List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
From 1721

List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Section Title: From 1721
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Whig (17) Tory (11) Conservative (17) Peelite (1) Liberal (7) Labour (6) National Labour (1)

Portrait	Prime Minister (Birth–Death)	Term of office & mandate Duration in years and days	Ministerial offices held as Prime Minister	Party	Government	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.

painting	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford KGKBPCMP for King's Lynn[§] (1676–1745)	3 April 1721	11 February 1742	1722	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons (1721–1742)Sec. of State for the Northern Dept.	Whig	Walpole–Townshend	-

1727	-

1734	Walpole

1741

20 years and 315 days

painting	The Right Honourable Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington KGKBPC (1673–1743)	16 February 1742	2 July 1743	—	First Lord of the TreasuryNominal leader of the House of Lords	Whig	Carteret

1 year and 137 days

​	painting	The Right Honourable Henry Pelham FRSMP for Sussex (1694–1754)	27 August 1743	6 March 1754	—	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Whig

Broad Bottom I

1747	Broad Bottom II

10 years and 192 days

painting	His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle KGPCFRS (1693–1768)	16 March 1754	11 November 1756	1754	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Newcastle I

2 years and 241 days

painting	His Grace William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire KGPC (1720–1764)	16 November 1756	29 June 1757	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of LordsLord Chamberlain of the Household (1757)Lord Treasurer of Ireland	Whig	Pitt–Devonshire

​	1757 Caretaker

226 days

​	painting	His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle KGPCFRS (1693–1768)	29 June 1757	26 May 1762	1761	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Pitt–Newcastle

​	-

​	Bute–Newcastle (Tory–Whig)

​

4 years and 332 days

painting	The Right Honourable John Stuart 3rd Earl of Bute KGPC (1713–1792)	26 May 1762	8 April 1763	—	First Lord of the TreasuryNominal leader of the House of Lords	Tory	Bute

318 days

painting	The Right Honourable George GrenvilleMP for Buckingham (1712–1770)	16 April 1763	10 July 1765	—	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Whig (Grenvillite)	Grenville (mainly Whig)

2 years and 86 days

painting	The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KGPCFRS (1730–1782)	13 July 1765	30 July 1766	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig (Rockinghamite)	Rockingham I

1 year and 18 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham PCFRSMP for Bath (1766)[§] (1708–1778)	30 July 1766	14 October 1768	1768	Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Whig (Chathamite)	Chatham

2 years and 77 days

painting	His Grace Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton KGPC (1735–1811)	14 October 1768	28 January 1770	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Grafton

1 year and 107 days

painting	The Right Honourable Frederick North Lord North KGMP for Banbury (1732–1792)	28 January 1770	27 March 1782	1774	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Northite)	North

1780

12 years and 59 days

painting	The Most Honourable Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KGPCFRS (1730–1782)	27 March 1782	1 July 1782	—	First Lord of the Treasury	Whig (Rockinghamite)	Rockingham II

97 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne KGPC (1737–1805)	4 July 1782	26 March 1783	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig (Chathamite)	Shelburne

266 days

painting	His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland PCFRS (1738–1809)	2 April 1783	18 December 1783	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Fox–North

261 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Pitt the YoungerMP for Appleby (1784) → Cambridge University[‡] (1784–1801)(1759–1806)	19 December 1783	14 March 1801	1784	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Pitt I

1790

1796

17 years and 86 days

painting	The Right Honourable Henry AddingtonMP for Devizes (1757–1844)	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	1801	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Addingtonian)	Addington

1802

3 years and 55 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Pitt the YoungerMP for Cambridge University (1759–1806)	10 May 1804	23 January 1806	—	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Pitt II

1 year and 259 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville PCPC (Ire) (1759–1834)	11 February 1806	25 March 1807	1806	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	All the Talents (Whig–Tory)

1 year and 43 days

painting	His Grace William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland KGPCFRS (1738–1809)	31 March 1807	4 October 1809	1807	First Lord of the Treasury	Tory (Pittite)	Portland II

2 years and 188 days

painting	The Right Honourable Spencer Perceval KCMP for Northampton (1762–1812)	4 October 1809	11 May 1812	—	Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterChancellor of the ExchequerCommissioner of the Treasury for Ireland (1810–1812)First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Pittite)	Perceval

2 years and 221 days

painting	The Right Honourable Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool KGPCFRS (1770–1828)	8 June 1812	9 April 1827	1812	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of LordsSec. of State for War & Colonies (1812)	Tory (Pittite)	Liverpool

1818

1820	-

1826

14 years and 306 days

painting	The Right Honourable George Canning FRSMP for Seaford (1770–1827)	12 April 1827	8 August 1827	—	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Tory (Canningite)	Canning (Canningite–Whig)

119 days

painting	The Right Honourable Frederick John Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich PC (1782–1859)	31 August 1827	8 January 1828	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Tory (Canningite)	Goderich

131 days

painting	Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)	22 January 1828	16 November 1830	1830	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Tory	Wellington–Peel

