British Prime Ministers
Submitted by Martin1983 on Wed, 01/26/2005 - 06:20
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- (1721-1742) Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
- (1742-1743) Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington (Whig)
- (1743-1754) Henry Pelham (Whig)
- (1754-1756) Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (Whig)
- (1756-1757) William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (Whig)
- (1757-1762) Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (Whig)
- (1762-1763) John Stuart, Earl of Bute (Conservative)
- (1763-1765) George Grenville (Whig)
- (1765-1766) Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
- (1766-1768) William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham (Whig)
- (1768-1770) Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton (Whig)
- (1770-1782) Frederick North, Lord North (Conservative)
- (1782-1782) Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)
- (1782-1783) William Fitzmaurice, Earl of Shelburne (Whig)
- (1783-1783) William Bentinck, Duke of Portland (Coalition)
- (1783-1801) William Pitt the Younger (Conservative)
- (1801-1804) Henry Addington (Conservative)
- (1804-1806) William Pitt the Younger (Conservative)
- (1806-1807) William Grenville, Lord Grenville (Coalition)
- (1807-1809) William Bentinck, Duke of Portland (Conservative)
- (1809-1812) Spencer Percival (Conservative)
- (1812-1827) Robert Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool (Conservative)
- (1827-1827) George Canning (Conservative)
- (1827-1828) Frederick Robinson, Viscount Goderich (Conservative)
- (1828-1830) Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (Conservative)
- (1830-1834) Charles Grey, Earl Grey (Whig)
- (1834-1834) William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
- (1834-1835) Sir Robert Peel (Conservative)
- (1835-1841) William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne (Whig)
- (1841-1846) Sir Robert Peel (Conservative)
- (1846-1852) Lord John Russell (Whig)
- (1852-1852) Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (Conservative)
- (1852-1855) George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
- (1855-1858) Viscount Palmerston (Whig)
- (1858-1859) Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (Conservative)
- (1859-1865) Viscount Palmerston (Liberal)
- (1865-1866) John Russell, Earl Russell (Liberal)
- (1866-1868) Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (Conservative)
- (1868-1868) Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
- (1868-1874) William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)
- (1874-1880) Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative)
- (1880-1885) William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)
- (1885-1886) Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)
- (1886-1886) William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)
- (1886-1892) Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)
- (1892-1894) William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)
- (1894-1895) Earl of Rosebery (Liberal)
- (1895-1902) Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative/Unionist)
- (1902-1905) Arthur Balfour (Conservative/Unionist)
- (1906-1908) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal)
- (1908-1916) Herbert Asquith (Liberal)
- (1916-1922) David Lloyd George (National Liberal/Coalition)
- (1922-1923) Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative)
- (1923-1924) Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
- (1924-1924) Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
- (1924-1929) Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)
- (1929-1931) Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)
- (1931-1935) Ramsay MacDonald (National Labour/National Government)
- (1935-1937) Stanley Baldwin (Conservative/National Government)
- (1937-1940) Neville Chamberlain (Conservative/National Government)
- (1940-1945) Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative/Coalition)
- (1945-1951) Clement Attlee (Labour)
- (1951-1955) Winston Churchill (Conservative)
- (1955-1957) Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative)
- (1957-1963) Harold Macmillan (Conservative)
- (1963-1964) Sir Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative)
- (1964-1970) Harold Wilson (Labour)
- (1970-1974) Edward Heath (Conservative)
- (1974-1976) Harold Wilson (Labour)
- (1976-1979) James Callaghan (Labour)
- (1979-1990) Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
- (1990-1997) John Major (Conservative)
- (1997-2007) Tony Blair (Labour)
- (2007-2010) Gordon Brown (Labour)
- (2010-????) David Cameron (Conservative/Coalition)
Author Comments:
The first "de-facto" Prime Minister was Robert Walpole who took the position from 1721 to 1742. However, the term "Prime Minister" was not used until 1905, when Henry Campbell-Bannerman was in charge.
There have been 54 Prime Ministers in total, with some taking 10 Downing Street for more than one non-consecutive time.
EDIT: David Cameron is now the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Conservative leader did not gain enough seats for an absolute majority and has formed an unlikely coalition with the Liberal Democrats. I give it until the end of the year before it all falls apart.
..And Blair really isn't such a bad one. Labour are criticised too much; they do more for our country than the Tories or LibDems can/will.
The way I see it, people are going to complain, whoever is in charge of the country. Just goes to show that you can't please everyone. For every law you pass, there'll be some people for it, and other people against it. I can see Blair getting a third term, and I will vote to ensure that it happens.
Good, good.. what do you say to the people who now consider Labour barely any different to the Conservatives? I take it you don't agree, but wonder what you think.
They're not like the Conservatives. They're for Europe and the Euro, they prefer to increase tax rather than cut tax, they have different policies on immigration...I could go on.
Methinks you should list the political party of all of these, actually.. I only know about 5!
It is done, mein Herr!