List of British governments

This is a List of British governments, from the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707, continuing through the duration of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1922, and since then dealing with the governments of the present-day United Kingdom.

For earlier governments in the Kingdom of England, see List of English ministries.

Date	Monarch	Head of Government	Party in Office	Cabinet members	Full list of ministers
1707	Anne			Coalition Ministry
1708				Second Whig Junto
1710		Robert Harley (from 1711 Earl of Oxford and Mortimer)	Tory	Harley Ministry
1714	George I		Whig	Townshend Ministry
1717				First Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry
1718				Second Stanhope/Sunderland Ministry
1721		Sir Robert Walpole		Walpole/Townshend Ministry
1727	George II			Walpole/Townshend Ministry
1730				Walpole Ministry
1742		The Earl of Wilmington		Carteret Ministry
1743		Henry Pelham		Carteret Ministry
1744		Henry Pelham		Broad Bottom Ministry ^[1]
1754		The Duke of Newcastle		First Newcastle Ministry
1756		The Duke of Devonshire		Devonshire/Pitt Ministry
1757		The Duke of Devonshire		1757 Caretaker Ministry
1757		The Duke of Newcastle		Newcastle/Pitt Ministry
1760	George III	The Duke of Newcastle		Newcastle/Pitt Ministry
1762		The Earl of Bute	Tory	Bute Ministry
1763		George Grenville		Grenville Ministry
1765		The Marquess of Rockingham		First Rockingham Ministry
1766		The Earl of Chatham		Chatham Ministry
1768		The Duke of Grafton		Grafton Ministry
1770		Lord North		North Ministry
1782		The Marquess of Rockingham		Second Rockingham Ministry
1782		The Earl of Shelburne		Shelburne Ministry
1783		The Duke of Portland		Fox-North Coalition
1783		William Pitt the Younger		First Pitt the Younger Ministry
1801		Henry Addington		Addington Ministry
1804		William Pitt the Younger		Second Pitt the Younger Ministry
1806		The Lord Grenville		Ministry of All the Talents	Government of All the Talents 1806–1807
1807		The Duke of Portland		Second Portland Ministry
1809		Spencer Perceval			Tory Government 1809–1812
1812		The Earl of Liverpool	Tory		Tory Government 1812–1827
1820	George IV	The Earl of Liverpool	Tory		Tory Government 1812–1827
1827		George Canning	Canningite and Whig		Canningite Government 1827–1828
1827		The Viscount Goderich	Canningite and Whig	Goderich Ministry	Canningite Government 1827–1828
1828		The Duke of Wellington	Tory	Wellington Ministry	Tory Government 1828–1830
1830	William IV	The Duke of Wellington	Tory	Wellington Ministry	Tory Government 1828–1830
1830		The Earl Grey	Whig	Grey Ministry	Whig Government 1830–1834
1834		The Viscount Melbourne	Whig	First Melbourne Ministry	Whig Government 1830–1834
1834		The Duke of Wellington	Conservative	Wellington Caretaker Ministry
1834		Sir Robert Peel	Conservative	First Peel Ministry	Conservative Government 1834–1835
1835		The Viscount Melbourne	Whig	Second Melbourne Ministry	Whig Government 1835–1841
1837	Victoria			Second Melbourne Ministry
1839				Third Melbourne Ministry
1841		Sir Robert Peel	Conservative	Second Peel Ministry	Conservative Government 1841–1846
1846		Lord John Russell	Whig	First Russell Ministry	Whig Government 1846–1852
1852		The Earl of Derby	Conservative	Who? Who? Ministry	Conservative Government 1852
1852		The Earl of Aberdeen	Coalition	Aberdeen Ministry	Coalition Government 1852–1855
1855		Viscount Palmerston	Whig and Peelite		Palmerston Government 1855–1858
1858		The Earl of Derby	Conservative	Second Derby Ministry	Conservative Government 1858–1859
1859		Viscount Palmerston	Liberal		Liberal Government 1859–1866
1865		The Earl Russell	Liberal	Second Russell Ministry	Liberal Government 1859–1866
1866		The Earl of Derby	Conservative	Third Derby Ministry	Conservative Government 1866–1868
1868		Benjamin Disraeli	Conservative	First Disraeli Ministry	Conservative Government 1866–1868
1868		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	First Gladstone Ministry	Liberal Government 1868–1874
1874		Benjamin Disraeli^[2]	Conservative	Second Disraeli Ministry	Conservative Government 1874–1880
1880		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Second Gladstone Ministry	Liberal Government 1880–1885
1885		The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative	First Salisbury Ministry	Conservative Government 1885–1886
1886		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Third Gladstone Ministry	Liberal Government 1886
1886		The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative		Conservative Government 1886–1892
1892		William Ewart Gladstone	Liberal	Fourth Gladstone Ministry	Liberal Government 1892–1895
1894		The Earl of Rosebery	Liberal		Liberal Government 1892–1895
1895		The Marquess of Salisbury	Conservative and Unionist		Unionist Government 1895–1905
1901	Edward VII	The Marquess of Salisbury
1902		Arthur Balfour
1905		Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal		Liberal Government 1905–1915
1908		Herbert Henry Asquith		First Asquith Ministry
1910	George V			First Asquith Ministry
1915			Coalition		Coalition Government 1915–1916
1916		David Lloyd George			Coalition Government 1916–1922
1919		David Lloyd George			Coalition Government 1916–1922
1922		Andrew Bonar Law	Conservative		Conservative Government 1922–1924
1923		Stanley Baldwin	Conservative		Conservative Government 1922–1924
1924		Ramsay MacDonald	Labour		Labour Government 1924
1924		Stanley Baldwin	Conservative		Conservative Government 1924–1929
1929		Ramsay MacDonald	Labour		Labour Government 1929–1931
1931			National	First National Ministry	First National Government 1931
1931					Second National Government 1931–1935
1935		Stanley Baldwin		Third National Ministry	Third National Government 1935–1937
1936	Edward VIII
1936	George VI
1937		Neville Chamberlain		Fourth National Ministry	Fourth National Government 1937–1939
1939		Neville Chamberlain		Chamberlain War Ministry	War Government 1939–1940
1940		Winston Churchill	Coalition	Churchill War Ministry	Coalition Government 1940–1945
1945		Winston Churchill	National	Churchill Caretaker Ministry	Caretaker Government 1945
1945		Clement Attlee	Labour		Labour Government 1945–1951
1951		Sir Winston Churchill	Conservative		Conservative Government 1951–1955
1952	Elizabeth II	Sir Winston Churchill			Conservative Government 1951–1955
1955		Sir Anthony Eden			Conservative Government 1955–1957
1957		Harold Macmillan			Conservative Government 1957–1964
1963		Sir Alec Douglas-Home^[3]			Conservative Government 1957–1964
1964		Harold Wilson	Labour		Labour Government 1964–1970
1970		Edward Heath	Conservative		Conservative Government 1970–1974
1974		Harold Wilson	Labour	Second Wilson Ministry	Labour Government 1974–1979
1976		James Callaghan	Labour	Callaghan Ministry	Labour Government 1974–1979
1979		Margaret Thatcher	Conservative	Thatcher Ministry	Conservative Government 1979–1990
1990		John Major	Conservative	Major Ministry	Conservative Government 1990–1997
1997		Tony Blair	Labour	Blair Ministry	Labour Government 1997–2007
2007		Gordon Brown	Labour	Brown Ministry	Labour Government 2007–2010
2010		David Cameron	Coalition	Cameron Ministry	Coalition Government 2010–present

