Prime Ministers 1780-1880

• What order do our 5 prime ministers go in?

  1. William Pitt
  2. Earl Charles Grey
  3. Robert Peel
  4. Benjamin Disraeli
  5. William Gladstone
• When were William Pitt's ministries?

  1st) 1783 - 1801

  2nd) 1804 - 1806
• What did William Pitt achieve in his first ministry? (1783-1801)

  • American Revolution: Sinking Fund
  • Suspension of Habeas Corpus (1794)
  • Ban on seditious meetings/publications (1792)
• What did William Pitt achieve in his second ministry? (1801-1804)

  • Repressive Measures to avoid civil uprisings
  • Shut down several riots/protest groups
• Which protest groups were active during William Pitt's ministries?

  • Sparfield Riots: 1816
  • March of the Blanketeers: 1817
• When was Earl Charles Grey prime minister?

  1830-1834
• What did Earl Charles Grey achieve during his time as PM?

  • Reform efforts
  • First Whig (Liberal) PM
  • Great Reform Act (1832)
  • Catholic Emancipation Act (Whilst he was foreign sec, 1829)
• Which protests occurred during Earl Charles Grey's ministry?

  • Swing Riots, 1830
  • Rural Unrest
  • Merthyr Rising, 1831
• When was Robert Peel's first ministry as PM?

  1834-1835
• When was Robert Peel's second ministry as PM?

  1841-1846
• What did Robert Peel achieve in his first ministry?

  • The Metropolitan Police Act, 1829
  • The Tamworth Manifesto, 1834
• What did Robert Peel achieve in his second ministry?

  • Repeal of the Corn Laws, 1846
  • Tariff reductions
• Which protest groups did Robert Peel subdue during his time as PM?

  • Anti- Corn Law League
  • Chartism (1836-1848)
  • Unrest in Ireland
  • Rebecca Riots (1839)
• When was Benjamin Disraeli's first ministry as PM?

  1868
• When was Benjamin Disraeli's second ministry as PM?

  1874-1880
• What did Disraeli establish in 1868?

  • Second Reform Act
  • Secret Voting
• What did Disraeli establish in his second ministry?

  • Reunited the Tory party after they had split over repeal
  • 'One-Nation Conservatism'
• When was William Gladstone's first ministry as PM?

  1868-1874
• When was William Gladstone's second ministry as PM?

  1880-1885
• What did William Gladstone achieve in his first ministry?

  • Competitive civil service system (merit-based)
  • Ballot Act (1872)
• What did William Gladstone achieve in his second ministry?

  • Irish Land Act 1881