Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
31Records
1858–1990Date range
15Named people
0Places
Chronological records
1858
Edward Stanley Derby, 14th20 February 1858
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term. Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1866
Edward Stanley Derby, 14th28 June 1866
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
1874
Benjamin Disraeli Beaconsfield20 February 1874
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd1874
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1877
George Grey1877
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of New Zealand
1885
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd23 June 1885
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term, a minority administration
1886
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rd24 July 1886
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term,
1902
Arthur James Balfour Balfour, 1st12 July 1902
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, succeeds his uncle, Lord Salisbury
1922
Andrew Bonar Law23 October 1922
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1923
Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st22 May 1923
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1924
Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st4 November 1924
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister Great Britain, 2nd term
1935
Stanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1st7 June 1935
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term
1945
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill23 May 1945
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1951
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill27 October 1951
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill1951
Government / Conservative Party Government
Attempts to appoint Eden as Deputy PM but George VI refuses due to Churchills age, 77
1955
Robert Anthony Eden Avon, 1st6 April 1955
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1957
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st10 January 1957
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1959
Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st10 January 1959
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1963
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th19 October 1963
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14th1963
Government / Conservative Party Government
Forms a Cabinet but 2 of the appointments refuse to serve in it
1970
Edward Richard George Heath19 June 1970
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 47th Prime Minister of Great Britain. Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1971
Brian Faulkener23 March 1971
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Ministrer of Northern Ireland
Edward Richard George Heath23 March 1971
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Ministrer of Northern Ireland
1979
Margaret Hilda Thatcher4 May 1979
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1981
Margaret Hilda Thatcher5 January 1981
Government / Conservative Party Government
St John Stevas & Maude leave the Government
1987
Margaret Hilda Thatcher11 June 1987
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
1989
Margaret Hilda ThatcherMay 1989
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Economic Adviser to Maragaret Thatcher
1990
Margaret Hilda Thatcher20 November 1990
Government / Conservative Party Government
Wins 204 votes to Michael Heseltines 152 in the party leadership election
Margaret Hilda Thatcher20 November 1990
Government / Conservative Party Government
Remains Prime Minister after the first ballot while the Conservative leadership contest proceeds to a second round.
John Roy Major27 November 1990
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
John Roy Major28 November 1990
Government / Conservative Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
Names involved
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home Home ,14thAndrew Bonar LawArthur James Balfour Balfour, 1stBenjamin Disraeli BeaconsfieldBrian FaulkenerEdward Richard George HeathEdward Stanley Derby, 14thGeorge GreyJohn Roy MajorMargaret Hilda ThatcherMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1stRobert Anthony Eden Avon, 1stRobert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil Salisbury, 3rdStanley Baldwin Bewdley, 1stWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Provenance
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