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Female 1821 -


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   Date  Event(s)
1827 
  • George Canning [Tory] Died shortly after taking office.
  • The Viscount Goderich [Tory] Lacked support amongst colleagues; resigned.
1828 
  • The Duke of Wellington [Tory] Catholic Emancipation Bill (which he fought a duel over).
1830 
  • William IV
  • The Earl Grey [Whig] Reform Act 1832; restriction of employment of children; abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire.
1834 
  • The Viscount Melbourne (1st term) [Whig] William IV's opposition forced him to resign.
  • Sir Robert Peel (1st term) [Conservative] Unable to form a majority in Parliament so resigned.
1835 
  • The Viscount Melbourne (2nd term) [Whig] A father figure to Queen Victoria; Municipal Corporations Act 1835.
1837 
  • Victoria
1841 
  • Sir Robert Peel (2nd term) [Conservative] Mines Act 1842; Factory Act 1844; repeal of the Corn Laws (triggered by the Irish potato famine);
1846 
  • The Lord John Russell (1st term) (afterwards PM as Earl Russell) [Whig] Education Act 1847; Australian Colonies Act 1850; improved the Poor Law.
1852 
  • The Earl of Derby (1st term) [Conservative] Government collapsed when his Chancellor's Budget was defeated.
  • The Earl of Aberdeen [Peelite] Entered the country into the Crimean War; resigned due to the formation of an enquiry into the conduct of the war.
10 1855 
  • The Viscount Palmerston (1st term) [Whig] Responded to the Indian mutiny of 1857; introduced the India Bill 1858.
11 1858 
  • The Earl of Derby (2nd term) [Conservative] India Bill 1858, transferring ownership of the East India Company to the Crown; Jews Relief Act, allowing Jews to become MPs.
12 1859 
  • The Viscount Palmerston (2nd term) [Liberal] Between periods in office he founded the Liberal Party; died in office.
13 1865 
  • The Earl Russell (2nd term) (previously PM as Lord John Russell) [Liberal] attempted to introduce a further Reform Bill, but was opposed by his Cabinet.
14 1866 
  • The Earl of Derby (3rd term) [Conservative] Reform Act 1867; considered to be the father of the modern Conservative Party.
15 1868 
  • Benjamin Disraeli (1st term) [Conservative] The UK's first and, as of 2006, only, Prime Minister from Jewish ancestry; dissolved Parliament as the Conservatives did not have a majority.
  • William Ewart Gladstone (1st term) [Liberal] Introduced reforms to the British Army, Civil Service and local government; made peacetime flogging illegal; Ballot Act 1872; failed to prevent the Franco-Prussian War.
16 1874 
  • Benjamin Disraeli (2nd term) (from 1876 as Earl of Beaconsfield) [Conservative] Various reforms including the Climbing Boys Act 1875, the Public Health Act 1875 and the Employers and Workmen Act 1878; Congress of Berlin; breaking up of the League of the Three Emperors.
17 1880 
  • William Ewart Gladstone (2nd term) [Liberal] First Boer War; Irish Coercion Act; Redistribution of Seats Act; failure to rescue General Gordon in Khartoum, Sudan.
18 1885 
  • The Marquess of Salisbury (1st term) [Conservative] Legislation providing for housing the working class.
19 1886 
  • William Ewart Gladstone (3rd term) [Liberal] First introduction of the Home Rule Bill for Ireland, which split the Liberal Party, resulting in the end of Gladstone's government.
  • The Marquess of Salisbury (2nd term) [Conservative] Opposed Irish home rule; Local Government Act 1888; Partition of Africa; Free Education Act 1891; creation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
20 1892 
  • William Ewart Gladstone (4th term) [Liberal] Reintroduction of the Home Rule Bill, which was passed by the House of Commons but rejected by the House of Lords leading to his resignation.
21 1894 
  • The Earl of Rosebery [Liberal] Imperialist; plans for expanding the Royal Navy caused disagreement within the Liberal Party; resigned following a vote of censure over military supplies.
22 1895 
  • The Marquess of Salisbury (3rd term) [Conservative] Workmen's Compensation Act 1897; Second Boer War.
23 1901 
  • Edward VII
24 1902 
  • Arthur Balfour [Conservative] Had poor relations with Edward VII; his cabinet was split over free trade; establishment of the Committee of Imperial Defence.
25 1905 
  • Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman [Liberal] Restored autonomy to Transvaal and the Orange Free State; Anglo-Russian Entente; first Prime Minister to be referred to as such in Parliamentary legislation.
26 1908 
  • H. H. Asquith [Liberal] The Liberal Welfare Reforms; Parliament Act 1911; National Insurance and pensions; granting of women's suffrage; Home Rule Act 1914; World War I.
27 1910 
  • George V
28 1916 
  • David Lloyd George [Liberal] End of World War I; Paris Peace Conference; attempted to extend conscription to Ireland during the First World War. Formation of the Irish Free State.

  

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