List of British leaders: Difference between revisions
(Added all Prime Ministers and added some more past ones.) |
m (→List of monarchs: fixed personal names of monarchs) |
||
Line 59:
|-
|55
|[[George II|'''George II''']]<br>''Benedict George''<br><small>(1779-1821)</small>
|
|6 July 1804 – 1 November 1821
|-
|56
|[[Ernest I|'''Ernest I''']]<br>''Ernest Benedict Augustus''<br><small>(1798-1873)</small>
|[[File:King Ernest I (Portrait 1).jpg|center|frameless|251x251px]]
|1 November 1821 – 4 August 1873
Line 84:
|-
|60
|[[Ernest II|'''Ernest II''']]<br>''Ernest Alfred Henry Benedict''<br><small>(1895-1959)</small>
|
|18 August 1947 – 27 July 1959
|
Revision as of 06:34, 26 March 2023
This is a list that encompasses all the leaders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain (formerly the Kingdom of England until 1696), including heads of state (monarchs) and government (prime ministers) from 1660.
List of monarchs
Since the Restoration of 1660, have been 3 monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland before the Acts of Union 1696 and 13 monarchs after. All monarchs have been recognized as members of one of three royal houses; Stuart, Stuart-Nassau, and Schomberg. They are also all descendants of James VI & I, the king who had brought Scotland and England into personal union in 24 March 1603.
Nº | Name | Portrait | Reign | Dynasty |
---|---|---|---|---|
46 | Charles II (1630–1667) |
29 May 1660 – 1 March 1667 | Stuart | |
47 | Henrietta I Mary Henrietta (1632–1692) |
1 March 1667 – 18 May 1692 | ||
48 | William III William Henry (1650-1712) |
18 May 1692 – 2 May 1712 | Stuart-Nassau | |
49 | William IV (1682-1734) |
2 May 1712 – 26 August 1734 | ||
50 | William V (1685-1737) |
26 August 1734 – 6 October 1737 | ||
51 | Charles III (1704-1765) |
6 October 1737 – 19 March 1765 | ||
52 | Elizabeth II (1728-1777) |
19 March 1765 – 9 December 1777 | ||
53 | Frederick I Frederick Louis (1737-1779) |
9 December 1777 – 28 April 1779 | Schomberg | |
54 | George I (1743-1804) |
28 April 1779 – 6 July 1804 | ||
55 | George II Benedict George (1779-1821) |
6 July 1804 – 1 November 1821 | ||
56 | Ernest I Ernest Benedict Augustus (1798-1873) |
1 November 1821 – 4 August 1873 | ||
57 | Edward VII Edward Augustus (1824-1878) |
4 August 1873 – 28 December 1878 | ||
58 | Alexander I & IV Alexander Victor (1827-1896) |
28 December 1878 – 22 April 1896 | ||
59 | Elizabeth III Elizabeth Georgiana Augusta (1871-1947) |
22 April 1896 – 18 August 1947 | ||
60 | Ernest II Ernest Alfred Henry Benedict (1895-1959) |
18 August 1947 – 27 July 1959 |
List of prime ministers
From 1660 to 1737, prior to the recognition of the position of Prime Minister, the government was led by a series of cabal ministries, with each ministry being led by one-to-three prominent men. During the reign of William V, the 4th Earl of Holderness became the most powerful minister in the British government and is recognized as the first true Prime Minister. In 1922, during the European Economic Crisis, the position of Prime Minister was given official legal recognition after centuries of de facto existence.
