Inside History ALL ABOUT THE GEORGIANS
London
1682 - present
Since the Georgian era, 10 Downing Street has been the home/office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (originally the First Lord of the Treasury). While there have been stretches where it was not used as a home, its location at the heart of Whitehall, the administrative centre of the government in London, has meant that it was almost always used as the office for the head of government and their cabinet. The first to take up residence at the address for this purpose was Sir Robert Walpole who was gifted the home by King George II in 1735, but he asked that it
