Rulers: United Kingdom
Ministries, political parties, etc.
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
19 Feb 1942 first time a cabinet minister is given the title of
deputy prime minister
8 Jun 2001 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister established in
the Cabinet Office
29 May 2002 Office of the Deputy Prime Minister becomes a
department in its own right
5 May 2006 department abolished
Deputy prime ministers
19 Feb 1942 - 26 Jul 1945 Clement Attlee (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
27 Jul 1945 - 26 Oct 1951 Herbert Morrison (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
27 Oct 1951 - 6 Apr 1955 Anthony Eden (from 20 Oct 1954,
Sir Anthony Eden) (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
13 Jul 1962 - 20 Oct 1963 Richard Austen Butler (b. 1902 - d. 1982)
(also titled first secretary of state)
5 May 1979 - 10 Jan 1988 William Whitelaw, (from 11 Jun
1983) Viscount Whitelaw (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
24 Jul 1989 - 1 Nov 1990 Sir Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926)
5 Jul 1995 - 2 May 1997 Michael Heseltine (b. 1933)
(also titled first secretary of state)
2 May 1997 - 27 Jun 2007 John Prescott (b. 1938)
(also titled first secretary of state)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Secretaries of state
- Northern Department -
1697 - 1700 James Vernon (1st time) (b. 1646 - d. 1727)
Nov 1700 - Dec 1701 Sir Charles Hedges (1st time) (b. 1650? - d. 1714)
1702 James Vernon (2nd time) (s.a.)
May 1702 - 1704 Sir Charles Hedges (2nd time) (s.a.)
1704 - 1708 Robert Harley (b. 1661 - d. 1724)
1708 - 1710 Henry Boyle (b. 1669 - d. 1725)
1710 - 1713 Henry St. John, (from 1712)
Viscount Bolingbroke (b. 1678 - d. 1751)
1713 - 1714 William Bromley (b. 1664 - d. 1732)
1714 - 1716 Charles Townshend, Viscount
Townshend (1st time) (b. 1674 - d. 1738)
1716 - 1717 James Stanhope (1st time) (b. 1673 - d. 1721)
1717 - 1718 Charles Spencer, Earl of
Sunderland (b. 1674 - d. 1722)
1718 - 1721 James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1721 - 1730 Charles Townshend, Viscount
Townshend (2nd time) (s.a.)
May 1730 - 1742 William Stanhope, Baron Harrington
(1st time) (b. 1690 - d. 1756)
1742 - 1744 John Carteret, Baron Carteret (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
1744 - 1746 William Stanhope, Earl of
Harrington (2nd time) (s.a.)
1746 - 1748 Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of
Chesterfield (b. 1694 - d. 1773)
1748 - 1754 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of
Newcastle (b. 1693 - d. 1768)
1754 - 1761 Robert Darcy, Earl of Holderness (b. 1718 - d. 1778)
1761 - 1762 John Stuart, Earl of Bute (b. 1713 - d. 1792)
1762 George Grenville (b. 1712 - d. 1770)
1762 - 1763 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of
Halifax (1st time) (b. 1716 - d. 1771)
1763 - 1765 John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
(1st time) (b. 1718 - d. 1792)
1765 - 1766 Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of
Grafton (b. 1735 - d. 1811)
1766 - 1768 Henry Seymour Conway (b. 1721 - d. 1795)
1768 Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth
(1st time) (b. 1734 - d. 1796)
1768 - 1770 William Nassau de Zuylestein,
Earl of Rochford (b. 1717 - d. 1781)
1770 - 1771 John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1771 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of
Halifax (2nd time) (s.a.)
1771 - 1779 Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk
and Berkshire (b. 1739 - d. 1779)
1779 Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1779 - 1782 David Murray, Viscount Stormont (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
- Foreign Affairs -
1782 Charles James Fox (1st time) (b. 1749 - d. 1806)
1782 - 1783 Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham (b. 1738 - d. 1786)
1783 Charles James Fox (2nd time) (s.a.)
1783 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville,
Earl Temple (b. 1753 - d. 1813)
1783 - 1791 Francis Godolphin Osborne,
Marquess of Carmarthen
(from 1789, Francis Godolphin
Osborne, Duke of Leeds) (b. 1751 - d. 1799)
1791 - 1801 William Wyndham Grenville, Baron
Grenville (b. 1759 - d. 1834)
1801 - 1804 Robert Banks Jenkinson, (from
1803) Baron Hawkesbury (b. 1770 - d. 1828)
1804 Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby (b. 1762 - d. 1847)
1805 - 1806 Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
1806 - 1807 Charles Grey, Viscount Howick (b. 1764 - d. 1845)
Mar 1807 - Sep 1809 George Canning (1st time) (b. 1770 - d. 1827)
1809 Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst (b. 1762 - d. 1834)
1809 - 1812 Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess
Wellesley (b. 1760 - d. 1842)
1812 - 12 Aug 1822 Robert Stewart, Viscount
Castlereagh (from Apr 1821, Robert
Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry) (b. 1769 - d. 1822)
Sep 1822 - 1827 George Canning (2nd time) (s.a.)
1827 - 1828 John William Ward, Viscount Dudley
and Ward (from 1827, John William
Ward, Earl of Dudley) (b. 1781 - d. 1833)
1828 - 1830 George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of
Aberdeen (1st time) (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
1830 - 1834 Henry John Temple, Viscount
Palmerston (1st time) (b. 1784 - d. 1865)
1834 - 1835 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Wellington (b. 1769 - d. 1852)
1835 - 1841 Henry John Temple, Viscount
Palmerston (2nd time) (s.a.)
1841 - 1846 George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of
Aberdeen (2nd time) (s.a.)
1846 - Dec 1851 Henry John Temple, Viscount
Palmerston (3rd time) (s.a.)
Dec 1851 - 1852 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1891)
1852 James Howard Harris, Earl of
Malmesbury (1st time) (b. 1807 - d. 1889)
1852 - 1853 Lord John Russell (1st time) (b. 1792 - d. 1878)
1853 - 1858 George William Frederick Villiers,
Earl of Clarendon (1st time) (b. 1800 - d. 1870)
1858 - 1859 James Howard Harris, Earl of
Malmesbury (2nd time) (s.a.)
1859 - 1865 Lord John Russell (from 30 Jul
1861, John Russell, Earl Russell)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1865 - 1866 George William Frederick Villiers,
Earl of Clarendon (2nd time) (s.a.)
1866 - 1868 Edward Henry Stanley (1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1893)
1868 - 1870 George William Frederick Villiers,
Earl of Clarendon (3rd time) (s.a.)
1870 - 21 Feb 1874 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (2nd time) (s.a.)
21 Feb 1874 - 2 Apr 1878 Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of
Derby (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Apr 1878 - 28 Apr 1880 Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (1st time) (b. 1830 - d. 1903)
28 Apr 1880 - 24 Jun 1885 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (3rd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1885 - 6 Feb 1886 Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Feb 1886 - 3 Aug 1886 Archibald Primrose, Earl of
Rosebery (1st time) (b. 1847 - d. 1929)
3 Aug 1886 - Jan 1887 Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of
Iddesleigh (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
Jan 1887 - 1892 Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (3rd time) (s.a.)
1892 - 10 Mar 1894 Archibald Primrose, Earl of
Rosebery (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Mar 1894 - 1895 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1895 - 1900 Robert Arthur Talbot
Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (4th time) (s.a.)
1900 - 1905 Henry Charles Keith Petty-
Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
1905 - 1916 Sir Edward Grey (from 27 Jul 1916,
Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of
Fallodon) (b. 1862 - d. 1933)
10 Dec 1916 - 24 Oct 1919 Arthur James Balfour (b. 1848 - d. 1930)
24 Oct 1919 - 22 Jan 1924 George Nathaniel Curzon, Earl
Curzon (from 1 Jul 1921, George
Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess Curzon) (b. 1859 - d. 1925)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866 - d. 1937)
7 Nov 1924 - 7 Jun 1929 Austen Chamberlain (from 1 Dec
1925, Sir Austen Chamberlain) (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
8 Jun 1929 - 26 Aug 1931 Arthur Henderson (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
26 Aug 1931 - 5 Nov 1931 Rufus Daniel Isaacs, Marquess of
Reading (b. 1860 - d. 1935)
5 Nov 1931 - 7 Jun 1935 Sir John Simon (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
7 Jun 1935 - 18 Dec 1935 Sir Samuel Hoare (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
22 Dec 1935 - 21 Feb 1938 Anthony Eden (1st time) (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
25 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1940 Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
23 Dec 1940 - 27 Jul 1945 Anthony Eden (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Jul 1945 - 9 Mar 1951 Ernest Bevin (b. 1881 - d. 1951)
9 Mar 1951 - 26 Oct 1951 Herbert Morrison (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
27 Oct 1951 - 5 Apr 1955 Anthony Eden (from 20 Oct 1954,
Sir Anthony Eden) (3rd time) (s.a.)
7 Apr 1955 - 20 Dec 1955 Harold Macmillan (b. 1894 - d. 1986)
20 Dec 1955 - 27 Jul 1960 Selwyn Lloyd (b. 1904 - d. 1978)
27 Jul 1960 - 20 Oct 1963 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home,
Earl of Home (1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1995)
20 Oct 1963 - 17 Oct 1964 Richard Austen Butler (b. 1902 - d. 1982)
17 Oct 1964 - 22 Jan 1965 Patrick Gordon Walker (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
22 Jan 1965 - 10 Aug 1966 Michael Stewart (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1990)
10 Aug 1966 - 15 Mar 1968 George Brown (b. 1914 - d. 1985)
15 Mar 1968 - 16 Oct 1968 Michael Stewart (2nd time) (s.a.)
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs -
17 Oct 1968 - 20 Jun 1970 Michael Stewart (s.a.)
20 Jun 1970 - 4 Mar 1974 Sir Alec Douglas-Home (2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Mar 1974 - 8 Apr 1976 James Callaghan (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
8 Apr 1976 - 19 Feb 1977 Anthony Crosland (b. 1918 - d. 1977)
21 Feb 1977 - 4 May 1979 David Owen (b. 1938)
4 May 1979 - 6 Apr 1982 Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,
Baron Carrington (b. 1919)
6 Apr 1982 - 9 Jun 1983 Francis Pym (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
9 Jun 1983 - 24 Jul 1989 Sir Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926)
24 Jul 1989 - 26 Oct 1989 John Major (b. 1943)
26 Oct 1989 - 5 Jul 1995 Douglas Hurd (b. 1930)
5 Jul 1995 - 2 May 1997 Malcolm Rifkind (b. 1946)
2 May 1997 - 8 Jun 2001 Robin Cook (b. 1946 - d. 2005)
8 Jun 2001 - 5 May 2006 Jack Straw (b. 1946)
5 May 2006 - 28 Jun 2007 Margaret Beckett (f) (b. 1943)
28 Jun 2007 - David Miliband (b. 1965)
Commonwealth Office
17 Oct 1968 merged with Foreign Office
Secretaries of state
- Dominion Affairs -
1925 - 7 Jun 1929 Leopold Amery (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
1929 - 1930 Sidney Webb, Baron Passfield (b. 1859 - d. 1947)
1930 - 1935 James Henry Thomas (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
1935 - 1938 Malcolm John MacDonald (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
May 1938 - 16 Oct 1938 Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley,
Lord Stanley (b. 1894 - d. 1938)
1938 - 1939 Malcolm John MacDonald (2nd time) (s.a.)
