Hvem var engelsk premierminister under anden verdenskrig?
Winston Churchill
List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
Whig (17) Tory (11) Konservativ (17) Peelite (1) Liberal (7) Labour (6) National Labour (1)
Portræt
Premierminister
(fødsel-død)
Embedsperiode og mandat[n 3]
Varighed i år og dage
Ministerporteføljer
udøvet som premierminister
Parti
Ministerium
Monark
(regeringstid)
Ref
Den højærværdige
Robert Walpole
1. jarl af Orford
KGKBPC
parlamentsmedlem for King's Lynn[n 4]
(1676-1745)
4. april
1721
11. februar
1742
1722
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset[n 5]
Whig
Walpole-Townshend
George I
(1714-1727)
1727
George II
(1727-1760)
1734
Walpole
1741
20 år og 314 dage
Den højærværdige
Spencer Compton
1. jarl af Wilmington
KGKBPC
(1673-1743)
16. februar
1742
2. juli
1743
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Whig
Carteret
1 år og 137 dage[†]

Den højærværdige
Henry Pelham
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for Sussex
(1694-1754)
27. august
1743
6. marts
1754
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Whig
Broad Bottom I
1747
Broad Bottom II
10 år og 192 dage[†]
Hans Nåde
Thomas Pelham-Holles
1. hertug af Newcastle
KGPCFRS
(1693-1768)
16. marts
1754
16. november
1756
1754
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Newcastle I
2 år og 246 dage
Hans Nåde
William Cavendish
4. hertug af Devonshire
KGPC
(1720-1764)
16. november
1756
25. juni
1757
-
Første finansminister[n 6]
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Pitt-Devonshire

