Prime Factors - Ranking UK Prime Ministers
In our podcast, most of our Prime Ministers came from well-established families. To keep track of how much of a leg up they get in politics, we have a point system entitled "Silver Spoons". The calculation is based on a sum of points (awarded for things like being a member of parliament, having a military rank, etc.) per each major relative as of the day the person is born. We define major relatives as siblings, aunts and uncles, parents, grandparents, and each "blue linked" great grandfather down the line.
Our currently awarded silver spoon points:
| Name | Silver Spoons |
| Robert Walpole | 5 |
| Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington | 35 |
| Henry Pelham | 24.5 |
| William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath | 4.5 |
| Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle | 25.5 |
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