1939 Sir Thomas Inskip (1st time) (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
1939 - 1940 Anthony Eden (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
15 May 1940 - 1940 Thomas Inskip, Viscount Caldecote
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1940 - 1942 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount
Cranborne (1st time) (b. 1893 - d. 1972)
1942 - 1943 Clement Attlee (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
1943 - 3 Aug 1945 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount
Cranborne (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Aug 1945 - 1947 Christopher Addison, Viscount
Addison (b. 1869 - d. 1951)
- Commonwealth Relations -
1947 Christopher Addison, Viscount
Addison (s.a.)
1947 - 1950 Philip Noel-Baker (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
1950 - 1951 Patrick Gordon Walker (b. 1907 - d. 1980)
1951 - 1952 Hastings Ismay, Baron Ismay (b. 1887 - d. 1965)
1952 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess
of Salisbury (s.a.)
1952 - 1955 Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount
Swinton (b. 1884 - d. 1972)
1955 - 1960 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home,
Earl of Home (b. 1903 - d. 1995)
1960 - 1964 Duncan Sandys (b. 1908 - d. 1987)
1964 - 1966 Arthur Bottomley (b. 1907 - d. 1995)
- Commonwealth Affairs -
1966 - 1967 Herbert Bowden (b. 1905 - d. 1994)
Aug 1967 - 16 Oct 1968 George Thomson (b. 1921)
Colonial Office
1768 post of colonial secretary created
1782 duties given to home secretary
1794 duties given to war secretary
1854 office recreated
1 Aug 1966 merged with Commonwealth Relations Office to create
Commonwealth Office
Secretaries of state
1768 - 1772 Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough (b. 1718 - d. 1793)
1772 - 1775 William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth (b. 1731 - d. 1801)
1775 - 1782 George Sackville Germain (b. 1716 - d. 1785)
1782 Welbore Ellis (b. 1713 - d. 1802)
1854 - 1855 Sir George Grey (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
1855 Sidney Herbert (b. 1810 - d. 1861)
1855 Lord John Russell (b. 1792 - d. 1878)
1855 - 1858 Henry Labouchere (b. 1798 - d. 1869)
1858 Edward Henry Stanley (1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1893)
1858 - 1859 Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (b. 1803 - d. 1873)
1859 - 1864 Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of
Newcastle-under-Lyme (b. 1811 - d. 1864)
1864 - 1866 Edward Cardwell (b. 1813 - d. 1886)
1866 - 1867 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert,
Earl of Carnarvon (1st time) (b. 1831 - d. 1890)
1867 - 1868 Richard Plantagenet Campbell
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-
Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos (b. 1823 - d. 1889)
1868 - 1870 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1891)
1870 - 21 Feb 1874 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley
(1st time) (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
21 Feb 1874 - 1878 Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert,
Earl of Carnarvon (2nd time) (s.a.)
1878 - 28 Apr 1880 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (b. 1837 - d. 1916)
28 Apr 1880 - 16 Dec 1882 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Dec 1882 - 24 Jun 1885 Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of
Derby (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1885 - 6 Feb 1886 Frederick Arthur Stanley (b. 1841 - d. 1908)
6 Feb 1886 - 1886 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Aug 1886 - 1887 Edward Stanhope (b. 1840 - d. 1893)
1887 - 18 Aug 1892 Sir Henry Thurstan Holland (from
1888, Henry Thurstan Holland,
Baron Knutsford) (b. 1825 - d. 1914)
18 Aug 1892 - 1895 George Frederick Samuel Robinson,
Marquess of Ripon (b. 1827 - d. 1909)
1895 - 9 Oct 1903 Joseph Chamberlain (b. 1836 - d. 1914)
9 Oct 1903 - 1905 Alfred Lyttelton (b. 1857 - d. 1913)
1905 - 1908 Victor Alexander Bruce, Earl of
Elgin (b. 1849 - d. 1917)
1908 - 1910 Robert Crewe-Milnes, Earl of Crewe (b. 1858 - d. 1945)
1910 - 27 May 1915 Lewis Harcourt (b. 1863 - d. 1922)
27 May 1915 - 1916 Bonar Law (b. 1858 - d. 1923)
1916 - 10 Jan 1919 Walter Hume Long (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
10 Jan 1919 - 1921 Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner (b. 1854 - d. 1925)
1921 - 1922 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
1922 - 23 Jan 1924 Victor Christian William
Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire (b. 1868 - d. 1938)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 James Henry Thomas (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1949)
7 Nov 1924 - 1929 Leopold Amery (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
1929 - 1931 Sidney Webb, Baron Passfield (b. 1859 - d. 1947)
1931 James Henry Thomas (2nd time) (s.a.)
1931 - 1935 Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister (b. 1884 - d. 1972)
7 Jun 1935 - 1935 Malcolm John MacDonald (1st time) (b. 1901 - d. 1981)
1935 - 1936 James Henry Thomas (3rd time) (s.a.)
1936 - 1938 William Ormsby-Gore (b. 1885 - d. 1964)
1938 - 1940 Malcolm John MacDonald (2nd time) (s.a.)
1940 - 1941 George Ambrose Lloyd, Baron Lloyd
of Dolobran (b. 1879 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1942 Walter Guinness, Baron Moyne (b. 1880 - d. 1944)
1942 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount
Cranborne (b. 1893 - d. 1972)
1942 - 3 Aug 1945 Oliver Frederick Stanley (b. 1896 - d. 1950)
3 Aug 1945 - 1946 George Henry Hall (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
1946 - 1950 Arthur Creech Jones (b. 1891 - d. 1964)
1950 - 1951 James Griffiths (b. 1890 - d. 1975)
1951 - 1954 Oliver Lyttelton (b. 1893 - d. 1972)
1954 - 1959 Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd (b. 1904 - d. 1983)
1959 - 1961 Iain Macleod (b. 1913 - d. 1970)
1961 - 1962 Reginald Maudling (b. 1917 - d. 1979)
1962 - 1964 Duncan Sandys (b. 1908 - d. 1987)
1964 - 1965 Anthony Greenwood (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
1965 - 5 Apr 1966 Frank Pakenham, Earl of Longford (b. 1905 - d. 2001)
5 Apr 1966 - 31 Jul 1966 Frederick Lee (b. 1906 - d. 1984)
Ministry of Defence
Ministers
11 May 1940 - 26 Jul 1945 Winston Churchill (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
26 Jul 1945 - 21 Dec 1946 Clement Attlee (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
21 Dec 1946 - 1950 Albert Victor Alexander (b. 1885 - d. 1965)
1950 - 1951 Emanuel Shinwell (b. 1884 - d. 1986)
1951 - 1952 Winston Churchill (2nd time) (s.a.)
1952 - 1954 Harold Alexander,
Earl Alexander of Tunis (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
Oct 1954 - Apr 1955 Harold Macmillan (b. 1894 - d. 1986)
Apr 1955 - Dec 1955 Selwyn Lloyd (b. 1904 - d. 1978)
Dec 1955 - 1956 Walter Turner Monckton (b. 1891 - d. 1965)
1956 - 14 Jan 1957 Anthony Henry Head (b. 1906 - d. 1983)
14 Jan 1957 - 1959 Duncan Sandys (b. 1908 - d. 1987)
1959 - 1962 Harold Arthur Watkinson (b. 1910 - d. 1995)
1962 - 1 Apr 1964 Peter Thorneycroft (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
Secretaries of state
1 Apr 1964 - 17 Oct 1964 Peter Thorneycroft (s.a.)
17 Oct 1964 - 19 Jun 1970 Denis Healey (b. 1917)
19 Jun 1970 - 8 Jan 1974 Peter Alexander Rupert
Carington, Baron Carrington (b. 1919)
8 Jan 1974 - 4 Mar 1974 Ian Gilmour (b. 1926 - d. 2007)
4 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976 Roy Mason (b. 1924)
10 Sep 1976 - 4 May 1979 Frederick Mulley (b. 1918 - d. 1995)
4 May 1979 - 5 Jan 1981 Francis Pym (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
5 Jan 1981 - 6 Jan 1983 John Nott (b. 1932)
6 Jan 1983 - 9 Jan 1986 Michael Heseltine (b. 1933)
9 Jan 1986 - 24 Jul 1989 George Younger (b. 1931 - d. 2003)
24 Jul 1989 - 9 Apr 1992 Tom King (b. 1933)
9 Apr 1992 - 5 Jul 1995 Malcolm Rifkind (b. 1946)
5 Jul 1995 - 2 May 1997 Michael Portillo (b. 1953)
2 May 1997 - 11 Oct 1999 George Robertson, (from 24 Aug
1999) Baron Robertson of Port
Ellen (b. 1946)
11 Oct 1999 - 6 May 2005 Geoff Hoon (b. 1953)
6 May 2005 - 5 May 2006 John Reid (b. 1947)
5 May 2006 - Des Browne (b. 1952)
War Office
6 Jan 1967 merged with Ministry of Defence
Secretaries of state
- War -
1794 - 1801 Henry Dundas (b. 1742 - d. 1811)
- War and the Colonies -
1801 - 1804 Robert Hobart, Baron Hobart (b. 1760 - d. 1816)
1804 - 1805 John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden (b. 1759 - d. 1840)
1805 - 1806 Robert Stewart, Viscount
Castlereagh (1st time) (b. 1769 - d. 1822)
1806 - 1807 William Windham (b. 1750 - d. 1810)
1807 - 1809 Robert Stewart, Viscount
Castlereagh (2nd time) (s.a.)
1809 - 1812 Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of
Liverpool (b. 1770 - d. 1828)
1812 - 1827 Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst (b. 1762 - d. 1834)
1827 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount
Goderich (1st time) (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
1827 - 1828 William Huskisson (b. 1770 - d. 1830)
1828 - 1830 Sir George Murray (b. 1772 - d. 1846)
1830 - 1833 Frederick John Robinson, Viscount
Goderich (2nd time) (s.a.)
1833 - 1834 Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley
(1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1869)
1834 Thomas Spring Rice (b. 1790 - d. 1866)
1834 - 1835 George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of
Aberdeen (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
1835 - 1839 Charles Grant, Baron Glenelg (b. 1778 - d. 1866)
1839 Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess
of Normanby (b. 1797 - d. 1863)
1839 - 1841 Lord John Russell (b. 1792 - d. 1878)
1841 - 1845 Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1845 - 1846 William Ewart Gladstone (b. 1809 - d. 1898)
1846 - 1852 Henry George Grey, Earl Grey (b. 1802 - d. 1894)
1852 Sir John Pakington (b. 1799 - d. 1880)
1852 - 1854 Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of
Newcastle-under-Lyme (b. 1811 - d. 1864)
- War -
1854 - 1855 Henry Pelham-Clinton, Duke of
Newcastle-under-Lyme (s.a.)
1855 - 1858 Fox Maule-Ramsey, Baron Panmure (b. 1801 - d. 1874)
1858 - 1859 Jonathan Peel (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1879)
1859 - 1861 Sidney Herbert (b. 1810 - d. 1861)
1861 - 1863 Sir George Cornewall Lewis (b. 1806 - d. 1863)
1863 - 1866 George Robinson, Earl of Ripon (b. 1827 - d. 1909)
1866 Spencer Compton Cavendish,
Marquess of Hartington (1st time) (b. 1833 - d. 1908)
1866 - 1867 Jonathan Peel (2nd time) (s.a.)
1867 - 1868 Sir John Pakington (s.a.)
