APPENDIX IV
UNITED KINGDOM PRIME MINISTERS FROM 1721
Term |
Name |
Party |
1721–42 |
Sir Robert Walpole |
Whig |
1742–43 |
Earl of Wilmington |
Whig |
1743–54 |
Henry Pelham |
Whig |
1754–56 |
Duke of Newcastle |
Whig |
1756–57 |
Duke of Devonshire |
Whig |
1757–62 |
Duke of Newcastle |
Whig |
1762–63 |
Earl of Bute |
Tory |
1763–65 |
George Grenville |
Whig |
1765–66 |
Marquis of Rockingham |
Whig |
1766–68 |
Earl of Chatham |
Whig |
1768–70 |
Duke of Grafton |
Whig |
1770–82 |
Lord North |
Tory |
1782 |
Marquis of Rockingham |
Whig |
1782–83 |
Earl of Shelburne |
Whig |
1783 |
Duke of Portland |
coalition |
1783–1801 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
1801–04 |
Henry Addington |
Tory |
1804–06 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
1806–07 |
Lord Grenville |
coalition |
1807–09 |
Duke of Portland |
Tory |
1809–12 |
Spencer Perceval |
Tory |
1812–27 |
Earl of Liverpool |
Tory |
1827 |
George Canning |
coalition |
1827–28 |
Viscount Goderich |
Tory |
1828–30 |
Duke of Wellington |
Tory |
1830–34 |
Earl Grey |
Whig |
1834 |
Viscount Melbourne |
Whig |
1834–35 |
Sir Robert Peel |
Tory |
1835–41 |
Viscount Melbourne |
Whig |
1841–46 |
Sir Robert Peel |
Conservative |
1846–52 |
Lord Russell |
Liberal |
1852 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
1852–55 |
Lord of Aberdeen |
Peelite |
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UNITED KINGDOM PRIME MINISTERS FROM 1721 (continued)
Term |
Name |
Party |
1855–58 |
Viscount Palmerston |
Liberal |
1858–59 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
1859–65 |
Viscount Palmerston |
Liberal |
1865–66 |
Lord Russell |
Liberal |
1866–68 |
Earl of Derby |
Conservative |
1868 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
Conservative |
1868–74 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
1874–80 |
Benjamin Disraeli |
Conservative |
1880–85 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
1885–86 |
Marquis of Salisbury |
Conservative |
1886 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
1886–92 |
Marquis of Salisbury |
Conservative |
1892–94 |
W E Gladstone |
Liberal |
1894–95 |
Earl of Rosebery |
Liberal |
1895–1902 |
Marquis of Salisbury |
Conservative |
1902–05 |
Arthur James Balfour |
Conservative |
1905–08 |
Sir H Campbell-Bannerman |
Liberal |
1908–15 |
H H Asquith |
Liberal |
1915–16 |
H H Asquith |
coalition |
1916–22 |
David Lloyd George |
coalition |
1922–23 |
Andrew Bonar Law |
Conservative |
1923–24 |
Stanley Baldwin |
Conservative |
1924 |
Ramsay MacDonald |
Labour |
1924–29 |
Stanley Baldwin |
Conservative |
1929–31 |
Ramsay MacDonald |
Labour |
1931–35 |
Ramsay MacDonald |
national coalition |
1935–37 |
Stanley Baldwin |
national coalition |
1937–40 |
Neville Chamberlain |
national coalition |
1940–45 |
Sir Winston Churchill |
coalition |
1945–51 |
Clement Attlee |
Labour |
1951–55 |
Sir Winston Churchill |
Conservative |
1955–57 |
Sir Anthony Eden |
Conservative |
1957–63 |
Harold Macmillan |
Conservative |
1963–64 |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Conservative |
1964–70 |
Harold Wilson |
Labour |
1970–74 |
Edward Heath |
Conservative |
1974–76 |
Harold Wilson |
Labour |
1976–79 |
James Callaghan |
Labour |
1979–90 |
Margaret Thatcher |
Conservative |
1990–97 |
John Major |
Conservative |
1997– |
Tony Blair |
Labour |