Britain Since

1688

PMs, Kings and Queens

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Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Name

Party

Starting Date

Ending Date

Sir Robert Walpole

Whig

April 1721

February 1742

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Whig

February 1742

July 1743

Henry Pelham

Whig

August 1743

March 1754

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Whig

March 1754

November 1756

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Whig

November 1756

June 1757

Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle

Whig

July 1757

May 1762

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Tory

May 1762

April 1763

George Grenville

Whig

April 1763

July 1765

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

Whig

July 1765

July 1766

William Pitt the Elder

Whig

July 1766

October 1768

Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Whig

October 1768

January 1770

Lord Frederick North

Tory

January 1770

March 1782

Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham

Whig

March 1782

July 1782

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Whig

July 1782

April 1783

William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Whig

April 1783

December 1783

William Pitt the Younger

Tory

December 1783

March 1801

Henry Addington

Tory

March 1801

May 1804

William Pitt the Younger

Tory

May 1804

January 1806

William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville

Whig

February 1806

March 1807

William Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Whig

March 1807

October 1809

Spencer Perceval

Tory

October 1809

May 1812

Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool

Tory

June 1812

April 1827

George Canning

Tory

April 1827

August 1827

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich

Tory

August 1827

January 1828

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Tory

January 1828

November 1830

Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey

Whig

November 1830

July 1834

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Whig

July 1834

November 1834

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Tory

November 1834

December 1834

Sir Robert Peel

Conservative

December 1834

April 1835

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

Whig

April 1835

August 1841

Sir Robert Peel

Conservative

August 1841

June 1846

Lord John Russell

Whig

June 1846

February 1852

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Tory

February 1852

December 1852

George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen

Conservative

December 1852

January 1855

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Whig

February 1855

February 1858

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Conservative

February 1858

June 1859

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Liberal

June 1859

October 1865

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

Liberal

October 1865

June 1866

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

Conservative

June 1866

February 1868

Benjamin Disraeli

Conservative

February 1868

December 1868

William Ewart Gladstone

Liberal

December 1868

February 1874

Benjamin Disraeli

Conservative

February 1874

April 1880

William Ewart Gladstone

Liberal

April 1880

June 1885

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative

June 1885

January 1886

William Ewart Gladstone

Liberal

February 1886

July 1886

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative

July 1886

August 1892

William Ewart Gladstone

Liberal

August 1892

March 1894

Archibald Primose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Liberal

March 1894

June 1895

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Conservative

June 1895

July 1902

Arthur Balfour

Conservative

July 1902

December 1905

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Liberal

December 1905

April 1908

Herbert Henry Asquith

Liberal

April 1908

December 1916

David Lloyd George

Liberal

December 1916

October 1922

Andrew Bonar Law

Conservative

October 1922

May 1923

Stanley Baldwin

Conservative

May 1923

July 1924

Ramsay MacDonald

Labour

January 1924

November 1924

Stanley Baldwin

Conservative

November 1924

June 1929

Ramsay MacDonald

Labour

June 1929

June 1935

Stanley Baldwin

Conservative

June 1935

May 1937

Neville Chamberlain

Conservative

May 1937

May 1940

Winston Churchill

Conservative

May 1940

July 1945

Clement Atlee

Labour

July 1945

October 1951

Sir Winston Churchill

Conservative

October 1951

April 1955

Sir Anthony Eden

Conservative

April 1955

January 1957

Harold Macmillan

Conservative

January 1957

October 1963

Sir Alec Douglas-Home

Conservative

October 1963

October 1964

Harold Wilson

Labour

October 1964

June 1970

Edward Heath

Conservative

June 1970

March 1974

Harold Wilson

Labour

March 1974

April 1976

James Callaghan

Labour

April 1976

May 1979

Margaret Thatcher

Conservative

May 1979

November 1990

John Major

Conservative

November 1990

May 1997

Tony Blair

Labour

May 1997

June 2007

Gordon Brown

Labour

June 2007

May 2010

David Cameron

Conservative

May 2010

 

List of British Monarchs, 1688 to the Present

Name

Dynasty

Start of Reign

End of Reign

James II

Stuart

1685

1688

William III and Mary II

Stuart

1688

1702

Anne

Stuart

1702

1714

George I

Hanover

1714

1727

George II

Hanover

1727

1760

George III

Hanover

1760

1820

George IV

Hanover

1820

1830

William IV

Hanover

1830

1837

Victoria

Hanover

1837

1901

Edward VII

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

1901

1910

George V

Windsor

1910

1936

Edward VIII

Windsor

1936

1936

George VI

Windsor

1936

1952

Elizabeth II

Windsor

1952