1868 - 21 Feb 1874 Edward Cardwell (b. 1813 - d. 1886)
21 Feb 1874 - 2 Apr 1878 Gathorne Hardy (1st time) (b. 1814 - d. 1906)
2 Apr 1878 - 28 Apr 1880 Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley (b. 1841 - d. 1908)
28 Apr 1880 - 16 Dec 1882 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
16 Dec 1882 - 24 Jun 1885 Spencer Compton Cavendish,
Marquess of Hartington (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1885 - 6 Feb 1886 William Henry Smith (1st time) (b. 1825 - d. 1891)
6 Feb 1886 - 1886 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount
Cranbrook (2nd time) (s.a.)
1886 - 3 Aug 1886 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(1st time) (b. 1836 - d. 1908)
3 Aug 1886 - 1887 William Henry Smith (2nd time) (s.a.)
1887 - 18 Aug 1892 Edward Stanhope (b. 1840 - d. 1893)
18 Aug 1892 - 1895 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1895 - 1900 Henry Charles Keith Petty-
Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
1900 - 1903 St. John Brodrick (b. 1856 - d. 1942)
1903 - 1905 Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (b. 1855 - d. 1909)
1905 - 1912 Richard Burdon Haldane, (from
1911) Viscount Haldane (b. 1856 - d. 1928)
1912 - 1914 John Edward Seely (b. 1868 - d. 1947)
1914 H.H. Asquith (b. 1852 - d. 1928)
1914 - 5 Jun 1916 Horatio Herbert Kitchener, Earl
Kitchener (b. 1850 - d. 1916)
Jul 1916 - Dec 1916 David Lloyd George (b. 1863 - d. 1945)
Dec 1916 - Apr 1918 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby
(1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1948)
1918 - 1919 Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner (b. 1854 - d. 1925)
1919 - 1921 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
1921 - 1922 Sir Laming Worthington-Evans
(1st time) (b. 1868 - d. 1931)
1922 - 23 Jan 1924 Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby
(2nd time) (s.a.)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Stephen Walsh (b. 1859 - d. 1929)
7 Nov 1924 - 7 Jun 1929 Sir Laming Worthington-Evans
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1929 - 1931 Thomas Shaw (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
1931 Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of
Crewe (b. 1858 - d. 1945)
1931 - 1935 Douglas McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
7 Jun 1935 - 1937 Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1937 - 1940 Leslie Hore-Belisha (b. 1893 - d. 1957)
1940 Oliver Frederick Stanley (b. 1896 - d. 1950)
1940 Anthony Eden (b. 1897 - d. 1977)
1940 - 1942 David Margesson (b. 1890 - d. 1965)
1942 - 3 Aug 1945 Sir James Grigg (b. 1890 - d. 1964)
3 Aug 1945 - 1946 John Lawson (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
1946 - 1947 Frederick Bellenger (b. 1894 - d. 1968)
1947 - 1950 Emanuel Shinwell (b. 1884 - d. 1986)
1950 - 1951 John Strachey (b. 1901 - d. 1963)
1951 - 1956 Anthony Henry Head (b. 1906 - d. 1983)
1956 - Jan 1958 John Hugh Hare (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
Jan 1958 - Jul 1960 Christopher Soames (b. 1920 - d. 1987)
Jul 1960 - Jun 1963 John Profumo (b. 1915 - d. 2006)
27 Jun 1963 - Oct 1963 Joseph Godber (b. 1914 - d. 1980)
Oct 1963 - 1 Apr 1964 James Ramsden (b. 1923)
Ministers of Defence for the Army
1 Apr 1964 - Oct 1964 James Ramsden (s.a.)
Oct 1964 - Dec 1965 Frederick Mulley (b. 1918 - d. 1995)
Dec 1965 - 6 Jan 1967 Gerald Reynolds (b. 1927 - d. 1969)
Masters-General of the Ordnance
1693 - 1702 Henry Sydney, Viscount Sydney
(from 1694, Henry Sydney, Earl of
Romney) (b. 1641 - d. 1704)
1702 - 1711 John Churchill, Duke of
Marlborough (1st time) (b. 1650 - d. 1722)
1711 - 1712 Richard Savage, Earl Rivers (b. 1660? - d. 1712)
1712 James Douglas, Duke of Hamilton (b. 1658 - d. 1712)
1712 - 1714 vacant
1714 - 1722 John Churchill, Duke of
Marlborough (2nd time) (s.a.)
1722 - 1725 William Cadogan, Earl Cadogan (b. 1675 - d. 1726)
1725 - 1740 John Campbell, Duke of Argyll
(1st time) (b. 1678 - d. 1743)
1740 - 1742 John Montagu, Duke of Montagu
(1st time) (b. 1688? - d. 1749)
1742 John Campbell, Duke of Argyll
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1742 - 1749 John Montagu, Duke of Montagu
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1749 - 1755 vacant
1755 - 1758 Charles Spencer, Duke of
Marlborough (b. 1706 - d. 1758)
1758 - 1759 vacant
1759 - 1763 John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier (b. 1680 - d. 1770)
1763 - 1770 John Manners, Marquess of Granby (b. 1721 - d. 1770)
1770 - 1772 vacant
1772 - 1782 George Townshend, Viscount
Townshend (1st time) (b. 1724 - d. 1807)
1782 - 1783 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
and Lennox (1st time) (b. 1735 - d. 1806)
1783 - 1784 George Townshend, Viscount
Townshend (2nd time) (s.a.)
1784 - 1795 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
and Lennox (2nd time) (s.a.)
1795 - 1801 Charles Cornwallis, Marquess
Cornwallis (b. 1738 - d. 1805)
1801 - 1806 John Pitt, Earl of Chatham
(1st time) (b. 1756 - d. 1835)
1806 - 1807 Francis Rawdon Hastings, Earl of
Moira (b. 1754 - d. 1826)
1807 - 1810 John Pitt, Earl of Chatham
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1810 - 1818 Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave
(from 1812, Henry Phipps, Earl of
Mulgrave) (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
1818 - 1827 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Wellington (b. 1769 - d. 1852)
1827 - 1828 Henry William Paget, Marquess of
Anglesey (1st time) (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
1828 - 1830 William Carr Beresford, Viscount
Beresford (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
1830 - 1834 Sir James Kempt (b. 1764 - d. 1854)
1834 - 1835 Sir George Murray (1st time) (b. 1772 - d. 1846)
1835 - 1841 Sir Richard Hussey Vivian (b. 1775 - d. 1842)
1841 - 1846 Sir George Murray (2nd time) (s.a.)
1846 - 1852 Henry William Paget, Marquess of
Anglesey (2nd time) (s.a.)
1852 Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge (b. 1785 - d. 1856)
1852 - 1855 Fitzroy James Henry Somerset,
Baron Raglan (b. 1788 - d. 1855)
Admiralty
6 Jan 1967 merged with Ministry of Defence
First lords of the Admiralty
31 May 1699 - 19 Mar 1701 John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater (b. 1646 - d. 1701)
4 Apr 1701 - 20 May 1702 Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke,
Earl of Montgomery (2nd time) (b. 1656 - d. 1733)
(Lord High Admiral)
20 May 1702 - 28 Oct 1708 Prince George of Denmark,
Duke of Cumberland (b. 1653 - d. 1708)
(Lord High Admiral)
28 Oct 1708 - 29 Nov 1708 Queen Anne (f) (Lord High Admiral) (b. 1665 - d. 1714)
29 Nov 1708 - 8 Nov 1709 Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke,
Earl of Montgomery (3rd time) (s.a.)
(Lord High Admiral)
8 Nov 1709 - 4 Oct 1710 Edward Russell, Earl of Orford
(2nd time) (b. 1653 - d. 1727)
4 Oct 1710 - 30 Sep 1712 Sir John Leake (b. 1656 - d. 1720)
30 Sep 1712 - 14 Oct 1714 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of
Strafford (b. 1672 - d. 1739)
14 Oct 1714 - 16 Apr 1717 Edward Russell, Earl of Orford
(3rd time) (s.a.)
16 Apr 1717 - 29 Jul 1727 James Berkeley, Earl of Berkeley (b. 1680 - d. 1736)
29 Jul 1727 - 17 Jan 1733 George Byng, Viscount Torrington (b. 1663 - d. 1733)
25 Jan 1733 - 19 Mar 1742 Sir Charles Wager (b. 1666 - d. 1743)
19 Mar 1742 - 27 Dec 1744 Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham (1st time) (b. 1689 - d. 1769)
27 Dec 1744 - 20 Feb 1748 John Russell, Duke of Bedford (b. 1710 - d. 1771)
20 Feb 1748 - 22 Jun 1751 John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
(1st time) (b. 1718 - d. 1792)
22 Jun 1751 - 19 Nov 1756 George Anson, Baron Anson of
Soberton (1st time) (b. 1697 - d. 1762)
19 Nov 1756 - 6 Apr 1757 Richard Grenville, Earl Temple (b. 1711 - d. 1779)
6 Apr 1757 - 2 Jul 1757 Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham (2nd time) (s.a.)
2 Jul 1757 - 6 Jun 1762 George Anson, Baron Anson of
Soberton (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Jun 1762 - 1 Jan 1763 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of
Halifax (b. 1716 - d. 1771)
1 Jan 1763 - 23 Apr 1763 George Grenville (b. 1712 - d. 1770)
23 Apr 1763 - 10 Sep 1763 John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
(2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Sep 1763 - 10 Sep 1766 John Perceval, Earl of Egmont (b. 1711 - d. 1770)
10 Sep 1766 - 10 Dec 1766 Sir Charles Saunders (b. 1713 - d. 1775)
10 Dec 1766 - 12 Jan 1771 Sir Edward Hawke (b. 1710 - d. 1781)
12 Jan 1771 - 30 Mar 1782 John Montagu, Earl of Sandwich
(3rd time) (s.a.)
30 Mar 1782 - 28 Jan 1783 Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel
(1st time) (b. 1725 - d. 1786)
28 Jan 1783 - 8 Apr 1783 Richard Howe, Viscount Howe
(1st time) (b. 1726 - d. 1799)
8 Apr 1783 - 30 Dec 1783 Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel
(2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Dec 1783 - 12 Jul 1788 Richard Howe, Viscount Howe
(2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Jul 1788 - 20 Dec 1794 John Pitt, Earl of Chatham (b. 1756 - d. 1835)
20 Dec 1794 - 19 Feb 1801 George John Spencer, Earl Spencer (b. 1758 - d. 1834)
19 Feb 1801 - 15 May 1804 John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent (b. 1735 - d. 1823)
15 May 1804 - 30 Apr 1805 Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville (b. 1742 - d. 1811)
30 Apr 1805 - 11 Feb 1806 Charles Middleton, Baron Barham (b. 1726 - d. 1813)
11 Feb 1806 - 29 Sep 1806 Charles Grey, Viscount Howick (b. 1764 - d. 1845)
29 Sep 1806 - 4 Apr 1807 Thomas Grenville (b. 1755 - d. 1846)
4 Apr 1807 - 1 May 1810 Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
1 May 1810 - 24 Mar 1812 Charles Philip Yorke (b. 1764 - d. 1834)
24 Mar 1812 - 17 Apr 1827 Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville
(1st time) (b. 1771 - d. 1851)
17 Apr 1827 - 17 Sep 1828 Prince William, Duke of Clarence (b. 1765 - d. 1837)
(Lord High Admiral)
17 Sep 1828 - 25 Nov 1830 Robert Dundas, Viscount Melville
(2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Nov 1830 - 7 Jun 1834 Sir James Graham (1st time) (b. 1792 - d. 1861)
7 Jun 1834 - 22 Dec 1834 George Eden, Baron Auckland
(1st time) (b. 1784 - d. 1849)
22 Dec 1834 - 23 Apr 1835 Thomas Philip Robinson,
Earl de Grey (b. 1781 - d. 1859)
23 Apr 1835 - 15 Sep 1835 George Eden, Baron Auckland
(2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Sep 1835 - 6 Sep 1841 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound,
Earl of Minto (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
6 Sep 1841 - 8 Jan 1846 Thomas Hamilton, Earl of
Haddington (b. 1780 - d. 1858)
8 Jan 1846 - 7 Jul 1846 Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough (b. 1790 - d. 1871)
7 Jul 1846 - 1 Jan 1849 George Eden, Baron Auckland
(3rd time) (s.a.)
