Children of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

This is a list of children and grandchildren of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom.


Children and grandchildren of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Walpole (created Earl of Orford)

1. The Rt. Hon. Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford

2. Lady Katherine Walpole
3. The Rt. Hon. Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford – Whig MP for 27 years
4. The Rt. Hon. Mary Cholmondeley, Countess of Cholmondeley

5. The Rt. Hon. Sir Edward Walpole – MP in UK for 38 years and in Ireland for 23 years

6. Lady Maria Churchill

The Rt. Hon. Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

The Earl of Wilmington was unmarried and childless.
The earldom became extinct on his death.

The Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham

1. The Rt. Hon. Catherine Pelham-Clinton, Countess of Lincoln

2. Frances Pelham
3. The Rt. Hon. Grace Watson, Lady Sondes

4. Mary Pelham

His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

The Duke of Newcastle was married but childless.
Dukedom of Newcastle-under-Lyne was inherited by his nephew The Rt. Hon. Henry Pelham-Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln.

His Grace William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

1. His Grace William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire – served as Lord High Treasurer of Ireland

2. Her Grace Dorothy Bentinck, Duchess of Portland

3. Lord Richard Cavendish – MP for 8 years
4. The Rt. Hon. George Cavendish, 1st Earl of Burlington – MP for 55 years

The Rt. Hon. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

1. The Rt. Hon. Mary Lowther, Countess of Lonsdale
2. The Most Hon. John Stuart, 1st Marquess of Bute – Tory MP for 10 years

3. Her Grace Anne Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
4. The Hon. James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie – MP for 29 years

5. The Rt. Hon. Jane Macartney, Countess Macartney
6. Lady Augusta Corbet
7. The Hon. Frederick Stuart
8. Col. The Hon. Sir Charles Stuart – MP for 23 years

9. The Most Rev. and Rt. Hon. William Stuart – served as Archbishop of Armagh

10. The Rt. Hon. Caroline Dawson, Countess of Portarlington

11. Lady Louisa Stuart

The Rt. Hon. George Grenville

1. Richard Grenville
2. The Most Hon. George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham – MP for 5 years

3. Charlotte Williams-Wynn

4. The Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville – MP for 30 years
5. The Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Proby, Countess of Carysfort

6. The Rt. Hon. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville – served as Tory MP for 8 years and (Whig) Prime Minister
7. Catherine Neville

8. The Rt. Hon. Hester Fortescue, Countess Fortescue

The Most Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

The Marquess of Rockingham was married but childless.
The marquessate became extinct on his death.

The Rt. Hon. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

1. The Rt. Hon. Hester Stanhope, Viscountess Mahon

2. General The Rt. Hon. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
3. Lady Harriet Eliot

4. The Rt. Hon. William Pitt – served as Tory MP for 24 years and Prime Minister
5. The Hon. James Pitt

His Grace Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

1. Lady Georgiana Smyth

2. His Grace George FitzRoy, 4th Duke of Grafton – Whig MP for 29 years

3. General Lord Charles FitzRoy – MP for 25 years

4. The Rev. Lord Henry FitzRoy

5. Lord Frederick FitzRoy
6. Lady Augusta Tavel

7. The Rt. Hon. Frances Spencer, Lady Churchill

8. Admiral Lord William FitzRoy – MP for 6 years

9. Lord John FitzRoy – Whig MP for 12 years
10. Lady Charlotte FitzRoy
11. Lady Elizabeth FitzRoy
12. Lady Isabella Blachford

The Rt. Hon. Frederick North, Lord North (later 2nd Earl of Guilford)

1. The Rt. Hon. George North, 3rd Earl of Guilford – MP for 14 years

2. The Hon. Catherine North
3. The Rt. Hon. Francis North, 4th Earl of Guilford
4. Lady Charlotte Lindsay
5. The Rt. Hon. Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford – MP for 2 years
6. The Rt. Hon. Anne Holroyd, Countess of Sheffield

The Rt. Hon. William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (created Marquess of Lansdowne)

1. The Most Hon. John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne – MP for 16 years
2. The Most Hon. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne – served as Whig MP for 7 years, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Lords

3. Lady Louisa Fitzmaurice

His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

1. His Grace William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland – MP for 18 years

2. Lt.-Gen. The Rt. Hon. Lord William Bentinck – served as MP for 23 years and Governor-General of India
3. Lady Charlotte Greville

4. Lady Mary Cavendish-Bentinck
5. Lt.-Col. The Rt. Hon. Lord Charles Bentinck – MP for 5 years

6. Maj.-Gen. Lord Frederick Cavendish-Bentinck

The Rt. Hon. William Pitt (the Younger)

William Pitt was unmarried and childless.

