Born

Died

Served From

Served To

Other Names

Last Name

Party

Comments

1676

1745

1730/05/15

1742/02/11

Sir Robert

Walpole

Whig

1st Earl of Orford

1673

1743

1742/02/16

1743/08/02

Spencer

Compton

Whig

Lord Wilmington. Earl of Wilmington.

1696

1754

1743/08/27

1754/03/06

Henry

Pelham

Whig

1693

1768

1754/03/16

1756/11/??

Thomas

Pelham-Holles

Whig

Duke of Newcastle. Marquess of Clare.

1720

1764

1756/11/16

1757/05/??

William

Cavendish

Whig

4th Duke of Devonshire.

1693

1768

1757/07/02

1762/05/??

Thomas

Pelham-Holles

Whig

Duke of Newcastle. Marquess of Clare.

1713

1792

1762/05/26

1763/04/??

John

Stuart

Tory

3rd Earl of Bute.

1712

1770

1763/04/16

1765/07/??

George

Grenville

Whig

Brother-in-law of Pitt the Elder.

1730

1782

1765/07/13

1766/07/??

Charles

Watson-Wentworth

Whig

2nd Marquess of Rockingham.

1708

1778

1766/07/30

1768/10/??

William

Pitt

Whig

The Elder. Earl of Chatham.

1735

1811

1768/10/14

1770/01/28

Augustus Henry

Fitzroy

Whig

3rd Duke of Grafton.

1732

1792

1770/01/28

1782/03/19

Frederick

North

Tory

Lord North. Earl of Guildford. 8th Baron.

1730

1782

1782/03/27

1782/07/01

Charles

Watson-Wentworth

Whig

2nd Marquess of Rockingham.

1737

1805

1782/07/04

1783/04/02

William Petty

Fitzmaurice

Whig

Marquess of Lansdowne. 2nd Earl of Shelburne.

1738

1809

1783/04/02

1783/12/??

William Henry

Cavendish-Bentinck

Tory

Coalition. 3rd Duke of Portland.

1759

1806

1783/12/19

1801/03/10

William

Pitt

Tory

The Younger.

1757

1844

1801/03/17

1804/04/??

Henry

Addington

Tory

Viscount Sidmouth. (Title in 1805)

1759

1806

1804/05/10

1806/06/23

William

Pitt

Tory

The Younger

1759

1834

1806/02/11

1807/03/??

William Wyndham

Grenville

Whig

Coalition. Lord Grenville. Baron Grenville.

1738

1809

1807/03/31

1809/09/30

William Henry

Cavendish-Bentinck

Tory

3rd Duke of Portland.

1762

1812

1809/10/04

1812/05/11

Spencer

Perceval

Tory

Shot by Bellingham.

1770

1828

1812/06/08

1827/02/??

Robert Banks

Jenkinson

Tory

2nd Earl of Liverpool. Baron Hawkesbury.

1770

1827

1827/04/10

1827/08/08

George

Canning

Tory

1782

1847

1827/08/31

1828/01/08

Frederick John

Robinson

Tory

Viscount Goderich. Later Earl of Ripon.

1769

1852

1828/01/22

1830/11/??

Arthur

Wellesley

Tory

1st Duke of Wellington.

1764

1845

1830/11/22

1834/07/??

Charles

Grey

Whig

Coalition until 1831. 2nd Earl Grey.

1779

1848

1834/07/16

1834/11/14

William

Lamb

Whig

Viscount Melbourne.

1769

1852

1834/11/17

1834/12/??

Arthur

Wellesley

Tory

1st Duke of Wellington.

1788

1850

1834/12/10

1835/04/??

Sir Robert

Peel

Conservative

Party name changed from Tory to Conservative.

1779

1848

1835/04/18

1841/08/30

William

Lamb

Whig

Viscount Melbourne.

1788

1850

1841/08/30

1846/06/29

Sir Robert

Peel

Conservative

1792

1878

1846/06/30

1852/02/20

John

Russell

Liberal

Lord Russell. Earl Russell.

1799

1869

1852/02/23

1852/12/16

Edward Geoffrey Smith

Stanley

Tory

14th Earl of Derby.

1784

1860

1852/12/19

1855/01/??

George Hamilton

Gordon

Conservative

Coalition. Peelite. Earl of Aberdeen.

1784

1865

1855/02/06

1858/02/20

Henry John

Temple

Liberal

Lord Palmerston. Viscount Palmerston.

1799

1869

1858/02/20

1859/06/??