15 Jan 1849 - 28 Feb 1852 Sir Francis Baring (b. 1796 - d. 1866)
28 Feb 1852 - 30 Dec 1852 Algernon Percy, Duke of
Northumberland (b. 1792 - d. 1865)
30 Dec 1852 - 13 Mar 1855 Sir James Graham (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Mar 1855 - 8 Mar 1858 Sir Charles Wood (b. 1800 - d. 1885)
8 Mar 1858 - 27 Jun 1859 Sir John Pakington (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1880)
27 Jun 1859 - 12 Jul 1866 Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of
Somerset (b. 1804 - d. 1885)
12 Jul 1866 - 8 Mar 1867 Sir John Pakington (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Mar 1867 - 21 Dec 1868 Henry Thomas Lowry Corry (b. 1803 - d. 1873)
21 Dec 1868 - 9 Mar 1871 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b. 1786 - d. 1871)
9 Mar 1871 - 4 Mar 1874 George Joachim Goschen (1st time) (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
4 Mar 1874 - 29 Jul 1877 George Ward Hunt (b. 1825 - d. 1877)
14 Aug 1877 - 28 Apr 1880 William Henry Smith (b. 1825 - d. 1891)
28 Apr 1880 - 1 Jul 1885 Thomas George Baring, Earl of
Northbrook (b. 1826 - d. 1904)
1 Jul 1885 - 15 Feb 1886 George Francis Hamilton (1st time) (b. 1845 - d. 1927)
15 Feb 1886 - 9 Aug 1886 George Frederick Samuel Robinson,
Marquess of Ripon (b. 1827 - d. 1909)
9 Aug 1886 - 25 Aug 1892 George Francis Hamilton (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 Aug 1892 - 6 Jul 1895 John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer (b. 1835 - d. 1910)
6 Jul 1895 - 12 Oct 1900 George Joachim Goschen (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Oct 1900 - 5 Mar 1905 William Waldegrave Palmer, Earl
of Selborne (b. 1859 - d. 1942)
5 Mar 1905 - 10 Dec 1905 Frederick Archibald Vaughan
Campbell, Earl Cawdor (b. 1847 - d. 1911)
10 Dec 1905 - 12 Apr 1908 Edward Marjoribanks, Baron
Tweedmouth (b. 1849 - d. 1909)
12 Apr 1908 - 24 Oct 1911 Reginald McKenna (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
24 Oct 1911 - 27 May 1915 Winston Churchill (1st time) (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
27 May 1915 - 11 Dec 1916 Arthur James Balfour (b. 1848 - d. 1930)
11 Dec 1916 - 20 Jul 1917 Edward Carson (b. 1854 - d. 1935)
20 Jul 1917 - 10 Jan 1919 Sir Eric Campbell Geddes (b. 1875 - d. 1937)
10 Jan 1919 - 13 Feb 1921 Walter Hume Long (b. 1854 - d. 1924)
13 Feb 1921 - 24 Nov 1922 Arthur Hamilton Lee, Baron Lee of
Fareham (b. 1868 - d. 1947)
24 Nov 1922 - 22 Jan 1924 Leopold Amery (b. 1873 - d. 1955)
22 Jan 1924 - 6 Nov 1924 Frederick John Napier Thesiger,
Viscount Chelmsford (b. 1868 - d. 1933)
6 Nov 1924 - 8 Jun 1929 William Clive Bridgeman (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
8 Jun 1929 - 26 Aug 1931 Albert Victor Alexander (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1965)
26 Aug 1931 - 5 Nov 1931 Sir Austen Chamberlain (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
5 Nov 1931 - 5 Jun 1936 Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell (from
30 Nov 1935, Bolton Eyres-Monsell,
Viscount Monsell) (b. 1881 - d. 1969)
5 Jun 1936 - 28 May 1937 Sir Samuel Hoare (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
28 May 1937 - 27 Oct 1938 Alfred Duff Cooper (b. 1890 - d. 1954)
27 Oct 1938 - 3 Sep 1939 James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope (b. 1880 - d. 1967)
3 Sep 1939 - 11 May 1940 Winston Churchill (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 May 1940 - 25 May 1945 Albert Victor Alexander (2nd time) (s.a.)
25 May 1945 - 3 Aug 1945 Brendan Bracken (b. 1901 - d. 1958)
3 Aug 1945 - 4 Oct 1946 Albert Victor Alexander (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Oct 1946 - 24 May 1951 George Henry Hall, Viscount Hall (b. 1881 - d. 1965)
24 May 1951 - 31 Oct 1951 Frank Pakenham, Baron Pakenham (b. 1905 - d. 2001)
31 Oct 1951 - 2 Sep 1956 James Purdon Lewes Thomas, (from
20 Jan 1956) Viscount Cilcennin (b. 1903 - d. 1960)
2 Sep 1956 - 16 Jan 1957 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (b. 1907 - d. 2001)
16 Jan 1957 - 16 Oct 1959 George Douglas-Hamilton, Earl of
Selkirk (b. 1906 - d. 1994)
16 Oct 1959 - 22 Oct 1963 Peter Alexander Rupert Carington,
Baron Carrington (b. 1919)
22 Oct 1963 - 1 Apr 1964 George Patrick John Rushworth
Jellicoe, Earl Jellicoe (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
Ministers of Defence for the Royal Navy
1 Apr 1964 - 19 Oct 1964 George Patrick John Rushworth
Jellicoe, Earl Jellicoe (s.a.)
19 Oct 1964 - 19 Feb 1966 Christopher Paget Mayhew (b. 1915 - d. 1997)
19 Feb 1966 - 6 Jan 1967 Joseph Percival William Mallalieu (b. 1908 - d. 1980)
Air Ministry
6 Jan 1967 merged with Ministry of Defence
Secretaries of state for Air
Jan 1918 - 1918 Harold Harmsworth, Baron
Rothermere (b. 1868 - d. 1940)
1918 - 1919 William Douglas Weir, Baron Weir (b. 1877 - d. 1959)
1919 - 1921 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
1921 - 1922 Frederick Edward Guest (b. 1875 - d. 1937)
2 Nov 1922 - 23 Jan 1924 Sir Samuel Hoare (1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Christopher Birdwood Thomson,
(from 12 Feb 1924) Baron Thomson
(1st time) (b. 1875 - d. 1930)
7 Nov 1924 - 7 Jun 1929 Sir Samuel Hoare (2nd time) (s.a.)
1929 - 5 Oct 1930 Christopher Birdwood Thomson,
Baron Thomson (2nd time) (s.a.)
1930 - 1931 William Warrender Mackenzie,
Baron Amulree (b. 1860 - d. 1942)
1931 - 1935 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
Marquess of Londonderry (b. 1878 - d. 1949)
7 Jun 1935 - 1938 Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister (from
29 Nov 1935, Philip Cunliffe-
Lister, Viscount Swinton) (b. 1884 - d. 1972)
1938 - 1940 Sir Kingsley Wood (b. 1881 - d. 1943)
1940 Sir Samuel Hoare (3rd time) (s.a.)
1940 - 28 May 1945 Sir Archibald Sinclair (b. 1890 - d. 1970)
28 May 1945 - 3 Aug 1945 Harold Macmillan (b. 1894 - d. 1986)
3 Aug 1945 - 1946 William Wedgwood Benn, Viscount
Stansgate (b. 1877 - d. 1960)
1946 - Oct 1947 Philip Noel-Baker (b. 1889 - d. 1982)
Oct 1947 - Oct 1951 Arthur Henderson (b. 1893 - d. 1968)
Oct 1951 - Dec 1955 Sir William Sidney (b. 1909 - d. 1991)
Dec 1955 - 1957 Nigel Birch (b. 1906 - d. 1981)
1957 - 1960 George Reginald Ward (b. 1907 - d. 1988)
Oct 1960 - 16 Jul 1962 Julian Amery (b. 1919 - d. 1996)
16 Jul 1962 - 1 Apr 1964 Hugh Charles Fraser (b. 1918 - d. 1984)
Ministers of Defence for the Royal Air Force
1 Apr 1964 - 19 Oct 1964 Hugh Charles Fraser (s.a.)
19 Oct 1964 - 6 Jan 1967 Edward Shackleton, Baron
Shackleton (b. 1911 - d. 1994)
Defence Staff
Chiefs of the Defence Staff
1 Jan 1956 - 12 Jul 1959 Sir William Dickson (b. 1898 - d. 1987)
13 Jul 1959 - 15 Jul 1965 Louis Mountbatten, Earl
Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
16 Jul 1965 - 4 Aug 1967 Sir Richard Hull (b. 1907 - d. 1989)
7 Aug 1967 - 8 Apr 1971 Sir Samuel Elworthy (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
9 Apr 1971 - 21 Oct 1973 Sir Peter Hill-Norton (b. 1915 - d. 2004)
22 Oct 1973 - 23 Oct 1976 Sir Michael Carver (b. 1915 - d. 2001)
24 Oct 1976 - 24 Jan 1977 Sir Andrew Humphrey (b. 1921 - d. 1977)
9 Feb 1977 - 30 Aug 1977 Sir Edward Ashmore (b. 1919)
31 Aug 1977 - 31 Aug 1979 Sir Neil Cameron (b. 1920 - d. 1985)
1 Sep 1979 - 30 Sep 1982 Sir Terence Lewin (b. 1920 - d. 1999)
1 Oct 1982 - 31 Oct 1985 Sir Edwin Bramall (b. 1923)
1 Nov 1985 - 9 Dec 1988 Sir John Fieldhouse (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
9 Dec 1988 - 1 Apr 1991 Sir David Craig (b. 1929)
2 Apr 1991 - 31 Dec 1992 Sir Richard Vincent (b. 1931)
1 Jan 1993 - 13 Mar 1994 Sir Peter Harding (b. 1933)
14 Mar 1994 - 1 Apr 1997 Sir Peter Inge (b. 1935)
2 Apr 1997 - 15 Feb 2001 Sir Charles Guthrie (b. 1938)
16 Feb 2001 - 2 May 2003 Sir Michael Boyce (b. 1943)
2 May 2003 - 28 Apr 2006 Sir Michael Walker (b. 1944)
28 Apr 2006 - Sir Jock Stirrup (b. 1949)
Army
Commanders-in-Chief of the Forces
1691 - 1711 Meinhard Schomberg, Duke of
Leinster (b. 1641 - d. 1719)
1711 - 1714 James Butler, Duke of Ormond (b. 1665 - d. 1745)
1714 - 1744 vacant
1744 John Dalrymple, Earl of Stair (b. 1673 - d. 1747)
1745 - 1748 George Wade (b. 1673 - d. 1748)
1748 - 1757 vacant
1757 - 1759 John Ligonier, Viscount Ligonier (b. 1680 - d. 1770)
1759 - 1766 vacant
1766 - 1769 John Manners, Marquess of Granby (b. 1721 - d. 1770)
1769 - 1778 vacant
1778 - 1782 Jeffrey Amherst, Baron Amherst
(1st time) (b. 1717 - d. 1797)
1782 - 1793 Henry Seymour Conway (b. 1721 - d. 1795)
1793 - 1795 Jeffrey Amherst, Baron Amherst
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1795 - 1809 Prince Frederick, Duke of York
(1st time) (b. 1763 - d. 1827)
1809 - 1811 Sir David Dundas (b. 1735 - d. 1820)
1811 - 5 Jan 1827 Prince Frederick, Duke of York
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1827 - 1828 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Wellington (1st time) (b. 1769 - d. 1852)
1828 - 1842 Rowland Hill, Baron Hill (b. 1772 - d. 1842)
1842 - 1852 Arthur Wellesley, Duke of
Wellington (2nd time) (s.a.)
