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Who was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain from Scotland?

  • Robert Walpole

  • William Pitt the Younger

  • John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

  • George Grenville

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John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was the first Prime Minister of Great Britain from Scotland. This was after the Acts of Union in 1707, which united the Kingdoms of England and Scotland into a single, united kingdom.
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