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Prime Minister of Great Britain

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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