First Lord of the Treasury

The treasury was first put into commission in 1612. Since 1714, it has always been in commission.  See also Lord High Treasurer
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Earl of Northampton 	17 June 1612 	24 June 1613 	 	
The Lord Ellesmere 	24 June 1613 	11 July 1614 	 	also Lord Chancellor
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury 	July 1618 	14 December 1620	 	
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury 	15 March 1635 	6 March 1636 	 	
The Lord Lyttelton 	21 May 1641 	3 October 1643 	 	
Sir Edward Hyde 	19 June 1660 	8 September 1660	 	also Lord Chancellor
The Duke of Albemarle 	1 June 1667 	3 January 1670 	 	
The Lord Ashley 	3 January 1670 	28 November 1672	 	
The Earl of Essex 	26 March 1679 	21 November 1679	 	
Sir Laurence Hyde later The Earl of Rochester 	21 November 1679	9 September 1684	Tory 	
The Lord Godolphin 	9 September 1684	16 February 1685	Tory 	
The Lord Belasyse 	4 January 1687 	2 December 1688 	Tory 	
The Earl of Monmouth 	9 April 1689 	18 March 1690 	Whig 	
Sir John Lowther 	18 March 1690 	15 November 1690	Whig 	
The Lord Godolphin 	15 November 1690	1 May 1697 	Tory 	
Charles Montagu 	1 May 1697 	15 November 1699	Whig 	
The Earl of Tankerville 	15 November 1699	9 December 1700 	Whig 	
The Lord Godolphin 	9 December 1700 	30 December 1701	Tory 	
The Earl of Carlisle 	30 December 1701	8 May 1702 	Whig 	
The Earl Poulett 	11 August 1710 	30 May 1711 	Tory 	
The Earl of Halifax 	13 October 1714 	23 May 1715 	Whig 	
The Earl of Carlisle 	23 May 1715 	11 October 1715 	Whig 	
Robert Walpole 	11 October 1715 	15 April 1717 	Whig 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
James Stanhope later The Viscount Stanhope of Mahon 	15 April 1717 	20 March 1718 	Whig 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Earl of Sunderland 	20 March 1718 	3 April 1721 	Whig 	
Robert Walpole later Sir Robert Walpolefrom 1725, Sir Robert Walpole	3 April 1721 	11 February 1742	Whig 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Earl of Wilmington 	16 February 1742	2 July 1743 	Whig 	
Henry Pelham 	25 August 1743 	6 March 1754 	Whig 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer from December 1743
The Duke of Newcastle 	16 March 1754 	16 November 1756	Whig 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	16 November 1756	25 June 1757 	Whig 	
The Duke of Newcastle 	2 July 1757 	26 May 1762 	Whig 	
The Earl of Bute 	26 May 1762 	16 April 1763 	Tory 	
George Grenville 	16 April 1763 	13 July 1765 	Whig 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Marquess of Rockingham 	13 July 1765 	30 July 1766 	Whig 	
The Duke of Grafton 	2 August 1766 	28 January 1770 	Whig 	
Lord North 	28 January 1770 	22 March 1782 	Tory 	
The Marquess of Rockingham 	27 March 1782 	1 July 1782 	Whig 	
The Earl of Shelburne 	4 July 1782 	2 April 1783 	Whig 	
The Duke of Portland 	2 April 1783 	19 December 1783	Whig 	
William Pitt 	19 December 1783	14 March 1801 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
Henry Addington 	17 March 1801 	10 May 1804 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Pitt 	10 May 1804 	23 January 1806 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Lord Grenville 	11 February 1806	31 March 1807 	Whig 	
The Duke of Portland 	31 March 1807 	4 October 1809 	Tory 	
Spencer Perceval 	4 October 1809 	11 May 1812 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Earl of Liverpool 	9 June 1812 	10 April 1827 	Tory 	
George Canning 	10 April 1827 	8 August 1827 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Viscount Goderich 	31 August 1827 	22 January 1828 	Tory 	
The Duke of Wellington 	22 January 1828 	22 November 1830	Tory 	
The Earl Grey 	22 November 1830	16 July 1834 	Whig 	
The Viscount Melbourne 	16 July 1834 	17 November 1834	Whig 	
The Duke of Wellington 	17 November 1834	15 December 1834	Tory 	
Sir Robert Peel 	15 December 1834	8 April 1835 	Tory 	
The Viscount Melbourne 	18 April 1835 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
Sir Robert Peel 	30 August 1841 	30 June 1846 	Conservative	
Lord John Russell 	30 June 1846 	23 February 1852	Whig 	
The Earl of Derby 	23 February 1852	19 December 1852	Conservative	
The Earl of Aberdeen 	19 December 1852	6 February 1855 	Peelite 	
The Viscount Palmerston 	6 February 1855 	20 February 1858	Whig 	
The Earl of Derby 	20 February 1858	11 June 1859 	Conservative	
The Viscount Palmerston 	12 June 1859 	18 October 1865 	Liberal 	
The Earl Russell 	29 October 1865 	28 June 1866 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Derby 	30 June 1866 	27 February 1868	Conservative	
Benjamin Disraeli 	27 February 1868	3 December 1868 	Conservative	
William Gladstone 	3 December 1868 	20 February 1874	Liberal 	
Benjamin Disraeli later The Earl of Beaconsfield 	20 February 1874	23 April 1880 	Conservative	
William Gladstone 	23 April 1880 	23 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Iddesleigh 	23 June 1885 	1 February 1886 	Conservative	not Prime Minister
William Gladstone 	6 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	3 August 1886 	14 January 1887 	Conservative	
William Henry Smith 	14 January 1887 	6 October 1891 	Conservative	not Prime Minister
Arthur Balfour 	October 1891 	15 August 1892 	Conservative	not Prime Minister
William Gladstone 	15 August 1892 	5 March 1894 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Rosebery 	5 March 1894 	25 June 1895 	Liberal 	
Arthur Balfour 	25 June 1895 	5 December 1905 	Conservative	Prime Minister only from 1902
From 1905 forwards, the First Lord of the Treasury is always the Prime Minister.