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== List of leaders ==
{{Main|List of British leaders}}
==== List of monarchs ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
! colspan="2" |Reign
!Dynasty
!Historical period
!Notes
|-
|[[Henrietta I]]
|1667
|1692
|Stuart
|Henriettan
|
|-
|[[William III]]
|1692
|1712
| rowspan="5" |[[House of Stuart-Nassau|Stuart-Nassau]]
| rowspan="3" |Williamite
|
|-
|[[William IV]]
|1712
|1734
|
|-
|[[William V]]
|1734
|1737
|
|-
|[[Charles III of Britain|Charles III]]
|1737
|1765
|
|
|-
|[[Elizabeth II]]
|1765
|1777
|
|
|-
|[[Frederick I]]
|1777
|1779
| rowspan="7" |[[House of Schomberg|Schomberg]]
| rowspan="3" |Georgian
|
|-
|[[George I]]
|1779
|1804
|
|-
|[[George II]]
|1804
|1821
|
|-
|[[Ernest I]]
|1821
|1873
| rowspan="2" |Ernestine
|
|-
|[[Edward VII]]
|1873
|1878
|
|-
|[[Alexander I & IV]]
|1878
|1896
|
|
|-
|[[Elizabeth III]]
|1896
|1947
|
|
|-
|[[Ernest II]]
|1947
|1959
|
|
|
|}
==== List of prime ministers ====
The position of Prime Minister was ''de facto'' created in 1737, when the 4th Earl of Holderness became the most powerful minister in the British government. It was finally recognised as a legitimate institution in 1922 at the outset of the [[European Economic Crisis]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
! colspan="2" |Term of office
!Duration
!Party
!Government
!Monarch
|-
|[[Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness]]
|1737
|1748
|11 years
|
|
| rowspan="5" |[[Charles III]]
|-
|[[John Holles, 2nd Duke of Newcastle]]
|1748
|1754
|6 years
|
|
|-
|[[Philip Wharton, 2nd Marquess]]
|1754
|1764
|10 years
|
|
|-
|[[John West, 7th Baron de la Warr]]
| colspan="2" |1764
|109 days
|
|
|-
|[[Michael Drake, 1st Viscount Selby]]
|1764
|1765
|308 days
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[James Drummond, 3rd Earl Melford]]
| rowspan="3" |1766
| rowspan="3" |1780
| rowspan="3" |14 years
|
|
|[[Elizabeth II]]
|-
|
|
|[[Frederick I]]
|-
|
|
| rowspan="6" |[[George I]]
|-
|[[Marcus Collins, 1st Baron]]
|1780
|1785
|5 years
|
|
|-
|[[Sir Raymond Ward]]
|1785
|1792
|7 years
|
|
|-
|[[George Ravenshaw, 1st Earl Bristol]]
|1792
|1800
|8 years
|
|
|-
|[[Thomas Ward, 1st Earl Ward]]
|1800
|1802
|2 years
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Spencer Turnbull, 2nd Marquess Hexham]]
| rowspan="2" |1802
| rowspan="2" |1809
| rowspan="2" |7 years
|
|
|-
|
|
| rowspan="3" |[[George II]]
|-
|[[Charles Bennett, 4th Earl Tankerville]]
|1809
|1817
|8 years
|
|
|-
|[[Albert Primrose, 4th Earl of Rosebury]]
|1817
|1821
|4 years
|
|
|-
|[[Simon Every, 1st Marquess Exeter]]
|1821
|1834
|13 years
|
|
| rowspan="9" |[[Ernest I]]
|-
|[[George Nassau, 5th Earl of Grantham]]
|1834
|1839
|5 years
|
|
|-
|[[William Parsons, 1st Viscount Milton]]
| colspan="2" |1839
|18 days
|
|
|-
|''George Nassau, 5th Earl of Grantham''
|1839
|1841
|2 years
|
|
|-
|''William Parsons, 1st Viscount Milton''
|1842
|1849
|8 years
|
|
|-
|[[Ulysses Mackay, 7th Lord Reay]]
|1849
|1859
|10 years
|
|
|-
|[[Crispin Money, 3rd Baron Latymer]]
|1859
|1866
|7 years
|
|
|-
|''Ulysses Mackay, 7th Lord Reay''
|1866
|1870
|4 years
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Spencer Grey, 1st Viscount Grey]]
| rowspan="2" |1870
| rowspan="2" |1877
| rowspan="2" |7 years
|
|
|-
|
|
| rowspan="2" |[[Edward VII]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[John Patrimonio]]
| rowspan="2" |1877
| rowspan="2" |1889
| rowspan="2" |12 years
|
|
|-
|
|
| rowspan="3" |[[Alexander I&IV]]
|-
|[[Charles Rich, 12th Baron]]
|1889
|1893
|4 years
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Henry Robartes, 8th Earl Radnor]]
| rowspan="2" |1893
| rowspan="2" |1906
| rowspan="2" |13 years
|
|
|-
|
|
| rowspan="8" |[[Elizabeth III]]
|-
|[[Alexander Henry, 12th Earl Stirling]]
|1906
|1907
|221 days
|
|
|-
|[[John Pitt-Rivers, 8th Baron Rivers]]
|1914
|1922
|8 years
|
|
|-
|[[Hugh Corbett, 1st Earl of Inverness]]
| colspan="2" |1922
|117 days
|
|
|-
|[[Sir T.H Piers]]
|1922
|1936
|14 years
|
|
|-
|[[Sir Benjamin George Kaylock]]
|1936
|1942
|6 years
|
|
|-
|[[William Cavendish, 11th Earl of Devonshire]]
|1942
|1945
|3 years
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Sir Gordon Howell]]
| rowspan="2" |1945
| rowspan="2" |1949
| rowspan="2" |4 years
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|}
==See also==
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