Pictures from Google Image Search

See more pictures of [TBD: Hi, I'm litTopicName set my Topic name]

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-UKPrimeMinisters.html" title="Facts and information about UK Prime Ministers">UK Prime Ministers</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

UK Prime Ministers

World Encyclopedia | 2005 | Â© World Encyclopedia 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

UK Prime Ministers

Years	Prime Minister	Party
¹ William Pitt the Elder
² William Pitt the Younger
³ Lord John Russell later became 1st Earl Russell
⁴ Coalition governments; Lloyd-George was Liberal
⁵ National Coalition governments; Chamberlain was a Conservative
1721–42	Sir Robert Walpole	Whig
1742–43	Earl of Wilmington	Whig
1743–54	Henry Pelham	Whig
1754–56	Duke of Newcastle	Whig
1756–57	Duke of Devonshire	Whig
1757–62	Duke of Newcastle	Whig
1762–63	Earl of Bute	Tory
1763–65	George Grenville	Whig
1765–66	Marquis of Rockingham	Whig
1766–67	Earl of Chatham¹	Whig
1767–70	Duke of Grafton	Whig
1770–82	Lord North	Tory
1782	Marquis of Rockingham	Whig
1782–83	Earl of Shelbourne	Whig
1783	Duke of Portland	Coalition
1783–1801	William Pitt²	Tory
1801–04	Henry Addington	Tory
1804–06	William Pitt²	Tory
1806–07	Lord Grenville	Whig
1807–09	Duke of Portland	Coalition
1809–12	Spencer Perceval	Tory
1812–27	Earl of Liverpool	Tory
1827	George Canning	Tory
1827–28	Viscount Goderich	Tory
1828–30	Duke of Wellington	Tory
1830–34	Earl Grey	Whig
1834	Viscount Melbourne	Whig
1834–35	Sir Robert Peel	Tory
1835–41	Viscount Melbourne	Whig
1841–46	Sir Robert Peel	Conservative
1846–52	Lord John Russell³	Whig
1852	Earl of Derby	Conservative
1852–55	Earl of Aberdeen	Peelite
1855–58	Viscount Palmerston	Liberal
1858–59	Earl of Derby	Conservative
1859–65	Viscount Palmerston	Liberal
1865–66	Earl Russell³	Liberal
1866–68	Earl of Derby	Conservative
1868	Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative
1868–74	William Gladstone	Liberal
1874–80	Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative
1880–85	William Gladstone	Liberal
1885–86	Marquis of Salisbury	Conservative
1886	William Gladstone	Liberal
1886–92	Marquis of Salisbury	Conservative
1892–94	William Gladstone	Liberal
1894–95	Earl of Rosebery	Liberal
1895–1902	Marquis of Salisbury	Conservative
1902–05	Arthur Balfour	Conservative
1905–08	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal
1908–15	Herbert Asquith	Liberal
1915–16	Herbert Asquith	Coalition⁴
1916–22	David Lloyd George	Coalition⁴
1922–23	Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative
1923–24	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative
1924	Ramsay MacDonald	Labour
1924–29	Stanley Baldwin	Conservative
1929–31	Ramsay MacDonald	Labour
1931–35	Ramsay MacDonald	National⁵
1935–37	Stanley Baldwin	National⁵
1937–40	Neville Chamberlain	National⁵
1940–45	Winston Churchill	Coalition
1945–51	Clement Attlee	Labour
1951–55	Winston Churchill	Conservative
1955–57	Anthony Eden	Conservative
1957–63	Harold Macmillan	Conservative
1963–64	Alec Douglas-Home	Conservative
1964–70	Harold Wilson	Labour
1970–74	Edward Heath	Conservative
1974–76	Harold Wilson	Labour
1976–79	James Callaghan	Labour
1979–90	Margaret Thatcher	Conservative
1990–97	John Major	Conservative
1997–	Tony Blair	Labour

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"UK Prime Ministers." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 14 Nov. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"UK Prime Ministers." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (November 14, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-UKPrimeMinisters.html

