First Lord of the Treasury

From British Offices and Honours

The treasury was first put into commission in 1612. Since 1714, it has always been in commission

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
The Earl of Northampton	17 June 1612	24 June 1613
The Lord Ellesmere	24 June 1613	11 July 1614		also Lord Chancellor
not in commission	11 July 1614	July 1618
George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury	July 1618	14 December 1620
not in commission	14 December 1620	15 March 1635
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury	15 March 1635	6 March 1636
not in commission	6 March 1636	21 May 1641
The Lord Lyttelton	21 May 1641	3 October 1643
not in commission	3 October 1643	19 June 1652
no first lord	19 June 1660	8 September 1660
not in commission	8 September 1660	1 June 1667
The Duke of Albemarle	1 June 1667	3 January 1670
no first lord	3 January 1670	28 November 1672		Lord Ashley (later Lord Shaftesbury), was the seniormost member of the Treasury Commission in this period.
not in commission	28 November 1672	26 March 1679
The Earl of Essex	26 March 1679	21 November 1679
Sir Laurence Hyde from 1682, the Earl of Rochester	21 November 1679	9 September 1684	Tory
The Lord Godolphin	9 September 1684	16 February 1685	Tory
not in commission	16 February 1685	4 January 1687
The Lord Belasyse	4 January 1687	2 December 1688	Tory
The Earl of Monmouth	9 April 1689	18 March 1690	Whig
Sir John Lowther	18 March 1690	15 November 1690	Whig
The Lord Godolphin	15 November 1690	1 May 1697	Tory
Charles Montagu	1 May 1697	15 November 1699	Whig
The Earl of Tankerville	15 November 1699	9 December 1700	Whig
The Lord Godolphin	9 December 1700	30 December 1701	Tory
The Earl of Carlisle	30 December 1701	8 May 1702	Whig
not in commission	8 May 1702	11 August 1710
The Earl Poulett	11 August 1710	30 May 1711	Tory
not in commission	30 May 1711	13 October 1714
The Earl of Halifax	13 October 1714	23 May 1715	Whig
The Earl of Carlisle	23 May 1715	11 October 1715	Whig
Robert Walpole	11 October 1715	15 April 1717	Whig	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
James Stanhope from 1717, the Viscount Stanhope	15 April 1717	20 March 1718	Whig	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Earl of Sunderland	20 March 1718	3 April 1721	Whig
Robert Walpole from 1725, Sir Robert Walpole	3 April 1721	11 February 1742	Whig	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Earl of Wilmington	16 February 1742	2 July 1743	Whig
Henry Pelham	25 August 1743	6 March 1754	Whig	also Chancellor of the Exchequer from December 1743
The Duke of Newcastle	16 March 1754	16 November 1756	Whig
The Duke of Devonshire	16 November 1756	25 June 1757	Whig
The Duke of Newcastle	2 July 1757	26 May 1762	Whig
The Earl of Bute	26 May 1762	16 April 1763	Tory
George Grenville	16 April 1763	13 July 1765	Whig	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Marquess of Rockingham	13 July 1765	30 July 1766	Whig
The Duke of Grafton	2 August 1766	28 January 1770	Whig
Lord North	28 January 1770	22 March 1782	Tory
The Marquess of Rockingham	27 March 1782	1 July 1782	Whig
The Earl of Shelburne	4 July 1782	2 April 1783	Whig
The Duke of Portland	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Whig
William Pitt	19 December 1783	14 March 1801	Tory	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
Henry Addington	17 March 1801	10 May 1804	Tory	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Pitt	10 May 1804	23 January 1806	Tory	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Lord Grenville	11 February 1806	31 March 1807	Whig
The Duke of Portland	31 March 1807	4 October 1809	Tory
Spencer Perceval	4 October 1809	11 May 1812	Tory	also Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Earl of Liverpool	9 June 1812	10 April 1827	Tory
George Canning	10 April 1827	8 August 1827	Tory	also Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Viscount Goderich	31 August 1827	22 January 1828	Tory
The Duke of Wellington	22 January 1828	22 November 1830	Tory
The Earl Grey	22 November 1830	16 July 1834	Whig
The Viscount Melbourne	16 July 1834	17 November 1834	Whig
The Duke of Wellington	17 November 1834	15 December 1834	Tory
Sir Robert Peel	15 December 1834	8 April 1835	Tory
The Viscount Melbourne	18 April 1835	30 August 1841	Whig
Sir Robert Peel	30 August 1841	30 June 1846	Conservative
Lord John Russell	30 June 1846	23 February 1852	Whig
The Earl of Derby	23 February 1852	19 December 1852	Conservative
The Earl of Aberdeen	19 December 1852	6 February 1855	Peelite
The Viscount Palmerston	6 February 1855	20 February 1858	Whig
The Earl of Derby	20 February 1858	11 June 1859	Conservative
The Viscount Palmerston	12 June 1859	18 October 1865	Liberal
The Earl Russell	29 October 1865	28 June 1866	Liberal
The Earl of Derby	30 June 1866	27 February 1868	Conservative
Benjamin Disraeli	27 February 1868	3 December 1868	Conservative
William Gladstone	3 December 1868	20 February 1874	Liberal
Benjamin Disraeli from 1876, the Earl of Beaconsfield	20 February 1874	23 April 1880	Conservative
William Gladstone	23 April 1880	23 June 1885	Liberal
The Earl of Iddesleigh	23 June 1885	1 February 1886	Conservative	not Prime Minister
William Gladstone	6 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal
The Marquess of Salisbury	3 August 1886	14 January 1887	Conservative
William Henry Smith	14 January 1887	6 October 1891	Conservative	not Prime Minister
Arthur Balfour	October 1891	15 August 1892	Conservative	not Prime Minister
William Gladstone	15 August 1892	5 March 1894	Liberal
The Earl of Rosebery	5 March 1894	25 June 1895	Liberal
Arthur Balfour	25 June 1895	5 December 1905	Conservative	Prime Minister only from 1902

From 1905 forwards, the First Lord of the Treasury is always the Prime Minister.