2 years and 299 days	-

painting	The Right Honourable Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey KGPC (1764–1845)	22 November 1830	9 July 1834	1831	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Grey

1832

3 years and 230 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne PCPC (Ire) (1779–1848)	16 July 1834	14 November 1834	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne I

122 days

painting	Field MarshalHis Grace Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington KGGCBGCHPC (1769–1852)	17 November 1834	9 December 1834	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of LordsSec. of State for Foreign AffairsSec.	Tory	Wellington Caretaker

23 days

painting	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel BtFRSMP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	10 December 1834	8 April 1835	—	Chancellor of the ExchequerFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Peel I

120 days

painting	The Right Honourable William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne PCPC (Ire)FRS (1779–1848)	18 April 1835	30 August 1841	1835	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Whig	Melbourne II

1837	-

6 years and 135 days

painting	The Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel BtFRSMP for Tamworth (1788–1850)	30 August 1841	29 June 1846	1841	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Peel II

4 years and 304 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Lord John Russell FRSMP for the City of London (1792–1878)	30 June 1846	21 February 1852	1847	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Whig	Russell I

5 years and 237 days

engraving	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby PCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)	23 February 1852	17 December 1852	1852	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Who? Who?

299 days

engraving	The Right Honourable George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen KTFRSEFRSPCFSA Scot (1784–1860)	19 December 1852	30 January 1855	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Peelite	Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig–et al.)

2 years and 43 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston KGGCBPCFRSMP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	6 February 1855	19 February 1858	1857	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Whig	Palmerston I

3 years and 14 days

engraving	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby PCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)	20 February 1858	11 June 1859	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli II

1 year and 112 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston KGGCBPCFRSMP for Tiverton (1784–1865)	12 June 1859	18 October 1865	1859	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Palmerston II

1865

6 years and 129 days

photograph	The Right Honourable John Russell 1st Earl Russell KGPCFRS (1792–1878)	29 October 1865	26 June 1866	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Liberal	Russell II

241 days

engraving	The Right Honourable Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby KGPCPC (Ire) (1799–1869)	28 June 1866	25 February 1868	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Lords	Conservative	Derby–Disraeli III

1 year and 243 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Benjamin DisraeliMP for Buckinghamshire (1804–1881)	See also § Main articles:1	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative

27 February 1868	1 December 1868	—

279 days

photograph	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FSSMP for Greenwich (1809–1898)	See also § Main articles:2	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1873–1874)First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Gladstone I

3 December 1868	17 February 1874	1868

5 years and 77 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield KGPCFRSMP for Buckinghamshire (1874–1876)[§](1804–1881)	See also § Main articles:1	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons (1874–1876)Leader of the House of Lords (1876–1880)Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1876–1878)	Conservative	Disraeli II

20 February 1874	21 April 1880	1874

6 years and 62 days

photograph	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSSMP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	See also § Main articles:2	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1880–1882)First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Gladstone II

23 April 1880	9 June 1885	1880

5 years and 48 days

photograph	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	23 June 1885	28 January 1886	—	Leader of the House of LordsSec. of State for Foreign Affairs	Conservative	Salisbury I

220 days

photograph	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSSMP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	See also § Main articles:2	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Liberal	Gladstone III

1 February 1886	20 July 1886	1885

170 days

photograph	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	25 July 1886	11 August 1892	1886	First Lord of the Treasury (1886–1887)Leader of the House of LordsSec. of State for Foreign Affairs (1887–1892)	Conservative	Salisbury II

6 years and 18 days

photograph	The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRSFSSMP for Midlothian (1809–1898)	See also § Main articles:2	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Liberal	Gladstone IV

15 August 1892	2 March 1894	1892

1 year and 200 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery KGPCFRS (1847–1929)	5 March 1894	22 June 1895	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of LordsLord President of the CouncilSec. of State for Foreign Affairs (1894)	Liberal	Rosebery

1 year and 110 days

photograph	The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KGPCFRSDL (1830–1903)	25 June 1895	11 July 1902	1895	Leader of the House of LordsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1900–1902)Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs (1895–1900)	Conservative	Salisbury III (Con.–Lib.U.)

1900	Salisbury IV

7 years and 17 days	-

photograph	The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour FRSFBADLMP for Manchester East (1848–1930)	12 July 1902	4 December 1905	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1902–1903)	Conservative	Balfour

3 years and 146 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCBMP for Stirling Burghs (1836–1908)	5 December 1905	5 April 1908	1906	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Liberal	Campbell-Bannerman

2 years and 123 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith KCFRSMP for East Fife (1852–1928)	5 April 1908	5 December 1916	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsSec. of State for War (1914)	Liberal	Asquith I

​	Jan.1910	Asquith II

​	-

Dec.1910	Asquith III

—	Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–et al.)