1757 Vicevært
222 dage
Hans Nåde
Thomas Pelham-Holles
1. hertug af Newcastle
KGPCFRS
(1693-1768)
2. juli
1757
26. maj
1762
1761
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Pitt-Newcastle
George III
(1760-1820)
4 år og 329 dage
Den højærværdige
John Stuart
3. jarl af Bute
KGPC
(1713-1792)
26. maj
1762
8. april
1763
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Tory
Bute
(Tory-Whig)
318 dage
Den højærværdige
George Grenville
parlamentsmedlem for Buckingham
(1712-1770)
16. april
1763
13. juli
1765
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Whig
(Grenvillite)
Grenville
(Whig-Tory)
2 år og 89 dage
Den mest ærværdige
Charles Watson-Wentworth
2. marquess af Rockingham
KGPCFRS
(1730-1782)
13. juli
1765
30. juli
1766
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
(Rockinghamit)
Rockingham I
1 år og 18 dage
Den højærværdige
William Pitt
1. jarl af Chatham
PCFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Bath[n 7]
(1708-1778)
30. juli
1766
14. oktober
1768
1768
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Whig
(Chathamit)
Chatham
(Whig-Tory)
2 år og 77 dage
Hans Nåde
Augustus FitzRoy
3. hertug af Grafton
KGPC
(1735-1811)
14. oktober
1768
28. januar
1770
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
(Chathamit)
Grafton
1 år og 107 dage
Den højærværdige
Frederick North
Lord North
KG
parlamentsmedlem for Banbury
(1732-1792)
28. januar
1770
22. marts
1782
1774
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Northite)
Nord
1780
12 år og 54 dage
Den mest ærværdige
Charles Watson-Wentworth
2. marquess af Rockingham
KGPCFRS
(1730-1782)
27. marts
1782
1. juli
1782
-
Førsteleder for finansministeriet
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
(Rockinghamit)
Rockingham II
97 dage[†]
Den højærværdige
William Petty
2. jarl af Shelburne
KGPC
(1737-1805)
4. juli
1782
2. april
1783
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
(Chathamit)
Shelburne
(Whig-Tory)
273 dage
Hans Nåde
William Cavendish-Bentinck
3. hertug af Portland
PCFRS
(1738-1809)
2. april
1783
19. december
1783
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Fox-North
262 dage
Den højærværdige
William Pitt den Yngre
parlamentsmedlem for Appleby →
Cambridge University[n 8]
(1759-1806)
19. december
1783
14. marts
1801
1784
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Pittite)
Pitt I
1790
1796
17 år og 86 dage
Den højærværdige
Henry Addington
parlamentsmedlem for Devizes
(1757-1844)
17. marts
1801
10. maj
1804
1801
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Addingtonian)
Addington
1802
3 år og 55 dage
Den højærværdige
William Pitt den yngre
parlamentsmedlem for Cambridge University
(1759-1806)
10. maj
1804
23. januar
1806
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Pittite)
Pitt II
1 år og 259 dage[†]
Den højærværdige
William Grenville
1. baron Grenville
PCPC (Ire)
(1759-1834)
11. februar
1806
31. marts
1807
1806
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Alle talenter
(Whig-Tory)
1 år og 49 dage
Hans Nåde
William Cavendish-Bentinck
3. hertug af Portland
KGPCFRS
(1738-1809)
31. marts
1807
4. oktober
1809
1807
Første Lord of the Treasury
Tory
(Pittite)
Portland II
2 år og 188 dage
Den højærværdige
Spencer Perceval
KC
parlamentsmedlem for Northampton
(1762-1812)
4. oktober
1809
11. maj
1812
-
Første finansminister
Finanskansler
Kansler for hertugdømmet Lancaster
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Pittite)
Perceval
2 år og 221 dage[‡]
Den højærværdige
Robert Jenkinson
2. jarl af Liverpool
KGPCFRS
(1770-1828)
8. juni
1812
9. april
1827
1812
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Tory
(Pittite)
Liverpool
1818
1820
George IV
(1820-1830)
1826
14 år og 306 dage
Den højærværdige
George Canning
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for Seaford
(1770-1827)
10. april
1827
8. august
1827
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
Leder af Underhuset
Tory
(Canningite)
Canning
(Canningite-Whig)
121 dage[†]
Den højærværdige
Frederick John Robinson
1. viscount Goderich
PC
(1782-1859)
31. august
1827
21. januar
1828
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Tory
(Canningite)
Goderich
144 dage
FeltmarskalHans nåde
Arthur Wellesley
1. hertug af Wellington
KGGCBGCHPC
(1769-1852)
22. januar
1828
16. november
1830
1830
Første finansminister
Leder af Overhuset
Tory
Wellington-Peel
William IV
(1830-1837)
2 år og 299 dage
Den højærværdige
Charles Grey
2. jarl Grey
KGPC
(1764-1845)
22. november
1830
9. juli
1834
1831
Første finansminister
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Grey
1832-
1833
3 år og 230 dage
Den højærværdige
William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
PC
(1779-1848)
16. juli
1834
14. november
1834
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Melbourne I
122 dage
FeltmarskalHans nåde
Arthur Wellesley
1. hertug af Wellington
KGGCBGCHPC
(1769-1852)
14. november
1834
10. december
1834
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Viceminister for indenrigsministeriet
Viceminister for udenrigsanliggender
Viceminister for krig og kolonier
leder af Overhuset
Tory
Wellington Caretaker
27 dage
Den højærværdige
Sir Robert Peel
BtFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Tamworth
(1788-1850)
10. december
1834
8. april
1835
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Finanskansler
leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
Peel I
120 dage
Den højærværdige
William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
PCFRS
(1779-1848)
18. april
1835
30. august
1841
1835
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Whig
Melbourne II
1837
Victoria
(1837-1901)
6 år og 135 dage
Den højærværdige
Sir Robert Peel
BtFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Tamworth
(1788-1850)
30. august
1841
29. juni
1846
1841
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
Peel II
4 år og 304 dage
Den højærværdige
Lord John Russell
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for City of London
(1792-1878)
30. juni
1846
21. februar
1852
1847
Første finansminister
Leder af Underhuset
Whig
Russell I
5 år og 237 dage
Den højærværdige
Edward Smith-Stanley
14. jarl af Derby
PC
(1799-1869)
23. februar
1852
17. december
1852
1852
Første finansminister
Leder af Overhuset
Konservativ
Hvem? Hvem?
299 dage
Den højærværdige
George Hamilton-Gordon
4. jarl af Aberdeen
KTFRSEFRSPCFSA skotte
(1784-1860)
19. december
1852
30. januar
1855