1852 - 1856 Henry Hardinge, Viscount Hardinge (b. 1785 - d. 1856)
15 Jul 1856 - 1895 Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (b. 1819 - d. 1904)
1895 - 1900 Garnet Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley (b. 1833 - d. 1913)
1900 - 1904 Frederick Roberts, Earl Roberts (b. 1832 - d. 1914)
Chief of the General Staff
1904 - 1908 Sir Neville Lyttelton (b. 1845 - d. 1931)
Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff
1908 - 1912 Sir William Nicholson (b. 1845 - d. 1918)
1912 - 1914 Sir John French (b. 1852 - d. 1925)
1914 - 25 Oct 1914 Sir Charles Douglas (b. 1850 - d. 1914)
1914 - 1915 Sir James Murray (b. 1853 - d. 1919)
1915 Sir Archibald Murray (b. 1860 - d. 1945)
1915 - 1918 Sir William Robertson (b. 1860 - d. 1933)
1918 - 22 Jun 1922 Sir Henry Wilson (b. 1864 - d. 1922)
1922 - 1926 Frederick Lambart, Earl of Cavan (b. 1865 - d. 1946)
1926 - 1933 Sir George Milne (b. 1866 - d. 1948)
1933 - 1936 Sir Archibald
Montgomery-Massingberd (b. 1871 - d. 1947)
1936 - 1937 Sir Cyril Deverell (b. 1874 - d. 1947)
1937 - 1939 John Vereker, Viscount Gort (b. 1886 - d. 1946)
Sep 1939 - May 1940 Sir Edmund Ironside (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
1940 - 1941 Sir John Dill (b. 1881 - d. 1944)
1941 - 1946 Sir Alan Brooke (b. 1883 - d. 1963)
1946 - 1948 Bernard Law Montgomery, Viscount
Montgomery of Alamein (b. 1887 - d. 1976)
1 Nov 1948 - 1952 Sir William Slim (b. 1891 - d. 1970)
1952 - 1955 Sir John Harding (b. 1896 - d. 1989)
Nov 1955 - Sep 1958 Sir Gerald Templer (b. 1898 - d. 1979)
1958 - 1961 Sir Francis Festing (b. 1902 - d. 1976)
1961 - Apr 1964 Sir Richard Hull (b. 1907 - d. 1989)
Chiefs of the General Staff
Apr 1964 - Feb 1965 Sir Richard Hull (s.a.)
Feb 1965 - Mar 1968 Sir James Cassels (b. 1907 - d. 1996)
Mar 1968 - 1971 Sir Geoffrey Baker (b. 1912 - d. 1980)
1971 - 1973 Sir Michael Carver (b. 1915 - d. 2001)
1973 - 1976 Sir Peter Hunt (b. 1916 - d. 1988)
1976 - 1979 Sir Roland Gibbs (b. 1921)
1979 - 1982 Sir Edwin Bramall (b. 1923)
1982 - 1985 Sir John Stanier (b. 1925 - d. 2007)
1985 - 1989 Sir Nigel Bagnall (b. 1927 - d. 2002)
1989 - 1992 Sir John Chapple (b. 1931)
1992 - 1994 Sir Peter Inge (b. 1935)
1994 - 1997 Sir Charles Guthrie (b. 1938)
1997 - 2000 Sir Roger Wheeler (b. 1941)
2000 - 3 Feb 2003 Sir Michael Walker (b. 1944)
3 Feb 2003 - 29 Aug 2006 Sir Mike Jackson (b. 1944)
29 Aug 2006 - Sir Richard Dannatt (b. 1950)
Royal Navy
Admirals of the Fleet
1795 - 1799 Richard Howe, Earl Howe (b. 1726 - d. 1799)
1799 - 1811 Sir Peter Parker (b. 1721 - d. 1811)
1811 - 1827 Prince William, Duke of Clarence (b. 1765 - d. 1837)
First sea lords
1828 - 1830 Sir George Cockburn (1st time) (b. 1772 - d. 1853)
1830 - 1834 Sir Thomas Hardy (b. 1769 - d. 1839)
1834 Sir George Dundas (b. 1778 - d. 1834)
1834 Sir Charles Adam (1st time) (b. 1790 - d. 1853)
1834 - 1835 Sir George Cockburn (2nd time) (s.a.)
1835 - 1841 Sir Charles Adam (2nd time) (s.a.)
1841 - 1846 Sir George Cockburn (3rd time) (s.a.)
1846 Sir William Parker (b. 1781 - d. 1866)
1846 - 1847 Sir Charles Adam (3rd time) (s.a.)
1847 - 1852 Sir James Dundas (b. 1785 - d. 1862)
1852 Sir Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley
(1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1867)
1852 - 1854 Hyde Parker (b. 1784? - d. 1854)
1854 - 1857 Sir Maurice Fitzhardinge Berkeley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1857 - 1858 Sir Richard Dundas (1st time) (b. 1802 - d. 1861)
1858 - 1859 Sir William Martin (b. 1801 - d. 1895)
1859 - 1861 Sir Richard Dundas (2nd time) (s.a.)
1861 - 1866 Sir Frederick Grey (b. 1805 - d. 1878)
1866 - 1868 Sir Alexander Milne (1st time) (b. 1806 - d. 1896)
1868 - 1872 Sir Sidney Dacres (b. 1805 - d. 1884)
1872 - 1876 Sir Alexander Milne (2nd time) (s.a.)
1876 - 1877 Sir Hastings Yelverton (b. 1808 - d. 1878)
1877 - 1879 Sir George Wellesley (b. 1814 - d. 1901)
1879 - 1885 Sir Astley Cooper Key (b. 1821 - d. 1888)
1885 - 1886 Sir Arthur Hood (1st time) (b. 1824 - d. 1901)
1886 Sir John Hay (b. 1821 - d. 1912)
1886 - 1889 Sir Arthur Hood (2nd time) (s.a.)
1889 - 1891 Sir Vesey Hamilton (b. 1829 - d. 1912)
1891 - 1893 Sir Anthony Hoskins (b. 1828 - d. 1901)
1893 - 1899 Sir Frederick Richards (b. 1833 - d. 1912)
1899 - 1904 Walter Kerr (b. 1839 - d. 1927)
1904 - 1910 Sir John Fisher (1st time) (b. 1841 - d. 1920)
1910 - 1911 Sir Arthur Wilson (b. 1842 - d. 1921)
1911 - 1912 Sir Francis Bridgeman (b. 1848 - d. 1929)
1912 - 1914 Prince Louis of Battenberg (b. 1854 - d. 1921)
1914 - 1915 Sir John Fisher (2nd time) (s.a.)
1915 - 1916 Sir Henry Jackson (b. 1855 - d. 1929)
Dec 1916 - 1917 Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe (b. 1859 - d. 1935)
1917 - 1919 Sir Rosslyn Wemyss (b. 1864 - d. 1933)
1919 - 1927 David Beatty, Earl Beatty (b. 1871 - d. 1936)
1927 - 1930 Sir Charles Madden (b. 1862 - d. 1935)
1930 - 1933 Sir Frederick Field (b. 1871 - d. 1945)
1933 - 1938 Sir Ernle Chatfield (from 1937,
Ernle Chatfield, Baron Chatfield) (b. 1873 - d. 1967)
1938 - 1939 Sir Roger Backhouse (b. 1878 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1943 Sir Dudley Pound (b. 1877 - d. 1943)
1943 - 1946 Sir Andrew Cunningham (b. 1883 - d. 1963)
1946 - 1948 Sir John Cunningham (b. 1885 - d. 1962)
1948 - 1951 Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of
North Cape (b. 1888 - d. 1981)
1951 - 1955 Sir Rhoderick McGrigor (b. 1893 - d. 1959)
1955 - 1959 Louis Mountbatten, Earl
Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1900 - d. 1979)
1959 - 1960 Sir Charles Lambe (b. 1900 - d. 1960)
1960 - 1963 Sir Caspar John (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
1963 - 1966 Sir David Luce (b. 1906 - d. 1971)
1966 - 1968 Sir Varyl Begg (b. 1908 - d. 1995)
1968 - 3 Jul 1970 Sir Michael Le Fanu (b. 1913 - d. 1970)
3 Jul 1970 - 1971 Sir Peter Hill-Norton (b. 1915 - d. 2004)
1971 - 1974 Sir Michael Pollock (b. 1916 - d. 2006)
1974 - 1977 Sir Edward Ashmore (b. 1919)
1977 - 1979 Sir Terence Lewin (b. 1920 - d. 1999)
1979 - 1982 Sir Henry Leach (b. 1923)
1982 - 1985 Sir John Fieldhouse (b. 1928 - d. 1992)
1985 - 1989 Sir William Staveley (b. 1928 - d. 1997)
1989 - 1993 Sir Julian Oswald (b. 1933)
1993 - 1995 Sir Benjamin Bathurst (b. 1936)
1995 - 1998 Sir Jock Slater (b. 1938)
1998 - Jan 2001 Sir Michael Boyce (b. 1943)
Jan 2001 - 17 Sep 2002 Sir Nigel Essenhigh (b. 1944)
17 Sep 2002 - 7 Feb 2006 Sir Alan West (b. 1948)
7 Feb 2006 - Sir Jonathon Band (b. 1950)
Royal Air Force
Chiefs of the Air Staff
3 Jan 1918 - 13 Apr 1918 Sir Hugh Trenchard (1st time) (b. 1873 - d. 1956)
13 Apr 1918 - 22 Jan 1919 Sir Frederick Sykes (b. 1877 - d. 1954)
22 Jan 1919 - 1 Jan 1930 Sir Hugh Trenchard (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jan 1930 - 1 Apr 1933 Sir John Salmond (1st time) (b. 1881 - d. 1968)
1 Apr 1933 - 27 Apr 1933 Sir Geoffrey Salmond (b. 1878 - d. 1933)
28 Apr 1933 - 22 May 1933 Sir John Salmond (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
22 May 1933 - 1 Sep 1937 Sir Edward Ellington (b. 1877 - d. 1967)
1 Sep 1937 - 25 Oct 1940 Sir Cyril Newall (b. 1886 - d. 1963)
25 Oct 1940 - 1 Jan 1946 Sir Charles Portal (b. 1893 - d. 1971)
1 Jan 1946 - 1 Jan 1950 Sir Arthur Tedder (b. 1890 - d. 1967)
1 Jan 1950 - 1 Jan 1953 Sir John Slessor (b. 1897 - d. 1979)
1 Jan 1953 - 1 Jan 1956 Sir William Dickson (b. 1898 - d. 1987)
1 Jan 1956 - 1 Jan 1960 Sir Dermot Boyle (b. 1904 - d. 1993)
1 Jan 1960 - 1 Sep 1963 Sir Thomas Pike (b. 1906 - d. 1983)
1 Sep 1963 - 1 Apr 1967 Sir Samuel Elworthy (b. 1911 - d. 1993)
1 Apr 1967 - 1 Apr 1971 Sir John Grandy (b. 1913 - d. 2004)
1 Apr 1971 - 1 Apr 1974 Sir Denis Spotswood (b. 1916 - d. 2001)
1 Apr 1974 - 7 Aug 1976 Sir Andrew Humphrey (b. 1921 - d. 1977)
7 Aug 1976 - 10 Aug 1977 Sir Neil Cameron (b. 1920 - d. 1985)
10 Aug 1977 - 15 Oct 1982 Sir Michael Beetham (b. 1923)
15 Oct 1982 - 15 Oct 1985 Sir Keith Williamson (b. 1928)
15 Oct 1985 - 14 Nov 1988 Sir David Craig (b. 1929)
14 Nov 1988 - 6 Nov 1992 Sir Peter Harding (b. 1933)
6 Nov 1992 - 10 Apr 1997 Sir Michael Graydon (b. 1938)
10 Apr 1997 - 21 Apr 2000 Sir Richard Johns (b. 1939)
21 Apr 2000 - 1 Aug 2003 Sir Peter Squire (b. 1945)
1 Aug 2003 - 13 Apr 2006 Sir Jock Stirrup (b. 1949)
13 Apr 2006 - Sir Glenn Torpy (b. 1953)
Treasury
Chancellors of the Exchequer
15 Nov 1699 - 29 Mar 1701 John Smith (1st time) (b. 1655 - d. 1723)
29 Mar 1701 - Feb 1708 Henry Boyle (b. 1669 - d. 1725)
1708 - 11 Aug 1710 John Smith (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 Aug 1710 - 1711 Sir Robert Harley (b. 1661 - d. 1724)
1711 - 1713 Robert Benson (b. 1676 - d. 1731)
1713 - 1714 Sir William Wyndham (b. 1687 - d. 1740)
1714 - 11 Oct 1715 Sir Richard Onslow (b. 1654 - d. 1717)
11 Oct 1715 - 15 Apr 1717 Sir Robert Walpole (1st time) (b. 1676 - d. 1745)
15 Apr 1717 - 20 Mar 1718 James Stanhope (b. 1673 - d. 1721)
20 Mar 1718 - 1721 John Aislabie (b. 1670 - d. 1742)
1721 Sir John Pratt (acting) (b. 1657 - d. 1725)
3 Apr 1721 - 16 Feb 1742 Sir Robert Walpole (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Feb 1742 - 25 Aug 1743 Samuel Sandys (b. 1695 - d. 1770)
