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UK Prime Ministers in order of age at beginning of (first) term.

Currently Jeremy Corbyn is 66 (birthday May 26th 1949) and if he was to win the UK General Election 2020 He would be the oldest person to be elected to the job of Prime Minister as he will be just short of his 71st Birthday in 2020

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This is a list of UK Prime Ministers by longevity. For those Prime Ministers still living, the lifespan column gives the age as of 12 September.
Prime MinisterDate of birthStart date
of (first) term
Age at beginning
of (first) term
End date
of (final) term
Total time
in office
Date of deathLifespan
Henry Temple20 October 17846 February 185570 years, 109 days18 October 1865[1]3,429 days18 October 186529,582 days (80 years, 363 days)
Henry Campbell-Bannerman7 September 18365 December 190569 years, 89 days3 April 1908850 days22 April 190826,159 days (71 years, 228 days)
Spencer Compton18 March 167316 February 174268 years, 335 days2 July 1743[1]501 days2 July 174325,672 days (70 years, 106 days)
George Hamilton-Gordon28 January 178419 December 185268 years, 326 days30 January 1855772 days14 December 186028,079 days (76 years, 321 days)
Neville Chamberlain18 March 186928 May 193768 years, 71 days10 May 19401,078 days9 November 194026,168 days (71 years, 236 days)
Charles Grey13 March 176422 November 183066 years, 254 days16 July 18341,332 days17 July 184529,710 days (81 years, 126 days)
Winston Churchill30 November 187410 May 194065 years, 162 days6 April 19553,161 days24 January 196532,927 days (90 years, 55 days)
Andrew Bonar Law16 September 185823 October 192264 years, 37 days22 May 1923211 days30 October 192323,784 days (65 years, 44 days)
James Callaghan27 March 19125 April 197664 years, 9 days4 May 19791,124 days26 March 200533,967 days (92 years, 364 days)
Benjamin Disraeli21 December 180427 February 186863 years, 68 days21 April 18802,530 days19 April 188127,878 days (76 years, 119 days)
Harold Macmillan10 February 189410 January 195762 years, 335 days18 October 19632,472 days29 December 198633,924 days (92 years, 322 days)
Clement Attlee3 January 188326 July 194562 years, 204 days26 October 19512,283 days8 October 196730,958 days (84 years, 278 days)
Thomas Pelham-Holles21 July 169316 March 175460 years, 238 days26 May 17622,765 days17 November 176827,512 days (75 years, 119 days)
Alec Douglas-Home2 July 190318 October 196360 years, 108 days16 October 1964364 days9 October 199533,702 days (92 years, 99 days)
William Ewart Gladstone29 December 18093 December 186858 years, 340 days2 March 18944,508 days19 May 189832,283 days (88 years, 141 days)
Arthur Wellesley1 May 1769[3]22 January 182858 years, 266 days10 December 18341,055 days14 September 185230,451 days (83 years, 136 days)
Anthony Eden12 June 18976 April 195557 years, 298 days10 January 1957645 days14 January 197729,070 days (79 years, 216 days)
William Pitt the Elder15 November 170830 July 176657 years, 257 days14 October 1768807 days11 May 177825,379 days (69 years, 177 days)
Ramsay MacDonald12 October 186622 January 192457 years, 102 days7 June 19352,480 days9 November 193725,960 days (71 years, 28 days)
George Canning11 April 177010 April 182756 years, 364 days8 August 1827[1]120 days8 August 182720,937 days (57 years, 119 days)
Gordon Brown20 February 195127 June 200756 years, 127 days11 May 20101,049 days23,580 days (64 years, 204 days)
Stanley Baldwin3 August 186723 May 192355 years, 293 days28 May 19372,633 days14 December 194729,352 days (80 years, 133 days)
Herbert Asquith12 September 18525 April 190855 years, 206 days5 December 19163,166 days15 February 192827,548 days (75 years, 156 days)
Robert Cecil3 February 183023 June 188555 years, 140 days11 July 19025,000 days22 August 190326,862 days (73 years, 200 days)
