United Kingdom

1st Baron Grenville 1806–07

William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,

3rd duke of Portland (2nd time) Whig 1807–09

Spencer Perceval Tory 1809–12

Robert Banks Jenkinson,

2nd earl of Liverpool Tory 1812–27

George Canning Tory 1827

Frederick John Robinson,

1st Viscount Goderich (from 1833, 1st earl of Ripon) Tory 1827–28

Arthur Wellesley,

1st duke of Wellington (1st time) Tory 1828–30

Charles Grey,

2nd Earl Grey Whig 1830–34

William Lamb,

2nd Viscount Melbourne (1st time) Whig 1834

Arthur Wellesley,

1st duke of Wellington (2nd time) Tory 1834

Sir Robert Peel,

2nd Baronet (1st time) Tory 1834–35

William Lamb,

2nd Viscount Melbourne (2nd time) Whig 1835–41

Sir Robert Peel,

2nd Baronet (2nd time) Conservative 1841–46

John Russell,

Lord Russell (from 1861, 1st Earl Russell) (1st time) Whig-Liberal 1846–52

Edward Geoffrey Stanley,

14th earl of Derby (1st time) Conservative 1852

George Hamilton-Gordon,

4th earl of Aberdeen 1852–55

Henry John Temple,

3rd Viscount Palmerston (1st time) Liberal 1855–58

Edward Geoffrey Stanley,

14th earl of Derby (2nd time) Conservative 1858–59

Henry John Temple,

3rd Viscount Palmerston (2nd time) Liberal 1859–65

John Russell,

1st Earl Russell (2nd time) Liberal 1865–66

Edward Geoffrey Stanley,

14th earl of Derby (3rd time) Conservative 1866–68

Benjamin Disraeli

(1st time) Conservative 1868

William Ewart Gladstone

(1st time) Liberal 1868–74

Benjamin Disraeli,

(from 1876, earl of Beaconsfield) (2nd time) Conservative 1874–80

William Ewart Gladstone

(2nd time) Liberal 1880–85

Robert Cecil,

3rd marquess of Salisbury (1st time) Conservative 1885–86

William Ewart Gladstone

(3rd time) Liberal 1886

Robert Cecil,

3rd marquess of Salisbury (2nd time) Conservative 1886–92

William Ewart Gladstone

(4th time) Liberal 1892–94

Archibald Philip Primrose,

5th earl of Rosebery Liberal 1894–95

Robert Cecil,

3rd marquess of Salisbury (3rd time) Conservative 1895–1902

Arthur James Balfour,

(from 1922, 1st earl of Balfour) Conservative 1902–05

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal 1905–08

H.H. Asquith,

(from 1925, 1st earl of Oxford and Asquith) Liberal 1908–16

David Lloyd George,

(from 1945, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor) Liberal 1916–22

Bonar Law Conservative 1922–23

Stanley Baldwin

(1st time) Conservative 1923–24

Ramsay Macdonald

(1st time) Labour 1924

Stanley Baldwin

(2nd time) Conservative 1924–29

Ramsay Macdonald

(2nd time) Labour 1929–35

Stanley Baldwin,

(from 1937, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley) (3rd time) Conservative 1935–37

Neville Chamberlain Conservative 1937–40

Winston Churchill

(1st time) Conservative 1940–45

Clement Attlee,

(from 1955, 1st Earl Attlee) Labour 1945–51

Winston Churchill,

(from 1953, Sir Winston Churchill) (2nd time) Conservative 1951–55

Sir Anthony Eden,

(from 1961, 1st earl of Avon) Conservative 1955–57

Harold Macmillan,

(from 1984, 1st earl of Stockton) Conservative 1957–63

Sir Alec Douglas-Home,

(until 1963, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, 14th earl of Home; from 1974, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home) Conservative 1963–64

Harold Wilson

(1st time) Labour 1964–70

Edward Heath Conservative 1970–74

Harold Wilson,

(from 1976, Sir Harold Wilson) (2nd time) Labour 1974–76

James Callaghan Labour 1976–79

Margaret Thatcher Conservative 1979–90

John Major Conservative 1990–97

Tony Blair Labour 1997–2007

Gordon Brown Labour 2007–10

David Cameron Conservative 2010–16

Theresa May Conservative 2016–19

Boris Johnson Conservative 2019–  

Citation Information

Article Title: United Kingdom

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 11 August 2019

URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom

Access Date: August 12, 2019

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