Prime Ministers (british) Since 1721
1721-1765
3rd April 1721 : Sir Robert WALPOLE Whig
16th Feb 1742 : Earl of WILMINGTON Whig
27th August 1743 Henry PELHAM Whig
16th March 1754 : Duke of NEWCASTLE Whig
16th November 1756 : Duke of DEVONSHIRE Whig
29th June 1757 : Duke of NEWCASTLE Whig
26th May 1762 : Earl of BUTE Tory
16th April 1763 : George GRENVILLE Whig
1765-1801
13th July 1765 : The Marquess of ROCKINGHAM Whig
30th July 1766 : Earl of CHATHAM Whig
14th October 1768 : Duke of GRAFTON Whig
28th January 1770 : Lord NORTH Tory
27th March 1782 : The Marquess of ROCKINGHAM Whig
4th July 1782 : The Earl of SHELBURNE Whig
2nd April 1783 : The Duke of PORTLAND Coalition
19th December 1783 : William PITT Tory
1801-1827
17th March 1801 : Henry ADDINGTON Tory
10th May 1804 : William PITT Tory
11th February 1806 : The Lord GRENVILLE Whig
31st March 1807 : The Duke of PORTLAND Tory
4th October 1809 : Spencer PERCEVAL Tory
8th June 1812 : The Earl of LIVERPOOL Tory
1827-1852
10th April 1827 : George CANNING Tory
31st August 1827 : Viscount GODERICH Tory
22nd January 1828 : The Duke of WELLINGTON Tory
22nd November 1830 : The Earl GREY Whig
16th July 1834 : The Viscount MELBOURNE Whig
17th November 1834 : The Duke of WELLINGTON Tory
10th December 1834 : Sir Robert PEEL Tory
18th April 1835 : The Viscount MELBOURNE Whig
30th August 1841 : Sir Robert PEEL Tory
30th June 1846 : Lord John RUSSELL (later Earl RUSSELL) Whig
23rd February 1852 : The Earl of DERBY Tory
1852-1880
19th December 1852 : The Earl of ABERDEEN Peelite
6th February 1855 : The Viscount PALMERSTON Liberal
20th February 1858 : The Earl of DERBY Conservative
12th June 1859 : The Viscount PALMERSTON Liberal
29th October 1865 : The Earl RUSSELL Liberal
28th June 1866 : The Earl of DERBY Conservative
27th February 1868 : Benjamin DISRAELI Conservative
3rd December 1868 : William GLADSTONE Liberal
20th February 1874 : Benjamin DISRAELI Conservative
1880-1905
23rd April 1880 : William GLADSTONE Liberal
23rd June 1885 : The Marquess of SALISBURY Conservative
1st February 1886 : William GLADSTONE Liberal
25th July 1886 : The Marquess of SALISBURY Conservative
15th August 1892 : William GLADSTONE Liberal
5th March 1894 : The Earl of ROSEBERY Liberal
25th June 1895 : The Marquess of SALISBURY Conservative
12th July 1902 : Arthur BALFOUR Conservative
1905-1924
5th December 1905 : Sir Henry CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN Liberal
7th April 1908 : Herbert ASQUITH Liberal
25th May 1915 : Herbert ASQUITH Coalition
7th December 1916 : David LLOYD-GEORGE Coalition
23rd October 1922 : Andrew Bonar LAW Conservative
22nd May 1923 : Stanley BALDWIN Conservative
22nd January 1924 : Ramsay MACDONALD Labour
1924-1951
4th November 1924 : Stanley BALDWIN Conservative
5th June 1929 : Ramsay MACDONALD Labour
24th August 1931 : Ramsay MACDONALD Coalition
7th June 1935 : Stanley BALDWIN Coalition
28th May 1937 : Neville CHAMBERLAIN Coalition
10th May 1940 : Winston CHURCHILL Coalition
23rd May 1945 : Winston CHURCHILL Conservative
26th July 1945 : Clement ATLEE Labour
26th October 1951 : Sir Winston CHURCHILL Conservative
1951-1997
6th April 1955 : Sir Anthony EDEN : Conservative
10th January 1957 : Harold MACMILLAN Conservative
19th October 1963 : Sir Alec DOUGLAS-HOME Conservative
16th October 1964 : Harold WILSON Labour
19th June 1970 : Edward HEATH Conservative
4th March 1974 : Harold WILSON Labour
5th April 1976 : James CALLAGHAN Labour
4th May 1979 : Margaret THATCHER Conservative
28th November 1990 : John MAJOR Conservative
1997 : Tony BLAIR Labour