Find out more about the greatest 18th Century British Leaders, including George III of the United Kingdom, Benedict Arnold, Thomas Paine, William Wilberforce and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.
George III of the United Kingdom04 June 1738
King
Benedict Arnold14 January 1741
American Revolutionary War General
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington01 May 1769
Former First Lord of the Treasury of the United
Thomas Paine29 January 1737
Founding Father of the United States
John Wesley17 June 1703
Anglican Cleric and Christian Theologian
William Wilberforce24 August 1759
Abolitionist
Robert Peel05 February 1788
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
William Pitt the Younger28 May 1759
Youngest Prime Minister of Britain
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham15 November 1708
The Great Commoner
John Graves Simcoe25 February 1752
First Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
George Canning11 April 1770
Former British Prime Minister
John Wilkes17 October 1725
English journalist
Samuel Chase17 April 1741
Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of
Horatio Nelson29 September 1758
Admiral
Lord North13 April 1732
Feargus OConnor18 July 1794
Chartist Leader
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston20 October 1784
Politician
Charles Edward Stuart31 December 1720
Pretender
Leopold I of Belgium16 December 1790
Politician, Military personnel
Robert Clive25 September 1725
Politician
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey13 March 1764
Politician
Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany16 August 1763
Priest, Military personnel
Spencer Perceval01 November 1762
Politician, Lawyer
James Wolfe02 January 1727
Officer
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald14 December 1775
Politician, Officer
Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst29 January 1717
Colonial administrator, Military personnel
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool07 June 1770
Politician
Richard Henry Lee20 January 1732
Politician, Judge
Isaac Brock06 October 1769
Officer
Charles James Napier10 August 1782
Officer
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland14 April 1738
Politician
Button Gwinnett10 April 1735
Representative of Georgia to the Continental
George Grenville14 October 1712
Politician
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth30 May 1757
Politician
Henry Pelham25 September 1694
Politician
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Edward Rutledge23 November 1749
Politician
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester03 September 1724
Thomas McKean19 March 1734
Lawyer, Politician, Judge
Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde20 October 1792
Officer, Politician
Duke of Wellington01 May 1769
William Floyd17 December 1734
Politician
Francis Lightfoot Lee14 October 1734
Politician
Oliver Wolcott20 November 1726
Politician
Lewis Morris08 April 1726
Politician
William Whipple14 January 1730
Politician, Officer
Philip Livingston15 January 1716
Merchant, Politician
George Clymer16 March 1739
Politician
Arthur Middleton26 June 1742
Politician
William Paca31 October 1740
Politician, Lawyer, Judge
Abraham Clark15 February 1726
Politician, Lawyer
Sir Robert Peel05 February 1788
John Moore13 November 1761
officer, politician
Joseph Hewes23 January 1730
Politician
Lord John Russell18 August 1792
Thomas Lynch Jr.05 August 1749
Politician
Henry Clinton16 April 1730
Officer
Robert Morrison05 January 1782
lexicographer, linguist, translator, writer
George William Frederick04 June 1738
Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham13 May 1730
John Stuart, Earl of Bute25 May 1713
Stephen Hopkins (Politician)07 March 1707
William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham15 November 1708