Prime Minister
From To Party
       
Thomas Pelham Holles, Duke of Newcastle 29 June 1757 26 May 1762 Whig
John Stuart, third Earl of Bute 26 May 1762
8 April 1763 Tory
George Grenville 16 April 1763 10 July 1765 Whig
Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquis of Rockingham 13 July 1765 30 July 1766 Whig
William Pitt (the Elder), Earl of Chatham 30 July 1766 14 October 1768 Whig
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, third Duke of Grafton 14 October 1768 28 January 1770 Whig
Frederick, Lord North 28 January 1770 27 March 1782 Tory
Charles Watson-Wentworth, second Marquis of Rockingham 27 March 1782 1 July 1782 Whig
William Fitzmaurice, Earl of Shelburne 4 July 1782 26 March 1783 Whig
William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, third Duke of Portland (the Fox-North coalition) 2 April 1783 18 December 1783 Whig/Tory
William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 14 March 1801 Tory
Henry Addington 17 March 1801 10 May 1804 Tory
William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 23 January 1806 Tory
William Wyndham Grenville Lord Grenville 11 February 1806 25 March 1807 Whig
Duke of Portland 31 March 1807 4 October 1809 Whig
Spencer Perceval 4 October 1809 11 May 1812 Tory
Robert Banks Jenkinson, second Earl of Liverpool 8 June 1812 9 April 1827 Tory
George Canning 12 April 1827 8 August 1827 Whig/Tory coalition
Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich 31 August 1827 8 January 1828 Whig/Tory coalition
Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington 22 January 1828 16 November 1830 Tory
Charles, Earl Grey 22 November 1830 9 July 1834 Whig
William Lamb, second Viscount Melbourne 16 July 1834 14 November 1834 Whig
Sir Robert Peel-overview 10 December 1834 8 April 1835 Tory/Conservative
Lord Melbourne 18 April 1835 30 August 1841 Whig
Sir Robert Peel 30 August 1841 29 June 1846 Conservative
Lord John Russell 30 June 1846 21 February 1852 Whig
Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Lord Derby
23 February 1852 17 December 1853 Tory
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George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth Earl of Aberdeen 19 December 1852 30 January 1855 Conservative/Peelite
Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston 6 February 1855 19 February 1858 Whig
Lord Derby 20 February 1858 11 June 1859 Tory
Lord Palmerston 12 June 1859 18 October 1865 Whig
Lord John Russell 29 October 1865 26 June 1866 Whig
Lord Derby 28 June 1866 25 February 1868 Tory
Benjamin Disraeli-overview 27 February 1868 1 December 1868 Tory
William Gladstone --overview 3 December 1868 17 February 1874 Liberal
Benjamin Disraeli 20 February 1874 21 April 1880 Tory
William Gladstone 23 April 1880 9 June 1885 Liberal
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third Marquis of Salisbury 23 June 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative
William Gladstone 1 February 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal
Lord Salisbury 25 July 1886 11 SAugust 1892 Conservative
William Gladstone 15 August 1892 2 March 1894 Liberal
Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth Earl of Rosebery 5 March 1894 22 June 1895 Liberal
Lord Salisbury 25 June 1895 11 July 1902 Conservative

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