"UK Prime Ministers." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved November 14, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-UKPrimeMinisters.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	A one-night stand with Marcus Aurelius Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/29/1995; ; 700+ words ; I have been reading Marcus Aurelius. I would like to have written "I have been re-reading Marcus Aurelius", which has a much grander...a bird which it is doubtful Marcus Aurelius ever saw. (Perhaps one made...
	Power couple.(Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Letters of Marcus and Fronto)(Book review) Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Letters of Marcus and...background for the correspondence between Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, Roman Emperor from 161...philosophy that's the best-known of Marcus Aurelius' works--but have never heard of...
	The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius.(Review) Magazine article from: The Review of Metaphysics; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Translated by Michael Chase...reading of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. As a general recommendation...is not to write a biography of Marcus Aurelius but to ask how he came to write...
	Why do the Christians get under the skin of Marcus Aurelius and Peter Worthington? Magazine article from: Alberta Report; 9/24/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...notably honest men. The first was Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest of the...popular history of Christianity. Marcus Aurelius plays a very prominent role in...real difficulty, and that of Marcus Aurelius also, is to account for this...
	Orthodoxy; Why do the Christians get under the skin of Marcus Aurelius and Peter Worthington?(dialogue)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: The Report Newsmagazine; 9/24/2001; 700+ words ; ...notably honest men. The first was Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest of the...popular history of Christianity. Marcus Aurelius plays a very prominent role in...real difficulty, and that of Marcus Aurelius also, is to account for this...
	Marcus Aurelius: Emperor and Stoic Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/31/1987; ; 700+ words ; MARCUS AURELIUS A Biography By Anthony Birley Yale University...well as the whole of North Africa. Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, who assumed power at Rome...so since. But it fell to the lot of Marcus to preside over the last years of this...
	Marcus Aurelius and His Legacy.(emperor in ancient Rome)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Calliope; 1/1/2001; ; 524 words ; ...celebrated book of Stoic philosophy by Marcus Aurelius that has inspired countless readers...Unlike his corrupt son, Commodus, Aurelius conducted himself with strict discipline...outsiders to the east and north. Aurelius exemplified Roman pietas, "unswerving...
	The Inner Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Magazine article from: The Virginia Quarterly Review; 1/1/1999; ; 370 words ; ...Citadel: The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, by Pierre Hadot, translated...reflections on the meditations of Marcus Aurelius is the debt some of our best...Nietzsche, among others) owe to Marcus Aurelius. This is the kind of book that...
	School days; Amid the bad news, Marcus Aurelius.(NEWS) Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 9/6/1996; 515 words ; ...summer vacation, talking about Marcus Aurelius. It was muggy and the boy had...copy of "The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius," another among many rudiments...for taking it up at last. "Marcus Aurelius," the son said. "I know about...
	A Good Roman Emperor.(Marcus Aurelius)(Brief article) Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 8/28/2008; ; 637 words ; ...once 15-foot-tall statue of Marcus Aurelius, one of the earlier Roman emperors...soldier. Why is this of note? Aurelius has always been one of my favorite...the leading Stoic philosophers, Marcus Aurelius is known as one of the so-called...

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	Marcus Aurelius *Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of World Biography* Marcus Aurelius Born: April 26, 121 Rome (now in...Austria) Roman emperor The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180) was a Stoic...they were unable to control. When Marcus Aurelius became emperor there was widespread...
	Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Marcus Aurelius Antoninus The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (121-180) was a convinced Stoic philosopher...April 26, 121, of a noble family originally Spanish, Marcus Aurelius grew up close to the center of power. When he was a...
	Aurelius, Marcus Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Aurelius, Marcus (full name Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus ) (121–80) Roman emperor (161–80). The adopted successor of Antoninus Pius, he was occupied for much of his reign with wars against Germanic tribes...
	Column of Marcus Aurelius Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Column of Marcus Aurelius. See Trajan's Column .
	Rulers of the Roman Empire Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Antoninus Pius, adopted by Hadrian, 138-61 Marcus Aurelius, adopted by Antoninus Pius, 161-80...adopted by Antoninus Pius; ruled jointly Marcus Aurelius, 161-69 Commodus, son of Marcus Aurelius, 180-92 Pertinax, proclaimed emperor...