William Lamb15 March 177916 July 183455 years, 123 days30 August 18412,447 days24 November 184825,456 days (69 years, 254 days)
Arthur Balfour25 July 184811 July 190253 years, 351 days5 December 19051,243 days19 March 193029,821 days (81 years, 237 days)
Edward Heath9 July 191619 June 197053 years, 345 days4 March 19741,354 days17 July 200532,515 days (89 years, 8 days)
David Lloyd George17 January 18637 December 191653 years, 325 days22 October 19222,145 days26 March 194530,018 days (82 years, 68 days)
John Russell18 August 179230 June 184653 years, 316 days28 June 18662,306 days28 May 187831,328 days (85 years, 283 days)
Margaret Thatcher13 October 19254 May 197953 years, 203 days28 November 19904,226 days8 April 201331,954 days (87 years, 177 days)
Edward Smith-Stanley29 March 179923 February 185252 years, 331 days27 February 18681,386 days23 October 186925,775 days (70 years, 208 days)
George Grenville14 October 171216 April 176350 years, 184 days13 July 1765819 days13 November 177021,214 days (58 years, 30 days)
John Stuart25 May 171326 May 176249 years, 1 day8 April 1763317 days10 March 179228,779 days (78 years, 290 days)
Henry Pelham25 September 169427 August 174348 years, 336 days6 March 1754[1]3,844 days6 March 175421,711 days (59 years, 162 days)
Harold Wilson11 March 191616 October 196448 years, 219 days5 April 19762,835 days24 May 199528,928 days (79 years, 74 days)
John Major29 March 194328 November 199047 years, 244 days2 May 19972,347 days26,465 days (72 years, 167 days)
Spencer Perceval1 November 17624 October 180946 years, 337 days11 May 1812[2]950 days11 May 181218,088 days (49 years, 192 days)
Robert Peel5 February 178810 December 183446 years, 308 days29 June 18461,883 days2 July 185022,792 days (62 years, 147 days)
Archibald Primrose7 May 18475 March 189446 years, 302 days22 June 1895474 days21 May 192929,964 days (82 years, 14 days)
William Grenville25 October 175911 February 180646 years, 109 days31 March 1807413 days12 January 183427,107 days (74 years, 79 days)
William Petty2 May 17374 July 178245 years, 63 days2 April 1783272 days7 May 180524,841 days (68 years, 5 days)
William Cavendish-Bentinck14 April 17382 April 178344 years, 353 days4 October 18091,179 days30 October 180926,131 days (71 years, 199 days)
Frederick Robinson1 November 178231 August 182744 years, 303 days21 January 1828143 days28 January 185927,846 days (76 years, 88 days)
Robert Walpole26 August 16764 April 172144 years, 221 days11 February 17427,618 days18 March 174525,040 days (68 years, 204 days)
Tony Blair6 May 19532 May 199743 years, 361 days27 June 20073,708 days22,774 days (62 years, 129 days)
Henry Addington30 May 175717 March 180143 years, 291 days10 May 18041,150 days15 February 184431,671 days (86 years, 261 days)
David Cameron9 October 196611 May 201043 years, 214 daysIncumbent1,950 days17,870 days (48 years, 338 days)
Robert Jenkinson7 June 17708 June 181242 years, 1 day9 April 18275,418 days4 December 182821,364 days (58 years, 180 days)
Frederick North13 April 173228 January 177037 years, 290 days22 March 17824,436 days5 August 179222,029 days (60 years, 114 days)
William Cavendish8 May 172016 November 175636 years, 192 days25 June 1757221 days2 October 176416,218 days (44 years, 147 days)
Charles Watson-Wentworth13 May 173013 July 176535 years, 61 days1 July 1782[1]478 days1 July 178219,042 days (52 years, 49 days)
Augustus FitzRoy28 September 173514 October 176833 years, 16 days28 January 1770471 days14 March 181127,560 days (75 years, 167 days)
William Pitt the Younger28 May 175919 December 178324 years, 205 days23 January 1806[1]6,917 days23 January 180617,041 days (46 years, 240 days)
Prime MinisterDate of birthStart date
of (first) term
Age at beginning
of (first) term
End date
of (final) term
Total time
in office
Date of deathLifespan