gun : PREPARE, load, get ready.

Lucy had primed him carefully : BRIEF, fill in, prepare, put in the picture, inform, advise, instruct, coach, drill; informal clue in, give someone the low-down.

Prime Ministers of the UK

dates in office

Robert Walpole 1721–1742

Earl of Wilmington 1742–1743

Henry Pelham 1743–1754

Duke of Newcastle 1754–1756

Duke of Devonshire 1756–1757

Duke of Newcastle 1757–1762

Earl of Bute 1762–1763

George Grenville 1763–1765

Marquis of Rockingham 1765–1766

Earl of Chatham (Pitt the Elder) 1766–1768

Duke of Grafton 1768–1770

Lord North 1770–1782

Marquis of Rockingham 1782

Earl of Shelburne 1782–1783

Duke of Portland 1783

William Pitt (Pitt the Younger) 1783–1801

Henry Addington 1801–1804

William Pitt (Pitt the Younger) 1804–1807

Lord William Grenville 1806–1807

Duke of Portland 1807–1809

Spencer Perceval 1809–1812

Earl of Liverpool 1812–1827

George Canning 1827

Viscount Goderich 1827–1828

Duke of Wellington 1828–1830

Earl Grey 1830–1834

Viscount Melbourne 1834

Robert Peel 1834–1835

Viscount Melbourne 1835–1841

Robert Peel 1841–1846

Lord John Russell 1846–1852

Earl of Derby 1852

Earl of Aberdeen 1852–1855

Viscount Palmerston 1855–1858

Earl of Derby 1858–1859

Viscount Palmerston 1859–1865

Earl Russell 1865–1866

Earl of Derby 1866–1868

Benjamin Disraeli 1868

William Ewart Gladstone 1868–1874

Benjamin Disraeli 1874–1880

William Ewart Gladstone 1880–1885

Marquis of Salisbury 1885–1886

William Ewart Gladstone 1886

Marquis of Salisbury 1886–1892

William Ewart Gladstone 1892–1894

Earl of Rosebery 1894–1895

Marquis of Salisbury 1895–1902

Arthur James Balfour 1902–1905

Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905–1908

Herbert Henry Asquith 1908–1915

Herbert Henry Asquith 1915–1916

David Lloyd George 1916–1922

Andrew Bonar Law 1922–1923

Stanley Baldwin 1923–1924

James Ramsay MacDonald 1924

Stanley Baldwin 1924–1929

James Ramsay MacDonald 1929–1931

James Ramsay MacDonald 1931–1935

Stanley Baldwin 1935–1937

Neville Chamberlain 1937–1940

Winston Spencer Churchill 1940–1945

Clement Attlee 1945–1951

Winston Spencer Churchill 1951–1955

Anthony Eden 1955–1957

Harold Macmillan 1957–1963

Alec Douglas-Home 1963–1964

Harold Wilson 1964–1970

Edward Heath 1970–1974

Harold Wilson 1974–1976

James Callaghan 1976–1979

Margaret Thatcher 1979–1990

John Major 1990–1997

Tony Blair from 1997

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