Prime Ministers relating to the Monarch

[Andrew Beetham]

The appointment of Boris Johnson as PM today led me to ask the question of how many PMs have been related (in a traceable way) to the King/Queen that appointed them? The current PM and the Queen are both descended from George II and David Cameron and the Queen are both descended from George III but their must be others...any thoughts? The number may be limited given that the title / office of PM as we understand it today originated as a result of the Hanoverian succession and that dynasty was not one which customary married with the peerage (unlike the House of Windsor).

[BREMENMURRAY]

The Queen is great great great granddaughter of the third Duke of Portland the Prime Minister with the longest gap between his two terms in office 1783 and 1807-1809.The third Duke of Grafton was a great grandson of Charles 11 and Prime Minister 1766-1767. This does not exactly answer the question but is still worth noting  

[Mary-Ann]

My research shows Tony Blair's ancestry goes back to James V of Scotland.

[John Higgins]

Edward J. Davies published an article showing the descent of Tony Blair from James V in the Fall 2008 issue (vol. 22 no. 2) of "The Genealogist" [TG]).

[BREMENMURRAY]

The Queen is also descended from the fourth Duke of Devonshire Prime Minister between 1756-1757.William and Harry are descended from Earl Grey Prime Minister at the time of the Great Reform Act through Dianna Princess of Wales

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 4:43:42 PM UTC+1, Andrew Beetham wrote:

[Andrew Beetham]

My question was primarily directed at which monarchs have appointed traceable relatives to the post of prime minister. But nevertheless thank you all for your responses.

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 4:43:42 PM UTC+1, Andrew Beetham wrote:

[BREMENMURRAY]

On the more general theme William and Harry are also related to Lord John Russell and Winston Churchill through their common descend from the first Duke of Marlborough. This means  William as a future sovereign is related to at least nine Prime Ministers Grafton,Devonshire,Portland,Grey,Russell,Churchill,Blair,Cameron and Johnson

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 4:43:42 PM UTC+1, Andrew Beetham wrote:

[Jelena JS]

Elizabeth II and Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (they are the descendants of James VI & I Stuart)
Elizabeth II and Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (they are the descendants of James VI & I Stuart)
George VI and Sir Winston Spencer-Churchill (they are the descendants of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March)
Edward VII and Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (they are the descendants of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March)
Victoria and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (they are the descendants of Roger Mortimer 4th Earl of March)
Victoria and Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (they are the descendants of Edward I Plantagenet)
Victoria and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (they are the descendants of William I)

[Harry Merritt]

Elizabeth II and Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (descendants of Abel Smith, 1717-88, Her Majesty through Abel Smith's son George (Oswald Smith, Frances Dora Smith Countess of Strathmore, Claude Bowes-Lyon Earl of Strathmore, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon) and Lord Rosebery through Abel Smith's son Robert, 1st Baron Carrington, Catherine Lucy Smith Countess Stanhope, Catherine Stanhope Lady Dalmeny/Duchess of Cleveland)

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[Harry Merritt]

Regarding Her Majesty and Lord Rosebery: 4th cousins twice removed

[Harry Merritt]

Never mind. Elizabeth II has been on the throne a long time--longer than I've been alive--but she was not Queen when Rosebery was P.M., more than a century ago.

[Jelena JS]

George IV and Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich (they are the descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence)
George III and William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (they are the descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence)
George III and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (they are the descendants of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York)
George III and Frederick North, Lord North (they are the descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence)
George III and Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (they are the descendants of James VI & I Stuart)
George III and John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (they are the descendants of Robert II of Scotland)
George II and William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (they are the descendants of Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence)

 

[BREMENMURRAY]

These replies demonstrate that at least eight Prime Ministers are descended from Henry VII.Grafton,Grenville,Bute,Eden,Home,Blair,Cameron and Johnson

On Wednesday, July 24, 2019 at 4:43:42 PM UTC+1, Andrew Beetham wrote: