List of British Prime Ministers
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List of British Prime Ministers
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Sir Robert Walpole   1721 – 1742 Whig Party
The Earl of Wilmington   1742 – 1743 Whig Party
Henry Pelham    1743 – 1754 Whig Party
The Duke of Newcastle   1754 – 1756 Whig Party
The Duke of Devonshire   1756 – 1757 Whig Party
The Duke of Newcastle   1757 – 1762 Whig Party
The Earl of Bute   1762 – 1763 Tory Party
George Grenville   1763 – 1765 Whig Party
The Marquess of Rockingham  1765 – 1766 Whig Party
The Earl of Chatham   1766 – 1768 Whig Party
“William Pitt the Elder”
The Duke of Grafton   1768 – 1770 Whig Party
Lord North    1770 – 1782 Tory Party
The Marquess of Rockingham  1782 – 1782 Whig Party
The Earl of Shelburne   1782 – 1783 Whig Party
The Duke of Portland   1783 – 1783 Whig Party
William Pitt The Younger  1783 – 1801 Tory Party
Henry Addington    1801 – 1804 Tory Party
William Pitt The Younger  1804 – 1806 Tory Party
The Lord Grenville   1807 – 1809 Tory Party
The Duke of Portland   1807 – 1809 Tory Party
Spencer Perceval   1809 – 1812 Tory Party
The Earl of Liverpool   1812 – 1827 Tory Party
George Canning     1827 – 1827 Tory Party
The Viscount Goderich   1827 – 1828 Tory Party
The Duke of Wellington   1828 – 1830 Tory Party
The Earl Grey    1830 – 1834 Whig Party
The Viscount Melbourne   1834 – 1834 Whig Party
The Duke of Wellington   1834 – 1834 Tory Party
Sir Robert Peel    1834 – 1835 Tory Party
The Viscount Melbourne   1835 – 1841 Whig Party
Sir Robert Peel    1841 – 1846 Tory Party
The Lord John Russell   1846 – 1852 Whig Party
The Earl of Derby   1852 – 1852 Tory Party
The Earl of Aberdeen   1852 – 1855 Peelite / Whig
The Viscount Palmerston   1855 – 1858 Whig Party
The Earl of Derby   1858 – 1859 Tory Party
The Viscount Palmerston   1859 – 1865 Liberal Party    
The Earl Russell   1865 – 1866 Liberal Party
The Earl of Derby   1866 – 1868 Tory Party
Benjamin Disraeli    1868 – 1868 Tory Party
William Ewart Gladstone   1868 – 1874 Liberal Party
Benjamin Disraeli   1874 – 1880 Tory Party
William Ewart Gladstone   1880 – 1885 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury  1885 – 1886 Tory Party
William Ewart Gladstone   1886 – 1886 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury  1886 – 1892 Tory Party
William Ewart Gladstone   1892 – 1894 Liberal Party
The Earl of Rosebery   1894 – 1895 Liberal Party
The Marquess of Salisbury  1895 – 1902 Tory Party
Arthur Balfour    1902 – 1905 Tory Party
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman  1905 – 1908 Liberal Party  
H H Asquith    1908 – 1916 Liberal Party
David Lloyds George   1916 – 1922 Liberal Party
Andrew Bonar Law   1922 – 1923 Tory Party
Stanley Baldwin    1923 – 1924 Tory Party
Ramsey MacDonald   1924 – 1924 Labour Party
Stanley Baldwin    1924 – 1929 Tory Party
Ramsey MacDonald   1929 – 1931 Labour Party
Ramsey MacDonald   1931 – 1935 National Labour Party
Stanley Baldwin    1935 – 1937 Tory Party
Neville Chamberlain   1937 – 1940 Tory Party
Winston Churchill   1940 – 1945 Tory Party
Clement Attlee    1945 – 1951 Labour Party
Winston Churchill   1951 – 1955 Tory Party
Sir Anthony Eden   1955 – 1957 Tory Party
Harold Macmillan   1957 – 1963 Tory Party
Alec Douglas-Home   1963 – 1964 Tory Party
Harold Wilson    1964 – 1970 Labour Party
Edward Heath    1970 – 1974 Tory Party
Harold Wilson    1974 – 1976 Labour Party
James Callaghan    1976 – 1979 Labour Party
Margaret Thatcher   1979 – 1990 Tory Party
John Major     1990 – 1997 Tory Party
Tony Blair     1997 – 2007 Labour Party
Gordon Brown     2007 – 2010 Labour Party
David Cameron 2010 – 2015 Coalition Party (Conservatives and Liberal Democrats)
David Cameron 2015 – 2016 Tory Party
Theresa May 2016 – Date Tory Party