Nº | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Offices held | Party | Monarch |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Robert Darcy 4th Earl of Holderness (1687-1752) |
18 June 1737 – 11 August 1748 | Charles III | |||
2 | John Holles 2nd Duke of Newcastle (1703-1768) |
18 August 1748 – 24 November 1754 | ||||
3 | Philip Wharton 2nd Marquess Wharton (1697-1771) |
1 December 1754 – 14 February 1764 | ||||
4 | John West MP for Andover (1697-1771) |
16 February 1764 – 4 June 1764
(109 days) |
||||
5 | Michael Drake 1st Viscount Selby (1717-1781) |
9 June 1764 – 13 April 1765
(308 days) |
||||
Elizabeth II | ||||||
6 | James Drummond MP for Petersfield (1730-1800) |
5 July 1766 – 24 September 1780 | ||||
Frederick I | ||||||
George I | ||||||
7 | Marcus Collins MP for Cheshire (1738-1791) |
24 September 1780 – 29 January 1785 | Leader of the House of Commons
First Lord of the Treasury |
|||
8 | Raymond Ward MP for Buckingham (1-1) |
2 February 1785 – 20 November 1792 | ||||
9 | George Ravenshaw 1st Earl Bristol (1-1) |
22 December 1792 – 17 May 1800 | ||||
10 | Thomas Bruce 6th Earl Ailesbury (1-1) |
30 May 1800 – 27 July 1802 | ||||
11 | Spencer Turnbull 2nd Marquess Hexham (1-1) |
27 July 1802 – 21 March 1809 | ||||
George II | ||||||
12 | Thomas Bruce 6th Earl Ailesbury (1-1) |
23 March 1809 – 1 April 1811 | ||||
13 | Charles Bennet 4th Earl Tankerville (1-1) |
6 April 1811 – 19 October 1815 | ||||
14 | Albert Primrose 4th Earl Rosebury (1-1) |
31 October 1815 – 16 July 1816 | ||||
15 | Simon Every-Cecil MP for Christchurch (1-1) |
23 July 1816 – 4 January 1834 | ||||
Ernest I | ||||||
16 | George Nassau 5th Earl of Grantham (1-1) |
15 January 1834 – 11 April 1836 | ||||
17 | William Roxburgh 1st Viscount Milton (1-1) |
28 April 1836 – 14 December 1836 | ||||
18 | George Nassau 5th Earl of Grantham (1-1) |
18 December 1836 – 31 March 1841 | ||||
19 | Albert Primrose 4th Earl Rosebury (1-1) |
10 April 1841 – 23 June 1847 | ||||
20 | Ulysses Mackay MP for Melbourne (1-1) |
1 July 1847 – 15 February 1859 | ||||
21 | Crispin Money 3rd Baron Latymer (1-1) |
19 February 1859 – 11 September 1865 | ||||
22 | James Stuart MP for Banbury (1-1) |
11 September 1865 – 22 May 1870 | ||||
23 | Spencer Grey 1st Viscount Grey (1-1) |
25 May 1870 – 5 April 1877 | ||||
Edward VII | ||||||
24 | John Patrimonio MP for Oxford University (1830-1908) |
9 April 1877 – 21 February 1889 | Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer |
|||
Alexander I & IV | ||||||
25 | Charles Rich MP for Arundel (1-1) |
22 February 1889 – 9 July 1893 | ||||
26 | Crispin Money 3rd Baron Latymer (1-1) |
9 July 1893 – 19 February 1894 | ||||
Elizabeth III | ||||||
27 | Henry Robartes 8th Earl Radnor (1-1) |
23 February 1894 – 15 November 1903 | ||||
28 | Alexander Henry 12th Earl Stirling (1-1) |
15 November 1903 – 17 August 1907 | ||||
29 | John Francis Greville 6th Earl Warwick (1-1) |
18 August 1907 – 19 March 1915 | ||||
30 | John Pitt-Rivers MP for Winchester (1-1) |
19 March 1915 – 29 December 1922 | ||||
31 | Hugh Corbett MP for Shrewsbury (1-1) |
1 January 1923 – 28 April 1923 | ||||
32 | T.H Piers MP for Croydon (1-1) |
29 April 1923 – 4 June 1929 | ||||
33 | Victor Simpson MP for Glasgow Central (1-1) |
4 June 1929 – 21 September 1936 | ||||
34 | Benjamin George Kaylock MP for Bolton (1-1) |
24 September 1936 – 4 January 1942 | ||||
35 | William Cavendish 11th Earl of Devonshire (1901-1957) |
6 January 1942 – 13 July 1945 | Leader of the House of Lords
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
|||
36 | Sir Gordon Howell MP for Radnorshire (1902-1974) |
17 July 1945 – 27 October 1949 | Leader of the House of Commons
First Lord of the Treasury |
|||
Ernest II | ||||||
37 |