First Lord of the Treasury (UK)
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First Lord of the Treasury (UK) is a position in British Her Majesty's Government. Now the position is always held by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but before the 20th century, the position was held by other person sometimes.
List of First Lord of the Treasury
| name | start of term | end of term | political perty | note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Earl of Halifax | 13 Oct 1714 | 19 May 1715 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Carlisle | 23 May 1715 | 10 Oct 1715 | Whig | |
| Robert Walpole | 10 Oct 1715 | 12 Apr 1717 | Whig | |
| The Earl Stanhope | 12 Apr 1717 | 21 Mar 1718 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Sunderland | 21 Mar 1718 | 4 Apr 1721 | Whig | |
| Sir Robert Walpole | 4 Apr 1721 | 11 Feb 1742 | Whig | First Prime Minister |
| The Earl of Wilmington | 16 Feb 1742 | 2 Jul 1743 | Whig | died in office |
| Henry Pelham | 27 Aug 1743 | 6 Mar 1754 | Whig | died in office |
| The Duke of Newcastle | 16 Mar 1754 | 16 Nov 1756 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Devonshire | 16 Nov 1756 | 8 Jun 1757 | Whig | |
| The Earl Waldegrave | 8 Jun 1757 | 12 Jun 1757 | Whig | not a Prime Minister |
| The Duke of Devonshire | 12 Jun 1757 | 25 Jun 1757 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Newcastle | 2 Jul 1757 | 26 May 1762 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Bute | 26 May 1762 | 16 Apr 1763 | Tory | |
| George Grenville | 16 Apr 1763 | 13 Jul 1765 | Whig | |
| The Marquess of Rockingham | 13 Jul 1765 | 30 Jul 1766 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Grafton | 30 Jul 1766 | 28 Jan 1770 | Whig | also Prime Minister from 14 Oct 1768 |
| Lord North | 28 Jan 1770 | 22 Mar 1782 | Tory | |
| The Marquess of Rockingham | 27 Mar 1782 | 1 Jul 1782 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Shelburne | 4 Jul 1782 | 2 Apr 1783 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Portland | 2 Apr 1783 | 19 Dec 1783 | Whig | |
| William Pitt the Younger | 19 Dec 1783 | 14 Mar 1801 | Tory | |
| Henry Addington | 17 Mar 1801 | 10 May 1804 | Tory | |
| William Pitt the Younger | 10 May 1804 | 23 Jan 1806 | Tory | |
| The Lord Grenville | 11 Feb 1806 | 31 Mar 1807 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Portland | 31 Mar 1807 | 4 Oct 1809 | Whig | |
| Spencer Perceval | 4 Oct 1809 | 11 May 1812 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Liverpool | 9 Jun 1812 | 10 Apr 1827 | Tory | |
| George Canning | 10 Apr 1827 | 8 Aug 1827 | Tory | |
| The Viscount Goderich | 31 Aug 1827 | 22 Jan 1828 | Tory | |
| The Duke of Wellington | 22 Jan 1828 | 22 Nov 1830 | Tory | |
| The Earl Grey | 22 Nov 1830 | 16 Jul 1834 | Whig | |
| The Viscount Melbourne | 16 Jul 1834 | 14 Nov 1834 | Whig | |
| The Duke of Wellington | 14 Nov 1834 | 10 Dec 1834 | Tory | |
| Sir Robert Peel | 10 Dec 1834 | 8 Apr 1835 | Tory | |
| The Viscount Melbourne | 18 Apr 1835 | 30 Aug 1841 | Whig | |
| Sir Robert Peel | 30 Aug 1841 | 29 Jun 1846 | Conservative | |
| Lord John Russell | 30 Jun 1846 | 23 Feb 1852 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Derby | 23 Feb 1852 | 19 Dec 1852 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Aberdeen | 19 Dec 1852 | 6 Feb 1855 | Peelite | |
