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PRIME MINISTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN
Prime Ministers of Great Britain
Prime MinisterParty1Dates in Office
Sir Robert Walpole1721–42
Earl of Wilmington1742–43
Henry Pelham1743–54
Duke of Newcastle1754–56
Duke of Devonshire1756–57
Duke of Newcastle1757–62
Earl of Bute1762–63
George Grenville1763–65
Marquess of Rockingham1765–66
William Pitt the Elder (earl of Chatham)1766–68
Duke of Grafton1768–70
Lord North1770–82
Marquess of Rockingham1782
Earl of Shelburne1782–83
Duke of Portland1783
William Pitt the YoungerTory1783–1801
Henry Addington (later Viscount Sidmouth)Tory1801–4
William Pitt the YoungerTory1804–6
Baron GrenvilleWhig1806–7
Duke of PortlandTory1807–9
Spencer PercevalTory1809–12
Earl of LiverpoolTory1812–27
George CanningTory1827
Viscount Goderich (later earl of Ripon)Tory1827–28
Duke of WellingtonTory1828–30
Earl GreyWhig1830–34
Viscount MelbourneWhig1834
Sir Robert PeelTory1834–35
Viscount MelbourneWhig1835–41
Sir Robert PeelConservative1841–46
Lord John Russell (later earl Russell)Whig1846–52
Earl of DerbyConservative1852
Earl of AberdeenPeelite Conservative1852–55
Viscount PalmerstonLiberal1855–58
Earl of DerbyConservative1858–59
Viscount PalmersonLiberal1859–65Earl RussellLiberal1865–66
Earl of DerbyConservative1866–68
Benjamin DisraeliConservative1868
William GladstoneLiberal1868–74
Benjamin DisraeliConservative1874–80
William GladstoneLiberal1880–85
Marquess of SalisburyConservative1885–86
William GladstoneLiberal1886
Marquess of SalisburyConservative1886–92
William GladstoneLiberal1892–94
Earl of RoseberyLiberal1894–95
Marquess of SalisburyConservative1895–1902
Arthur BalfourConservative1902–5
Sir Henry Campbell-BannermanLiberal1905–8
Herbert AsquithLiberal1908–15
Herbert AsquithCoalition1915–16
David Lloyd GeorgeCoalition1916–22
Andrew Bonar LawConservative1922–23
Stanley BaldwinConservative1923–24
Ramsay MacDonaldLabour1924
Stanley BaldwinConservative1924–29
Ramsay MacDonaldLabour1929–31
Ramsay MacDonaldNational (Coalition)1931–35
Stanley BaldwinNational1935–37
Neville ChamberlainNational1937–40
Winston ChurchillCoalition1940–45
Clement AttleeLabour1945–51
Sir Winston ChurchillConservative1951–55
Sir Anthony EdenConservative1955–57
Harold MacmillanConservative1957–63
Sir Alec Douglas-HomeConservative1963–64
Harold WilsonLabour1964–70
Edward HeathConservative1970–74
Harold WilsonLabour1974–76
James CallaghanLabour1976–79
Margaret ThatcherConservative1979–90
John MajorConservative1990–97
Tony BlairLabour1997–
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1 The modern party system did not evolve until the end of the 18th cent.
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Publication Information: Encyclopedia Article Title: Prime Ministers of Great Britain. Encyclopedia Title: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Publisher: Columbia University Press. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 2004.
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