8 years and 245 days

photograph	The Right Honourable David Lloyd George OMMP for Caernarvon Boroughs (1863–1945)	6 December 1916	19 October 1922	—	First Lord of the Treasury	Liberal	Lloyd George War

1918	Lloyd George II (Lib.–Con.)

5 years and 318 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Bonar LawMP for Glasgow Central (1858–1923)	23 October 1922	20 May 1923	1922	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative (Scot.U.)	Law

210 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin JPMP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	22 May 1923	22 January 1924	—	Chancellor of the Exchequer (1923)First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Baldwin I

246 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonaldMP for Aberavon (1866–1937)	22 January 1924	4 November 1924	1923	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of CommonsSec. of State for Foreign Affairs	Labour	MacDonald I

288 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin JPFRSMP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	4 November 1924	4 June 1929	1924	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	Baldwin II

4 years and 213 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Ramsay MacDonald FRSMP for Seaham (1866–1937)	5 June 1929	7 June 1935	1929	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Labour	MacDonald II

—	National Labour	National I (N.Lab.–Con.–et al.)

1931	National II

6 years and 3 days

​	photograph	The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin JPFRSMP for Bewdley (1867–1947)	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	1935	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	National III

-

-

1 year and 356 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Neville Chamberlain FRSMP for Birmingham Edgbaston (1869–1940)	28 May 1937	10 May 1940	—	First Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons	Conservative	National IV

​	Chamberlain War

2 years and 349 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Winston Churchill CHTDFRSMP for Epping (1940–1945) → Woodford[‡] (1945)(1874–1965)	10 May 1940	26 July 1945	—	First Lord of the TreasuryNominal leader of the House of Commons (1940–1942)Minister of Defence	Conservative	Churchill War

​	Churchill Caretaker (Con.–L.Nat.)

5 years and 78 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Clement Attlee CHFRSMP for Limehouse (1945–1950) → Walthamstow West[‡] (1950–1951)(1883–1967)	26 July 1945	26 October 1951	1945	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister of Defence (1945–1946)	Labour	Attlee I

1950	Attlee II

6 years and 93 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Sir Winston Churchill KGOMCHTDDLFRSRAMP for Woodford (1874–1965)	26 October 1951	5 April 1955	1951	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister of Defence (1951–1952)	Conservative	Churchill III

3 years and 162 days	-

photograph	The Right Honourable Sir Anthony Eden KGMCMP for Warwick & Leamington (1897–1977)	6 April 1955	9 January 1957	1955	First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Eden

1 year and 279 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Harold Macmillan FRSMP for Bromley (1894–1986)	10 January 1957	18 October 1963	—	First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative	Macmillan I

1959	Macmillan II

6 years and 282 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Sir Alec Douglas-Home KTMP for Kinross & Western Perthshire (1903–1995)	19 October 1963	16 October 1964	—	First Lord of the Treasury	Conservative (Scot.U.)	Douglas-Home

364 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Harold Wilson OBEFRSFSSMP for Huyton (1916–1995)	16 October 1964	19 June 1970	1964	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service (1968–1970)	Labour	Wilson I

1966	Wilson II

5 years and 247 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Edward Heath MBEMP for Bexley (1970–1974) → Sidcup[‡] (1974)(1916–2005)	19 June 1970	4 March 1974	1970	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Heath

3 years and 259 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Harold Wilson OBEFRSFSSMP for Huyton (1916–1995)	4 March 1974	5 April 1976	Feb.1974	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Labour	Wilson III

Oct.1974	Wilson IV

2 years and 33 days

photograph	The Right Honourable James CallaghanMP for Cardiff South East (1912–2005)	5 April 1976	4 May 1979	—	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Labour	Callaghan

3 years and 30 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Margaret Thatcher FRSHonFRSCMP for Finchley (1925–2013)	See also § Main articles:3	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Thatcher I

4 May 1979	28 November 1990	1979

1983	Thatcher II

1987	Thatcher III

11 years and 209 days

photograph	The Right Honourable John MajorMP for Huntingdon (born 1943)	28 November 1990	2 May 1997	—	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Major I

1992	Major II

6 years and 156 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Tony BlairMP for Sedgefield (born 1953)	See also § Main articles:4	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Labour	Blair I

2 May 1997	27 June 2007	1997

2001	Blair II

2005	Blair III

10 years and 57 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Gordon BrownMP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath (born 1951)	See also § Main articles:5	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Labour	Brown

27 June 2007	11 May 2010	—

2 years and 319 days

photograph	The Right Honourable David CameronMP for Witney (born 1966)	See also § Main articles:6	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Conservative	Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)

11 May 2010	13 July 2016	2010

2015	Cameron II

6 years and 64 days

photograph	The Right Honourable Theresa MayMP for Maidenhead (born 1956)	See also § Main articles:7	First Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the Civil Service	Conservative	May I

13 July 2016	Incumbent	—

2017	May II

2 years and 285 days

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Marquess of Salisbury was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1885–86 and 1895–1902.

final_sentence: Marquess of Salisbury was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 1885–86 and 1895–1902.