Prime Ministers (1860 - 1930)Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

12 June 1859 - 18 October 1865

Party: Whigs then founded Liberal Party

Arthur Balfour

11 July 1902 – 5 December 1905

Party: Conservative

John Russell, The Earl of Russell

29 October 1865 – 28 June 1866

Party: Whig and Liberal

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

5 December 1905 – 3 April 1908

Party: Liberals

Edward Smith-Stanley, The Earl of Derby

28 June 1866 – 27 February 1868

Party: Conservatives

Herbert Henry Asquith

5 April 1908 – 5 December 1916

Party: Liberals

Benjamin Disraeli

27 February 1868 – 1 December 186820 February 1874 – 21 April 1880

Party: Conservatives

David Lloyd George

7 December 1916 – 22 October, 1922

Party: Liberals

William Gladstone

3 December, 1868  – 17 February, 187423 April, 1880 – 9 June, 18851 February – 20 July, 188615 August, 1892  – 2 March, 1894

Party: Conservatives, Peelites, Liberals

Andrew Bonar Law

23 October 1922 – 22 May 1923

Party: Conservatives

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

23 June 1885  – 28 January 188625 July 1886  – 11 August 189225 June 1895  – 11 July 1902

Party: Conservatives

Stanley Baldwin

23 May 1923 – 16 January 19244 November 1924 – 5 June 19297 June 1935 – 28 May 1937

Party: Conservatives

Archibald PrimroseIn office: 5 March 1894 – 22 June 1895

Party: Liberals

Ramsay MacDonald22 January 1924 – 4 November 19245 June 1929 – 7 June 1935

Party: Labour (Later - National Government)