United Kingdom: Principal Ministers: 1730-1905 |
Principal ministers (most important offices shown in brackets; see prefatory note) |
| Sir Robert Walpole (First Lord of the Treasury 1715-1717, 1721-1742) |
| Earl of Wilmington (First Lord of the Treasury 1742-1743) |
| Henry Pelham (First Lord of the Treasury 1743-1754) |
| Duke of Newcastle (First Lord of the Treasury 1754-1756, 1757-1762) |
| Earl of Chatham (Secretary of State 1756-1761, Lord Privy Seal 1766-1768) |
| Duke of Devonshire (First Lord of the Treasury 1756-1757) |
| Earl of Bute (First Lord of the Treasury 1762-1763) |
| George Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury 1763-1765) |
| Marquess of Rockingham (First Lord of the Treasury 1765-1766, 1782) |
| Duke of Grafton (First Lord of the Treasury 1766-1770) |
| Lord North (First Lord of the Treasury 1770-1782) |
| Earl of Shelburne (First Lord of the Treasury 1782-1783) |
| Duke of Portland (First Lord of the Treasury 1783, 1807-1809) |
| William Pitt 'the Younger' (First Lord of the Treasury 1783-1801, 1804-1806) |
| Henry Addington (First Lord of the Treasury 1801-1804) |
| William Grenville (First Lord of the Treasury 1806-1807) |
| Spencer Perceval (First Lord of the Treasury 1809-1812) |
| Earl of Liverpool (First Lord of the Treasury 1812-1827) |
| George Canning (Foreign Secretary 1807-1809, 1822-1827; First Lord of the Treasury 1827) |
| Viscount Goderich (First Lord of the Treasury 1827-1828) |
| Duke of Wellington (First Lord of the Treasury 1828-1830, 1834) |
| Earl Grey (First Lord of the Treasury 1830-1834) |
| Viscount Melbourne (First Lord of the Treasury 1834, 1835-1841) |
| Sir Robert Peel (First Lord of the Treasury 1834-1835, 1841-1846) |
| Lord John Russell (First Lord of the Treasury 1846-1852, 1865-1866) |
| Earl of Derby (First Lord of the Treasury 1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868) |
| Earl of Aberdeen (First Lord of the Treasury 1852-1855) |
| Viscount Palmerston (First Lord of the Treasury 1855-1858, 1859-1865) |
| Benjamin Disraeli (First Lord of the Treasury 1868, 1874-1880) |
| William Ewart Gladstone (First Lord of the Treasury 1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894) |
| Marquess of Salisbury (Foreign Secretary 1885-1886, 1887-1892, 1895-1900; First Lord of the Treasury 1886-1887; Lord Privy Seal 1900-1902) |
| Arthur James Balfour (First Lord of the Treasury 1891-1892, 1895-1905) |
| Earl of Rosebery (First Lord of the Treasury 1894-1895) |
Last update: 29 Nov 2023