Portrait
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Name
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
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Lord Stanley MP for King's Lynn
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2 August 1858
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11 June 1859
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Conservative
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Sir Charles Wood MP for Halifax until 1865 MP for Ripon after 1865
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18 June 1859
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16 February 1866[1]
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Liberal
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
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George Robinson, 3rd Earl de Grey
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16 February 1866
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26 June 1866
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Liberal
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne MP for Stamford
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6 July 1866
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8 March 1867
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Conservative
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Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
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Sir Stafford Northcote MP for North Devonshire
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8 March 1867
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1 December 1868
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Conservative
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Benjamin Disraeli
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George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
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9 December 1868
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17 February 1874
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Liberal
|
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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21 February 1874
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2 April 1878
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Conservative
|
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
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2 April 1878
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21 April 1880
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Conservative
|
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Spencer Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington MP for North East Lancashire
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28 April 1880
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16 December 1882
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[[Liberal
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William Ewart Gladstone
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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
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16 December 1882
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9 June 1885
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Liberal
|
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Lord Randolph Churchill MP for Paddington South
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24 June 1885
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28 January 1886
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Conservative
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
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6 February 1886
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20 July 1886
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Liberal
|
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William Ewart Gladstone
|
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R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
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3 August 1886
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11 August 1892
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Conservative
|
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
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18 August 1892
|
10 March 1894
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Liberal
|
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William Ewart Gladstone
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Henry Fowler MP for Wolverhampton East
|
10 March 1894
|
21 June 1895
|
Liberal
|
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Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
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Lord George Hamilton MP for Ealing
|
4 July 1895
|
9 October 1903[2]
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Conservative
|
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Unionist Coalition)
|
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Arthur Balfour (Unionist Coalition)
|
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William St John Brodrick MP for Guildford
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9 October 1903
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4 December 1905
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Irish Unionist
|
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John Morley MP for Montrose Burghs until 1908 Viscount Morley of Blackburn after 1908
|
10 December 1905
|
3 November 1910
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Liberal
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Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
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H. H. Asquith
|
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Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe
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3 November 1910
|
7 March 1911
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Liberal
|
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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
|
7 March 1911
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25 May 1911
|
Liberal
|
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Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
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25 May 1911
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25 May 1915
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Liberal
|
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Austen Chamberlain MP for Birmingham West
|
25 May 1915
|
17 July 1917[3]
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Conservative
|
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H. H. Asquith (Coalition)
David Lloyd George (Coalition)
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Edwin Montagu MP for Chesterton until 1918 MP for Cambridgeshire after 1918
|
17 July 1917
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19 March 1922
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Liberal
|
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William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
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19 March 1922
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22 January 1924
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Conservative
|
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Bonar Law
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Stanley Baldwin
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Sydney Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier
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22 January 1924
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3 November 1924
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Labour
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Ramsay MacDonald
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F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
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6 November 1924
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18 October 1928
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Conservative
|
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Stanley Baldwin
|
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William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
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18 October 1928
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4 June 1929
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Conservative
|
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William Wedgwood Benn MP for Aberdeen North
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7 June 1929
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24 August 1931
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Labour
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Ramsay MacDonald
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Sir Samuel Hoare MP for Chelsea
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25 August 1931
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7 June 1935
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Conservative
|
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Ramsay MacDonald (1st & 2nd National Min.)
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Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland
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7 June 1935
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28 May 1937
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Conservative
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Stanley Baldwin (3rd National Min.)
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