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1721-1742

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Sir Robert Walpole (Whig)
MP for King’s Lynn

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1742-1743

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Spencer Compton (Whig)
1st Earl of Wilmington

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1743-1754

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Henry Pelham (Whig)
MP for Sussex

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1754-1756

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Thomas Pelham-Holmes (Whig)
1st Duke of Newcastle

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1756-1757

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William Cavendish (Whig)
4th Duke of Devonshire

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1757-1762

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Thomas Pelham-Holmes (Whig)
1st Duke of Newcastle

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1762-1763

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John Stuart (Tory)
3rd Earl of Bute

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1763-1765

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George Grenville (Whig)
MP for Buckingham

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1765-1766

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Charles Watson-Wentworth (Whig)
2nd Marquess of Rockingham

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1766-1768

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William Pitt the Elder (Whig)
1st Earl of Chatham

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1768-1770

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Augustus FitzRoy (Whig)
3rd Duke of Grafton

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1770-1782

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Lord Frederick North (Tory)
MP for Banbury

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1782-1782

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Charles Watson-Wentworth (Whig)
2nd Marquess of Rockingham

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1782-1783

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William Petty (Whig)
2nd Earl of Shelburne

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1783-1783

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William Cavendish-Bentinck (Whig)
3rd Duke of Portland

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1783-1801

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William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
MP for Appleby, Cambridge University

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1801-1804

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Henry Addington (Tory)
MP for Devizes

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1804-1806

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William Pitt the Younger (Tory)
MP for Cambridge University

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1806-1807

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Lord William Grenville (Whig)
1st Baron Grenville

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1807-1809

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William Cavendish-Bentinck (Whig)
3rd Duke of Portland

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1809-1812

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Spencer Perceval (Tory)
MP for Northampton

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1812-1827

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Lord Robert Jenkinson (Tory)
2nd Earl of Liverpool

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1827-1827

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George Canning (Tory)
MP for Seaford

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1827-1828

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F. J. Robinson (Tory)
1st Viscount Goderich

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1828-1830
Arthur Wellesley (Tory) 1st Duke of Wellington
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1830-1834
Charles Grey (Whig) 2nd Earl Grey
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1834 -1834
Lord William Lamb (Whig) 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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1834-1834
Arthur Wellesley (Tory) 1st Duke of Wellington
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1834-1835
Robert Peel (Conservative) MP for Tamworth
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1835-1841
Lord William Lamb (Whig) 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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1841-1846
Robert Peel (Conservative) MP for Tamworth
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1846-1852
Lord John Russell (Whig) MP for City of London
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1852-1852
Edward Smith-Stanley (Conservative) 14th Earl of Derby
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1852-1855
George Hamilton-Gordon (Peelite) 4th Earl of Aberdeen
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1855-1858
Lord Henry John Temple (Whig) 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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1858-1859
Edward Smith-Stanley (Conservative) 14th Earl of Derby
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1859-1865
Lord Henry John Temple (Liberal) 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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1865-1866
Lord John Russell (Liberal) MP for City of London
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1866-1868
Edward Smith-Stanley (Conservative) 14th Earl of Derby
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1868-1868
Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) MP for Buckinghamshire
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1868-1874
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) MP for Midlothian
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1874-1880
Benjamin Disraeli (Conservative) MP for Buckinghamshire
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1880-1885
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) MP for Midlothian
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1885-1886
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Conservative) 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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1886-1886
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) MP for Midlothian
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1886-1892
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Conservative) 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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1892-1894
William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal) MP for Midlothian
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1894-1895
Archibald Primrose (Liberal) 5th Earl of Rosebery
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1895-1902
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (Conservative) 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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1902-1905
Arthur Balfour (Conservative) MP for Manchester East
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1905-1908
Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) MP for Stirling Burghs
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1908-1916
Herbert Asquith (Liberal) MP for East Fife
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1916-1922
David Lloyd George (Liberal) MP for Caernarvon Boroughs
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1922-1923
Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative) MP for Glasgow Central
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1923-1924
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) MP for Bewdley
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1924-1924
Ramsay MacDonald (Labour) MP for Aberavon
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1924-1929
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) MP for Bewdley
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1929-1935
Ramsay MacDonald (Labour / National Labour) MP for Aberavon
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1835-1937
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative) MP for Seaham
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1937-1940
Neville Chamberlain (Conservative) MP for Birmingham Edgbaston
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1940-1945
Winston Churchill (Conservative) MP for Epping
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1945-1951
Clement Attlee (Labour) MP for Limehouse
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1951-1955
Winston Churchill (Conservative) MP for Woodford
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1955-1957
Anthony Eden (Conservative) MP for Warwick and Leamington
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1957-1963
Harold Macmillan (Conservative) MP for Bromley
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1963-1964
Alec Douglas-Home (Conservative) MP for Kinross and Western Perthshire
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1964-1970
Harold Wilson (Labour) MP for Huyton
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1970-1974
Edward Heath (Conservative) MP for Bexley
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1974-1976
Harold Wilson (Labour) MP for Huyton
70
1976-1979
James Callaghan (Labour) MP for Cardiff South East
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1979-1990
Margaret Thatcher (Conservative) MP for Finchley
72
1990-1997
John Major (Conservative) MP for Huntingdon
73
1997-2007
Tony Blair (Labour) MP for Sedgefield
74
2007-2010
Gordon Brown (Labour) MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
75
2010-2016
David Cameron (Conservative) MP for Witney
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2016-2019
Theresa May (Conservative) MP for Maidenhead
77
2019-2022
Boris Johnson (Conservative) MP for Uxbridge and South Ruiship
78
2022-2022
Liz Truss (Conservative) MP for South West Norfolk
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2022-Present
Rishi Sunak (Conservative) MP for Richmond (Yorks)

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