List of prime ministers of Esthursia

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Portrait of Neville Salisbury
Portrait of George Asmont
Portrait of Edith Newell
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  • Top left: Neville Salisbury, commonly referred to as the "last aristocratic prime minister", served as a Conservative Prime Minister from 1911 to 1922.
  • Top right: George Asmont was the longest serving prime minister and oversaw a lengthy period of international turmoil and internal reform, between 1926 and 1944.
  • Bottom left: Edith Newell was the first female prime minister, the longest serving Reform Party prime minister and served between 1957 and 1969.
  • Bottom right: Harold Osborne is the current prime minister, having been elected to the Social Democratic leadership in 2015, and then re-elected in 2018.

This article provides a list of prime ministers of Esthursia. The prime minister of Esthursia, although not an official office until 1957, was by convention the most senior baron within the largest party or coalition of parties able to form a government within the House of Thanes. Until the 1930 general election, the House of Minister served as the senior house, as the House of Thanes was not elected before this date; and as such, the Prime Minister resided within the Ministry. George Asmont was the final Prime Minister to do this, having moved to the Barony after this election. The first Prime Minister to officially use this title was Jacob Banbury, in an 1885 treaty.

Living prime ministers

There are now 6 living former or serving Forethanes, following the death of Martha Grantham on 12 April, 2023.

Living as of April 2023
Forethane Birthdate Forethane
David Holmfirth (1935-09-06) 6 September 1935 (age 89) 1971–1974, 1978–1982
Tharbjorn Einarsson (1940-02-14) 14 February 1940 (age 84) 2009–2011
Mark Willesden (1948-12-20) 20 December 1948 (age 75) 1999–2002
Isaac Harding (1957-05-21) 21 May 1957 (age 67) 2002–2009
John Largan (1961-11-09) 9 November 1961 (age 63) 2011–2015
Harold Osborne (1970-06-09) 9 June 1970 (age 54) 2015–present

Sortable list of prime ministers (1835-present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party
Took office Left office Time in office
Prime Minister of the Union of Esthursia
1 OlderPittThe Younger.jpg Edward Bourne
(1759-1839)
30 March
1794
14 March
1821
26 years, 11 months and 14 days Conservative Union
2 George Canning, Prime Minister of The United Kingdom.jpg Alvin Frome
(1777-1868)
14 March
1821
4 March
1827
5 years, 11 months and 18 days Radical-Reformist
3 Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence.jpg Frederick John
(1782-1859)
4 March
1827
19 March
1835
8 years and 15 days Conservative Union
4 HowardTurnbrook.jpg Howard Turnbrook
(1777-1868)
19 March
1835
3 May
1836
1 year, 1 month and 14 days Radical-Reformist
2 PhilipBolton.jpg Philip Bolton
(1788-1860)
3 May
1836
11 June
1847
11 years, 1 month and 8 days Conservative Union
3 GrahamMarling.jpg Graham Marling
(1804-1886)
11 June
1847
12 March
1853
5 years, 9 months and 1 day Reform Party
