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Sir Robert Walpole
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1721-1742
Whig -1st modern PM -South Sea Co bubble -War of Jenkins Ear |
18c
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Earl of Wilmington
(Spencer Compton) |
Feb 1742 - July 1743
Whig -in poor health; govt led by John Carteret |
18c
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Henry Pelham
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1743-1754
Whig -Jacobite Rebellion -Reorganized Navy; Gregorian calendar -Marriage Act of 1753 |
18c
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Duke of Newcastle
(Thomas Pellam-Holles) |
1st TERM: 1754-1756
Whig -PM at beg of 7 years war w/ France 2nd TERM: 1757-1762 Whig 7 years war (largely overseen by Pitt the Elder) |
18c
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Duke of Devonshire
(William Cavendish) |
Nov 1756-June 1757
Whig - tho' PM, govt really run by Pitt the Elder here |
18c
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Earl of Bute
(John Stuart) |
May 1762-April 1763
Tory -ended Whig dominance and 7 Years War |
18c
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Marquess of Rockingham
(Charles Watson-Wentworth) |
1ST TERM: July 1765- July 1766
Whig -repeal Stamp Act 2ND TERM: March 1782-July 1782 Whig - ack US as independent -d. in office - began economic reforms |
18c
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William Pitt the Elder
(Earl of Chatham) |
1766-1768
Whig - "birth of the British Empire" |
18c
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Duke of Grafton
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1768-1770
Whig - attempted to reconcile w/ US |
18c
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Lord North
(Nathaniel Dance) |
1770-1782
Tory - US Revolution - Gordon Riots - Irish reform - resigned after a vote of no confidence against the will of the King |
18c
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Earl of Shelburne
(William Petty) |
July 1782- July 1783
Whig peace w/ US, Spain, France |
18c
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Duke of Portland
(William Cavendish-Bentinck) |
1ST TERM - April 1783-Dec 1783
Whig - titular head of Fox-North coalition - attempted reform of EIC but blocked by GIII 2ND TERM: 1807-1809 TORY v ill in office; left Spencer Perceval to do whatever |
18c, 19c
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William Pitt the Younger
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FIRST TERM:
1783-1801 TORY - India Act 1784 - remove rotten boroughs - personally opposed to slave trade - formed Triple Alliance -Constitutional Act 1791 - first income tax - Act of Union 1800 - War w/ France 1793 (re: French Revolution) 2nd TERM: 1804-1806 Tory - Alliance w/ Russia, Austria, Sweden against France - Battle of Trafalgar, Ulm, Austerlitz |
18-19c
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Henry Addington
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1801-1804
TORY - treaty of Amiens w/ France 1802 |
19c
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Lord Grenville
(William Wyndham Grenville) |
Feb 1806- March 1807
WHIG abolition of slave trade |
19c
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Spencer Perceval
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1809-1812
TORY - during descent of GIII into madness - lack of sr statesmen in his administration (other than himself) - only PM to have been assassinated |
19c
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Lord Liverpool
(Robert Jenkinson) |
1812-1827
TORY - Congress of Vienna - economic recession in 1817 - War of 1812 - return to the gold standard in 1819 - Cato Street Conspiracy to assassinate Liverpool in 1820 -Peterloo massacre |
19c
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George Canning
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April 1827- August 1827
TORY d shortly after taking office |
19c
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Viscount Goderich
(Frederich John Robinson) |
Aug 1827- Jan 1828
TORY - forced to resigned; lacked support amongst colleagues |
19c
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Duke of Wellington
(Arthur Wellesley) |
1st term: Jan 1828 to Nov 1830
TORY - Catholic Emancipation Bill 2nd term: Nov 1834 to Dec 1834 TORY - caretaker while Peel was located and returned to London |
19c
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Earl Grey
(Charles Grey) |
1830-1834
WHIG - Reform Act 1832 - abolition of slavery |
19c
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Viscount Melbourne
