The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom. The prime minister advises the sovereign on the exercise of much of the royal prerogative, chairs the Cabinet,
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Robert Walpole was the first to hold the position of Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain alongside his cabinet on the eve of World War II in September 1939
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Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, known between 1725 and 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British Whig statesman who is generally regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain, ser
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
…policies, which are then passed by an act of parliament. The power of the office of prime minister has grown significantly since the first prime minister, Robert Walpole in 1721. The prime minister was originally viewed as the primus inter pares ("first among equals"). Prime ministerial power evolved gradually alongside…
Portrait by Jean-Baptiste van Loo, c. 1740
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford by Arthur Pond
Speaker Arthur Onslow calling upon Sir Robert Walpole to Speak in the House of Commons by William Hogarth
Walpole with his secretary, Henry Bilson-Legge, by Stephen Slaughter