First Ministers and leaders of the House of Commons

 

 

 

 

 


Date            
Administration                            
First Lord of the Treasury                                                        
Leader of the House of Commons
Sept. 1714 Townshend Earl of Halifax from Oct. Robert Walpole (paymaster general) 1714
Earl of Carlisle from May 1715
Robert Walpole from Oct. 1715
Dec. 1716 Sunderland Robert Walpole Robert Walpole
James Stanhope, afterwards Visct. Stanhope, from Apr. 1717 Joseph Addison (secretary of state, wardssouthern department) from Apr. 1717
Earl of Sunderland from Mar. 1718 James Craggs (secretary of state, southern department) from Mar. 1718
Feb. 1721 Sunderland-Townshend-Walpole Earl of Sunderland Robert Walpole (paymaster general)
Robert Walpole from Apr. 1721
Apr. 1722 Townshend-Walpole Robert Walpole Robert Walpole
May 1730 Walpole Sir Robert Walpole Sir Robert Walpole
Feb. 1742 Carteret Earl of Wilmington Henry Pelham (paymaster general)
Henry Pelham from Aug.1743
Dec. 1744 Pelham Henry Pelham Henry Pelham