UK Prime Ministers

Question 1

1721-1742

Answer 1

Robert Walpole (Whig)

Question 2

1742-1743

Answer 2

Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington (Whig)

Question 3

1743-1754

Answer 3

Henry Pelham (Whig)

Question 4

1754-1756

Answer 4

Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (Whig)

Question 5

1756-1757

Answer 5

William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (Whig)

Question 6

1757-1762

Answer 6

Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (Whig)

Question 7

1762-1763

Answer 7

John Stuart, Earl of Bute (Tory)

Question 8

1763-1765

Answer 8

George Grenville (Whig)

Question 9

1765-1766

Answer 9

Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)

Question 10

1766-1768

Answer 10

William Pitt (the Elder), Earl of Chatham (Whig)

Question 11

1768-1770

Answer 11

Augustus Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton (Whig)

Question 12

1770-1782

Answer 12

Frederick North, Lord North (Tory)

Question 13

1782

Answer 13

Charles Watson Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (Whig)

Question 14

1782-1783

Answer 14

William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (Whig)

Question 15

1783

Answer 15

William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland (Whig)

Question 16

1783-1801

Answer 16

William Pitt (the Younger) (Tory)

Question 17

1801-1804

Answer 17

Henry Addington (Tory)

Question 18

1804-1806

Answer 18

William Pitt (the Younger) (Tory)

Question 19

1806-1807

Answer 19

William Wyndham Grenvill, Baron Grenville (Whig)

Question 20

1807-1809

Answer 20

William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland (Tory-Whig)

Question 21

1809-1812

Answer 21

Spencer Perceval (Tory)

Question 22

1812-1827

Answer 22

Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl Liverpool (Tory)

Question 23

1827-1827

Answer 23

George Canning (Tory)

Question 24

1827-1828

Answer 24

Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich (Tory)

Question 25

1828-1830

Answer 25

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (Tory)

Question 26

1830-1834

Answer 26

Charles Grey, Earl Grey (Whig)

Question 27

1834

Answer 27

William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (Whig)

Question 28

1834

Answer 28

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (Tory)

Question 29

1834-1835

Answer 29

Robert Peel (Conservative)

Question 30

1835-1841

Answer 30

William Lamb, Lord Melbourne (Whig)

Question 31

1841-1846

Answer 31

Robert Peel (Conservative)

Question 32

1846-1852

Answer 32

Lord John Russell (Whig)

Question 33

1852

Answer 33

Edward Stanley-Smith, Earl of Derby (Conservative)

Question 34

1852-1855

Answer 34

George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen (Peelite)

Question 35

1855-1858

Answer 35

Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston (Whig)

Question 36

1858-1859

Answer 36

Edward Stanley-Smith, Earl of Derby (Conservative)

Question 37

1859-1865

Answer 37

Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston (Liberal)

Question 38

1865-1866

Answer 38

Lord John Russell (Liberal)

Question 39

1866-1868

Answer 39

Edward Stanley-Smith, Earl of Derby (Conservative)

Question 40

1868

Answer 40

Benjamin Disreali (Conservative)

Question 41

1868-1874

Answer 41

William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

Question 42

1874-1880

Answer 42

Benjamin Disreali, Earl of Beaconsfield (Conservative)

Question 43

1880-1885

Answer 43

William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

Question 44

1885-1886

Answer 44

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)

Question 45

1886

Answer 45

William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

Question 46

1886-1892

Answer 46

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)

Question 47

1892-1894

Answer 47

William Ewart Gladstone (Liberal)

Question 48

1894-1895

Answer 48

Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebury (Liberal)

Question 49

1985-1902

Answer 49

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (Conservative)

Question 50

1902-1905

Answer 50

Arthur Balfour (Conservative)

Question 51

1905-1908

Answer 51

Henry Campbell Bannerman (Liberal)

Question 52

1908-1916

Answer 52

Herbert Henry Asquith (Liberal)

Question 53

1916-1922

Answer 53

David Lloyd George (Liberal)

Question 54

1922-1923

Answer 54

Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative)

Question 55

1923-1924

Answer 55

Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)

Question 56

1924-1924

Answer 56

Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)

Question 57

1924-1929

Answer 57

Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)

Question 58

1929-1935

Answer 58

Ramsay McDonald (Labour)

Question 59

1935-1937

Answer 59

Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)

Question 60

1937-1940

Answer 60

Neville Chamberlaine (Conservative)

Question 61

1940-1945

Answer 61

Winston Churchill (Conservative)

Question 62

1945-1951

Answer 62

Clement Atlee (Labour)

Question 63

1951-1955

Answer 63

Winston Churchill (Conservative)

Question 64

1955-1957

Answer 64

Anthony Eden (Conservative)

Question 65

1957-1963

Answer 65

Harold McMillan (Conservative)

Question 66

1963-1964

Answer 66

Alec Douglas Hume (Conservative)

Question 67

1964-1970

Answer 67

Harold Wilson (Labour)

Question 68

1970-1974

Answer 68

Edward Heath (Conservative)

Question 69

1974-1976

Answer 69

Harold Wilson (Labour)

Question 70

1976-1979

Answer 70

James Callaghan (Labour)

Question 71

1979-1990

Answer 71

Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)

Question 72

1990-1997

Answer 72

John Major (Conservative)

Question 73

1997-2007

Answer 73

Tony Blair (Labour)

Question 74

2007-2010

Answer 74

Gordon Brown (Labour)

Question 75

2010-2016

Answer 75

David Cameron (Conservative)