25 Aug 1743 - 18 Mar 1754 Henry Pelham (b. 1696 - d. 1754)
18 Mar 1754 - 6 Apr 1754 Sir William Lee (acting) (b. 1688 - d. 1754)
6 Apr 1754 - 22 Nov 1755 Henry Bilson Legge (1st time) (b. 1708 - d. 1764)
22 Nov 1755 - 16 Nov 1756 Sir George Lyttelton (b. 1709 - d. 1773)
16 Nov 1756 - 1757 Henry Bilson Legge (2nd time) (s.a.)
1757 William Mansfield (1st time)
(acting)
2 Jul 1757 - 12 Mar 1761 Henry Bilson Legge (3rd time) (s.a.)
12 Mar 1761 - 28 May 1762 William Wildman Barrington,
Viscount Barrington (b. 1717 - d. 1793)
28 May 1762 - 15 Apr 1763 Sir Francis Dashwood (b. 1708 - d. 1781)
15 Apr 1763 - 10 Jul 1765 George Grenville (b. 1712 - d. 1770)
10 Jul 1765 - 2 Aug 1766 William Dowdeswell (b. 1721 - d. 1775)
2 Aug 1766 - 1767 Charles Townshend (b. 1725 - d. 1767)
1767 William Mansfield (2nd time)
(acting)
1 Dec 1767 - 1782 Frederick North, Lord North (b. 1732 - d. 1792)
1782 William Pitt the Younger
(1st time) (b. 1759 - d. 1806)
27 Mar 1782 - 13 Jul 1782 John Cavendish (1st time) (b. 1732 - d. 1796)
13 Jul 1782 - 4 Apr 1783 William Pitt the Younger
(2nd time) (s.a.)
4 Apr 1783 - 27 Dec 1783 John Cavendish (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Dec 1783 - 21 Mar 1801 William Pitt the Younger
(3rd time) (s.a.)
21 Mar 1801 - 16 May 1804 Henry Addington (b. 1757 - d. 1844)
16 May 1804 - 1806 William Pitt the Younger
(4th time) (s.a.)
1806 Edward Law, Baron Ellenborough (b. 1750 - d. 1818)
(acting)
10 Feb 1806 - 31 Mar 1807 Henry Petty (b. 1780 - d. 1863)
31 Mar 1807 - 16 Jun 1812 Spencer Perceval (b. 1762 - d. 1812)
16 Jun 1812 - 3 May 1823 Nicholas Vansittart (b. 1766 - d. 1851)
3 May 1823 - 30 Apr 1827 Frederick John Robinson (b. 1782 - d. 1859)
30 Apr 1827 - 8 Sep 1827 George Canning (b. 1770 - d. 1827)
8 Sep 1827 - 26 Jan 1828 John Charles Herries (b. 1778 - d. 1855)
26 Jan 1828 - 24 Nov 1830 Henry Goulburn (1st time) (b. 1784 - d. 1856)
24 Nov 1830 - 1834 John Charles Spencer, Viscount
Althorp (b. 1782 - d. 1845)
1834 Thomas Denman (acting) (b. 1779 - d. 1854)
26 Dec 1834 - 18 Apr 1835 Sir Robert Peel (b. 1788 - d. 1850)
18 Apr 1835 - 28 Aug 1839 Thomas Spring Rice (b. 1790 - d. 1866)
28 Aug 1839 - 6 Sep 1841 Sir Francis Baring (b. 1796 - d. 1866)
6 Sep 1841 - 6 Jul 1846 Henry Goulburn (2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Jul 1846 - 28 Feb 1852 Sir Charles Wood (b. 1800 - d. 1885)
28 Feb 1852 - 1 Jan 1853 Benjamin Disraeli (1st time) (b. 1804 - d. 1881)
1 Jan 1853 - 7 Mar 1855 William Ewart Gladstone (1st time) (b. 1809 - d. 1898)
7 Mar 1855 - 1 Mar 1858 Sir George Cornewall Lewis (b. 1806 - d. 1863)
1 Mar 1858 - 24 Jun 1859 Benjamin Disraeli (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1859 - 12 Jul 1866 William Ewart Gladstone (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Jul 1866 - 29 Feb 1868 Benjamin Disraeli (3rd time) (s.a.)
29 Feb 1868 - 16 Dec 1868 George Ward Hunt (b. 1825 - d. 1877)
16 Dec 1868 - 8 Aug 1873 Robert Lowe (b. 1811 - d. 1892)
8 Aug 1873 - 20 Feb 1874 William Ewart Gladstone (3rd time) (s.a.)
21 Feb 1874 - 28 Apr 1880 Sir Stafford Henry Northcote (b. 1818 - d. 1887)
28 Apr 1880 - 16 Dec 1882 William Ewart Gladstone (4th time) (s.a.)
16 Dec 1882 - 24 Jun 1885 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
24 Jun 1885 - 13 Feb 1886 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1916)
13 Feb 1886 - 9 Aug 1886 Sir William Harcourt (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1904)
9 Aug 1886 - 17 Jan 1887 Randolph Churchill (b. 1849 - d. 1895)
17 Jan 1887 - 18 Aug 1892 George Joachim Goschen (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
18 Aug 1892 - Jun 1895 Sir William Harcourt (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jun 1895 - Jul 1902 Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1902 - 9 Oct 1903 Charles Thomson Ritchie (b. 1838 - d. 1906)
9 Oct 1903 - 11 Dec 1905 Austen Chamberlain (1st time) (b. 1863 - d. 1937)
11 Dec 1905 - Apr 1908 H.H. Asquith (b. 1852 - d. 1928)
Apr 1908 - 27 May 1915 David Lloyd George (b. 1863 - d. 1945)
27 May 1915 - Dec 1916 Reginald McKenna (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
Dec 1916 - Jan 1919 Bonar Law (b. 1858 - d. 1923)
Jan 1919 - Apr 1921 Austen Chamberlain (2nd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1921 - Oct 1922 Sir Robert Horne (b. 1871 - d. 1940)
Oct 1922 - Aug 1923 Stanley Baldwin (b. 1867 - d. 1947)
Aug 1923 - 23 Jan 1924 Neville Chamberlain (1st time) (b. 1869 - d. 1940)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Philip Snowden (1st time) (b. 1864 - d. 1937)
7 Nov 1924 - 7 Jun 1929 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
8 Jun 1929 - Nov 1931 Philip Snowden (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1931 - May 1937 Neville Chamberlain (2nd time) (s.a.)
May 1937 - May 1940 Sir John Simon (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
May 1940 - Sep 1943 Sir Kingsley Wood (b. 1881 - d. 1943)
Sep 1943 - Jul 1945 Sir John Anderson (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
26 Jul 1945 - 15 Nov 1947 Hugh Dalton (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
15 Nov 1947 - 19 Oct 1950 Sir Stafford Cripps (b. 1889 - d. 1952)
19 Oct 1950 - 26 Oct 1951 Hugh Gaitskell (b. 1906 - d. 1963)
26 Oct 1951 - 24 Dec 1955 Richard Austen Butler (b. 1902 - d. 1982)
24 Dec 1955 - 14 Jan 1957 Harold Macmillan (b. 1894 - d. 1986)
14 Jan 1957 - 7 Jan 1958 Peter Thorneycroft (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
7 Jan 1958 - 27 Jul 1960 Derick Heathcoat Amory (b. 1899 - d. 1981)
27 Jul 1960 - 13 Jul 1962 Selwyn Lloyd (b. 1904 - d. 1978)
13 Jul 1962 - 17 Oct 1964 Reginald Maudling (b. 1917 - d. 1979)
17 Oct 1964 - 29 Nov 1967 James Callaghan (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
29 Nov 1967 - 19 Jun 1970 Roy Jenkins (b. 1920 - d. 2003)
19 Jun 1970 - 20 Jul 1970 Iain Macleod (b. 1913 - d. 1970)
25 Jul 1970 - 5 Mar 1974 Anthony Barber (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
5 Mar 1974 - 5 May 1979 Denis Healey (b. 1917)
5 May 1979 - 11 Jun 1983 Sir Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926)
11 Jun 1983 - 26 Oct 1989 Nigel Lawson (b. 1932)
26 Oct 1989 - 28 Nov 1990 John Major (b. 1943)
28 Nov 1990 - 27 May 1993 Norman Lamont (b. 1942)
27 May 1993 - 2 May 1997 Kenneth Clarke (b. 1940)
2 May 1997 - 28 Jun 2007 Gordon Brown (b. 1951)
28 Jun 2007 - Alistair Darling (b. 1953)
Home Office
Secretaries of state
- Southern Department -
1699 - 1700 Edward Villiers, Earl of Jersey (b. 1656 - d. 1711)
1700 - May 1702 Charles Montagu, Earl of
Manchester (b. 1661? - d. 1722)
1702 - Apr 1704 Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham (b. 1647 - d. 1730)
May 1704 - Dec 1706 Sir Charles Hedges (s.a.)
1706 - 1710 Charles Spencer, Earl of
Sunderland (s.a.)
1710 - 1713 William Legge, Baron Dartmouth
(from 1711, William Legge,
Earl of Dartmouth) (b. 1672 - d. 1750)
1713 - 1714 Henry St. John, Viscount
Bolingbroke (s.a.)
