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List of monarchs under the Monarchy of the United Kingdom

No. Portrait Regnal name Reign Full name Consort
1 George I
(1660-1727)
House of Hanover
1 August 1714 11 June 1727 George Louis Caroline of Ansbach
Prime ministers: Sir Robert Walpole
2 George II
(1683-1760)
House of Hanover
11 June 1727 25 October 1760 George Augustus Caroline of Ansbach
Prime ministers: Sir Robert Walpole, The 1st Earl of Wilmington, Henry Pelham, The 1st Duke of Newcastle, The 4th Duke of Devonshire, The 1st Duke of Newcastle
3 George III
(1738-1820)
House of Hanover
25 October 1760 29 January 1820 George William Frederick Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Prime ministers: The 1st Duke of Newcastle, The 3rd Earl of Bute, George Grenville, The 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, The 1st Earl of Chatham, The 3rd Duke of Grafton, The Lord North, The 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, The 2nd Earl of Shelburne, The 3rd Duke of Portland, William Pitt the Younger, Henry Addington, William Pitt the Younger, The 1st Baron Grenville, The 3rd Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, The 2nd Earl of Liverpool
4 George IV
(1762-1830)
House of Hanover
29 January 1820 26 June 1830 George Augustus Frederick Caroline of Brunswick
Prime ministers: The 2nd Earl of Liverpool, George Canning, Frederick Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, The 1st Duke of Wellington
5 William IV
(1765-1837)
House of Hanover
26 June 1830 20 June 1837 William Henry Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Prime ministers: The 1st Duke of Wellington, The 2nd Earl Grey, The 2nd Viscount Melbourne, The 1st Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, The 2nd Viscount Melbourne
6 Victoria
(1819–1901)
House of Hanover
20 June 1837 22 January 1901 Alexandrina Victoria Albert, Prince Consort
Prime ministers: The 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 'Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russell, The 14th Earl of Derby, The 4th Earl of Aberdeen, The 3rd Viscount Palmerston, The 14th Earl of Derby, The 3rd Viscount Palmerston, The 1st Earl Russell, The 14th Earl of Derby, Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, Benjamin Disraeli, William Gladstone, The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, William Gladstone, The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, William Gladstone, The 5th Earl of Rosebery, The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
7 Edward VII
(1841–1910)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
22 January 1901 6 May 1910 Albert Edward Alexandra of Denmark
Prime ministers: The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Arthur Balfour, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Herbert Asquith
8 George V
(1865–1936)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1917)
House of Windsor (after 1917)
6 May 1910 20 January 1936 George Frederick Ernest Albert Mary of Teck
Prime ministers: Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George, Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin
9 Edward VIII
(1894–1972)
House of Windsor
20 January 1936 11 December 1936 Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David none
Prime ministers: Stanley Baldwin
10 George VI
(1895–1952)
House of Windsor
11 December 1936 6 February 1952 Albert Frederick Arthur George Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Prime ministers: Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Sir Winston Churchill
11 Elizabeth II
(1926–)
House of Windsor
6 February 1952 Present Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prime ministers: Sir Winston Churchill, Sir Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan, Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Harold Wilson, Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, James Callaghan, Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron
N/A Charles, Prince of Wales
(1948–)
House of Windsor
Heir apparent Charles Philip Arthur George Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
Prime ministers:
N/A Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
(1982–)
House of Windsor
Heir apparant's Heir apparent William Arthur Philip Louis Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Prime ministers: