Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
29Records
1721–1865Date range
18Named people
0Places
Chronological records
1721
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st3 April 1721
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1730
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st15 May 1730
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1734
Robert Walpole Orford, 1st1734
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term
1742
Spencer Compton Wilmington, 1st16 February 1742
Government / Whig Party Government
The administration is dominated by John Carteret & Walpole is relied upon for advice. Succeeds Walpole as First Lord of the Treasury and titular head of the Carteret Ministry, though the Government was actually dominated by Lord Carteret. Appointed Prime MInister of Great Britain, a "nominal" position, by George II
1743
Henry Pelham27 August 1743
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1754
Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st16 March 1754
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1756
William Cavendish Devonshire, 4th16 November 1756
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1757
Thomas Pelham-Holles Newcastle, 1st2 July 1757
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1763
George Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rd16 April 1763
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1765
Charles Watson-Wentworth Rockingham13 July 1765
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1768
Augustus Henry Fitzroy Grafton, 3rd1768
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Grafton Grafton, 3rd1768
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1782
William Petty Shelburne, 2nd4 July 1782
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
Charles Watson-Wentworth Rockingham1782
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1783
William Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2nd19 December 1783
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister by George III, Britains youngest Prime Minister, age 24
William Cavendish-Bentinck Portland, 3rd1783
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1784
William Pitt the Younger Chatham, 2nd1784
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1801
Henry Addington Sidmouth, 1st17 March 1801
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1806
George Nugent Temple Grenville Temple, 3rd11 February 1806
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain after the death of his cousin William Pitt
1807
William Cavendish-Bentinck Portland, 3rd24 March 1807
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1809
Spencer Perceval4 October 1809
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain
1830
Charles Grey Grey, 2nd22 November 1830
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain and forms a Whig government.
1831
Charles Grey Grey, 2nd1831
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1834
William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd18 April 1834
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1835
William Lamb Melbourne, 2nd18 August 1835
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
1846
John Russell Kingston, 1st30 June 1846
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1855
Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd6 February 1855
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term
1859
Henry John Temple Palmerston, 3rd18 June 1859
Government / Whig Party Government
Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 2nd term
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