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href="/people/865/000092589/">Robert Walpole</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1742</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1743</tt></td> <td>Samuel Sandys </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1743</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1754</tt></td> <td>Henry Pelham </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1754</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1755</tt></td> <td>Thomas Robinson </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1755</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1756</tt></td> <td>Henry Fox </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1756</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1761</tt></td> <td>William Pitt the Elder </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1761</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1765</tt></td> <td>George Grenville </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1765</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1766</tt></td> <td>Henry Seymour Conway </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1766</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1767</tt></td> <td>Charles Townshend </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1767</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1782</tt></td> <td>Frederick North</td> <td>Lord North </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1782</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1782</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/476/000092200/">Charles James Fox</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1782</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1783</tt></td> <td>Thomas Townshend </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1783</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1783</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/476/000092200/">Charles James Fox</a> and Frederick North </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1783</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1801</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/919/000092643/">William Pitt the Younger</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1801</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1804</tt></td> <td>Henry Addington </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1804</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1806</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/919/000092643/">William Pitt the Younger</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1806</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1806</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/476/000092200/">Charles James Fox</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1806</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1807</tt></td> <td>Charles Grey</td> <td>Viscount Howick </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1807</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1812</tt></td> <td>Spencer Perceval </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1812</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1822</tt></td> <td>Robert Stewart</td> <td>Viscount Castlereagh </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1822</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1827</tt></td> <td>George Canning </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1827</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1828</tt></td> <td>William Huskisson </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1828</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1830</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/920/000092644/">Robert Peel</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1830</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1834</tt></td> <td>John Charles Spencer</td> <td>Viscount Althorp </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1834</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1834</tt></td> <td>Lord John Russell </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1834</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1835</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/920/000092644/">Robert Peel</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1835</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1841</tt></td> <td>Lord John Russell </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1841</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1846</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/920/000092644/">Robert Peel</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1846</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1852</tt></td> <td>Lord John Russell </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1852</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1852</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/960/000086702/">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1852</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1855</tt></td> <td>Lord John Russell </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1855</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1858</tt></td> <td>3rd Viscount Palmerston </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1858</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1859</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/960/000086702/">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1859</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1865</tt></td> <td>3rd Viscount Palmerston </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1865</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1866</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/303/000092027/">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1866</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1868</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/960/000086702/">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1868</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1874</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/303/000092027/">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1874</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1876</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/960/000086702/">Benjamin Disraeli</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1876</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1880</tt></td> <td>Sir Stafford Henry Northcote </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1880</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1885</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/303/000092027/">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1885</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1886</tt></td> <td>Sir Michael Hicks-Beach </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1886</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1886</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/303/000092027/">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1886</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1887</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/841/000086583/">Lord Randolph Churchill</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1887</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1891</tt></td> <td>William Henry Smith </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1891</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1892</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/162/000088895/">Arthur Balfour</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1892</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1894</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/303/000092027/">William Ewart Gladstone</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1894</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1895</tt></td> <td>Sir William Vernon Harcourt </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1895</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1905</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/162/000088895/">Arthur Balfour</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1905</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1908</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/161/000088894/">Henry Campbell-Bannerman</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1908</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1916</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/975/000088711/">Herbert Henry Asquith</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1916</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1921</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/931/000088667/">Andrew Bonar Law</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1921</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1922</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/748/000091475/">Austen Chamberlain</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1922</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1923</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/931/000088667/">Andrew Bonar Law</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1923</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1924</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/860/000088596/">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1924</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1924</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/969/000024897/">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1924</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1929</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/860/000088596/">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1929</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1935</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/969/000024897/">Ramsay MacDonald</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1935</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1937</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/860/000088596/">Stanley Baldwin</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1937</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1940</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/186/000022120/">Neville Chamberlain</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1940</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1942</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/418/000025343/">Winston Churchill</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1942</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1942</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/024/000164529/">Stafford Cripps</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1942</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1945</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/817/000088553/">Anthony Eden</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1945</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1951</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/870/000164378/">Herbert Morrison</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1951</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1951</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/023/000164528/">James Chuter Ede</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1951</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1955</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/022/000164527/">Harry Crookshank</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1955</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1961</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/867/000164375/">Rab Butler</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1961</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1963</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/927/000164435/">Iain Macleod</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1963</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1964</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/869/000164377/">Selwyn Lloyd</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1964</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1966</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/011/000164516/">Herbert Bowden</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1966</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1968</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/010/000164515/">Richard Crossman</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1968</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1970</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/008/000164513/">Fred Peart</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1970</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1972</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/912/000164420/">William Whitelaw</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1972</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1972</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/922/000164430/">Robert Carr</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1972</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1974</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/845/000164353/">James Prior</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1974</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1976</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/996/000164504/">Edward Short</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1976</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1979</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/935/000159458/">Michael Foot</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1979</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1981</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/995/000164503/">Norman St. John-Stevas</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1981</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1982</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/838/000164346/">Francis Pym</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1982</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1987</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/105/000160622/">John Biffen</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1987</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1989</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/985/000164493/">John Wakeham</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1989</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1990</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/861/000164369/">Geoffrey Howe</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1990</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1992</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/994/000164502/">John MacGregor</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1992</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1997</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/993/000164501/">Tony Newton</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1997</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1998</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/861/000141438/">Ann Taylor</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>1998</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>2001</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/679/000119322/">Margaret Beckett</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>2001</tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>2003</tt></td> <td><a href="/people/958/000047817/">Robin Cook</a> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt>2003</tt></td> <td style="text-align: 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