List of British Prime Ministers |
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| 24/May/2006 |
British Prime Ministers, 1721-2006
| Year Elected | Name |
Party |
1721 |
Sir Robert Walpole | Whig |
1742 |
Earl of Wilmington | Whig |
1743 |
Henry Pelham | Whig |
1754 |
Duke of Newcastle | Whig |
1756 |
Duke of Devonshire | Whig |
1757 |
Duke of Newcastle | Whig |
1762 |
Earl of Bute | Tory |
1763 |
George Grenville | Whig |
1765 |
Marquess of Rockingham | Whig |
1766 |
Earl of Chatham | Whig |
1767 |
Duke of Grafton | Whig |
1770 |
Lord North | Tory |
1782 |
Earl of Shelburne | Whig |
1782 |
Marquess of Rockingham | Whig |
1783 |
William Pitt | Tory |
1783 |
Duke of Portland | Tory |
1801 |
Henry Addington | Tory |
1804 |
William Pitt | Tory |
1806 |
Lord Grenville | Whig |
1807 |
Duke of Portland | Tory |
1809 |
Spencer Perceval | Tory |
1812 |
Earl of Liverpool | Tory |
1827 |
Viscount Goderich | Tory |
1827 |
George Canning | Tory |
1828 |
Duke of Wellington | Tory |
1830 |
Earl Grey | Whig |
1834 |
Sir Robert Peel | Tory |
1834 |
Duke of Wellington | Tory |
1834 |
Viscount Melbourne | Whig |
1835 |
Viscount Melbourne | Whig |
1841 |
Sir Robert Peel | Tory |
1846 |
Lord John Russell | Whig |
1852 |
Earl of Aberdeen | Conservative |
1852 |
Earl of Derby | Conservative |
1855 |
Viscount Palmerston | Liberal |
1858 |
Viscount Palmerston | Liberal |
1858 |
Earl of Derby | Conservative |
1865 |
Earl Russell | Liberal |
1866 |
Earl of Derby | Conservative |
1868 |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal |
1868 |
Benjamin Disraeli | Conservative |
1874 |
Benjamin Disraeli | Conservative |
1880 |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal |
1885 |
Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative |
1886 |
Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative |
1886 |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal |
1892 |
William Ewart Gladstone | Liberal |
1894 |
Earl of Rosebery | Liberal |
1895 |
Marquess of Salisbury | Conservative |
1902 |
Arthur Balfour | Conservative |
1905 |
Henry Campbell-Bannerman | Liberal |
1908 |
Herbert H. Asquith | Liberal |
1916 |
David Lloyd George | Liberal |
1922 |
Andrew Bonar Law | Conservative |
1923 |
Stanley Baldwin | Conservative |
1924 |
Stanley Baldwin | Conservative |
1924 |
James Ramsay MacDonald | Labour |
1929 |
James Ramsay MacDonald | Labour |
1931 |
James Ramsay MacDonald | National Labour |
1935 |
Stanley Baldwin | Conservative |
1937 |
Neville Chamberlain | Conservative |
1940 |
Winston Churchill | Conservative |
1945 |
Clement Attlee | Labour |
1951 |
Winston Churchill | Conservative |
1955 |
Sir Anthony Eden | Conservative |
1957 |
Harold Macmillan | Conservative |
1963 |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home | Conservative |
1964 |
Harold Wilson | Labour |
1970 |
Edward Heath | Conservative |
1974 |
Harold Wilson | Labour |
1976 |
James Callaghan | Labour |
1979 |
Margaret Thatcher | Conservative |
1990 |
John Major | Conservative |
1997 |
Tony Blair | Labour |
2007 |
Gordon Brown | Labour |