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List of things named after prime ministers of the United Kingdom

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This is a list of things named after prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Many different things have been named after people who have been Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, including places, roads, parks, schools, ships, pubs, mountains and buildings.

Robert Walpole

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Earl of Wilmington

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Lord Rockingham

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William Pitt the Elder

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Duke of Grafton

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Duke of Portland

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William Pitt the Younger

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Earl of Liverpool

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George Canning

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Duke of Wellington

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Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

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Lord Melbourne

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Robert Peel

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Lord Palmerston

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William Gladstone

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Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

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Robert Gascoigne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

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  • Salisbury, the former name of Harare, Zimbabwe

Arthur Balfour

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David Lloyd George

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Stanley Baldwin

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Winston Churchill

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Clement Attlee

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Anthony Eden

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Margaret Thatcher

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John Major

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Tony Blair

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Gordon Brown

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Boris Johnson

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Liz Truss

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References

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  1. ^ "London's 'Boris bus' reaches end of road as Sadiq Khan halts purchases". The Guardian. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Maker of 'Boris Bus' collapses into administration, with 1,200 jobs lost". The Independent. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Will the 'Boris Bridge' ever rise from the seas?". BBC News. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. ^ "The Boris bridge: Will Johnson's 'vanity project' ever happen?". Irish Times. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  5. ^ "'Brave, clever and he's got cool hair': Residents of Boris Johnson Street in Ukraine sing PM's praises". The Telegraph. 3 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022. Fontanka town council has renamed street in honour of the Prime Minister, hailed as a champion in the struggle against Russia's invasion
  6. ^ "Ukrainians rename Odesa road as Boris Johnson Street". The Times. 24 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022. Boris Johnson Street, a tree-lined lane by the sea in the town of Fontanka, outside Odesa, southern Ukraine