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Peelit
Aberdeen
(Peelite-Whig)
2 år og 43 dage
Den højærværdige
Henry John Temple
3. viscount Palmerston
KGGCBPCFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Tiverton
(1784-1865)
6. februar
1855
19. februar
1858
1857
Første finansminister
Leder af Underhuset
Whig
Palmerston I
3 år og 14 dage
Den højærværdige
Edward Smith-Stanley
14. jarl af Derby
PC
(1799-1869)
20. februar
1858
11. juni
1859
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Konservativ
Derby-Disraeli II
1 år og 112 dage
Den højærværdige
Henry John Temple
3. viscount Palmerston
KGGCBPCFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Tiverton
(1784-1865)
12. juni
1859
18. oktober
1865
1859
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Liberal
Palmerston II
1865
6 år og 129 dage[†]
Den højærværdige
John Russell
1. jarl Russell
KGPCFRS
(1792-1878)
29. oktober
1865
26. juni
1866
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Overhuset
Liberal
Russell II
241 dage
Den højærværdige
Edward Smith-Stanley
14. jarl af Derby
KGPC
(1799-1869)
28. juni
1866
25. februar
1868
-
Første finansminister
Leder af Overhuset
Konservativ
Derby-Disraeli III
1 år og 243 dage
Den højærværdige
Benjamin Disraeli
parlamentsmedlem for Buckinghamshire
(1804-1881)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:1
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
27. februar
1868
1. december
1868
-
279 dage
Den højærværdige
William Ewart Gladstone
FSS
parlamentsmedlem for Greenwich
(1809-1898)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:2
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Finanskansler[n 9]
Liberal
Gladstone I
3. december
1868
17. februar
1874
1868
5 år og 77 dage
Den højærværdige
Benjamin Disraeli
1. jarl af Beaconsfield
KGPCFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Buckinghamshire[n 10]
(1804-1881)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:1
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset[n 11]
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal[n 12]
Leder af Overhuset[n 13]
Konservative
Disraeli II
20. februar
1874
21. april
1880
1874
6 år og 62 dage
Den højærværdige
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
parlamentsmedlem for Midlothian
(1809-1898)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:2
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Finanskansler[n 14]
Liberal
Gladstone II
23. april
1880
9. juni
1885
1880
5 år og 48 dage
Den mest ærede
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3. marquess af Salisbury
KGPCFRSDL
(1830-1903)
23. juni
1885
28. januar
1886
-
Statssekretær for udenrigsanliggender
Leder af Overhuset
Konservativ
Salisbury I
220 dage
Den højærværdige
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
parlamentsmedlem for Midlothian
(1809-1898)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:2
Første Lord of the Treasury
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
leder af Underhuset
Liberal
Gladstone III
1. februar
1886
20. juli
1886
1885
170 dage
Den mest ærede
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3. marquess af Salisbury
KGPCFRSDL
(1830-1903)
25. juli
1886
11. august
1892
1886
Leder af Overhuset
Første Lord of the Treasury[n 15]
Viceminister for udenrigsanliggender[n 16]
Konservativ
Salisbury II
6 år og 18 dage
Den højærværdige
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
parlamentsmedlem for Midlothian
(1809-1898)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:2
Første Lord of the Treasury
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
leder af Underhuset
Liberal
Gladstone IV
15. august
1892
2. marts
1894
1892
1 år og 200 dage
Den højærværdige
Archibald Primrose
5. jarl af Rosebery
KGPCFRS
(1847-1929)
5. marts
1894
22. juni
1895
-
Første finansminister
Lord formand for Rådet
Leder af Overhuset
Liberal
Rosebery
1 år og 110 dage
Den mest ærede
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3. markgreve af Salisbury
KGPCFRSDL
(1830-1903)
25. juni
1895
11. juli
1902
1895
Leder af Overhuset
Viceminister for udenrigsanliggender[n 17]
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal[n 18]
Konservativ
Salisbury III
(Con.-Lib.U.)
1900
7 år og 17 dage
Edward VII
(1901-1910)
Den højærværdige
Arthur Balfour
FRSDL
parlamentsmedlem for Manchester East
(1848-1930)
11. juli
1902
5. december
1905
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
Balfour
3 år og 148 dage
Den højærværdige
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
GCB
parlamentsmedlem for Stirling Burghs
(1836-1908)
5. december
1905
7. april
1908
1906
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Liberal
Campbell-Bannerman
2 år og 125 dage
Den højærværdige
Herbert Henry Asquith
KCFRS
parlamentsmedlem for East Fife
(1852-1928)
7. april
1908
7. december
1916
januar 1910
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Viceminister for krig[n 19]
Liberal
Asquith I
dec.1910
George V
(1910-1936)
-
Asquith II
(Lib.-Con.-et al.)
8 år og 243 dage
Den højærværdige
David Lloyd George
OM
parlamentsmedlem for Caernarvon Boroughs
(1863-1945)
7. december
1916
19. oktober
1922
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Liberal
Lloyd George krig
1918
Lloyd George II
(Lib.-Con.)
5 år og 318 dage
Den højærværdige
Bonar Law
parlamentsmedlem for Glasgow Central
(1858-1923)
23. oktober
1922
20. maj
1923
1922
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
(Scot.U.)
Lov
210 dage
Den højærværdige
Stanley Baldwin
JP
parlamentsmedlem for Bewdley
(1867-1947)
23. maj
1923
16. januar
1924
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Finanskansler[n 20]
Konservativ
Baldwin I
239 dage
Den højærværdige
Ramsay MacDonald
parlamentsmedlem for Aberavon
(1866-1937)
22. januar
1924
4. november
1924
1923
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Viceminister for udenrigsanliggender
Labour
MacDonald I
288 dage
Den højærværdige
Stanley Baldwin
JPFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Bewdley
(1867-1947)
4. november
1924
5. juni
1929
1924
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
Baldwin II
4 år og 214 dage
Den højærværdige
Ramsay MacDonald
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for Seaham
(1866-1937)
5. juni
1929
7. juni
1935
1929
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Labour
MacDonald II
-
National Labour
National I
(N.Lab.-Con.-et al.)
1931
National II
6 år og 3 dage

