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POLITICS
United Kingdom
Oldest Prime Ministers
This list features the oldest British Prime Ministers to ever hold office.
RANK | PRIME MINISTER | AGE | TENURE |
1 | William Ewart Gladstone | 84 years, 63 days | 1892–1894 |
2 | Winston Churchill | 80 years, 126 days | 1951–1955 |
3 | Benjamin Disraeli | 75 years, 122 days | 1874–1880 |
4 | Lord John Russell | 73 years, 312 days | 1865–1866 |
5 | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | 72 years, 158 days | 1895–1902 |
6 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 71 years, 211 days | 1905–1908 |
7 | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | 71 years, 173 days | 1794–1795 |
8 | Neville Chamberlain | 71 years, 53 days | 1937–1940 |
9 | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | 71 years, 2 days | 1852–1855 |
10 | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey | 70 years, 118 days | 1830–1834 |
References
UK Government. (n.d.). History of Prime Ministers. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers [Accessed 1 December 2025].
Wikipedia. (n.d.). List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by age. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_age [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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