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First Names of UK Prime Ministers

Imagine the names of British prime ministers were styled in the same way as monarchs (i.e. first names only), how many of these "royal" prime ministers can you name?
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Last updated: October 8, 2024
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First submittedJuly 31, 2024
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1st
Robert I
2nd
Spencer I
3rd
Henry I
4th
Thomas
5th
William I
6th
John I
7th
George I
8th
Charles I
9th
William II
10th
Augustus
11th
Frederick I
12th
William III
13th
William IV
14th
William V
15th
Henry II
16th
William VI
17th
Spencer II
18th
Robert II
19th
George II
20th
Frederick II
21st
Arthur I
22nd
Charles II
23rd
William VII
24th
Robert III
25th
John II
26th
Edward I
27th
George III
28th
Henry III
29th
Benjamin
30th
William VIII
31st
Robert IV
32nd
Archibald
33rd
Arthur II
34th
Henry IV
35th
Herbert
36th
David I
37th
Andrew
38th
Stanley
39th
James I
40th
Arthur III
41st
Winston
42nd
Clement
43rd
Robert V
44th
Maurice
45th
Alexander I
46th
James II
47th
Edward II
48th
Leonard
49th
Margaret
50th
John III
51st
Anthony
52nd
James III
53rd
David II
54th
Theresa
55th
Alexander II
56th
Mary
57th
Rishi
58th
Keir
15 Comments
+11
Level 81
Oct 1, 2024
So many who are/were not known by their first given name!
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Level 86
Oct 2, 2024
Yep - my favourite example is that there are three James’s, and yet the only PM who was actually known by that name (James Callaghan) isn’t one of them!
+7
Level 89
Oct 5, 2024
The description says "styled in the same way as monarchs (i.e. first names only)"

However we don't have Queen Alexandrina (it's Victoria) or Kings Albert (Edward VII and George VI). They picked a middle name instead as their regnal name.

Either the description needs changing to remove the idea that we're doing the same thing as monarchs here, or the answer for Truss should be Liz, rather than Mary (as one of many examples) as she chose that name to rule by. I know Liz is a type in, but still.

+7
Level 86
Oct 5, 2024
I see what you mean, but the quiz title does clearly say ‘First Names of UK Prime Ministers’ after all. And as with Liz/Mary, the many middle names that PMs were known by to the public are accepted as answers as well as their first names, so hopefully there shouldn’t be any confusion.
+8
Level ∞
Oct 5, 2024
Don't change a thing. You have handled these edge cases brilliantly!
+6
Level 66
Oct 8, 2024
Good grief. It's fine as it is. Well done and thank you
+2
Level 56
Oct 5, 2024
Cool idea
+3
Level 86
Oct 5, 2024
Arthur III (Chamberlain) currently about 15% more guessed than Arthurs I and II. Lots of facepalming going on after people give up or run out of time!
+1
Level 83
Oct 8, 2024
Good quiz. You might want to accept 'Teresa' and 'Kier' as type-ins as they are popular alternative spellings. Also 'Frederik' works as a type-in but only for 'Frederick I'
+1
Level 86
Oct 8, 2024
Thanks, added and fixed those
+2
Level 63
Oct 21, 2024
gone from robert to rishi lol
+3
Level 78
Oct 21, 2024
My main takeaway from this is that PMs hate going by their actual first names
+1
Level 78
Nov 16, 2024
I could've sworn the current guy's name was Kevin.
+1
Level 53
May 2, 2025
After I filled up the names I knew, I just started to try names at random.

I was surprised by what appeared. I was especially surprised to read that Boris Johnson's first name is actually "Alexander"!

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Level 74
May 5, 2025
good thing i didn't forget about this guy