References

^ In 1746, the Earl of Bath attempted to form the Short-lived Ministry. He was unsuccessful, and is not counted as PM at his own page or List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
^ From 1876 he was Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden.
^ For the first five days of his ministry, until he had renounced his peerage, Douglas-Home was known as The Earl of Home.

[1] In 1746, the Earl of Bath attempted to form the Short-lived Ministry. He was unsuccessful, and is not counted as PM at his own page or List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

[2] From 1876 he was Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden.

[3] For the first five days of his ministry, until he had renounced his peerage, Douglas-Home was known as The Earl of Home.

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Great Britain (1707–1801)	Godolphin–Marlborough Harley Townshend Stanhope–Sunderland I Stanhope–Sunderland II Walpole–Townshend Walpole Carteret Broad Bottom I and II Short-lived Newcastle I Pitt–Devonshire 1757 Caretaker Pitt–Newcastle (Newcastle II) Bute Grenville Rockingham I Chatham Grafton North Rockingham II Shelburne Fox–North (Portland I) Pitt I
UK (GB and Ire) (1801–1922)	Addington Pitt II All the Talents Portland II Perceval Liverpool Canning Goderich Wellington–Peel Grey Melbourne I Wellington Caretaker Peel I Melbourne II Peel II Russell I Who? Who? (Derby–Disraeli I) Aberdeen Palmerston I Derby–Disraeli II Palmerston II Russell II Derby–Disraeli III (Disraeli I) Gladstone I Disraeli II Gladstone II Salisbury I Gladstone III Salisbury II Gladstone IV Rosebery Salisbury III and IV Balfour Campbell-Bannerman Asquith I–III Asquith Coalition Lloyd George I and II
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