Editing 10 Downing Street (section)

=== First politician and "head of government" in the house ===
[[Hans Caspar von Bothmer|Johann Caspar von Bothmer]], Premier Minister of the [[Electorate of Hanover]], head of the [[German Chancery]] and adviser to George I and II, took up residency in 1720. Although Bothmer complained about "the ruinous Condition of the Premises",{{sfn|Minney|1963|p=33}} he lived there until his death in 1732. Even though Count von Bothmer was not British, he was a subject of George I and George II and the first politician and head of a government who resided in 10 Downing Street.<ref>{{Cite web|title=No. 10, Downing Street {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol14/pt3/pp113-141|access-date=17 June 2021|website=www.british-history.ac.uk|archive-date=29 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829162757/http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67934|url-status=live}}</ref>