British Prime Ministers (All)
Start and end dates of each Prime Minister’s time in office
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1721
Robert Walpole
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1721
Robert Walpole
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1742
Robert Walpole
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1742
Spencer Compton
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1742
Robert Walpole
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1742
Spencer Compton
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1743
Henry Pelham
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1743
Henry Pelham
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1743
Spencer Compton
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1743
Spencer Compton
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1754
Henry Pelham
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1754
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1754
Henry Pelham
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1754
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1756
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1756
William Cavendish
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1756
William Cavendish
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1756
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1757
William Cavendish
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1757
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1757
William Cavendish
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1757
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1762
John Stuart
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1762
John Stuart
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1762
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1762
Thomas Pelham-Holles
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1763
George Grenville
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1763
John Stuart
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1763
George Grenville
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1763
John Stuart
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1765
Charles Watson Wentworth
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1765
Charles Watson Wentworth
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1765
George Grenville
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1765
George Grenville
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1766
Charles Watson Wentworth
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1766
William Pitt, the Elder
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1766
Charles Watson Wentworth
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1766
William Pitt, the Elder
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1768
Augustus Henry Fitzroy
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1768
William Pitt, the Elder
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1768
Augustus Henry Fitzroy
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1768
William Pitt, the Elder
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1770
Frederick North
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1770
Augustus Henry Fitzroy
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1770
Frederick North
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1770
Augustus Henry Fitzroy
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Charles Watson Wentworth
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Frederick North
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Frederick North
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Charles Watson Wentworth
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1782
William Petty-Fitzmaurice
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Charles Watson Wentworth
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1782
William Petty-Fitzmaurice
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1782
Charles Watson Wentworth
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Petty-Fitzmaurice
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Petty-Fitzmaurice
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Pitt, the Younger
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1783
William Pitt, the Younger
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1801
Henry Addington
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1801
Henry Addington
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1801
William Pitt, the Younger
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1801
William Pitt, the Younger
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1804
Henry Addington
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1804
William Pitt, the Younger
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1804
Henry Addington
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1804
William Pitt, the Younger
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1806
William Pitt, the Younger
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1806
William Wyndham Grenville
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1806
William Wyndham Grenville
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1806
William Pitt, the Younger
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1807
William Wyndham Grenville
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1807
William Wyndham Grenville
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1807
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1807
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1809
Spencer Perceval
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1809
Spencer Perceval
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1809
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1809
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1812
Robert Banks Jenkinson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1812
Spencer Perceval
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1812
Spencer Perceval
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1812
Robert Banks Jenkinson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
Robert Banks Jenkinson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
Robert Banks Jenkinson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
George Canning
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
George Canning
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
George Canning
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
Frederick John Robinson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
George Canning
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1827
Frederick John Robinson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1828
Frederick John Robinson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1828
Arthur Wellesley
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1828
Frederick John Robinson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1828
Arthur Wellesley
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1830
Charles Grey
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1830
Arthur Wellesley
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1830
Charles Grey
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1830
Arthur Wellesley
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Charles Grey
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1834
William Lamb
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Arthur Wellesley
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Arthur Wellesley
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1834
William Lamb
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Arthur Wellesley
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1834
William Lamb
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Robert Peel
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Robert Peel
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Arthur Wellesley
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1834
William Lamb
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1834
Charles Grey
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1835
Robert Peel
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1835
William Lamb
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1835
William Lamb
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1835
Robert Peel
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1841
Robert Peel
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1841
William Lamb
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1841
Robert Peel
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1841
William Lamb
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1846
Robert Peel
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1846
Robert Peel
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1846
John Russell
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1846
John Russell
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
John Russell
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
John Russell
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1852
George Hamilton-Gordon
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1852
George Hamilton-Gordon
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1852
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1855
George Hamilton-Gordon
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1855
George Hamilton-Gordon
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1855
Henry John Temple
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1855
Henry John Temple
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1858
Henry John Temple
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1858
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1858
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1858
Henry John Temple
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1859
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1859
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1859
Henry John Temple
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1859
Henry John Temple
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1865
Henry John Temple
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1865
John Russell
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1865
Henry John Temple
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1865
John Russell
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1866
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1866
John Russell
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1866
John Russell