(William Lamb) |
1st term: July 1834-Nov 1834
WHIG william IV's opposition forced him to resign 2nd term 1835-1841 WHIG - father figure for QV - Municipal Corporations Act 1835 |
19c
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Sir Robert Peel
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1st term:
Dec 1834-April 1835 CONSERVATIVE - unable to form a majority govt so resigned 2nd term: CONSERVATIVE 1841-1846 - Mines Act 1842 - Factory Act 1844 - Railway Act 1844 - repeal of Corn Laws |
19c
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Lord John Russell
(Later Earl Russell) |
1st term: 1846-1852
WHIG Education Act 1847 Australian Colonies Act 1850 improved Poor Law 2nd term: Oct 1865-June 1866 LIBERAL - attempted further Reform Bill but was opposed by his cabinet |
19c
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Earl of Derby
(Edward Smith-Stanley) |
1st term: Feb 1852 - Dec 1852
CONSERVATIVE - defeat of his Chancellor's Budget collapsed govt 2nd term: Feb 1858-June 1859 CONSERVATIVE - Govt of India Act 1858 - Jews Relief Act (Jews to become MPs) 3rd term: 1866-1868 CONSERVATIVE -Reform Act 1867 - father of the modern Conservative party? |
19c
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Earl of Aberdeen
(George Hamilton-Gordon) |
1852-1855
PEELITE/WHIG - Crimean War - resigned after inquiry into conduct during the war - first and last Peelite PM |
19c
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Viscount Palmerston
(Henry John Temple) |
1st term: 1855-1858
WHIG - Mutiny of 1857 - introduced India Bill 2nd term: 1859-1865 LIBERAL -founded liberal party; died in office |
19c
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Benjamin Disraeli
(later Lord Beaconsfield) |
1st term:
Feb 1868 - Dec 1868 CONSERVATIVE - dissolved Parliament as Conservatives had no majority 2nd term: 1874-1880 CONSERVATIVE - Climbing Boys Act; Public Health Act 1875; Employers and Workmen Act 1878; Congress of Berlin; breaking up the League of Three Emperors; Suez Canal; Zulu War |
19c
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William Ewart Gladstone
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1st term: 1868-1874
LIBERAL - Ballot Act 1872 - peacetime flogging illegal - reforms to British army and civil service - couldnt prevent Franco-Prussian War 2nd term: 1880-1885 LIBERAL - First Boer WAr - Irish Coercion Act - Redistribution of Seats Act - Reform Act 1884 - thing with General Gordon in Sudan 3rd term: Feb 1886-July 1886 LIBERAL - first intro of Home Rule Bill; splits liberal party and govt collapses 4th term: 1892-1894 LIBERAL - reintroduced Home Rule bill - passed HoC but rejected by HoL; he resigns |
19c
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Marquess of Salisbury
(Robert Gascoyne-Cecil) |
1st term: Jun 1885 to Jan 1886
CONSERVATIVE - housing the working class leg 2nd term: 1886-1892 CONSERVATIVE - opposed home rule - Local Govt Act 1888 - Partition of Africa - Free Education Act 1891 - creation of Rhodesia 3rd term: 1895-1902 CONSERVATIVE - Workmen's Comp Act - Second Boer War - Anglo-Japanese Alliance |
19c
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Earl of Rosebery
(Archibald Primrose) |
March 1894-June 1895
LIBERAL - imperialist - wanted to expand Royal Navy; liberal party not happy; resigned after a vote of censure |
19c
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Arthur Balfour
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1902-1905
CONSERVATIVE - poor relations with EVII - cabinet split over free trade - Committee of Imperial Defence - Entente Cordiale |
20c
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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1905-1908
LIBERAL - autonomy to Transvaal and OFS - Anglo-Russian Entente |
20c
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Herbert Henry Asquith
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1908-1916
LIBERAL - Liberal Welfare reforms - People's Budget - Parliament Act 1911 - Nat'l INsurance and Pensions - Home Rule Act 1914 -WWI - Easter Rising |
20c
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David Lloyd George
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1916-1922
LIBERAL - end WWI - Paris Peace Conf - attempted to conscript Ireland in WWI - women over 30 vote - formation of Irish FS - Welsh |
20c
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Andrew Bonar Law
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Oct 1922-May 1923
CONSERVATIVE - ill health |
20c
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Stanley Baldwin
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1st term - May 1923-Jan 1924
