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 Minister | Date of birth | Start date of (first) term | Age at beginning of (first) term | End date of (final) term | Total time in office | Date of death | Lifespan |
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Henry Temple | 20 October 1784 | 6 February 1855 | 70 years, 109 days | 18 October 1865[1] | 3,429 days | 18 October 1865 | 29,582 days (80 years, 363 days) |
Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 7 September 1836 | 5 December 1905 | 69 years, 89 days | 3 April 1908 | 850 days | 22 April 1908 | 26,159 days (71 years, 228 days) |
Spencer Compton | 18 March 1673 | 16 February 1742 | 68 years, 335 days | 2 July 1743[1] | 501 days | 2 July 1743 | 25,672 days (70 years, 106 days) |
George Hamilton-Gordon | 28 January 1784 | 19 December 1852 | 68 years, 326 days | 30 January 1855 | 772 days | 14 December 1860 | 28,079 days (76 years, 321 days) |
Neville Chamberlain | 18 March 1869 | 28 May 1937 | 68 years, 71 days | 10 May 1940 | 1,078 days | 9 November 1940 | 26,168 days (71 years, 236 days) |
Charles Grey | 13 March 1764 | 22 November 1830 | 66 years, 254 days | 16 July 1834 | 1,332 days | 17 July 1845 | 29,710 days (81 years, 126 days) |
Winston Churchill | 30 November 1874 | 10 May 1940 | 65 years, 162 days | 6 April 1955 | 3,161 days | 24 January 1965 | 32,927 days (90 years, 55 days) |
Andrew Bonar Law | 16 September 1858 | 23 October 1922 | 64 years, 37 days | 22 May 1923 | 211 days | 30 October 1923 | 23,784 days (65 years, 44 days) |
James Callaghan | 27 March 1912 | 5 April 1976 | 64 years, 9 days | 4 May 1979 | 1,124 days | 26 March 2005 | 33,967 days (92 years, 364 days) |
Benjamin Disraeli | 21 December 1804 | 27 February 1868 | 63 years, 68 days | 21 April 1880 | 2,530 days | 19 April 1881 | 27,878 days (76 years, 119 days) |
Harold Macmillan | 10 February 1894 | 10 January 1957 | 62 years, 335 days | 18 October 1963 | 2,472 days | 29 December 1986 | 33,924 days (92 years, 322 days) |
Clement Attlee | 3 January 1883 | 26 July 1945 | 62 years, 204 days | 26 October 1951 | 2,283 days | 8 October 1967 | 30,958 days (84 years, 278 days) |
Thomas Pelham-Holles | 21 July 1693 | 16 March 1754 | 60 years, 238 days | 26 May 1762 | 2,765 days | 17 November 1768 | 27,512 days (75 years, 119 days) |
Alec Douglas-Home | 2 July 1903 | 18 October 1963 | 60 years, 108 days | 16 October 1964 | 364 days | 9 October 1995 | 33,702 days (92 years, 99 days) |
William Ewart Gladstone | 29 December 1809 | 3 December 1868 | 58 years, 340 days | 2 March 1894 | 4,508 days | 19 May 1898 | 32,283 days (88 years, 141 days) |
Arthur Wellesley | 1 May 1769[3] | 22 January 1828 | 58 years, 266 days | 10 December 1834 | 1,055 days | 14 September 1852 | 30,451 days (83 years, 136 days) |
Anthony Eden | 12 June 1897 | 6 April 1955 | 57 years, 298 days | 10 January 1957 | 645 days | 14 January 1977 | 29,070 days (79 years, 216 days) |
William Pitt the Elder | 15 November 1708 | 30 July 1766 | 57 years, 257 days | 14 October 1768 | 807 days | 11 May 1778 | 25,379 days (69 years, 177 days) |
Ramsay MacDonald | 12 October 1866 | 22 January 1924 | 57 years, 102 days | 7 June 1935 | 2,480 days | 9 November 1937 | 25,960 days (71 years, 28 days) |
George Canning | 11 April 1770 | 10 April 1827 | 56 years, 364 days | 8 August 1827[1] | 120 days | 8 August 1827 | 20,937 days (57 years, 119 days) |
Gordon Brown | 20 February 1951 | 27 June 2007 | 56 years, 127 days | 11 May 2010 | 1,049 days | 23,580 days (64 years, 204 days) | |
Stanley Baldwin | 3 August 1867 | 23 May 1923 | 55 years, 293 days | 28 May 1937 | 2,633 days | 14 December 1947 | 29,352 days (80 years, 133 days) |
Herbert Asquith | 12 September 1852 | 5 April 1908 | 55 years, 206 days | 5 December 1916 | 3,166 days | 15 February 1928 | 27,548 days (75 years, 156 days) |
Robert Cecil | 3 February 1830 | 23 June 1885 | 55 years, 140 days | 11 July 1902 | 5,000 days | 22 August 1903 | 26,862 days (73 years, 200 days) |
William Lamb | 15 March 1779 | 16 July 1834 | 55 years, 123 days | 30 August 1841 | 2,447 days | 24 November 1848 | 25,456 days (69 years, 254 days) |
Arthur Balfour | 25 July 1848 | 11 July 1902 | 53 years, 351 days | 5 December 1905 | 1,243 days | 19 March 1930 | 29,821 days (81 years, 237 days) |