Den højærværdige
Stanley Baldwin
JPFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Bewdley
(1867-1947)
7. juni
1935
28. maj
1937
1935
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
National III
(Con.-N.Lab.-et al.)
Edward VIII
(1936)
George VI
(1936-1952)
1 år og 356 dage
Den højærværdige
Neville Chamberlain
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for Birmingham Edgbaston
(1869-1940)
28. maj
1937
10. maj
1940
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Leder af Underhuset
Konservativ
National IV

Chamberlain-krigen
2 år og 349 dage
Den højærværdige
Winston Churchill
CHTDFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Epping
(1874-1965)
10. maj
1940
26. juli
1945
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
forsvarsminister
Leder af Underhuset[n 21]
Konservativ
Churchill krig
(Alle partier)

Churchill Caretaker
(Con.-Lib.N.)
5 år og 78 dage
Den højærværdige
Clement Attlee
CHFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Limehouse →
Walthamstow West[n 22]
(1883-1967)
26. juli
1945
26. oktober
1951
1945
Første Lord of the Treasury
Forsvarsminister[n 23]
Arbejderpartiet
Attlee I
1950
Attlee II
6 år og 93 dage
Den højærværdige
Sir Winston Churchill
KGOMCHTDDLFRSRA
Parlamentsmedlem for Woodford
(1874-1965)
26. oktober
1951
7. april
1955
1951
Første Lord of the Treasury
Forsvarsminister[n 24]
Konservativ
Churchill III
3 år og 163 dage
Elizabeth II
(1952-nutid)
Den højærværdige
Sir Anthony Eden
KGMC
parlamentsmedlem for Warwick og Leamington
(1897-1977)
7. april
1955
10. januar
1957
1955
Første Lord of the Treasury
Konservativ
Eden
1 år og 280 dage
Den højærværdige
Harold Macmillan
FRS
parlamentsmedlem for Bromley
(1894-1986)
10. januar
1957
18. oktober
1963
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Konservativ
Macmillan I
1959
Macmillan II
6 år og 283 dage
Den højærværdige
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
KT
parlamentsmedlem for Kinross & Western Perthshire[n 25]
(1903-1995)
18. oktober
1963
16. oktober
1964
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Konservativ
(Skotsk.U.)
Douglas-Home
364 dage
Den højærværdige
Harold Wilson
OBEFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Huyton
(1916-1995)
16. oktober
1964
19. juni
1970
1964
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning[n 26]
Arbejderpartiet
Wilson I
1966
Wilson II
5 år og 247 dage
Den højærværdige
Edward Heath
MBE
parlamentsmedlem for Bexley →
Sidcup[n 27]
(1916-2005)
19. juni
1970
4. marts
1974
1970
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for offentlig tjeneste
Konservativ
Heath
3 år og 259 dage
Den højærværdige
Harold Wilson
OBEFRS
parlamentsmedlem for Huyton
(1916-1995)
4. marts
1974
5. april
1976
feb.1974
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Arbejderpartiet
Wilson III
okt.1974
Wilson IV
2 år og 33 dage
Den højærværdige
James Callaghan
parlamentsmedlem for Cardiff South East
(1912-2005)
5. april
1976
4. maj
1979
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Arbejderpartiet
Callaghan
3 år og 30 dage
Den højærværdige
Margaret Thatcher
FRSHonFRSC
parlamentsmedlem for Finchley
(1925-2013)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:3
Første Lord of te Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Konservative
Thatcher I
4. maj
1979
28. november
1990
1979
1983
Thatcher II
1987
Thatcher III
11 år og 209 dage
Den højærværdige
John Major
parlamentsmedlem for Huntingdon
(født 1943)
28. november
1990
2. maj
1997
-
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Konservativ
Major I
1992
Major II
6 år og 156 dage
Den højærværdige
Tony Blair
parlamentsmedlem for Sedgefield
(født 1953)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:4
Første Lord of te Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Labour
Blair I
2. maj
1997
27. juni
2007
1997
2001
Blair II
2005
Blair III
10 år og 57 dage
Den højærværdige
Gordon Brown
parlamentsmedlem for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
(født 1951)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:5
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Labour
Brown
27. juni
2007
11. maj
2010
-
2 år og 319 dage
Den højærværdige
David Cameron
parlamentsmedlem for Witney
(født 1966)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:6
Første Lord of te Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Konservative
Cameron-Clegg
(Con.-L.D.)
11. maj
2010
13. juli
2016
2010
2015
Cameron II
6 år og 64 dage
Den højærværdige
Theresa May
parlamentsmedlem for Maidenhead
(født 1956)
Se også § § Premierministerposter:7
Første Lord of the Treasury
Minister for den offentlige forvaltning
Konservative
maj I
13. juli
2016
Siddende
-
2017
Maj II
1 år og 341 dage
Winston Churchill
List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
Whig (17)      Tory (11)      Conservative (17)      Peelite (1)      Liberal (7)      Labour (6)      National Labour (1)


