Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Tags: Prime Minister.

Lord Liverpool redirects here. For other uses see Earl of Liverpool.Robert Banks Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1812–27) since the Union with Ireland in 1801. He was 42 years old when he became premier in 1812 which made him younger than all of his successors.

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active years end date

1804-05-14, 1806-02-05, 1809-11-01, 1827-04-09

active years start date

1801-02-20, 1804-05-12, 1807-03-25, 1812-06-08

alma mater

Christ Church Oxford

birth date

1770-06-07

birth place

London

death date

1828-12-04

death place

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

monarch

George III of the United Kingdom, George IV of the United Kingdom

order in office

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Home Secretary, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

party

Tory

prime minister

William Pitt the Younger, Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth, William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland

successor

Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby, George Canning, George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer, Richard Ryder (politician born 1766)