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British Prime Ministers

From 1721 to the present day

Prime Minister Entered office Left office Party
Sir Robert Walpole (from 1742 as Earl of Orford) 4 April 1721 (15 May 1730) 11 February 1742 Whig
The Earl of Wilmington 16 February 1742 2 July 1743 Whig
Henry Pelham 27 August 1743 7 March 1754 Whig
The Duke of Newcastle 16 March 1754 16 November 1756 Whig
The Duke of Devonshire 16 November 1756 25 June 1757 Whig
The Duke of Newcastle 2 July 1757 26 May 1762 Whig
The Earl of Bute 26 May 1762 16 April 1763 Tory
George Grenville 16 April 1763 13 July 1765 Whig
The Marquess of Rockingham 13 July 1765 30 July 1766 Whig
The Earl of Chatham 30 July 1766 14 October 1768 Whig
The Duke of Grafton 14 October 1768 28 January 1770 Whig
Lord North 28 January 1770 22 March 1782 Tory
The Marquess of Rockingham 27 March 1782 1 July 1782 Whig
The Earl of Shelburne 4 July 1782 2 April 1783 Whig
The Duke of Portland 2 April 1783 19 December 1783 Whig/Fox-North Coalition
William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 14 March 1801 Tory
Henry Addington 17 March 1801 10 May 1804 Tory
William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 23 January 1806 Tory
The Lord Grenville 11 February 1806 31 March 1807 Whig/Ministry of All the Talents
The Duke of Portland 31 March 1807 4 October 1809 Tory
Spencer Perceval 4 October 1809 11 May 1812 Tory
The Earl of Liverpool 9 June 1812 10 April 1827 Tory
George Canning 10 April 1827 8 August 1827 Tory
The Viscount Goderich 31 August 1827 22 January 1828 Tory
The Duke of Wellington 22 January 1828 22 November 1830 Tory
The Earl Grey 22 November 1830 16 July 1834 Whig
The Viscount Melbourne 16 July 1834 17 November 1834 Whig
The Duke of Wellington (caretaker) 17 November 1834 9 December 1834 Conservative
Sir Robert Peel 10 December 1834 18 April 1835 Conservative
The Viscount Melbourne 18 April 1835 30 August 1841 Whig
Sir Robert Peel 30 August 1841 30 June 1846 Conservative
The Lord John Russell (afterwards PM as Earl Russell) 30 June 1846 23 February 1852 Whig
The Earl of Derby 23 February 1852 19 December 1852 Conservative
The Earl of Aberdeen 19 December 1852 6 February 1855 Peelite/ Coalition
The Viscount Palmerston 6 February 1855 20 February 1858 Whig
The Earl of Derby 20 February 1858 12 June 1859 Conservative
The Viscount Palmerston 12 June 1859 18 October 1865 Liberal
The Earl Russell (previously PM as Lord John Russell) 29 October 1865 28 June 1866 Liberal
The Earl of Derby 28 June 1866 27 February 1868 Conservative
Benjamin Disraeli 27 February 1868 3 December 1868 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 3 December 1868 20 February 1874 Liberal
Benjamin Disraeli (from 1876 as Earl of Beaconsfield) 20 February 1874 23 April 1880 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 23 April 1880 23 June 1885 Liberal
The Marquess of Salisbury 23 June 1885 1 February 1886 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 1 February 1886 25 July 1886 Liberal
The Marquess of Salisbury 3 August 1886 15 August 1892 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 15 August 1892 5 March 1894 Liberal
The Earl of Rosebery 5 March 1894 25 June 1895 Liberal
The Marquess of Salisbury 25 June 1895 12 July 1902 Conservative/ Unionist
Arthur Balfour 12 July 1902 5 December 1905 Conservative/ Unionist
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 5 December 1905 7 April 1908 Liberal
Herbert Henry Asquith 7 April 1908 7 December 1916 Liberal (afterwards Coalition)
David Lloyd George 7 December 1916 23 October 1922 National Liberal/ Coalition
Andrew Bonar Law 23 October 1922 22 May 1923 Conservative
Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 22 January 1924 Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald 22 January 1924 4 November 1924 Labour
Stanley Baldwin 4 November 1924 5 June 1929 Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald 5 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour
Ramsay MacDonald 1 24 August 1931 7 June 1935 National Labour/National Government
Stanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 28 May 1937 Conservative/National Government
Neville Chamberlain 28 May 1937 10 May 1940 Conservative/National Government
Winston Churchill 10 May 1940 23 May 1945 Conservative/Coalition
Winston Churchill 1 23 May 1945 26 July 1945 Conservative/Caretaker Government
Clement Attlee 26 July 1945 26 October 1951 Labour
Winston Churchill 26 October 1951 6 April 1955 Conservative
Sir Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 10 January 1957 Conservative
Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957 19 October 1963 Conservative
The Earl of Home (from 1963 as Sir Alec Douglas-Home) 19 October 1963 16 October 1964 Conservative
Harold Wilson 16 October 1964 19 June 1970 Labour
Edward Heath 19 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative
Harold Wilson 4 March 1974 5 April 1976 Labour
James Callaghan 5 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour
Margaret Thatcher 4 May 1979 28 November 1990 Conservative
John Major 28 November 1990 2 May 1997 Conservative
Tony Blair 2 May 1997 in office Labour

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