# |
Name |
Term |
Party |
Birth/Death |
1 |
Robert Walpole |
1721-42 |
Whig |
1676-1745 |
2 |
Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington |
1742-43 |
Whig |
1673-1743 |
3 |
Henry Pelham |
1743-54 |
Whig |
c.1695-1754 |
4 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1) |
1754-56 |
Whig |
1693-1768 |
5 |
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire |
1756-57 |
Whig |
1720-64 |
(4) |
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (2) |
1757-62 |
Whig |
v.s. |
6 |
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute |
1762-63 |
Tory |
1713-92 |
7 |
George Grenville |
1763-65 |
Whig |
1712-70 |
8 |
Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1) |
1765-66 |
Whig |
1730-82 |
9 |
William Pitt ('the Elder') |
1766-68 |
Whig |
1708-78 |
10 |
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton |
1768-70 |
Whig |
1735-1811 |
11 |
Frederick North, 8th Lord North |
1770-82 |
Tory |
1732-92 |
(8) |
Charles Watson Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (2) |
1782 |
Whig |
v.s. |
12 |
William Petty-Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
1782-83 |
Whig |
1737-1805 |
13 |
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland (1) |
1783 |
Coalition |
1738-1809 |
14 |
William Pitt ('the Younger') (1) |
1783-1801 |
Tory |
1759-1806 |
15 |
Henry Addington |
1801-04 |
Tory |
1757-1844 |
(14) |
William Pitt (2) |
1804-06 |
Tory |
v.s. |
16 |
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville |
1806-07 |
Whig |
1759-1834 |
(13) |
William Henry Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Portland (2) |
1807-09 |
Tory |
v.s. |
17 |
Spencer Perceval |
1809-12 |
Tory |
1762-1812 |
18 |
Robert Banks-Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool |
1812-27 |
Tory |
1770-1828 |
19 |
George Canning |
1827 |
Tory |
1770-1827 |
20 |
Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich |
1827-28 |
Tory |
1782-1859 |
21 |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
1828-30 |
Tory |
1769-1852 |
22 |
Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey |
1830-34 |
Whig |
1764-1845 |
23 |
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1) |
1834 |
Whig |
1779-1848 |
24 |
Robert Peel (1) |
1834-35 |
Conservative |
1788-1850 |
(23) |
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (2) |
1835-41 |
Whig |
v.s. |
(24) |
Robert Peel (2) |
1841-46 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
25 |
Lord John Russell (1) |
1846-52 |
Liberal |
1792-1878 |
26 |
Edward George Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1) |
1852 |
Conservative |
1799-1869 |
27 |
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
1852-55 |
Peelite |
1784-1860 |
28 |
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1) |
1855-58 |
Liberal |
1784-1865 |
(26) |
Edward George Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (2) |
1858-59 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
(28) |
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (2) |
1859-65 |
Liberal |
v.s. |
(25) |
Lord John Russell (2) |
1865-66 |
Liberal |
v.s. |
(26) |
Edward George Stanley, Earl of Derby (3) |
1866-68 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
29 |
Benjamin Disraeli (1) |
1868 |
Conservative |
1804-81 |
30 |
William Ewart Gladstone (1) |
1868-74 |
Liberal |
1809-98 |
(29) |
Benjamin Disraeli (2) |
1874-80 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
(30) |
William Ewart Gladstone (2) |
1880-85 |
Liberal |
v.s. |
31 |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1) |
1885-86 |
Conservative |
1830-1903 |
(30) |
William Ewart Gladstone (3) |
1886 |
Liberal |
v.s. |
(31) |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (2) |
1886-92 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
(30) |
William Ewart Gladstone (4) |
1892-94 |
Liberal |
v.s. |
32 |
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
1894-95 |
Liberal |
1847-1929 |
(31) |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3) |
1895-1902 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
33 |
Arthur James Balfour |
1902-05 |
Conservative |
1848-1930 |
34 |
Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
1905-08 |
Liberal |
1836-1908 |
35 |
Herbert Henry Asquith (1) |
1908-15 |
Liberal |
1852-1928 |
(35) |
Herbert Henry Asquith (2) |
1915-16 |
Coalition |
v.s. |
36 |
David Lloyd George |
1916-22 |
Coalition |
1863-1945 |
37 |
Andrew Bonar Law |
1922-23 |
Conservative |
1858-1923 |
38 |
Stanley Baldwin (1) |
1923-24 |
Conservative |
1867-1947 |
39 |
James Ramsay MacDonald (1) |
1924 |
Labour |
1866-1937 |
(38) |
Stanley Baldwin (2) |
1924-29 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
(39) |
James Ramsay MacDonald (2) |
1929-31 |
Labour |
v.s. |
(39) |
James Ramsay MacDonald (3) |
1931-35 |
Nationalist |
v.s. |
(38) |
Stanley Baldwin (3) |
1935-37 |
Nationalist |
v.s. |
40 |
Arthur Neville Chamberlain |
1937-40 |
Nationalist |
1869-1940 |
41 |
Winston Churchill (1) |
1940-45 |
Coalition |
1874-1965 |
42 |
Clement Attlee |
1945-51 |
Labour |
1883-1967 |
(41) |
Winston Churchill (2) |
1951-55 |
Conservative |
v.s. |
43 |
Anthony Eden |
1955-57 |
Conservative |
1897-1977 |
44 |
Harold Macmillan |
1957-63 |
Conservative |
1894-1986 |
45 |
Alex Douglas-Home |
1963-64 |
Conservative |
1903-95 |
46 |
Harold Wilson (1) |
1964-70 |
Labour |
1916-95 |
47 |
Edward Heath |
1970-74 |
Conservative |
1916-2005 |
(46) |
Harold Wilson (2) |
1974-76 |
Labour |
v.s. |
48 |
James Callaghan |
1976-79 |
Labour |
1912-2005 |
49 |
Margaret Thatcher |
1979-90 |
Conservative |
1925- |
50 |
John Major |
1990-97 |
Conservative |
1943- |
51 |
Tony Blair |
1997-2007 |
Labour |
1953- |
52 |
Gordon Brown |
2007-10 |
Labour |
1951- |
53 |
David
Cameron
|
2010- |
Conservative |
|
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Sources
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2nd ed. Edinburgh: Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd., 2000.
Rodger, L. and J. Bakewell. Chambers Biographical Dictionary.
London: Chambers Harrap, 2011.
Watts, D. A Glossary of UK Government and Politics.
Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
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