1714 - 1716 James Stanhope (s.a.)
1716 - 1717 Paul Methuen (b. 1672 - d. 1757)
1717 - 1718 Joseph Addison (b. 1672 - d. 1719)
1718 - 1721 James Craggs the Younger (b. 1688 - d. 1721)
1721 - 1724 John Carteret, Baron Carteret (s.a.)
1724 - 1748 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of
Newcastle (s.a.)
1748 - 1751 John Russell, Duke of Bedford (b. 1710 - d. 1771)
1751 - 1754 Robert Darcy, Earl of Holderness
(1st time) (s.a.)
1754 - 1755 Sir Thomas Robinson (b. c.1700 - d. 1771)
1755 - 1756 Henry Fox (b. 1705 - d. 1774)
4 Dec 1756 - Apr 1757 William Pitt (1st time) (b. 1708 - d. 1778)
1757 Robert Darcy, Earl of Holderness
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1757 - 1761 William Pitt (2nd time) (s.a.)
1761 - 1763 Charles Wyndham, Earl of Egremont (b. 1710 - d. 1763)
1763 - 1765 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of
Halifax (s.a.)
1765 - 1766 Henry Seymour Conway (s.a.)
1766 Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond
and Lennox (b. 1735 - d. 1806)
1766 - 1768 William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (b. 1737 - d. 1805)
1768 - 1770 Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth
(1st time) (s.a.)
1770 - 1775 William Nassau de Zuylestein,
Earl of Rochford (s.a.)
1775 - 1779 Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1779 - 1782 Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough (b. 1718 - d. 1793)
- Home Affairs -
1782 William Petty, Earl of Shelburne (s.a.)
1782 - 1783 Thomas Townshend (1st time) (b. 1733 - d. 1800)
1783 Frederick North, Lord North (b. 1732 - d. 1792)
1783 - 1789 Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1789 - 1791 William Wyndham Grenville, (from
1790) Baron Grenville (b. 1759 - d. 1834)
1791 - 1794 Henry Dundas (b. 1742 - d. 1811)
1794 - 1801 William Henry Cavendish Bentinck,
Duke of Portland (b. 1738 - d. 1809)
1801 - 1803 Thomas Pelham (b. 1756 - d. 1826)
1803 - 1804 Charles Philip Yorke (b. 1764 - d. 1834)
1804 - 1806 Robert Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury
(1st time) (b. 1770 - d. 1828)
1806 - 1807 George John Spencer, Earl Spencer
1807 - 1809 Robert Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury
(from 1808, Robert Jenkinson, Earl
of Liverpool) (2nd time) (s.a.)
1809 - 1812 Richard Ryder (b. 1766 - d. 1832)
1812 - 1822 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (b. 1757 - d. 1844)
1822 - 1827 Robert Peel (1st time) (b. 1788 - d. 1850)
1827 William Sturges-Bourne (b. 1769 - d. 1845)
1827 - 1828 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess
of Lansdowne (b. 1780 - d. 1863)
1828 - 1830 Robert Peel (2nd time) (s.a.)
1830 - 1834 William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne (b. 1779 - d. 1848)
1834 John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (b. 1781 - d. 1847)
15 Dec 1834 - 18 Apr 1835 Henry Goulburn (b. 1784 - d. 1856)
18 Apr 1835 - 30 Aug 1839 Lord John Russell (b. 1792 - d. 1878)
30 Aug 1839 - 6 Sep 1841 Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess
of Normanby (b. 1797 - d. 1863)
6 Sep 1841 - 6 Jul 1846 Sir James Graham (b. 1792 - d. 1861)
6 Jul 1846 - 27 Feb 1852 Sir George Grey (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
27 Feb 1852 - 28 Dec 1852 Spencer Horatio Walpole (1st time) (b. 1806 - d. 1898)
28 Dec 1852 - 8 Feb 1855 Henry John Temple, Viscount
Palmerston (b. 1784 - d. 1865)
8 Feb 1855 - 28 Feb 1855 Sidney Herbert (b. 1810 - d. 1861)
28 Feb 1855 - 26 Feb 1858 Sir George Grey (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Feb 1858 - 28 Feb 1859 Spencer Horatio Walpole (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Feb 1859 - 18 Jun 1859 Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron
Escourt (b. 1801 - d. 1876)
18 Jun 1859 - 23 Jul 1861 Sir George Cornewall Lewis (b. 1806 - d. 1863)
23 Jul 1861 - 6 Jul 1866 Sir George Grey (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Jul 1866 - 17 May 1867 Spencer Horatio Walpole (3rd time) (s.a.)
17 May 1867 - 9 Dec 1868 Gathorne Hardy (b. 1814 - d. 1906)
9 Dec 1868 - 9 Aug 1873 Henry Austin Bruce (b. 1815 - d. 1895)
9 Aug 1873 - 21 Feb 1874 Robert Lowe (b. 1811 - d. 1892)
21 Feb 1874 - 28 Apr 1880 Sir Richard Assheton Cross
(1st time) (b. 1823 - d. 1914)
28 Apr 1880 - 24 Jun 1885 Sir William Harcourt (b. 1827 - d. 1904)
24 Jun 1885 - 6 Feb 1886 Sir Richard Assheton Cross
(2nd time) (s.a.)
6 Feb 1886 - 3 Aug 1886 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
3 Aug 1886 - 18 Aug 1892 Henry Matthews (b. 1826 - d. 1913)
18 Aug 1892 - 29 Jun 1895 H.H. Asquith (b. 1852 - d. 1928)
29 Jun 1895 - 12 Nov 1900 Sir Matthew White Ridley (b. 1842 - d. 1904)
12 Nov 1900 - 11 Aug 1902 Charles Thomson Ritchie (b. 1838 - d. 1906)
11 Aug 1902 - 11 Dec 1905 Aretas Akers-Douglas (b. 1851 - d. 1926)
11 Dec 1905 - 19 Feb 1910 Herbert John Gladstone (b. 1854 - d. 1930)
19 Feb 1910 - 24 Oct 1911 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
24 Oct 1911 - 27 May 1915 Reginald McKenna (b. 1863 - d. 1943)
27 May 1915 - 12 Jan 1916 Sir John Simon (1st time) (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
12 Jan 1916 - 11 Dec 1916 Herbert Louis Samuel (1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1963)
11 Dec 1916 - 14 Jan 1919 Sir George Cave (from 1918,
George Cave, Viscount Cave) (b. 1856 - d. 1928)
14 Jan 1919 - 25 Oct 1922 Edward Shortt (b. 1862 - d. 1935)
25 Oct 1922 - 23 Jan 1924 William Clive Bridgeman (b. 1864 - d. 1935)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Arthur Henderson (b. 1863 - d. 1935)
7 Nov 1924 - 7 Jun 1929 Sir William Joynson-Hicks (b. 1865 - d. 1932)
8 Jun 1929 - 26 Aug 1931 John Robert Clynes (b. 1869 - d. 1949)
26 Aug 1931 - 1 Oct 1932 Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Oct 1932 - 7 Jun 1935 Sir John Gilmour (b. 1876 - d. 1940)
7 Jun 1935 - 28 May 1937 Sir John Simon (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 May 1937 - 4 Sep 1939 Sir Samuel Hoare (b. 1880 - d. 1959)
4 Sep 1939 - 4 Oct 1940 Sir John Anderson (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
4 Oct 1940 - 28 May 1945 Herbert Morrison (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
28 May 1945 - 3 Aug 1945 Sir Donald Bradley Somervell (b. 1889 - d. 1960)
3 Aug 1945 - 27 Oct 1951 James Chuter Ede (b. 1882 - d. 1965)
27 Oct 1951 - 19 Oct 1954 Sir David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe (b. 1900 - d. 1967)
19 Oct 1954 - 14 Jan 1957 Gwilym Lloyd George (b. 1894 - d. 1967)
14 Jan 1957 - 13 Jul 1962 Richard Austen Butler (b. 1902 - d. 1982)
13 Jul 1962 - 19 Oct 1964 Henry Brooke (b. 1903 - d. 1984)
19 Oct 1964 - 23 Dec 1965 Sir Frank Soskice (b. 1902 - d. 1979)
23 Dec 1965 - 29 Nov 1967 Roy Jenkins (1st time) (b. 1920 - d. 2003)
29 Nov 1967 - 20 Jun 1970 James Callaghan (b. 1912 - d. 2005)
20 Jun 1970 - 19 Jul 1972 Reginald Maudling (b. 1917 - d. 1979)
19 Jul 1972 - 5 Mar 1974 Robert Carr (b. 1916)
5 Mar 1974 - 10 Sep 1976 Roy Jenkins (2nd time) (s.a.)
10 Sep 1976 - 5 May 1979 Merlyn Rees (b. 1920 - d. 2006)
5 May 1979 - 12 Jun 1983 William Whitelaw (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
12 Jun 1983 - 2 Sep 1985 Leon Brittan (b. 1939)
2 Sep 1985 - 26 Oct 1989 Douglas Hurd (b. 1930)
26 Oct 1989 - 29 Nov 1990 David Waddington (b. 1929)
29 Nov 1990 - 11 Apr 1992 Kenneth Baker (b. 1934)
11 Apr 1992 - 27 May 1993 Kenneth Clarke (b. 1940)
27 May 1993 - 2 May 1997 Michael Howard (b. 1941)
2 May 1997 - 8 Jun 2001 Jack Straw (b. 1946)
8 Jun 2001 - 15 Dec 2004 David Blunkett (b. 1947)
15 Dec 2004 - 5 May 2006 Charles Clarke (b. 1950)
5 May 2006 - 28 Jun 2007 John Reid (b. 1947)
28 Jun 2007 - Jacqui Smith (f) (b. 1962)
Ministry of Justice
13 Jun 2003 Department for Constitutional Affairs subsumes
Lord Chancellor's Department
9 May 2007 renamed Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellors (from 13 Jun 2003 also secretaries of state)
1693 - 17 Apr 1700 Sir John Somers (from 1697, John
Somers, Baron Somers) (b. 1651 - d. 1716)
(Lord Keeper to 22 Apr 1697)
21 May 1700 - 11 Oct 1705 Sir Nathan Wright (Lord Keeper) (b. 1654 - d. 1721)
11 Oct 1705 - 23 Sep 1710 William Cowper, (from Nov 1706)
Baron Cowper (1st time) (b. 16... - d. 1723)
(Lord Keeper to May 1707)
23 Sep 1710 - 19 Oct 1710 Sir T. Trevor
et al. (commissioners)
19 Oct 1710 - 21 Sep 1714 Simon Harcourt, (from 1711) Baron
Harcourt (Lord Keeper to 1713) (b. 1661? - d. 1727)
21 Sep 1714 - 15 Apr 1718 William Cowper, Baron Cowper
(2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Apr 1718 - 12 May 1718 Sir R. Tracy
et al. (commissioners)
12 May 1718 - 7 Jan 1725 Thomas Parker, Baron Macclesfield
(from 1721, Thomas Parker, Earl of
Macclesfield) (b. 1666? - d. 1732)
7 Jan 1725 - 1 Jun 1725 Sir Joseph Jekyll (b. 1663 - d. 1738)
et al. (commissioners)
1 Jun 1725 - 19 Nov 1733 Peter King, Baron King (b. 1669 - d. 1734)
29 Nov 1733 - 14 Feb 1737 Charles Talbot, Baron Talbot of
Hensol (b. 1685 - d. 1737)
21 Feb 1737 - 19 Nov 1756 Philip Yorke, Baron Hardwicke
(from 1754, Philip Yorke, Earl of
Hardwicke) (b. 1690 - d. 1764)
19 Nov 1756 - 1757 Sir John Willes (b. 1685 - d. 1761)
et al. (commissioners)
1757 - 30 Jul 1766 Sir Robert Henley (from 1760,
Robert Henley, Baron Henley; from
1764, Robert Henley, Earl of
Northington) (b. 1708? - d. 1772)
(Lord Keeper to 16 Jan 1761)
30 Jul 1766 - 17 Jan 1770 Charles Pratt, Baron Camden (b. 1714 - d. 1794)
17 Jan 1770 - 30 Jan 1770 Charles Yorke (b. 1722 - d. 1770)
30 Jan 1770 - 23 Jan 1771 Sir Sidney Stafford Smythe (b. 1705 - d. 1778)
et al. (commissioners)
23 Jan 1771 - 3 Jun 1778 Henry Bathurst, Baron Apsley
(from 1775, Henry Bathurst, Earl
Bathurst) (b. 1714 - d. 1794)
3 Jun 1778 - 2 Apr 1783 Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow
(1st time) (b. 1731 - d. 1806)
2 Apr 1783 - 23 Dec 1783 Alexander Wedderburn, Baron
Loughborough (b. 1733 - d. 1805)
et al. (commissioners)
23 Dec 1783 - 15 Jun 1792 Edward Thurlow, Baron Thurlow
(2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Jun 1792 - 28 Jan 1793 Sir James Eyre (b. 1734 - d. 1799)
et al. (commissioners)
28 Jan 1793 - 14 Apr 1801 Alexander Wedderburn, Baron
Loughborough (s.a.)