Edward Geoffrey Smith

Stanley

Conservative

14th Earl of Derby.

1784

1865

1859/06/12

1865/10/18

Henry John

Temple

Liberal

Lord Palmerston. Viscount Palmerston.

1792

1878

1865/10/29

1866/06/26

John

Russell

Liberal

Lord Russell. Earl Russell.

1799

1869

1866/06/28

1868/02/25

Edward Geoffrey Smith

Stanley

Conservative

14th Earl of Derby.

1804

1881

1868/02/27

1868/12/03

Benjamin

Disraeli

Conservative

Earl of Beaconsfield.

1809

1898

1868/12/03

1874/02/16

William Ewart

Gladstone

Liberal

1804

1881

1874/02/20

1880/04/18

Benjamin

Disraeli

Conservative

Earl of Beaconsfield.

1809

1898

1880/04/23

1885/06/09

William Ewart

Gladstone

Liberal

1830

1903

1885/06/23

1886/01/26

Robert

Cecil

Conservative

3rd Marquess of Salisbury.

1809

1898

1886/02/01

1886/07/20

William Ewart

Gladstone

Liberal

1830

1903

1886/07/25

1892/08/11

Robert

Cecil

Conservative

3rd Marquess of Salisbury.

1809

1898

1892/08/15

1894/03/03

William Ewart

Gladstone

Liberal

1847

1929

1894/03/05

1895/06/24

Archibald Philip

Primrose

Liberal

Earl of Rosebery.

1830

1903

1895/06/25

1902/07/11

Robert

Cecil

Conservative

3rd Marquess of Salisbury.

1848

1930

1902/07/12

04/12/1905

Arthur James

Balfour

Conservative

1836

1908

05/12/1905

06/04/1908

Sir Henry

Campbell-Bannerman

Liberal

1852

1928

07/04/1908

25/05/1915

Herbert Henry

Asquith

Liberal

Earl of Oxford.

1852

1928

25/05/1915

05/12/1916

Herbert Henry

Asquith

Liberal

Coalition. Resigned 05.12.1916. Earl of Oxford.

1863

1945

06/12/1916

19/10/1922

David Lloyd

George

Liberal

Coalition.

1858

1923

23/10/1922

20/05/1923

Andrew Bonar

Law

Conservative

1867

1947

22/05/1923

22/01/1924

Stanley

Baldwin

Conservative

1866

1937

22/01/1924

04/11/1924

James Ramsay

MacDonald

Labour

1867

1947

04/11/1924

04/06/1929

Stanley

Baldwin

Conservative

1866

1937

05/06/1929

24/08/1931

James Ramsay MacDonald

MacDonald

Labour

1866

1937

24/08/1931

07/06/1935

James Ramsay

MacDonald

Labour

National Coalition.

1867

1947

07/06/1935

28/05/1937

Stanley

Baldwin

Conservative

Coalition.

1869

1940

28/05/1937

10/05/1940

Arthur Neville

Chamberlain

Conservative

Coalition.

1874

1965

10/05/1940

26/07/1945

Winston Spencer

Churchill

Conservative

Coalition.

1883

1967

26/07/1945

26/10/1951

Clement Richard

Attlee

Labour

1874

1965

26/10/1951

05/04/1955

Sir Winston Spencer

Churchill

Conservative

1897

1977

06/04/1955

09/01/1957

Sir Anthony

Eden

Conservative

Earl of Avon.

1894

1986

10/01/1957

18/10/1963

Harold

MacMillan

Conservative

Earl of Stockton.

1903

1995

18/10/1963

16/10/1964

Sir Alec Frederick

Douglas-Home

Conservative

14th Earl of Home. Title relinquished to become PM.

1916

1995

16/10/1964

19/06/1970

Harold

Wilson

Labour

Baron Wilson of Rievaulx.

1916

2005

20/06/1970

04/03/1974

Edward

Heath

Conservative

1916

1995

04/03/1974

05/04/1976

Harold

Wilson

Labour

1912

2005

05/04/1976

04/05/1979

James

Callaghan

Labour

Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.

1925

2013

04/05/1979

22/11/1990

Margaret Hilda

Thatcher

Conservative

Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven.

1943

????

27/11/1990

02/05/1997

John

Major

Conservative

1953

????

02/05/1997

27/06/2007

Anthony Charles Lynton

Blair

Labour

1951

????

27/06/2007

11/05/2010

James Gordon

Brown

Labour

1966

????

11/05/2010

????/??/??

David William Donald

Cameron

Conservative