4 HenryWelwyn.jpg Henry Welwyn
(1791-1877)
12 March
1853
17 April
1867
14 years, 1 month and 5 days Reform Party
5 EdwardTrent.jpg Edward Trent
(1815-1884)
17 April
1867
28 November
1882
15 years, 7 months and 11 days Conservative Union
6 FranklynWaltham.jpg Franklyn Waltham
(1826-1904)
28 November
1882
7 August
1883
0 years, 8 months and 10 days Conservative Union
7 JosephAbingdon.jpg Joseph Abingdon
(1822-1897)
7 August
1883
15 January
1884
0 years, 5 months and 8 days Conservative Union
8 JacobBanbury.jpg Jacob Banbury
(1837-1925)
15 January
1884
1 July
1893
9 years, 5 months and 16 days Workers' Union
9 WilberSmithJones.jpg Wilber Smith-Jones
(1855-1927)
1 July
1893
4 July
1901
7 years, 5 months and 3 days Reform Party
10 StephenNorthcote.jpg Stephen Northcote
(1848-1917)
4 December
1900
11 July
1911
10 years, 7 months and 7 days Reform Party
11 NevilleSalisbury.png Neville Salisbury
(1855-1927)
11 July
1911
15 October
1922
11 years, 3 months and 4 days Conservative Union
12 JamesThorne.jpg James Thorne
(1858-1933)
15 October
1922
4 May
1926
3 years, 6 months and 19 days Conservative Union
13
15
GeorgeAsmont.jpg George Asmont
(1882-1983)
4 May
1926
1 February
1945
29 September
1944
3 April
1955
28 years, 6 months and 26 days Workers' Union
14 PhilipWhittaker.jpg Philip Whittaker
(1871-1958)
29 September
1944
1 February
1945
4 months and 3 days Workers' Union
16 OlafnArbjern.jpg Olafn Arbjern
(1893-1975)
3 April
1955
2 April
1959
3 years, 11 months and 30 days National Party
17 Jean Mann.jpg Roberta Frost
(1899-1974)
2 April
1959
17 November
1961
2 years, 7 months and 15 days Workers' Union
18 Hugh Gaitskell MP.PNG Rickard Warner
(1906-1995)
17 November
1961
2 April
1963
1 year, 4 months and 16 days Workers' Union
17 EdithNewell.jpg Edith Newell
(1908-2001)
2 April
1957
27 June
1969
12 years, 2 months and 25 days Reform Party
18 AlfredThwaite.jpg Alfred Thwaite
(1921-2009)
27 June
1969
2 March
1971
1 year, 8 months and 3 days Reform Party
19
21
DavidHolmfirth.png David Holmfirth
(1935-present)
2 March
1971
2 April
1978
17 August
1974
4 April
1982
7 years, 5 months and 19 days Social Democrats
20 AnthonyMoore.jpg Anthony Moore
(1911-1988)
17 August
1974
2 April
1978
3 years, 7 months and 16 days Conservative Union
22 WilliamGreenwood.jpeg William Greenwood
(1919-1998)
4 April
1982
1 April
1990
7 years, 11 months and 28 days Conservative Union
23 MarthaGrantham.png Martha Grantham
(1929-2023)
4 April
1990
3 February
1999
8 years, 9 months and 30 days Social Democrats
24 MarkWillesden.png Mark Willesden
(born 1948)
3 February
1999
7 April
2002
3 years, 2 months and 4 days Social Democrats
25 IsaacHarding.png Isaac Harding
(born 1957)
7 April
2002
2 April
2009
6 years, 11 months and 26 days Conservative Union
26 TharbjornEinarsson.png Tharbjorn Einarsson
(born 1940)
2 April
2009
23 January
2011
1 year, 9 months and 21 days Conservative Union
27 JohnLargan.png John Largan
(born 1961)
23 January
2011
30 January
2015
4 years and 7 days Social Democrats
28 HOsbornePortrait.jpg Harold Osborne
(born 1970)
30 January
2015
Incumbent 9 years, 9 months and 23 days Social Democrats

