Top 44 British Prime Minister List 20th Century

Here is British Prime Minister List, in order of their term of official work:

1. Robert Walpole (1721-1742)
2. Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington (1742-1743)
3. Henry Pelham (1743-1754)
4. Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1754-1756)
5. William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (1756-1757)
6. Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle (1757-1762)
7. John Stuart, Earl of Bute (1762-1763)
8. George Grenville (1763-1765)
9. Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquess of Rockingham (1765-1766)
10. William Pitt the Elder (1766-1768)
11. Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton (1768-1770)
12. Lord North (1770-1782)
13. William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (1782-1783)
14. William Pitt the Younger (1783-1801)
15. Henry Addington (1801-1804)
16. William Pitt the Younger (1804-1806)
17. William Wyndham Grenville, Lord Grenville (1806-1807)
18. William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland (1807-1809)
19. Spencer Perceval (1809-1812)
20. Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool (1812-1827)
21. George Canning (1827)
22. Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich (1827-1828)
23. Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1828-1830)
24. Charles Grey, Earl Grey (1830-1834)
25. William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne (1834, 1835-1841)
26. Sir Robert Peel (1834-1835, 1841-1846)
27. Lord John Russell (1846-1852, 1865-1866)
28. Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of Derby (1852, 1858-1859, 1866-1868)
29. George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen (1852-1855)
30. Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston (1855-1858, 1859-1865)
31. Benjamin Disraeli (1868, 1874-1880)
32. William Ewart Gladstone (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
33. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (1885-1886, 1886-1892, 1895-1902)
34. Arthur Balfour (1902-1905)
35. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905-1908)
36. H.H. Asquith (1908-1916)
37. David Lloyd George (1916-1922)
38. Andrew Bonar Law (1922-1923)
39. Stanley Baldwin (1923-1924, 1924-1929, 1935-1937)
40. Ramsay MacDonald (1924, 1929-1935)
41. Neville Chamberlain (1937-1940)
42. Winston Churchill (1940-1945, 1951-1955)
43. Clement Attlee (1945-1951)
44. Sir Anthony Eden (1955-1957

List of Top 5 British Prime Ministers with Work Overview

These are some notable examples of what British Prime Ministers have accomplished in history:

Winston Churchill

His writings and speeches earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his contributions to the United Nations and his leadership during World War II.

Margaret Thatcher

Known as the “Iron Lady,” she served as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, implementing economic reforms that shifted Britain’s economy towards a middle income economy. In addition, she played a significant role in creating the European Union and reunifying Germany.

Clement Attlee 

The National Health Service and the welfare state were both created while Attlee was Prime Minister between 1945 and 1951. He was also instrumental in creating the Commonwealth and establishing India and Pakistan as independent nations.

William Ewart Gladstone 

He served as British Prime Minister four different times between 1868 and 1894 and contributed significantly to British politics for more than 60 years. Gladstone was a proponent of Irish Home Rule as well as efforts to expand democracy.

David Lloyd George 

The British prime minister served between 1916 and 1922, and played an important role in World War I by implementing new social policies, such as a national pension scheme and the extension of voting rights.

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