Past Prime Ministers

Jenkinson Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool 1812–27 Tory
Name: Jenkinson Robert Banks, Earl of Liverpool 1812–27 Tory

Born: 7 June 1770 in London

First entered Parliament: 7 June 1791

Age he became PM: 42 years, one day

Maiden Speech: 29 February 1792, speaking against a motion censuring the government for actions increasing the size of the Navy to combat the Russian invasion of Turkey

Total time as PM: 14 years, 305 days

Died: 4 December 1828 at Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey

Education: Charterhouse and Christ's Church College, Oxford

Family: Liverpool was the only child of his father's first marriage. His father went on to have two more children from his second marriage. Liverpool was married twice (to Lady Louisa Theodosia Hervey and then Mary Chester) but had no children.

Interests: Art (he founded the National Gallery in 1824), literature

 
 
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