Portrait
Prime Minister
(Birth–Death)
Term of office & mandate[n 3]
Duration in years and days
Ministerial portfolios
held as Prime Minister
Party
Ministry
Monarch
(Reign)
Ref




The Right Honourable
Robert Walpole
1st Earl of Orford
KGKBPC
MP for King's Lynn[n 4]
(1676–1745)
4 April
1721
11 February
1742
1722



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons[n 5]



Whig
Walpole–Townshend
George I

(1714–1727)



1727
George II

(1727–1760)


1734
Walpole


1741


20 years and 314 days




The Right Honourable
Spencer Compton
1st Earl of Wilmington
KGKBPC
(1673–1743)
16 February
1742
2 July
1743
—



First Lord of the Treasury



Whig
Carteret



1 year and 137 days[†]


​

The Right Honourable
Henry Pelham
FRS
MP for Sussex
(1694–1754)
27 August
1743
6 March
1754
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Whig




Broad Bottom I


1747
Broad Bottom II


10 years and 192 days[†]




His Grace
Thomas Pelham-Holles
1st Duke of Newcastle
KGPCFRS
(1693–1768)
16 March
1754
16 November
1756
1754



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Newcastle I



2 years and 246 days




His Grace
William Cavendish
4th Duke of Devonshire
KGPC
(1720–1764)
16 November
1756
25 June
1757
—



First Lord of the Treasury[n 6]
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Pitt–Devonshire



​
1757 Caretaker



222 days




His Grace
Thomas Pelham-Holles
1st Duke of Newcastle
KGPCFRS
(1693–1768)
2 July
1757
26 May
1762
1761



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Pitt–Newcastle



George III

(1760–1820)


4 years and 329 days




The Right Honourable
John Stuart
3rd Earl of Bute
KGPC
(1713–1792)
26 May
1762
8 April
1763
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Tory
Bute
(Tory–Whig)



318 days




The Right Honourable
George Grenville
MP for Buckingham
(1712–1770)
16 April
1763
13 July
1765
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Whig
(Grenvillite)
Grenville
(Whig–Tory)



2 years and 89 days




The Most Honourable
Charles Watson-Wentworth
2nd Marquess of Rockingham
KGPCFRS
(1730–1782)
13 July
1765
30 July
1766
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
(Rockinghamite)
Rockingham I



1 year and 18 days




The Right Honourable
William Pitt
1st Earl of Chatham
PCFRS
MP for Bath[n 7]
(1708–1778)
30 July
1766
14 October
1768
1768



Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal



Whig
(Chathamite)
Chatham
(Whig–Tory)



