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List of things named after prime ministers of the United Kingdom

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

Main article: Robert Walpole § Legacy

Earl of Wilmington

Main article: Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington § Legacy

Lord Rockingham

Main article: Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham § Places named after Lord Rockingham

William Pitt the Elder

Main article: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham § Cultural references

Duke of Grafton

Main article: Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton § Legacy

Duke of Portland

Main article: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland § Legacy

William Pitt the Younger

Main article: William Pitt the Younger § Places named after him

Earl of Liverpool

Main article: Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool § Legacy

George Canning

Main article: George Canning § Places named after Canning

Duke of Wellington

Main article: Arms, titles, honours and styles of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington § Namesakes

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Main article: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey § Legacy

Lord Melbourne

Main article: William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne § Legacy

Robert Peel

Main article: Robert Peel § Memorials

Lord Palmerston

Main article: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston § Places named after Palmerston

William Gladstone

Main article: William Ewart Gladstone § Namesakes

Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Main article: Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery § Place-name tributes

Robert Gascoigne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

  • Salisbury, the former name of Harare, Zimbabwe

Arthur Balfour

David Lloyd George

Main article: David Lloyd George § Namesakes

Stanley Baldwin

See also: Honours of Stanley Baldwin § Places named after Baldwin

Winston Churchill

Main article: Honours of Winston Churchill § Namesakes

Clement Attlee

See also: Honours of Clement Attlee § Places named after Attlee

Anthony Eden

Margaret Thatcher

Main article: Honours of Margaret Thatcher § Places and other things named after Thatcher

John Major

Main article: John Major § Public commemoration

Tony Blair

Gordon Brown

Boris Johnson

Liz Truss

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    "London's 'Boris bus' reaches end of road as Sadiq Khan halts purchases". The Guardian. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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    "Maker of 'Boris Bus' collapses into administration, with 1,200 jobs lost". The Independent. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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    "Will the 'Boris Bridge' ever rise from the seas?". BBC News. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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    "The Boris bridge: Will Johnson's 'vanity project' ever happen?". Irish Times. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
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    "'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. [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
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