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British Prime Ministers

Name Time in office Political party
Robert Walpole 1730 – 1742 Whig
Spencer Compton 1742 – 1743 Whig
Henry Pelham 1743 – 1754 Whig
Duke of Newcastle 1754 – 1756 Whig
Duke of Devonshire 1756 – 1757 Whig
Duke of Newcastle 1757 – 1762 Whig
Earl of Bute 1762 – 1763 Tory
George Grenville 1763 – 1765 Whig
Marquess of Rockingham 1765 – 1766 Whig
William Pitt 1766 – 1768 Whig
Duke of Grafton 1768 – 1770 Whig
Lord North 1770 – 1782 Tory
Marquess of Rockingham 1782 Whig
Earl of Shelburne 1782 – 1783 Whig
Duke of Portland 1783 Whig
William Pitt the Younger 1783 – 1801 Tory
Henry Addington 1801 – 1804 Tory
William Pitt the Younger 1804 – 1806 Tory
William Grenville 1806 – 1807 Whig
Duke of Portland 1807 – 1809 Whig
Spencer Perceval 1809 – 1812 Tory
Earl of Liverpool 1812 – 1827 Tory
George Canning 1827 – 1827 Tory
Viscount Goderich 1827 – 1828 Tory
Duke of Wellington 1828 – 1830 Tory
Earl Grey 1830 – 1834 Whig
Duke of Wellington 1834 Tory
Viscount Melbourne 1834 Whig
Sir Robert Peel 1834 – 1835 Conservative
Viscount Melbourne 1835 – 1841 Whig
Sir Robert Peel 1841 – 1846 Conservative
Lord John Russell 1846 – 1852 Whig
The Earl of Derby 1852 Conservative
Earl of Aberdeen 1852 – 1855 Conservative
Viscount Palmerston 1855 – 1858 Whig
The Earl of Derby 1858 – 1859 Conservative
Viscount Palmerston 1859 – 1865 Whig
Lord John Russell 1865 – 1866 Whig
The Earl of Derby 1866 – 1868 Conservative
Benjamin Disraeli 1868 – 1868 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 1868 – 1874 Liberal
Benjamin Disraeli 1874 – 1880 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 1880 – 1885 Liberal
Marquess of Salisbury 1885 – 1886 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 1886 – 1886 Liberal
Marquess of Salisbury 1886 – 1892 Conservative
William Ewart Gladstone 1892 – 1894 Liberal
Earl of Rosebery 1894 – 1895 Liberal
Marquess of Salisbury 1895 – 1902 Conservative
Arthur Balfour 1902 – 1905 Conservative
Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1905 – 1908 Liberal
Herbert Asquith 1908 – 1916 Liberal
David Lloyd George 1916 – 1922 Liberal
Andrew Bonar Law 1922 – 1923 Conservative
Stanley Baldwin 1923 – 1924 Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald 1924 Labour
Stanley Baldwin 1924 – 1929 Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald 1929 – 1935 Labour
Stanley Baldwin 1935 – 1937 Conservative
Neville Chamberlain 1937 – 1940 Conservative
Winston Churchill 1940 – 1945 Conservative
Clement Attlee 1945 – 1951 Labour
Winston Churchill 1951 – 1955 Conservative
Anthony Eden 1955 – 1957 Conservative
Harold Macmillan 1957 – 1963 Conservative
Alec Douglas-Home 1963 – 1964 Conservative
Harold Wilson 1964 – 1970 Labour
Edward Heath 1970 – 1974 Conservative
Harold Wilson 1974 – 1976 Labour
James Callaghan 1976 – 1979 Labour
Margaret Thatcher 1979 – 1990 Conservative
John Major 1990 – 1997 Conservative
Tony Blair 1997 – 2007 Labour
Gordon Brown 2007 – 2010 Labour
David Cameron 2010 – 2016 Conservative
Theresa May 2016 – 2019 Conservative
Boris Johnson 2019 – Incumbent Conservative

For a more detailed list, click the link below:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom

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