| The Viscount Palmerston | 6 Feb 1855 | 20 Feb 1858 | Liberal | |
| The Earl of Derby | 20 Feb 1858 | 12 Jun 1859 | Conservative | |
| The Viscount Palmerston | 12 Jun 1859 | 18 Oct 1865 | Liberal | died in office |
| The Earl Russell | 29 Oct 1865 | 28 Jun 1866 | Liberal | |
| The Earl of Derby | 28 Jun 1866 | 27 Feb 1868 | Conservative | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | 27 Feb 1868 | 3 Dec 1868 | Conservative | |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 3 Dec 1868 | 20 Feb 1874 | Liberal | |
| Benjamin Disraeli | 20 Feb 1874 | 23 Apr 1880 | Conservative | |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 23 Apr 1880 | 23 Jun 1885 | Liberal | |
| The Earl of Iddesleigh | 29 Jun 1885 | 1 Feb 1886 | Conservative | not a Prime Minister |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 1 Feb 1886 | 25 Jul 1886 | Liberal | |
| The Marquess of Salisbury | 3 Aug 1886 | 14 Jan 1887 | Conservative | |
| William Henry Smith | 14 Jan 1887 | 6 Oct 1891 | Conservative | not a Prime Minister |
| Arthur Balfour | 6 Oct 1891 | 15 Aug 1892 | Conservative | not a Prime Minister |
| William Ewart Gladstone | 15 Aug 1892 | 5 Mar 1894 | Liberal | |
| The Earl of Rosebery | 5 Mar 1894 | 25 Jun 1895 | Liberal | |
| Arthur Balfour | 25 Jun 1895 | 5 Dec 1905 | Conservative | also Prime Minister from 11 Jul 1902 |
| Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 5 Dec 1905 | 7 Apr 1908 | Liberal | |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | 7 Apr 1908 | 7 Dec 1916 | Liberal | |
| David Lloyd-George | 7 Dec 1916 | 19 Oct 1922 | Liberal | |
| Andrew Bonar Law | 23 Oct 1922 | 20 May 1923 | Conservative | |
| Stanley Baldwin | 23 May 1923 | 16 Jan 1924 | Conservative | |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 22 Jan 1924 | 4 Nov 1924 | Labour | |
| Stanley Baldwin | 4 Nov 1924 | 5 Jun 1929 | Conservative | |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 5 Jun 1929 | 24 Aug 1931 | Labour | |
| Ramsay MacDonald | 24 Aug 1931 | 7 Jun 1935 | National Labour | |
| Stanley Baldwin | 7 Jun 1935 | 28 May 1937 | Conservative | |
| Neville Chamberlain | 28 May 1937 | 10 May 1940 | Conservative | |
| Winston Churchill | 10 May 1940 | 24 Jul 1945 | Conservative | |
| Clement Attlee | 26 Jul 1945 | 26 Oct 1951 | Labour | |
| Sir Winston Churchill | 26 Oct 1951 | 7 Apr 1955 | Conservative | |
| Sir Anthony Eden | 7 Apr 1955 | 10 Jan 1957 | Conservative | |
| Harold Macmillan | 10 Jan 1957 | 19 Oct 1963 | Conservative | |
| Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 19 Oct 1963 | 16 Oct 1964 | Conservative | |
| Hraold Wilson | 16 Oct 1964 | 19 Jun 1970 | Labour | |
| Edward Heath | 19 Jun 1970 | 4 Mar 1974 | Conservative | |
| Harold Wilson | 4 Mar 1974 | 5 Apr 1976 | Labour | |
| James Callaghan | 5 Apr 1976 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | |
| Margaret Thatcher | 4 May 1979 | 28 Nov 1990 | Conservative | |
| John Major | 28 Nov 1990 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |
| Tony Blair | 2 May 1997 | 27 Jun 2007 | Labour | |
| Gordon Brown | 27 Jun 2007 | 11 May 2011 | Labour | |
| David Cameron | 11 May 2011 | 13 Jul 2016 | Conservative | |
| Theresa May | 13 Jul 2016 | 24 Jul 2019 | Conservative | |
| Boris Johnson | 24 Jul 2019 | Conservative | incumbent |
