who was the british prime minister in 1764?

Answer 1

After 1688, most Tories accepted a limited version of the Whig theory of a Constitutional Monarchy. However, whether rightly or wrongly, their loyalty to the new order was suspect because they had supported James' succession in the first place. This suspicion was confirmed in 1714 when the Tory ministers of the late Queen Anne (1702-1714) were disgraced for negotiating for the return of James II on her death. This uprising in favour of a Stuart restoration (and another one in 1745) stigmatized the Tories as supporters of absolute monarchy and as being opponents of the Protestant Succession. Except for a brief ascendancy from 1710 to 1714, the Tories were in a weak political position for almost one hundred years. The Whigs became so dominant after the first Jacobite uprising that the period from 1714 to 1784 is often called the "Whig Supremacy." Many of the Prime Ministers categorised as Whigs did not actively support a party policy: for them it was in practice merely their nominal label.

Answer 2

From the latter part of the 17th century until the early 19th, there were essentially two major political parties in Great Britain: the Whigs and Tories. The Whigs became so dominant after the first Jacobite uprising that the period from 1714 to 1784 is often called the "Whig Supremacy." Many of the Prime Ministers categorised as Whigs did not actively support a party policy: for them it was in practice merely their nominal label.

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was the first Tory to end the dominance of the Whigs. He was elected to office 26th May 1762 and he ended the Seven Years' War.

But that ended him, and he was booted out on the 16th April 1763, to be replaced by George Grenville (14 October 1712 – 13 November 1770). A British Whig statesman who served in government for the relatively short period of seven years, reaching the position of Prime Minister - He was one of the few prime ministers who never acceded to the peerage.

The nickname of "gentle shepherd" was given him because he bored the House by asking over and over again, during the debate on the Cider Bill of 1763, that somebody should tell him "where" to lay the new tax if it was not to be put on cider. Pitt whistled the air of the popular tune Gentle Shepherd, tell me where, and the House laughed. Though few excelled him in a knowledge of the forms of the House or in mastery of administrative details, he lacked tact in dealing with people and with affairs.


Prominent measures of his administration included the prosecution of John Wilkes and the passing of the American Stamp Act 1765, which led to the first symptoms of alienation between American colonies and Great Britain. During the latter period of his term of office he was on a very unsatisfactory footing with the young king George III. The king made various attempts to induce Pitt to come to his rescue by forming a ministry, but without success, and at last had recourse to the Marquess of Rockingham. When Rockingham agreed to accept office, the king dismissed Grenville (July 1765). He never again held office.

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, who was elected on the 13th July 1765.

Answer 3

A Yahoo Search: british prime minister 1764

should find the answer.

Answer 4

George Grenville

Answer 5

George Grenville 1763-5

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page168.asp

Answer 6

His name was George Grenville 1763-1765

Answer 7

Tony Blair, It seems like it.