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Authors: Rebecca Fraser
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The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present (113 page)
Party labels are only given where appropriate
1721 | April | Sir Robert Walpole (Whig) |
1742 | February | Earl of Wilmington (Whig) |
1743 | August | Henry Pelham (Whig) |
1754 | March | Duke of Newcastle (Whig) |
1756 | November | Duke of Devonshire (Whig) |
1757 | July | Duke of Newcaslte (2nd) (Whig) |
1762 | May | Earl of Bute (Tory) |
1763 | April | George Grenville |
1765 | July | Marquis of Rockingham |
1766 | July | Earl of Chatham |
1768 | October | Duke of Grafton |
1770 | January | Lord North (Tory) |
1782 | March | Marquis of Rockingham (2nd) (Whig) |
| July | Earl of Shelburne (Whig) |
1783 | April | Duke of Portland (coalition) |
| December | William Pitt (Tory) |
1801 | March | Henry Addington (Tory) |
1804 | May | William Pitt (Tory) |
1806 | February | Lord Grenville (Whig) |
1807 | March | Duke of Portland (2nd) (coalition) |
1809 | October | Spencer Perceval (Tory |
1812 | June | Earl of Liverpool (Tory) |
1827 | April | George Canning (Tory) |
| August | Viscount Goderich (Tory) |
1828 | January | Duke of Wellington (Tory) |
1830 | November | Earl Grey (Whig) |
1834 | July | Viscount Melbourne (Whig) |
| December | Sir Robert Peel (Con.) |
1835 | April | Viscount Melbourne (2nd) (Whig) |
1841 | September | Sir Robert Peel (2nd) (Con.) |
1846 | June | Lord John Russell (Whig–Lib.) |
1852 | February | Earl of Derby (Con.) |
| December | Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite) |
1855 | February | Viscount Palmerston (Lib.) |
1858 | February | Earl of Derby (2nd) Con.) |
1859 | June | Viscount Palmerston (2nd) (Lib.) |
1865 | October | Earl Russell (2nd) (Lib.) |
1866 | June | Earl of Derby (3rd) (Con.) |
1868 | February | Benjamin Disraeli (Con.) |
| December | W. E. Gladstone (Lib.) |
1874 | February | Benjamin Disraeli (2nd) (Con.); became Earl of Beaconsfield 1876 |
1880 | April | W. E. Gladstone (2nd) (Lib.) |
1885 | June | Marquis of Salisbury (Con.) |
1886 | February | W. E. Gladstone (3rd) (Lib.) |
| July | Marquis of Salisbury (2nd) (Con.) |
1892 | August | W. E. Gladstone (4th) (Lib.) |
1894 | March | Earl of Rosebery (Lib.) |
1895 | June | Marquis of Salisbury (3rd) (Con.–Unionist) |
1902 | July | A. J. Balfour (Con.–Unionist) |
1905 | December | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Lib.) |
1908 | April | H. H. Asquith (Lib.) |
1915 | May | H. H. Asquith (2nd) (coalition) |
1916 | December | David Lloyd George (coalition) |
1919 | October | David Lloyd (2nd) (coalition) |
1922 | October | Andrew Bonar Law (Con.) |
1923 | May | Stanley Baldwin (Con.) |
1924 | January | J. Ramsay MacDonald (Lab.) |
| November | Stanley Baldwin (2nd) (Con.) |
1929 | June | J. Ramsay MacDonald (2nd) (Lab.) |
1931 | August | J. Ramsay MacDonald (3rd) (national) |
1935 | June | Stanley Baldwin (3rd) (national) |
1937 | May | Neville Chamberlain (national) |
1940 | May | Winston S. Churchill (coalition) |
1945 | May | Winston S. Churchill (2nd) (Con.) |
| July | Clement Attlee (Lab.) |
1950 | February | Clement Attlee (2nd) (Lab.) |
1951 | October | Winston S. Churchill (3rd) (Con.) |
1955 | April | Sir Anthony Eden (Con.) |
1957 | January | Harold Macmillan (Con.) |
1959 | October | Harold Macmillan (2nd) (Con.) |
1963 | October | Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Con.) |
1964 | October | Harold Wilson (Lab.) |
1966 | March | Harold Wilson (2nd) (Lab.) |
1970 | June | Edward Heath (Con.) |
1974 | March | Harold Wilson (3rd) (Lab.) |
1976 | May | James Callaghan (Lab.) |
1979 | May | Margaret Thatcher (Con.) |
1983 | June | Margaret Thatcher (2nd) (Con.) |
1987 | June | Margaret Thatcher (3rd) (Con.) |
1990 | November | John Major (Con.) |
1992 | April | John Major (2nd) (Con.) |
1997 | May | Anthony Blair (Lab.) |