| Term
| Administration
| Incumbent
| Affiliation
| Notes
|
|---|
| 4 April 1721 to 15 May 1730
|
WALPOLE
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable, Sir Robert Walpole, KG, KB, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury |
Whig
|
| 15 May 1730 to ante8 April 1742
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable, Sir Robert Walpole, KG, KB, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury |
Whig |
de facto primacy over the treasury
|
| ante8 April 1742 to 8 April 1742
|
The first Earl of Orford, The Right Honourable, the Honourable, Sir Robert Walpole, KG, KB, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury |
Whig
|
| 16 February 1742 to 2 July 1743
|
COMPTON
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable Sir Spencer Compton, The first and last Earl of Wilmington and Viscount Pevensey, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords |
Whig |
Died in office
|
| 27 August 1743 to 12 December 1743
|
PELHAM 1
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable Henry Pelham, PC, MP for Sussex, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons |
Whig
|
| 12 December 1743 to 10/11 February 1746
|
PELHAM 2
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable Henry Pelham, PC, MP for Sussex, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons |
Whig
|
| 11 February 1746
|
BATH
|
The Right Honourable Sir William Pulteney, The first and last Earl of Bath, Viscount Pulteney of Wrington, Baron of Hedon
|
|
Resigned: Ministry collapsed
|
| 12/14 February 1746 to 6 March 1754
|
'PELHAM 3
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable Henry Pelham, PC, MP for Sussex, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons |
Whig |
Died in office
|
| 16 March 1754 to 26 October 1756
|
PELHAM-HOLLES 1
|
His Grace The first Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Right Honourable, the Honourable Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles, Baronet, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords
|
| 16 November 1756 to May 1757
|
DEVONSHIRE
|
His Grace The fourth Duke of Devonshire, Sir William Cavendish, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords and Lord Treasurer of Ireland
|
| 8 June 1757 to 12 June 1757
|
WALDEGRAVE
|
The Right Honourable James Waldegrave, the second Earl of Waldegrave, KG, PC,
|
| 2 July 1757 to 25 October 1760
|
PELHAM-HOLLES 2
|
His Grace The first Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne and first Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme, The Right Honourable, the Honourable Sir Thomas Pelham-Holles, Baronet, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, Leader of the House of Lords
|
| 25 October 1760 to 25/26 May 1762
|
PELHAM-HOLLES 3
|
| 26 May 1762 to 8 April 1763
|
BUTE
|
The third Earl of Bute, The Right Honourable, the Honourable Sir John Stuart, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
|
| 16 April 1763 to 10 July 1765
|
GRENVILLE
|
The Right Honourable, the Honourable George Grenville, PC, MP for Buckingham, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons
|
| 13 July 1765 to 30 July 1766
|
ROCKINGHAM
|
The Most Honourable The second Marquess of Rockingham, The Right Honourable Lord Charles Watson-Wentworth, KG, PC, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Lords
|