Comprehensive list of prime ministers (1835-present)

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Elections Ministry Monarch
(reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
Prime Minister of the Union of Esthursia
1 HowardTurnbrook.jpg Howard Turnbrook
(1777-1868)
19 March
1835
3 May
1836
1 year, 1 month and 14 days Radical-Liberal 1835 Turnbrook I Theobald IV
Ernst August von Hannover (1771-1851), by Edmund Koken.jpg
(1822-1836)
2 PhilipBolton.jpg Philip Bolton
(1788-1860)
3 May
1836
11 June
1847
11 years, 1 month and 8 days Conservative Union 1836 Bolton I
1842 Bolton II George IX
Zar Alexander II (cropped).jpg
(1836-1879)
3 GrahamMarling.jpg Graham Marling
(1804-1886)
11 June
1847
12 March
1853
5 years, 9 months and 1 day Liberal Party 1847 Marling I
1852 Marling II
4 HenryWelwyn.jpg Henry Welwyn
(1791-1877)
12 March
1853
17 April
1867
14 years, 1 month and 5 days Liberal Party Welwyn I
1857 Welwyn II
1862 Welwyn III
5 EdwardTrent.jpg Edward Trent
(1815-1884)
17 April
1867
28 November
1882
15 years, 7 months and 11 days Conservative Union 1867 Trent I
1872 Trent II
1877 Trent III
1882 Trent IV Alexandra III
Alice, Princess Louis of Hesse.jpg
(1879-1888)
6 FranklynWaltham.jpg Franklyn Waltham
(1826-1904)
28 November
1882
7 August
1883
8 months and 10 days Conservative Union Waltham I
7 JosephAbingdon.jpg Joseph Abingdon
(1822-1897)
7 August
1883
15 January
1884
5 months and 8 days Conservative Union Abingdon I
8 JacobBanbury.jpg Jacob Banbury
(1837-1925)
15 January
1884
1 July
1893
9 years, 5 months and 16 days Workers' Union January 1884 Banbury I
1888 Banbury II Rickard XII
Prince Henry of Prussia (1862–1929), brother of Kaiser Wilhelm II.jpg
(1888-1906)
9 WilberSmithJones.jpg Wilber Smith-Jones
(1855-1927)
1 July
1893
4 December
1900
7 years, 5 months and 3 days Liberal Party 1893 Smith-Jones I
1898 Smith-Jones II
10 StephenNorthcote.jpg Stephen Northcote
(1848-1917)
4 December
1900
11 July
1911
10 years, 7 months and 7 days Liberal Party Northcote I
1903 Northcote II
1907 Northcote III Edward V
King George 1923 LCCN2014715558 (cropped).jpg
(1906-1947)
11 NevilleSalisbury.png Neville Salisbury
(1855-1927)
11 July
1911
15 October
1922
11 years, 3 months and 4 days Conservative Union 1911 Salisbury I
1915 Salisbury II
1919 Salisbury III
12 JamesThorne.jpg James Thorne
(1858-1933)
15 October
1922
4 May
1926
3 years, 6 months and 19 days Conservative Union Thorne I
1923 Thorne I
13 GeorgeAsmont.jpg George Asmont
(1882-1983)
4 May
1926
29 September
1944
18 years, 4 months and 25 days Workers' Union May 1926 Asmont I
1929 Asmont II
1933 Asmont III
1937 Asmont IV
1941 Asmont V
14 PhilipWhittaker.jpg Philip Whittaker
(1871-1958)
29 September
1944
1 February
1945
4 months and 3 days Workers' Union Whittaker I
15 GeorgeAsmont.jpg George Asmont
(1882-1983)
1 February
1945
3 April
1955
10 years, 2 months and 2 days Workers' Union 1945 Asmont VI George IX
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester.jpg
(1947)
Arthur VI
OldArthur.jpg
(1947-present)
1949 Asmont VII
March 1951 Asmont VIII
16 OlafnArbjern.jpg Olafn Arbjern
(1893-1975)
3 April
1955
2 April
1959
3 years, 11 months and 30 days National Party 1955 Arbjern I
17 Jean Mann.jpg Roberta Frost
(1899-1974)
2 April
1959
17 November
1961
2 years, 7 months and 15 days Workers' Union 1959 Frost I
18 Hugh Gaitskell MP.PNG Rickard Warner
(1906-1995)
17 November
1961
2 April
1963
1 year, 4 months and 16 days Workers' Union Warner I
19 EdithNewell.jpg Edith Newell
(1918-2001)
2 April
1963
27 June
1969
6 years, 2 months and 25 days Liberal Party 1963 Newell III
1967 Newell IV
20 AlfredThwaite.jpg Alfred Thwaite
(1921-2009)
27 June
1969
2 March
1971
1 year, 8 months and 3 days Liberal Party Thwaite I
21 DavidHolmfirth.png David Holmfirth
(1935-present)
2 March
1971
16 April
1975
4 years, 1 month and 14 days Social Democrats 1971 Holmfirth I
22 AnthonyMoore.jpg Anthony Moore
(1911-1988)
16 April
1975
8 March
1978
2 years, 10 months and 20 days Conservative Union 1975 Moore I
23 DavidHolmfirth.png David Holmfirth
(1935-present)
8 March
1978
4 April
1982
4 years and 27 days Social Democrats March 1978 Holmfirth II
24 WilliamGreenwood.jpeg William Greenwood
(1919-1998)
4 April
1982
1 April
1990
7 years, 11 months and 28 days Conservative Union April 1982 Greenwood I
November 1982 Greenwood I
1986 Greenwood II
25 MarthaGrantham.png Martha Grantham
(1929-2023)
4 April
1990
3 February
1999
8 years, 9 months and 30 days Social Democrats 1990 Grantham I
1994 Grantham II
1998 Grantham III
26 MarkWillesden.png Mark Willesden
(born 1948)
3 February
1999
7 April
2002
3 years, 2 months and 4 days Social Democrats Willesden I
27 IsaacHarding.png Isaac Harding
(born 1957)
7 April
2002
2 April
2009
6 years, 11 months and 26 days Conservative Union 2002 Harding I
2006 Harding II
28 TharbjornEinarsson.png Tharbjorn Einarsson
(born 1940)
2 April
2009
23 January
2011
1 year, 9 months and 21 days Conservative Union Einarsson I
2010 Einarsson II
Einarsson III
29 JohnLargan.png John Largan
(born 1961)
23 January
2011
30 January
2015
4 years and 7 days Social Democrats January 2011 Largan I
2014 Largan II
30 HOsbornePortrait.jpg Harold Osborne
(born 1970)
30 January
2015
Incumbent 9 years, 9 months and 23 days Social Democrats Osborne I
2018 Osborne II
April 2022 Osborne III
September 2022 Osborne IV

Timeline of Esthursian prime ministers

Harold Osborne