This is a list of nicknames of prime ministers of the United Kingdom. Since Sir Robert Walpole, most prime ministers have had a nickname which was in common usage at the time they were in office. Many nicknames can be perceived as disparaging although others are complimentary or affectionate. List of nicknames Robert Walpole Sir Bluestring Screen-Master General Henry Pelham King Henry the Ninth Duke of Newcastle Hubble-Bubble Earl of Bute Jack Boot George Grenville Gentle Shepherd William Pitt the Elder The Great Commoner, in reference to his continued refusal of a peerage whilst in office, though he later accepted the title Earl of Chatham. Duke of Grafton Royal Oak The Turf Macaroni Lord North Boreas (the north wind) Lord-deputy North Earl of Shelburne Malagrida The Jesuit in Berkerly Square William Pitt the Younger Pitt the Younger, to distinguish him from his father, Pitt the Elder. Three-bottle man, in reference to his heavy consumption of port wine. Henry Addington The Doctor Baron Grenville Bogey Spencer Perceval Little P George Canning The Cicero of the British Senate The Zany of Debate Viscount Goderich Prosperity Robinson Goody Goderich The Blubberer Duke of Wellington The Iron Duke Robert Peel Orange Peel, a reference to his views on Ireland. Earl Russell Finality Jack The Widow's Mite Earl of Derby Scorpion Stanley The Rupert of Debate Earl of Aberdeen Lord Haddo, in reference to Aberdeen's title before he assumed his grandfather's title of Earl of Aberdeen. Lord Palmerston Lord Cupid Lord Pumicestone Benjamin Disraeli Dizzy William Gladstone Grand Old Man The People's William God's Only Mistake, used by Disraeli as a mocking alternative to Gladstone's preferred nickname (Grand Old Man). Murderer of Gordon, a scathing inversion of Gladstone's preferred nickname (Grand Old Man) following the death of General Gordon at Khartoum. Gladstone had delayed sending Gordon military reinforcements, so was blamed for Gordon's subsequent defeat and execution by the Mahdists of the Sudan. Earl of Rosebery Puddin Arthur Balfour Pretty Fanny, a reference to his delicacy of appearance and manners. Bloody Balfour Tiger Lily Miss Balfour Henry Campbell-Bannerman CB H. H. Asquith The Last of the Romans The Sledgehammer Squiffy David Lloyd George The Welsh Wizard The Man Who Won The War The Welsh Goat Bonar Law The Unknown Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Honest Stan Uncle Stanley, from his frequent use of the radio as Prime Minister. Ramsay MacDonald Ramsay Mac Ramshackle Mac Neville Chamberlain