| Date |
Prime Minister |
Party |
| 1721 - 1742 |
Sir Robert Walpole |
Whig |
| 1742 - 1743 |
Spencer Compton (Earl of Wilmington) |
Whig |
| 1743 - 1754 |
Henry Pelham |
Whig |
| 1754 - 1756 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle) |
Whig |
| 1756 - 1757 |
William Cavendish (Duke of Devonshire) |
Whig |
| 1757 - 1762 |
Thomas Pelham-Holles (Duke of Newcastle) |
Whig |
| 1762 - 1763 |
John Stuart (Earl of Bute) |
Tory |
| 1763 - 1765 |
George Grenville |
Whig |
| 1765 - 1766 |
Charles Watson Wentworth (Marquess of Rockingham |
Whig |
| 1766 - 1768 |
William Pitt the Elder (Earl of Chatham) |
Whig |
| 1768 - 1770 |
Augustus Fitzroy (Duke of Grafton) |
Whig |
| 1770 - 1782 |
Frederick North ( Earl of Guilford) |
Tory |
| 1782 Mar - July |
Charles Watson Wentworth (Marquess of Rockingham) |
Whig |
| 1782 - 1783 |
William Petty (Formerly Fitzmaurice) (Earl of Shelburne) |
Whig |
| 1783 Apr - Dec |
William Bentinck (Duke of Portland) |
Tory |
| 1783 - 1801 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
| 1801 - 1804 |
Henry Addington |
Tory |
| 1804 - 1806 |
William Pitt the Younger |
Tory |
| 1806 - 1807 |
William Grenville |
Whig |
| 1807 - 1809 |
William Bentinck (Duke of Portland) |
Tory |
| 1809 - 1812 |
Spencer Perceval |
Tory |
| 1812 - 1827 |
Robert Jenkinson (Earl of Liverpool) |
Tory |
| 1827 Apr - Aug |
George Canning |
Tory |
| 1827 - 1828 |
Frederick Robinson (Viscount Goderich) |
Tory |
| 1828 - 1830 |
Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) |
Tory |
| 1830 - 1834 |
Charles Grey (Earl Grey) |
Whig |
| 1834 Jul - Nov |
William Lamb (Viscount Melbourne) |
Whig |
| 1834 Nov - Dec |
Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) |
Tory |
| 1834 - 1835 |
Sir Robert Peel |
Conservative |
| 1835 - 1841 |
William Lamb (Viscount Melbourne) |
Whig |
| 1841 - 1846 |
Sir Robert Peel |
Conservative |
| 1846 - 1852 |
Lord John Russell |
Whig |
| 1852 Feb - Dec |
Edward Stanley (Earl of Derby) |
Conservative |
| 1852 - 1855 |
George Hamilton Gordon (Earl of Aberdeen) |
Conservative |
| 1855 - 1858 |
Henry John Temple (Viscount Palmerston) |
Liberal |
| 1858 - 1859 |
Edward Stanley (Earl of Derby) |
Conservative |
| 1859 - 1865 |
Henry John Temple (Viscount Palmerston) |
Liberal |