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1866
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Benjamin Disraeli
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1868
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Benjamin Disraeli
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Edward Geoffrey Stanley
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Benjamin Disraeli
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1868
Benjamin Disraeli
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1868
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1874
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1874
Benjamin Disraeli
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1874
Benjamin Disraeli
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1874
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1880
Benjamin Disraeli
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1880
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1880
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1880
Benjamin Disraeli
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1885
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1885
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1885
Robert Cecil
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1885
Robert Cecil
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1886
Robert Cecil
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
Robert Cecil
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1886
Robert Cecil
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1886
Robert Cecil
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1892
Robert Cecil
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1892
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 4th Term]
Prime Minister
1892
William Ewart Gladstone
[Start of 4th Term]
Prime Minister
1892
Robert Cecil
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1894
Archibald Philip Primrose
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1894
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 4th Term]
Prime Minister
1894
Archibald Philip Primrose
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1894
William Ewart Gladstone
[End of 4th Term]
Prime Minister
1895
Archibald Philip Primrose
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1895
Robert Cecil
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1895
Robert Cecil
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1895
Archibald Philip Primrose
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1902
Arthur James Balfour
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1902
Robert Cecil
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1902
Arthur James Balfour
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1902
Robert Cecil
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1905
Arthur James Balfour
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1905
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1905
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1905
Arthur James Balfour
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1908
H.H. Asquith
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1908
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1908
H.H. Asquith
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1908
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1916
David Lloyd George
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1916
H.H. Asquith
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1916
H.H. Asquith
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1916
David Lloyd George
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1922
Bonar Law
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1922
Bonar Law
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1922
David Lloyd George
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1922
David Lloyd George
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1923
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1923
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1923
Bonar Law
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1923
Bonar Law
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Ramsay Macdonald
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Ramsay Macdonald
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Ramsay Macdonald
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Ramsay Macdonald
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1924
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1929
Ramsay Macdonald
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1929
Ramsay Macdonald
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1929
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1929
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1935
Ramsay Macdonald
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1935
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1935
Stanley Baldwin
[Start of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1935
Ramsay Macdonald
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1937
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1937
Stanley Baldwin
[End of 3rd Term]
Prime Minister
1937
Neville Chamberlain
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1937
Neville Chamberlain
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1940
Neville Chamberlain
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1940
Winston Churchill
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1940
Winston Churchill
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1940
Neville Chamberlain
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1945
Clement Attlee
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1945
Winston Churchill
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1945
Clement Attlee
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1945
Winston Churchill
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1951
Clement Attlee
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1951
Winston Churchill
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1951
Winston Churchill
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1951
Clement Attlee
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1955
Anthony Eden
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1955
Winston Churchill
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1955
Winston Churchill
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1955
Anthony Eden
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1957
Harold Macmillan
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1957
Anthony Eden
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1957
Harold Macmillan
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1957
Anthony Eden
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1963
Harold Macmillan
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1963
Alec Douglas-Home
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1963
Harold Macmillan
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1963
Alec Douglas-Home
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1964
Alec Douglas-Home
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1964
Harold Wilson
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1964
Alec Douglas-Home
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1964
Harold Wilson
[Start of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1970
Edward Heath
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1970
Harold Wilson
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1970
Harold Wilson
[End of 1st Term]
Prime Minister
1970
Edward Heath
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1974
Harold Wilson
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1974
Edward Heath
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1974
Harold Wilson
[Start of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1974
Edward Heath
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1976
James Callaghan
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1976
Harold Wilson
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1976
James Callaghan
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1976
Harold Wilson
[End of 2nd Term]
Prime Minister
1979
Margaret Thatcher
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1979
James Callaghan
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1979
Margaret Thatcher
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1979
James Callaghan
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1990
John Major
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1990
John Major
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1990
Margaret Thatcher
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1990
Margaret Thatcher
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1997
Tony Blair
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1997
John Major
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
1997
Tony Blair
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
1997
John Major
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2007
Tony Blair
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2007
Gordon Brown
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2007
Tony Blair
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2007
Gordon Brown
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2010
Gordon Brown
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2010
David Cameron
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2010
David Cameron
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2010
Gordon Brown
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2016
David Cameron
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2016
Theresa May
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2016
David Cameron
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2016
Theresa May
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2019
Theresa May
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2019
Boris Johnson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2019
Boris Johnson
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2019
Theresa May
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Rishi Sunak
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Liz Truss
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Liz Truss
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Boris Johnson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Liz Truss
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Boris Johnson
[End of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Rishi Sunak
[Start of Term]
Prime Minister
2022
Liz Truss
[End of Term]
Prime Minister