2 years and 77 days




His Grace
Augustus FitzRoy
3rd Duke of Grafton
KGPC
(1735–1811)
14 October
1768
28 January
1770
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
(Chathamite)
Grafton



1 year and 107 days




The Right Honourable
Frederick North
Lord North
KG
MP for Banbury
(1732–1792)
28 January
1770
22 March
1782
1774



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Northite)
North



1780


12 years and 54 days




The Most Honourable
Charles Watson-Wentworth
2nd Marquess of Rockingham
KGPCFRS
(1730–1782)
27 March
1782
1 July
1782
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
(Rockinghamite)
Rockingham II



97 days[†]




The Right Honourable
William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne
KGPC
(1737–1805)
4 July
1782
2 April
1783
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
(Chathamite)
Shelburne
(Whig–Tory)



273 days




His Grace
William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland
PCFRS
(1738–1809)
2 April
1783
19 December
1783
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Fox–North



262 days




The Right Honourable
William Pitt the Younger
MP for Appleby →
Cambridge University[n 8]
(1759–1806)
19 December
1783
14 March
1801
1784



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Pittite)
Pitt I



1790


1796


17 years and 86 days




The Right Honourable
Henry Addington
MP for Devizes
(1757–1844)
17 March
1801
10 May
1804
1801



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Addingtonian)
Addington



1802


3 years and 55 days




The Right Honourable
William Pitt the Younger
MP for Cambridge University
(1759–1806)
10 May
1804
23 January
1806
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Pittite)
Pitt II



1 year and 259 days[†]




The Right Honourable
William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville
PCPC (Ire)
(1759–1834)
11 February
1806
31 March
1807
1806



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
All the Talents
(Whig–Tory)



1 year and 49 days




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




The Right Honourable
Spencer Perceval
KC
MP for Northampton
(1762–1812)
4 October
1809
11 May
1812
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Pittite)
Perceval



2 years and 221 days[‡]




The Right Honourable
Robert Jenkinson
2nd Earl of Liverpool
KGPCFRS
(1770–1828)
8 June
1812
9 April
1827
1812



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Tory
(Pittite)
Liverpool



1818


1820
George IV

(1820–1830)


1826


14 years and 306 days




The Right Honourable
George Canning
FRS
MP for Seaford
(1770–1827)
10 April
1827
8 August
1827
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Tory
(Canningite)
Canning
(Canningite–Whig)



121 days[†]




The Right Honourable
Frederick John Robinson
1st Viscount Goderich
PC
(1782–1859)
31 August
1827
21 January
1828
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Tory
(Canningite)
Goderich



144 days




Field MarshalHis Grace
Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
KGGCBGCHPC
(1769–1852)
22 January
1828
16 November
1830
1830



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Tory
Wellington–Peel



William IV

(1830–1837)


2 years and 299 days




The Right Honourable
Charles Grey
2nd Earl Grey
KGPC
(1764–1845)
22 November
1830
9 July
1834
1831



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Grey




1832–
1833



3 years and 230 days




The Right Honourable
William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
PC
(1779–1848)
16 July
1834
14 November
1834
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Melbourne I



122 days




Field MarshalHis Grace
Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
KGGCBGCHPC
(1769–1852)
14 November
1834
10 December
1834
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Sec. of State for the Home Department
Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs
Sec. of State for War and the Colonies
Leader of the House of Lords



Tory
Wellington Caretaker



27 days




The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Peel
BtFRS
MP for Tamworth
(1788–1850)
10 December
1834
8 April
1835
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
Peel I



120 days




The Right Honourable
William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
PCFRS
(1779–1848)
18 April
1835
30 August
1841
1835



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Whig
Melbourne II



1837
Victoria

(1837–1901)


6 years and 135 days




The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Peel
BtFRS
MP for Tamworth
(1788–1850)
30 August
1841
29 June
1846
1841



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
Peel II



4 years and 304 days




The Right Honourable
Lord John Russell
FRS
MP for the City of London
(1792–1878)
30 June
1846
21 February
1852
1847



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Whig
Russell I



5 years and 237 days




The Right Honourable
Edward Smith-Stanley
14th Earl of Derby
PC
(1799–1869)
23 February
1852
17 December
1852
1852



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Conservative
Who? Who?



