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Two British Prime Ministers have been born outside Britain. The Duke of Wellington was born in Ireland in 1769, and Andrew Bonar Law was born in Canada in 1858.

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Only if the prime minister is not the prime minister of the UK.

If speaking of the UK, the only Prime Minister of the UK to be born outside the UK proper was Andrew Bonar Law.

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Bonar Law - born in Canada

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