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Benjamin Disraeli, first Prime Minister of England,
No. Although probably no general consensus can be reached on this, I'll just use Wikipedia for some reasonable and basic facts.
Prime Ministers of England:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...United_Kingdom
From Wiki article linked above:
"There is no specific date when the office of Prime Minister first appeared, as the role was not created but evolved over a period of time. The term was certainly in Parliamentary use by the 1880s, and in 1905 post of Prime Minister was officially given recognition in the order of precedence. Modern historians generally apply the title of First Prime Minister to Sir Robert Walpole, who led the government of Great Britain for twenty-one years from 1721 to 1742.
Due to the gradual evolution of the post of Prime Minister, the title is applied to early Prime Ministers only retrospectively; this has sometimes given rise to academic dispute. "
-Zeno