CONSERVATIVE - protectionist but failed to gain a majority; resigned after non-confidence vote 2nd term CONSERVATIVE - Treaty of Locarno - signatory of Kellogg-Briand Pact - women vote over 21 - Pensions Act - UK General Strike of 1926 3rd term: 1935-1937 - abdication crisis of EVIII - questionable rearmament policy |
20c
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Ramsay MacDonald
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1st term: Jan 1924- Nov 1924
LABOUR - did not have majority - settled reparations w/ Germany 2nd term: 1929-1931 LABOUR - appointed first female minister, Margaret Bondfield - Wall STreet Crash 1929 3rd Term - 1931-1935 NATIONAL/LABOUR - couldn't keep support of labour party so resigned and was then re-appointed to form a National Govt w the support of the Conservative and Liberal parties; he was expelled from Labour |
20c
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Neville Chamberlain
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1937-1940
CONSERVATIVE (NAT'L GOVT) - appeasement policy re: Germany - resigned after failing to form coalition govt |
20c
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Winston Churchill
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1st term: 1940-1945
CONSERVATIVE (Coalition) - WWII - foundation of UN - proposed what would be the EU 2nd term: May 1945-July 1945 CONSERVATIVE (Caretaker) - amalgam govt formed from Conservatives, Liberal Nationals and non-party people, but was defeated in 1945 general election 3rd term: 1951-1955 CONSERVATIVE - Operation Ajax - Mau Mau - Malayan Emergency |
20c
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Clement Attlee
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1945-1951
LABOUR - nationalisation of utilities - National Health Service - extended national insurance scheme - India independence - Palestine - foundation of NATO |
20c
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Anthony Eden
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1955-1957
CONSERVATIVE - did not prevent Egyptian nationalisation of Suez Canal - invaded Egypt - Suez Crisis |
20c
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Harold Macmillan
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1957-1963
CONSERVATIVE - UK applies to join European Economic Community; Conservatives split and was rejected by de Gaulle - Profumo Affair |
20c
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Alec Douglas-Home
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Oct 1963- Oct 1964
CONSERVATIVE - renounced his peerage in order to stand in the HoC |
20c
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Harold Wilson
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1st term: 1964-1970
LABOUR - abortion legislation, decriminalization of homosexuality - Rhodesian UDI - devaluation of the pound - foundation of the Open University - disputes over trade Union reforms 2nd term: 1974-1976 LABOUR - ended dispute w/ miners - Social Contract w/ Trade Unions - Health and Safety at Work Act - renegotiated terms for EC membership - North Sea oil - Cod war |
20c
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Edward Heath
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1970-1974
CONSERVATIVE - 'Troubles' violence peaks - Britain enters EC - inconsistent policy on govt intervention in industry; called early election to disrupt striking miners, backfired |
20 c
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James Callaghan
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1976-1979
LABOUR - IMF loan to support the pound - the Lib-Lab pact - enacted devolution to Wales and Scotland but referendums stopped it - Winter of Discontent |
20c
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Margaret Thatcher
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1979-1990
CONSERVATIVE - Falklands War - miners strike 84-5 - privitisation of many previously govt-owned industries - decreased power of trade unions - Anglo Irish agreement etc...................... |
20c
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John Major
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1990-1997
CONSERVATIVE - Gulf War - etc.......... |
20c
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Tony Blair
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1997-2007
LABOUR - Independence for Bank of England - devolution - 7/7 - Afghanistan/Iraq - etc...... |
20c
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Gordon Brown
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2007-
LABOUR |
20c
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