Portrait
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Prime Minister
Parliamentary Office
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Term of office & mandate
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Party
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Ministry
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Monarch
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William Pitt
MP for Cambridge University
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19 December 1783
14 March 1801
(17 years, 86 days)
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1784
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Tory
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Pitt I
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George III
1801 - 1820
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1790
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1796
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Henry Addington
MP for Devizes
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17 March 1801
10 May 1804
(3 years, 55 days)
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1801
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Tory
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Addington
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1802
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William Pitt
MP for Cambridge University
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10 May 1804
23 January 1806
(1 year, 259 days)
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—
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Tory
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Pitt II
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William Grenville,
1st Baron Grenville
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11 February 1806
25 March 1807
(1 year, 43 days)
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1806
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Whig
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All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
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William Cavendish-Bentinck,
3rd Duke of Portland
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31 March 1807
4 October 1809
(2 years, 188 days)
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1807
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Tory
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Portland II
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Spencer Perceval
MP for Northampton
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4 October 1809
11 May 1812
(2 years, 221 days)
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—
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Tory
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Perceval
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Robert Jenkinson,
2nd Earl of Liverpool
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8 June 1812
9 April 1827
(14 years, 306 days)
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1812
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Tory
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Liverpool
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1818
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1820
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George IV
1820 - 1830
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1826
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George Canning
MP for Seaford
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12 April 1827
8 August 1827
(119 days)
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—
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Tory
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Canning
(Canningite-Whig)
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Frederick John Robinson,
1st Viscount Goderich
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31 August 1827
8 January 1828
(131 days)
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—
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Tory
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Goderich
(Canningite-Whig)
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Arthur Wellesley,
1st Duke of Wellington
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22 January 1828
16 November 1830
(2 years, 299 days)
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—
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Tory
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Wellington-Peel
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1830
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William IV
1830 - 1837
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Charles Grey,
2nd Earl Grey
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22 November 1830
9 July 1834
(3 years, 230 days)
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1831
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Whig
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Grey
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1832
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William Lamb,
2nd Viscount Melbourne
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16 July 1834
14 November1834
(122 days)
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—
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Whig
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Melbourne I
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Arthur Wellesley,
1st Duke of Wellington
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17 November 1834
9 December 1834
(23 days)
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—
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Tory
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Wellington
Caretaker
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Robert Peel
MP for Tamworth
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10 December 1834
8 April 1835
(120 days)
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—
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Conservative
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Peel I
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William Lamb,
2nd Viscount Melbourne
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18 April 1835
30 August 1841
(6 years, 135 days)
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1835
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Whig
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Melbourne II
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1837
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Victoria
1837 - 1891
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Robert Peel
MP for Tamworth
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30 August 1841
26 June 1846
(4 years, 304 days)
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1841
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Conservative
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Peel II
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Lord John Russell
MP for City of London
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30 June 1846
21 February 1852
(5 years, 237 days)
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1847
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Whig
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Russell I
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Edward Smith-Stanley,
14th Earl of Derby
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23 February 1852
17 December 1852
(299 days)
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1852
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Conservative
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Derby–Disraeli I
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George Hamilton-Gordon,
4th Earl of Aberdeen
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19 December 1852
30 January 1855
(2 years, 43 days)
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—
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Conservative
(Peelite)
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Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
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Henry John Temple,
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton
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6 February 1855
19 February 1858
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1857
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Whig
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Palmerston I
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Edward Smith-Stanley,
14th Earl of Derby
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20 February 1858
11 June 1859
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—
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Conservative
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Derby–Disraeli II
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Henry John Temple,
3rd Viscount Palmerston
MP for Tiverton
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12 June 1859
18 October 1865
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1859
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Liberal
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Palmerston II
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1865
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John Russell,
1st Earl Russell
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29 October 1865
26 June 1866
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—
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Liberal
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Russell II
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Edward Smith-Stanley,
14th Earl of Derby
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28 June 1866
25 February 1868
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—
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Conservative
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Derby–Disraeli III
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Benjamin Disraeli
MP for Buckinghamshire
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27 February 1868
1 December 1868
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—
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Conservative
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William Ewart Gladstone
MP for Greenwich
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3 December 1868
17 February 1874
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1868
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Liberal
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Gladstone I
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Benjamin Disraeli,
1st Earl of Beaconsfield
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20 February 1874
21 April 1880
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1874
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Conservative
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Disraeli II
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Spencer Cavendish,
Marquess of Hartington
MP for North East Lancashire
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23 April 1880
9 June 1884
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1880
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Liberal