Edward Heath | 9 July 1916 | 19 June 1970 | 53 years, 345 days | 4 March 1974 | 1,354 days | 17 July 2005 | 32,515 days (89 years, 8 days) |
David Lloyd George | 17 January 1863 | 7 December 1916 | 53 years, 325 days | 22 October 1922 | 2,145 days | 26 March 1945 | 30,018 days (82 years, 68 days) |
John Russell | 18 August 1792 | 30 June 1846 | 53 years, 316 days | 28 June 1866 | 2,306 days | 28 May 1878 | 31,328 days (85 years, 283 days) |
Margaret Thatcher | 13 October 1925 | 4 May 1979 | 53 years, 203 days | 28 November 1990 | 4,226 days | 8 April 2013 | 31,954 days (87 years, 177 days) |
Edward Smith-Stanley | 29 March 1799 | 23 February 1852 | 52 years, 331 days | 27 February 1868 | 1,386 days | 23 October 1869 | 25,775 days (70 years, 208 days) |
George Grenville | 14 October 1712 | 16 April 1763 | 50 years, 184 days | 13 July 1765 | 819 days | 13 November 1770 | 21,214 days (58 years, 30 days) |
John Stuart | 25 May 1713 | 26 May 1762 | 49 years, 1 day | 8 April 1763 | 317 days | 10 March 1792 | 28,779 days (78 years, 290 days) |
Henry Pelham | 25 September 1694 | 27 August 1743 | 48 years, 336 days | 6 March 1754[1] | 3,844 days | 6 March 1754 | 21,711 days (59 years, 162 days) |
Harold Wilson | 11 March 1916 | 16 October 1964 | 48 years, 219 days | 5 April 1976 | 2,835 days | 24 May 1995 | 28,928 days (79 years, 74 days) |
John Major | 29 March 1943 | 28 November 1990 | 47 years, 244 days | 2 May 1997 | 2,347 days | 26,465 days (72 years, 167 days) | |
Spencer Perceval | 1 November 1762 | 4 October 1809 | 46 years, 337 days | 11 May 1812[2] | 950 days | 11 May 1812 | 18,088 days (49 years, 192 days) |
Robert Peel | 5 February 1788 | 10 December 1834 | 46 years, 308 days | 29 June 1846 | 1,883 days | 2 July 1850 | 22,792 days (62 years, 147 days) |
Archibald Primrose | 7 May 1847 | 5 March 1894 | 46 years, 302 days | 22 June 1895 | 474 days | 21 May 1929 | 29,964 days (82 years, 14 days) |
William Grenville | 25 October 1759 | 11 February 1806 | 46 years, 109 days | 31 March 1807 | 413 days | 12 January 1834 | 27,107 days (74 years, 79 days) |
William Petty | 2 May 1737 | 4 July 1782 | 45 years, 63 days | 2 April 1783 | 272 days | 7 May 1805 | 24,841 days (68 years, 5 days) |
William Cavendish-Bentinck | 14 April 1738 | 2 April 1783 | 44 years, 353 days | 4 October 1809 | 1,179 days | 30 October 1809 | 26,131 days (71 years, 199 days) |
Frederick Robinson | 1 November 1782 | 31 August 1827 | 44 years, 303 days | 21 January 1828 | 143 days | 28 January 1859 | 27,846 days (76 years, 88 days) |
Robert Walpole | 26 August 1676 | 4 April 1721 | 44 years, 221 days | 11 February 1742 | 7,618 days | 18 March 1745 | 25,040 days (68 years, 204 days) |
Tony Blair | 6 May 1953 | 2 May 1997 | 43 years, 361 days | 27 June 2007 | 3,708 days | 22,774 days (62 years, 129 days) | |
Henry Addington | 30 May 1757 | 17 March 1801 | 43 years, 291 days | 10 May 1804 | 1,150 days | 15 February 1844 | 31,671 days (86 years, 261 days) |
David Cameron | 9 October 1966 | 11 May 2010 | 43 years, 214 days | Incumbent | 1,950 days | 17,870 days (48 years, 338 days) | |
Robert Jenkinson | 7 June 1770 | 8 June 1812 | 42 years, 1 day | 9 April 1827 | 5,418 days | 4 December 1828 | 21,364 days (58 years, 180 days) |
Frederick North | 13 April 1732 | 28 January 1770 | 37 years, 290 days | 22 March 1782 | 4,436 days | 5 August 1792 | 22,029 days (60 years, 114 days) |
William Cavendish | 8 May 1720 | 16 November 1756 | 36 years, 192 days | 25 June 1757 | 221 days | 2 October 1764 | 16,218 days (44 years, 147 days) |
Charles Watson-Wentworth | 13 May 1730 | 13 July 1765 | 35 years, 61 days | 1 July 1782[1] | 478 days | 1 July 1782 | 19,042 days (52 years, 49 days) |
Augustus FitzRoy | 28 September 1735 | 14 October 1768 | 33 years, 16 days | 28 January 1770 | 471 days | 14 March 1811 | 27,560 days (75 years, 167 days) |
William Pitt the Younger | 28 May 1759 | 19 December 1783 | 24 years, 205 days | 23 January 1806[1] | 6,917 days | 23 January 1806 | 17,041 days (46 years, 240 days) |
Prime Minister | Date of birth | Start date of (first) term | Age at beginning of (first) term | End date of (final) term | Total time in office | Date of death | Lifespan |