Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool : Ask Biography

Personal data

Date of birth

7 June 1770

Place of birth

London

Date of death

4 December 1828(age 58)

Place of death

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey

Political party

Tory

Alma mater

Christ Church, Oxford

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

In office

8 June 1812 - 9 April 1827
( )

Monarch

George III (Under Regency)
George IV

Succeeded by

George Canning

Preceded by

Spencer Perceval

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Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool KG PC (7 June 1770 - 4 December 1828) was a British politician and the longest-serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 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 to date (the next-youngest being David Cameron, taking office at 43). During his time as Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, Liverpool became known for repressive measures introduced to maintain order, but also for steering the country through the period of radicalism and unrest that followed the Napoleonic Wars.

Important events during his tenure as Prime Minister included the War of 1812, the Sixth and Seventh Coalitions against the French Empire, the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars at the Congress of Vienna, the Corn Laws, the Peterloo Massacre, the Trinitarian Act 1812 and the emerging issue of Catholic Emancipation.