299 days




The Right Honourable
George Hamilton-Gordon
4th Earl of Aberdeen
KTFRSEFRSPCFSA Scot
(1784–1860)
19 December
1852
30 January
1855
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Peelite
Aberdeen
(Peelite–Whig)



2 years and 43 days




The Right Honourable
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
KGGCBPCFRS
MP for Tiverton
(1784–1865)
6 February
1855
19 February
1858
1857



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Whig
Palmerston I



3 years and 14 days




The Right Honourable
Edward Smith-Stanley
14th Earl of Derby
PC
(1799–1869)
20 February
1858
11 June
1859
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Conservative
Derby–Disraeli II



1 year and 112 days




The Right Honourable
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
KGGCBPCFRS
MP for Tiverton
(1784–1865)
12 June
1859
18 October
1865
1859



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Liberal
Palmerston II



1865


6 years and 129 days[†]




The Right Honourable
John Russell
1st Earl Russell
KGPCFRS
(1792–1878)
29 October
1865
26 June
1866
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Liberal
Russell II



241 days




The Right Honourable
Edward Smith-Stanley
14th Earl of Derby
KGPC
(1799–1869)
28 June
1866
25 February
1868
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Lords



Conservative
Derby–Disraeli III



1 year and 243 days




The Right Honourable
Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire
(1804–1881)
See also § Premierships:1



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative



27 February
1868
1 December
1868
—


279 days




The Right Honourable
William Ewart Gladstone
FSS
MP for Greenwich
(1809–1898)
See also § Premierships:2



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer[n 9]



Liberal
Gladstone I



3 December
1868
17 February
1874
1868


5 years and 77 days




The Right Honourable
Benjamin Disraeli
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
KGPCFRS
MP for Buckinghamshire[n 10]
(1804–1881)
See also § Premierships:1



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons[n 11]
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal[n 12]
Leader of the House of Lords[n 13]



Conservative
Disraeli II



20 February
1874
21 April
1880
1874


6 years and 62 days




The Right Honourable
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
MP for Midlothian
(1809–1898)
See also § Premierships:2



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer[n 14]



Liberal
Gladstone II



23 April
1880
9 June
1885
1880


5 years and 48 days




The Most Honourable
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
KGPCFRSDL
(1830–1903)
23 June
1885
28 January
1886
—



Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs
Leader of the House of Lords



Conservative
Salisbury I



220 days




The Right Honourable
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
MP for Midlothian
(1809–1898)
See also § Premierships:2



First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Leader of the House of Commons



Liberal
Gladstone III



1 February
1886
20 July
1886
1885


170 days




The Most Honourable
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
KGPCFRSDL
(1830–1903)
25 July
1886
11 August
1892
1886



Leader of the House of Lords
First Lord of the Treasury[n 15]
Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs[n 16]



Conservative
Salisbury II



6 years and 18 days




The Right Honourable
William Ewart Gladstone
FRSFSS
MP for Midlothian
(1809–1898)
See also § Premierships:2



First Lord of the Treasury
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Leader of the House of Commons



Liberal
Gladstone IV



15 August
1892
2 March
1894
1892


1 year and 200 days




The Right Honourable
Archibald Primrose
5th Earl of Rosebery
KGPCFRS
(1847–1929)
5 March
1894
22 June
1895
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Lord President of the Council
Leader of the House of Lords



Liberal
Rosebery



1 year and 110 days




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 Lords
Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs[n 17]
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal[n 18]



Conservative
Salisbury III
(Con.–Lib.U.)



1900


7 years and 17 days
Edward VII

(1901–1910)




The Right Honourable
Arthur Balfour
FRSDL
MP for Manchester East
(1848–1930)
11 July
1902
5 December
1905
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
Balfour



3 years and 148 days




The Right Honourable
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
GCB
MP for Stirling Burghs
(1836–1908)
5 December
1905
7 April
1908
1906



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Liberal
Campbell-Bannerman



2 years and 125 days




The Right Honourable
Herbert Henry Asquith
KCFRS
MP for East Fife
(1852–1928)
7 April
1908
7 December
1916
Jan.1910



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Sec. of State for War[n 19]



Liberal
Asquith I



Dec.1910
George V

(1910–1936)


—
Asquith II
(Lib.–Con.–et al.)