The Rt. Hon. Henry Addington (created Viscount Sidmouth)

1. The Hon. Frances Pellew

2. Charles Addington
3. The Hon. Charlotte Currie
4. The Hon. Henrietta Wall
5. The Hon. Henry Addington
6. The Rt. Hon. William Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth

The Rt. Hon. William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

The Lord Grenville was married but childless.
The barony became extinct on his death.

The Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval

1. Jane Perceval
2. Frances Perceval
3. Maria Perceval
4. Spencer Perceval – MP for 7 years

5. Charles Perceval
6. Frederick Perceval

7. The Rev. Henry Perceval

8. Dudley Perceval

9. Isabella Walpole

10. John Thomas Perceval

11. Louisa Perceval
12. Frederica Perceval
13. Ernest Perceval

The Rt. Hon. Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

The Earl of Liverpool was twice married but childless.
The earldom was inherited by his half-brother The Hon. Charles Jenkinson.

The Rt. Hon. George Canning

1. George Canning
2. The Hon. William Canning
3. The Most Hon. Harriet de Burgh, Marchioness of Clanricarde

4. The Rt. Hon. Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning – served as Conservative MP for 7 months and Governor-General and Viceroy of India

The Rt. Hon. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (created Earl of Ripon)

1. Eleanor Robinson
2. The Most Hon. George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon – served as MP for 7 years, Viceroy and Governor-General of India and Leader of the House of Lords

Field Marshal His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

1. Lt.-Gen. His Grace Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington – Conservative MP for 18 years
2. Maj.-Gen. Lord Charles Wellesley – Conservative MP for 13 years

The Rt. Hon. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

1. illegitimate: Eliza Ellice

2. stillborn daughter
3. The Rt. Hon. Louisa Lambton, Countess of Durham

4. Lady Elizabeth Bulteel

5. Lady Caroline Barrington

6. Lady Georgiana Grey
7. The Rt. Hon. Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey – served as Liberal MP for 18 years and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
8. General The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Grey – MP for 5 years

9. Admiral The Hon. Sir Frederick Grey
10. The Rt. Hon. Mary Wood, Viscountess Halifax

11. The Hon. William Grey
12. Admiral The Hon. George Grey

13. The Hon. Thomas Grey
14. The Rev. and Hon. John Grey

15. The Rev. and Hon. Sir Francis Grey
16. The Hon. Henry Cavendish Grey
17. The Hon. William George Grey

The Rt. Hon. William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

1. The Hon. George Lamb
2. unnamed daughter

Both Viscount Melbourne's children predeceased him and he had no grandchildren.
The viscountcy was inherited by his brother The Rt. Hon. Frederick Lamb, 1st Baron Beauvale.

The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet

1. The Rt. Hon. Julia Child Villiers, Countess (of the Island) of Jersey

2. The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet – MP for 32 years

3. The Rt. Hon. Sir Frederick Peel – Liberal MP for 14 years
4. Capt. Sir William Peel
5. Capt. John Peel
6. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Peel, 1st Viscount Peel – served as MP for 30 years and Speaker of the House of Commons

7. Eliza Stonor

The Rt. Hon. John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

1. Lady Georgiana Peel

2. Lady Victoria Villiers

3. John Russell, Viscount Amberley – Liberal MP for 2 years

4. The Hon. George Russell
5. The Hon. Francis Russell

6. Lady Mary Russell

The Rt. Hon. Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

1. The Rt. Hon. Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby – served as Conservative MP for 21 years and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
2. The Rt. Hon. Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby – served as Conservative MP for 21 years and Governor General of Canada

3. Lady Emma Chetwynd-Talbot

The Rt. Hon. George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

1. Lady Jane Hamilton-Gordon
2. Lady Charlotte Hamilton-Gordon
3. Lady Alice Hamilton-Gordon
4. unnamed son (Lord Haddo)
5. The Rt. Hon. George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen – Liberal MP for 6 years

6. General The Hon. Sir Alexander Hamilton-Gordon – Liberal MP for 10 years

7. Lady Frances Hamilton-Gordon
8. The Rev. and Hon. Douglas Hamilton-Gordon

9. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore – served as Liberal MP for 3 years and held many colonial governorships

The Rt. Hon. Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

The Viscount Palmerston was married but hadn't got any legitimate children.
The viscountcy became extinct on his death.

The Rt. Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

The Earl of Beaconsfield was married but childless.
The earldom became extinct on his death.

The Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone

1. William Henry Gladstone – Liberal MP for 20 years

2. Agnes Wickham

3. The Rev. Stephen Gladstone

4. Catherine Gladstone
5. Mary Drew

6. Helen Gladstone
7. The Rt. Hon. Henry Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden
8. The Rt. Hon. Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone – served as Liberal MP for 30 years, Home Secretary and Governor-General of South Africa

The Most Hon. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

1. The Rt. Hon. Beatrix Palmer, Countess of Selborne

2. Lady Gwendolen Cecil
3. The Most Hon. James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury – served as Conservative MP for 17 years and Leader of the House of Lords

4. The Rt. Rev. Lord William Cecil – served as Bishop of Exeter

5. The Rt. Hon. Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Conservative MP for 16 years
6. Lady Fanny Cecil
7. Col. Lord Edward Cecil

8. The Rt. Hon. Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood – Conservative MP 38 years

The Rt. Hon. Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

1. Lady Sybil Grant

2. The Most Hon. Margaret Crewe-Milnes, Marchioness of Crewe

3. The Rt. Hon. Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery – Liberal MP for 4 years

4. Capt. The Rt. Hon. Neil Primrose – Liberal MP for 7 years

The Rt. Hon. Arthur Balfour (created Earl of Balfour)

The Earl of Balfour was unmarried and childless.
The earldom was inherited by his brother The Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour.

The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was married but childless.

The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith (created Earl of Oxford and Asquith)

1. Raymond Asquith

2. The Hon. Herbert Asquith

3. Brig.-Gen. The Hon. Arthur Asquith

4. The Rt. Hon. Violet Bonham Carter, Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury

5. The Rt. Hon. Cyril Asquith, Baron Asquith of Bishopstone

6. Elizabeth, Princess Bibesco

7. The Hon. Anthony Asquith

The Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George (created Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor)

1. The Rt. Hon. Richard Lloyd George, 2nd Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor

2. Mair Lloyd George
3. Lady Olwen Evans

4. The Rt. Hon. Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby – served as Liberal MP for 29 years and Home Secretary

5. Lady Megan Lloyd George – MP for 31 years (Liberal and Labour)
6. illegitimate: Jennifer Longford

The Rt. Hon. Andrew Bonar Law

1. Isabel Sykes

2. The Rt. Hon. Catherine Archibald, Lady Archibald
3. Capt. James Law
4. Charles Law
5. Cmdr. Harrington Law
6. The Rt. Hon. Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine – Conservative MP for 23 years

The Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin (created Earl Baldwin of Bewdley)

1. Lady Diana Kemp-Welch
2. Lady Leonora Howard

3. Lady Margaret Huntington-Whiteley

4. Maj. The Rt. Hon. Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley – Labour MP for 4 years
5. Lady Esther Baldwin
6. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley

The Rt. Hon. Ramsay MacDonald

1. Alister MacDonald
2. The Rt. Hon. Malcolm MacDonald – served as Labour MP for 15 years and Governor-General of Kenya
3. Ishbel MacDonald
4. David MacDonald
5. Joan MacDonald
6. Shelia MacDonald

The Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain

1. Dorothy Lloyd

2. Francis Chamberlain

The Rt. Hon. Sir Winston Churchill

1. Diana Churchill

2. Maj. The Hon. Randolph Churchill – Conservative MP for 5 years

3. The Rt. Hon. Sarah Touchet-Jesson, Lady Audley
4. Marigold Churchill
5. The Rt. Hon. Mary Soames, Lady Soames

The Rt. Hon. Clement Attlee (created Earl Attlee)

1. Lady Janet Shipton

2. Lady Felicity Harwood

3. The Rt. Hon. Martin Attlee, 2nd Earl Attlee

4. Lady Alison Davis

The Rt. Hon. Sir Anthony Eden (created Earl of Avon)

1. Simon Eden
2. Robert Eden
3. The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon

The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan (created Earl of Stockton)

1. The Rt. Hon. Maurice Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden – served as Conservative MP for 27 years and Chief Secretary to the Treasury

2. Lady Caroline Faber

3. Lady Catherine Amery

4. Sarah Heath

The Rt. Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home (disclaimed 14th Earl of Home; created Baron Home of the Hirsel for life)

1. Lady Caroline Douglas-Home
2. Lady Meriel Darby

3. Lady Diana Murray

4. The Rt. Hon. David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson (created Baron Wilson of Rievaulx for life)

1. The Hon. Robin Wilson

2. The Hon. Giles Wilson

The Rt. Hon. Edward Heath (later knighted)

Sir Edward Heath was unmarried and childless.

The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan (created Baron Callaghan of Cardiff for life)

1. The Rt. Hon. Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington – served as Leader of the House of Lords

2. The Hon. Julia Hubbard

3. The Hon. Michael Callaghan

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Thatcher (created Baroness Thatcher for life)

1. The Hon. Carol Thatcher
2. The Hon. Sir Mark Thatcher, 2nd Baronet

The Rt. Hon. John Major (later knighted)

1. Elizabeth Salter
2. James Major

The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair

1. Euan Blair
2. Nicholas Blair
3. Kathryn Blair
4. Leo Blair

The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown

1. Jennifer Brown
2. John Brown
3. James Brown

The Rt. Hon. David Cameron

1. Ivan Cameron
2. Nancy Cameron
3. Arthur Cameron
4. Florence Cameron

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May

Theresa May is married but childless.

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