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Hartington
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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23 June 1884
28 January 1890
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1884
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Conservative
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Salisbury I
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Spencer Cavendish,
8th Duke of Devonshire
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1 February 1890
11 August 1896
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1890
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Liberal
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Devonshire II
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1891
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Devonshire III
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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15 August 1896
9 November 1901
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1896
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Conservative
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Salisbury II
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Edward VII
1891 - 1914
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Joseph Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West
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12 November 1901
5 October 1906
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1901
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Liberal
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Chamberlain I
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1907
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Chamberlain II
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Henry Campbell-Bannerman
MP for Stirling Burghs
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5 October 1906
3 April 1908
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1906
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Liberal
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Campbell-
Bannerman
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David Lloyd George
MP for Caernarvon Boroughs
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8 April 1908
5 December 1910
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—
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Liberal
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Lloyd George I
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January
1910
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Lloyd George II
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Arthur Balfour
MP for Manchester East
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6 December 1910
15 November 1919
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December
1910
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Conservative
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Balfour I
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—
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Balfour War
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Edward VIII
1914 - 1935
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Austen Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West
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17 November 1919
16 January 1924
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1919
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Liberal
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Chamberlain I
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Ramsay MacDonald
MP for Aberavon
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16 January 1924
1 November 1924
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1923
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Labour
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MacDonald I
(Labour-Liberal)
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George Curzon,
1st Earl of Kedleston
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4 November 1924
8 June 1930
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1924
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Conservative
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Kedleston
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Ramsay MacDonald
MP for Seaham
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8 June 1930
4 June 1935
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1929
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Labour
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MacDonald II
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1934
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MacDonald III
(Labour-Liberal)
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Austen Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham West
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4 June 1935
16 March 1937
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1935
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Liberal
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Chamberlain II
(Liberal-Cons.)
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Edward IX
1935 - 1966
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Winston Spencer-Churchill,
Marquess of Blandford
MP for Epping
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18 March 1937
20 February 1939
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—
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Churchill I
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Neville Chamberlain
MP for Birmingham-Edgbaston
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25 February 1939
9 November 1940
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1939
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Conservative
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N.Chamberlain
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Edward Wood,
Earl of Halifax
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16 December 1940
27 June 1945
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1940
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Conservative
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Halifax I
(Liberal-Cons.)
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Halifax War
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Winston Spencer-Churchill,
Duke of Malborough
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27 June 1944
13 September 1949
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—
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Liberal
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Churchill War
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Churchill Caretaker
(Lib.-Cons.)
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Clement Attlee
MP for Limehouse
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13 September 1949
26 October 1954
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1949
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Labour
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Attlee
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Anthony Eden
MP for Warwick and Leamington
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26 October 1954
6 February 1960
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1954
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Conservative
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Eden I
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1959
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Eden II
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R. A. Butler
MP for Saffron Walden
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8 February 1960
16 October 1964
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—
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Conservative
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Butler
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Harold Wilson
MP for Huyton
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16 October 1964
19 December 1973
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1964
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Labour
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Wilson I
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1966
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Wilson II
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Henry IX
1966 - 1967
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Elizabeth II
1967 - 2015
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—
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Wilson War
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Wilson Caretaker
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Edward Heath
MP for Bexley
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19 December 1973
4 May 1978
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1973
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Conservative
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Heath
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James Callaghan
MP for Cardiff South-East
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4 May 1978
9 June 1983
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1978
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Labour
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Callaghan
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Marchgaret Thatcher
MP for Finchley
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10 June 1983
28 November 1990
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1983
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Conservative
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Thatcher I
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1987
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Thatcher II
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Michael Heseltine
MP for Henley
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28 November 1990
02 May 1992
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—
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Conservative
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Heseltine
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Neil Kinnock
MP for Islwyn
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16 April 1992
16 May 1997
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1992
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Labour
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Kinnock
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Kenneth Clarke
MP for Rushcliffe
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16 May 1997
12 June 2001
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1997
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Conservative
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Clarke
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Robin Cook
MP for Livingston
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12 June 2001
07 May 2007
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2001
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Labour
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Cook I
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2006
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Cook II
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