In Britain, like in most of Europe, it is the prime minister who is considered the most significant leader of the government unlike United States where this is the president. Here is a list of prime ministers United Kingdom has had over its long history.
List of British Prime Ministers |
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Sir Robert Walpole |
The Earl of Wilmington |
Henry Pelham |
Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle |
William Cavendish The Duke of Devonshire |
Thomas Pelham-Holles The Duke of Newcastle (2nd ministry) |
John Stuart The Earl of Bute |
George Grenville |
Charles Watson-Wentworth The Marquess of Rockingham (1st ministry) |
William Pitt the Elder The Earl of Chatham |
Augustus FitzRoy The Duke of Grafton |
Frederick North Lord North |
Charles Watson-Wentworth The Marquess of Rockingham (2nd ministry) |
William Petty The Earl of Shelburne |
William Cavendish-Bentinck The Duke of Portland (1st ministry) |
William Pitt the Younger (1st ministry) |
Henry Addington |
William Pitt the Younger (2nd ministry) |
William Wyndham Grenville The Lord Grenville |
William Cavendish-Bentinck The Duke of Portland (2nd ministry) |
Spencer Perceval |
Robert Jenkinson Lord Liverpool |
George Canning |
Frederick John Robinson The Viscount Goderich |
Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington (1st ministry) |
Charles Grey The Earl Grey |
William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne (1st ministry) |
Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington (2nd ministry) |
Sir Robert Peel (1st ministry) |
William Lamb The Viscount Melbourne (2nd ministry) |
Sir Robert Peel (2nd ministry) |
The Lord John Russell (1st ministry) |
Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (1st ministry) |
George Hamilton-Gordon The Earl of Aberdeen |
Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (1st ministry) |
Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (2nd ministry) |
Henry John Temple The Viscount Palmerston (2nd ministry) |
John Russell The Earl Russell (2nd ministry) |
Edward Smith-Stanley The Earl of Derby (3rd ministry) |
Benjamin Disraeli (1st ministry) |
William Ewart Gladstone (1st ministry) |
Benjamin Disraeli The Earl of Beaconsfield (2nd ministry) |
William Ewart Gladstone (2nd ministry) |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (1st ministry) |
William Ewart Gladstone (3rd ministry) |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (2nd ministry) |
William Ewart Gladstone (4th ministry) |
Archibald Primrose The Earl of Rosebery |
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil The Marquess of Salisbury (3rd ministry) |
Arthur Balfour |
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Herbert Henry Asquith |
David Lloyd George |
Andrew Bonar Law |
Stanley Baldwin (1st ministry) |
Ramsay MacDonald (1st ministry) |
Stanley Baldwin (2nd ministry) |
Ramsay MacDonald (2nd ministry) |
Ramsay MacDonald (3rd ministry) |
Stanley Baldwin (3rd ministry) |
Neville Chamberlain |
Winston Churchill (1st ministry) |
Winston Churchill (2nd ministry) |
Clement Attlee |
Sir Winston Churchill (3rd ministry) |
Sir Anthony Eden |
Harold Macmillan |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
Harold Wilson (1st ministry) |
Edward Heath |
Harold Wilson (2nd ministry) |
James Callaghan |
Margaret Thatcher |
John Major |
Tony Blair |
Gordon Brown |
David Cameron |