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Prime Ministers Flashcards

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Earl of Shelbourne

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1782-1783, Leading Whig, Allegiance to King not party, considerable influence on Pitt due to close connections to Pitt the elder

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Duke of Portland 1st term

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1783
Leading Whig

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W.Pitt ‘The Younger’ 1st term

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1783-1801, Tory, introduced Britain’s first ever income tax, called himself an independent Whig

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Henry Addington

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1801-1804, Tory, doubled income tax efficiency via his domestic reforms

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William Grenville

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1806-1807

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Spencer Perceval

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1809-1812, Tory, only British PM assassinated

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Earl of Liverpool

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1812-1827, Tory, introduced the corn laws, steered the nation through the radicalism post napoleonic wars

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George Canning

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1827, Tory, directed the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 which established British naval supremacy over Napoleon

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Viscount Goderich

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1827-1828, Tory until 1834 when he turned conservative

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Duke of Wellington 1st term

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1828-1830

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Earl Grey

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1830-1834

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Viscount Melbourne 1st term

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1834

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Sir Robert Peel 1st term

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1834-35, Conservative, introduced the metropolitan police in 1829

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Lord John Russell 1st term

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1846-1852, Whig until 1859, advocated catholic emancipation and corn law repeal

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Earl of Derby 1st term

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1852, conservative, longest serving leader of the Conservative Party to this day

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Earl of Aberdeen

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1852-1855, Peelite, Crimean war involvement which was Britain’s first in 40 years

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Viscount Palmerston 1st term

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1855-1858, Whig

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Benjamin Disraeli 1st term

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1868, Conservative, lost place due to proposal of catholic universities in Dublin

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William Gladstone 1st term

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1868-1874, Liberal, abolished sale of commissions in the army, trade union act 1871

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Duke of Portland 2nd term

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1807-1809
Changed to Tory

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W.Pitt ‘The Younger’ 2nd term

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1804-1806, resumed the war effort against Napoleon

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Duke of Wellington 2nd term

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Sir Robert Peel 2nd term

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1841-1846, reintroduced income tax for the first time after Napoleonic wars

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Lord John Russell 2nd term

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Earl of Derby 2nd term

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Earl of Derby 3rd term

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Viscount Palmerston 2nd term

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Benjamin Disraeli 2nd term

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William Gladstone 2nd term

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Viscount Melbourne 2nd term

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