8 years and 243 days




The Right Honourable
David Lloyd George
OM
MP for Caernarvon Boroughs
(1863–1945)
7 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




The Right Honourable
Bonar Law
MP for Glasgow Central
(1858–1923)
23 October
1922
20 May
1923
1922



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
(Scot.U.)
Law



210 days




The Right Honourable
Stanley Baldwin
JP
MP for Bewdley
(1867–1947)
23 May
1923
16 January
1924
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer[n 20]



Conservative
Baldwin I



239 days




The Right Honourable
Ramsay MacDonald
MP for Aberavon
(1866–1937)
22 January
1924
4 November
1924
1923



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs



Labour
MacDonald I



288 days




The Right Honourable
Stanley Baldwin
JPFRS
MP for Bewdley
(1867–1947)
4 November
1924
5 June
1929
1924



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
Baldwin II



4 years and 214 days




The Right Honourable
Ramsay MacDonald
FRS
MP for Seaham
(1866–1937)
5 June
1929
7 June
1935
1929



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader 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


​

The Right Honourable
Stanley Baldwin
JPFRS
MP for Bewdley
(1867–1947)
7 June
1935
28 May
1937
1935



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–et al.)




Edward VIII

(1936)


George VI

(1936–1952)


1 year and 356 days




The Right Honourable
Neville Chamberlain
FRS
MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
(1869–1940)
28 May
1937
10 May
1940
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons



Conservative
National IV



​
Chamberlain War



2 years and 349 days




The Right Honourable
Winston Churchill
CHTDFRS
MP for Epping
(1874–1965)
10 May
1940
26 July
1945
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister of Defence
Leader of the House of Commons[n 21]



Conservative
Churchill War
(All parties)



​
Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–Lib.N.)



5 years and 78 days




The Right Honourable
Clement Attlee
CHFRS
MP for Limehouse →
Walthamstow West[n 22]
(1883–1967)
26 July
1945
26 October
1951
1945



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister of Defence[n 23]



Labour
Attlee I



1950
Attlee II


6 years and 93 days




The Right Honourable
Sir Winston Churchill
KGOMCHTDDLFRSRA
MP for Woodford
(1874–1965)
26 October
1951
7 April
1955
1951



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister of Defence[n 24]



Conservative
Churchill III



3 years and 163 days
Elizabeth II

(1952–present)




The Right Honourable
Sir Anthony Eden
KGMC
MP for Warwick & Leamington
(1897–1977)
7 April
1955
10 January
1957
1955



First Lord of the Treasury



Conservative
Eden



1 year and 280 days




The Right Honourable
Harold Macmillan
FRS
MP for Bromley
(1894–1986)
10 January
1957
18 October
1963
—



First Lord of the Treasury



Conservative
Macmillan I



1959
Macmillan II


6 years and 283 days




The Right Honourable
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
KT
MP for Kinross & Western Perthshire[n 25]
(1903–1995)
18 October
1963
16 October
1964
—



First Lord of the Treasury



Conservative
(Scot.U.)
Douglas-Home



364 days




The Right Honourable
Harold Wilson
OBEFRS
MP for Huyton
(1916–1995)
16 October
1964
19 June
1970
1964



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service[n 26]



Labour
Wilson I



1966
Wilson II


5 years and 247 days




The Right Honourable
Edward Heath
MBE
MP for Bexley →
Sidcup[n 27]
(1916–2005)
19 June
1970
4 March
1974
1970



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Conservative
Heath



3 years and 259 days




The Right Honourable
Harold Wilson
OBEFRS
MP for Huyton
(1916–1995)
4 March
1974
5 April
1976
Feb.1974



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Labour
Wilson III



Oct.1974
Wilson IV


2 years and 33 days




The Right Honourable
James Callaghan
MP for Cardiff South East
(1912–2005)
5 April
1976
4 May
1979
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Labour
Callaghan



3 years and 30 days




The Right Honourable
Margaret Thatcher
FRSHonFRSC
MP for Finchley
(1925–2013)
See also § Premierships:3



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister 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




The Right Honourable
John Major
MP for Huntingdon
(born 1943)
28 November
1990
2 May
1997
—



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Conservative
Major I



1992
Major II


6 years and 156 days




The Right Honourable
Tony Blair
MP for Sedgefield
(born 1953)
See also § Premierships:4



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister 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




The Right Honourable
Gordon Brown
MP for Kirkcaldy & Cowdenbeath
(born 1951)
See also § Premierships:5



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Labour
Brown



27 June
2007
11 May
2010
—


2 years and 319 days




The Right Honourable
David Cameron
MP for Witney
(born 1966)
See also § Premierships:6



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister 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




The Right Honourable
Theresa May
MP for Maidenhead
(born 1956)
See also § Premierships:7



First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service



Conservative
May I



13 July
2016
Incumbent
—


2017
May II


1 year and 341 days
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