14 Apr 1801 - 7 Feb 1806 John Scott, Baron Eldon (1st time) (b. 1751 - d. 1838)
7 Feb 1806 - 1 Apr 1807 Thomas Erskine, Baron Erskine (b. 1750 - d. 1823)
1 Apr 1807 - 1 May 1827 John Scott, Baron Eldon (from
1821, John Scott, Earl of Eldon)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1 May 1827 - 22 Nov 1830 John Singleton Copley, Baron
Lyndhurst (1st time) (b. 1772 - d. 1863)
Nov 1830 - Nov 1834 Henry Brougham, Baron Brougham (b. 1778 - d. 1868)
Dec 1834 - Apr 1835 John Singleton Copley, Baron
Lyndhurst (2nd time) (s.a.)
Apr 1835 - 17 Jan 1836 Sir Charles Pepys (b. 1781 - d. 1851)
et al. (commissioners)
17 Jan 1836 - 6 Sep 1841 Charles Pepys, Baron Cottenham
(1st time) (s.a.)
6 Sep 1841 - 6 Jul 1846 John Singleton Copley, Baron
Lyndhurst (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Jul 1846 - 1850 Charles Pepys, Baron Cottenham
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1850 Henry Bickersteth, Baron Langdale (b. 1783 - d. 1851)
et al. (commissioners)
1850 - 27 Feb 1852 Thomas Wilde, Baron Truro (b. 1782 - d. 1855)
27 Feb 1852 - 28 Dec 1852 Edward Sugden, Baron St. Leonards (b. 1781 - d. 1875)
28 Dec 1852 - 1 Mar 1858 Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron
Cranworth (1st time) (b. 1790 - d. 1868)
1 Mar 1858 - 24 Jun 1859 Frederick Thesiger, Baron
Chelmsford (1st time) (b. 1794 - d. 1878)
24 Jun 1859 - 27 Jun 1861 John Campbell, Baron Campbell (b. 1779 - d. 1861)
27 Jun 1861 - 11 Jul 1865 Richard Bethell, Baron Westbury (b. 1800 - d. 1873)
11 Jul 1865 - 9 Jul 1866 Robert Monsey Rolfe, Baron
Cranworth (2nd time) (s.a.)
9 Jul 1866 - 29 Feb 1868 Frederick Thesiger, Baron
Chelmsford (2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Feb 1868 - 12 Dec 1868 Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Baron
Cairns (1st time) (b. 1819 - d. 1885)
12 Dec 1868 - 2 Nov 1872 William Page Wood, Baron Hatherley (b. 1801 - d. 1881)
2 Nov 1872 - 21 Feb 1874 Roundell Palmer, Baron Selborne
(1st time) (b. 1812 - d. 1895)
21 Feb 1874 - 28 Apr 1880 Hugh McCalmont Cairns, Baron
Cairns (from 1878, Hugh McCalmont
Cairns, Earl Cairns) (2nd time) (s.a.)
28 Apr 1880 - 24 Jun 1885 Roundell Palmer, Baron Selborne
(from 1882, Roundell Palmer, Earl
of Selborne) (2nd time) (s.a.)
24 Jun 1885 - 6 Feb 1886 Hardinge Giffard, Baron Halsbury
(1st time) (b. 1823 - d. 1921)
6 Feb 1886 - 3 Aug 1886 Farrer Herschell, Baron Herschell
(1st time) (b. 1837 - d. 1899)
3 Aug 1886 - 18 Aug 1892 Hardinge Giffard, Baron Halsbury
(2nd time) (s.a.)
18 Aug 1892 - 29 Jun 1895 Farrer Herschell, Baron Herschell
(2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Jun 1895 - 11 Dec 1905 Hardinge Giffard, Baron Halsbury
(from 1898, Hardinge Giffard, Earl
of Halsbury) (3rd time) (s.a.)
11 Dec 1905 - 10 Jun 1912 Sir Robert Reid (from 8 Jan 1906,
Robert Reid, Baron Loreburn; from
1911, Robert Reid, Earl Loreburn) (b. 1846 - d. 1923)
10 Jun 1912 - 27 May 1915 Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount
Haldane (1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1928)
27 May 1915 - 11 Dec 1916 Stanley Buckmaster, Baron
Buckmaster (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
11 Dec 1916 - 14 Jan 1919 Robert Bannatyne Finlay, Baron
Finlay (b. 1842 - d. 1929)
14 Jan 1919 - 25 Oct 1922 Frederick Smith, Baron Birkenhead
(from 1921, Frederick Smith,
Viscount Birkenhead) (b. 1872 - d. 1930)
25 Oct 1922 - 23 Jan 1924 George Cave, Viscount Cave
(1st time) (b. 1856 - d. 1928)
23 Jan 1924 - 7 Nov 1924 Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount
Haldane (2nd time) (s.a.)
7 Nov 1924 - 27 Mar 1928 George Cave, Viscount Cave
(2nd time) (s.a.)
29 Mar 1928 - 7 Jun 1929 Douglas McGarel Hogg, Baron
Hailsham (1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
8 Jun 1929 - 6 Jun 1935 John Sankey, Baron Sankey (from
1932, John Sankey, Viscount
Sankey) (b. 1866 - d. 1948)
6 Jun 1935 - 15 Mar 1938 Douglas McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 Mar 1938 - 4 Sep 1939 Frederick Maugham, Baron Maugham (b. 1866 - d. 1958)
4 Sep 1939 - 13 May 1940 Thomas Inskip, Viscount Caldecote (b. 1876 - d. 1947)
13 May 1940 - 28 Jul 1945 John Simon, Viscount Simon (b. 1873 - d. 1954)
28 Jul 1945 - 25 Oct 1951 William Jowitt, Baron Jowitt
(from 1947, William Jowitt,
Viscount Jowitt) (b. 1885 - d. 1957)
26 Oct 1951 - 18 Oct 1954 Gavin Turnbull Simonds, Baron
Simonds (b. 1881 - d. 1971)
19 Oct 1954 - 16 Jul 1962 David Maxwell Fyfe, Viscount
Kilmuir (b. 1900 - d. 1967)
17 Jul 1962 - 26 Oct 1964 Reginald Manningham-Buller,
Baron Dilhorne (b. 1905 - d. 1980)
27 Oct 1964 - 27 Jun 1970 Gerald Austin Gardiner, Baron
Gardiner (b. 1900 - d. 1990)
28 Jun 1970 - 4 Mar 1974 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron
Hailsham (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 2001)
5 Mar 1974 - 4 May 1979 Frederick Elwyn-Jones, Baron
Elwyn-Jones (b. 1909 - d. 1989)
5 May 1979 - 12 Jun 1987 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron
Hailsham (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Jun 1987 - 27 Oct 1987 Michael Havers, Baron Havers (b. 1923 - d. 1992)
28 Oct 1987 - 3 May 1997 James Mackay, Baron Mackay of
Clashfern (b. 1927)
3 May 1997 - 12 Jun 2003 Alexander Irvine, Baron Irvine of
Lairg (b. 1940)
12 Jun 2003 - 28 Jun 2007 Charles Leslie Falconer, Baron
Falconer of Thoroton (b. 1951)
28 Jun 2007 - Jack Straw (b. 1946)
Lord President of the Council
Lord Presidents of the Council
1699 - 1702 Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
(1st time) (b. 1656 - d. 1733)
1702 Charles Seymour, Duke of Somerset (b. 1662 - d. 1748)
1702 - 1708 Thomas Herbert, Earl of Pembroke
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1708 - 1710 John Somers, Baron Somers (b. 1651 - d. 1716)
1710 - 1711 Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester (b. 1641 - d. 1711)
1711 - 1714 John Sheffield, Duke of
Buckinghamshire (b. 1648 - d. 1721)
1714 - 1716 Daniel Finch, Earl of Nottingham (b. 1647 - d. 1730)
1716 - 1717 William Cavendish, Duke of
Devonshire (1st time) (b. c.1672 - d. 1729)
1717 - 1719 Charles Spencer, Earl of
Sunderland (b. 1674 - d. 1722)
1719 - 1720 Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of
Kingston (b. 1665? - d. 1726)
1720 - 1721 Charles Townshend,
Viscount Townshend (b. 1674 - d. 1738)
1721 - 1725 Henry Boyle, Baron Carleton (b. 1669 - d. 1725)
1725 - 1729 William Cavendish, Duke of
Devonshire (2nd time) (s.a.)
1729 - 1730 Thomas Trevor, Baron Trevor (b. 1658 - d. 1730)
1730 - 1742 Spencer Compton, Earl of
Wilmington (b. 1673? - d. 1743)
1742 - 1745 William Stanhope, Earl of
Harrington (b. 1690? - d. 1756)
1745 - 1751 Lionel Cranfield Sackville, Duke
of Dorset (b. 1688 - d. 1765)
1751 - 1763 John Carteret, Earl Granville (b. 1690 - d. 1763)
1763 - 1765 John Russell, Duke of Bedford (b. 1710 - d. 1771)
1765 - 1766 Daniel Finch, Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham (b. 1689 - d. 1769)
1766 - 1767 Robert Henley, Earl of Northington (b. 1708? - d. 1772)
1767 - 1779 Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl
Gower (1st time) (b. 1721 - d. 1803)
1779 - 1782 Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst (b. 1714 - d. 1794)
1782 - 1783 Charles Pratt, Baron Camden
(1st time) (b. 1714 - d. 1794)
1783 David Murray, Viscount Stormont
(1st time) (b. 1727 - d. 1796)
1783 - 1784 Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl
Gower (2nd time) (s.a.)
1784 - 1794 Charles Pratt, Baron Camden (from
1786, Charles Pratt, Earl Camden)
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1794 William Fitzwilliam, Earl
Fitzwilliam (1st time) (b. 1748 - d. 1833)
1794 - 1796 David Murray, Earl of Mansfield
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1796 - 1801 John Pitt, Earl of Chatham (b. 1756 - d. 1835)
1801 - 1805 William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke
of Portland (b. 1738 - d. 1809)
1805 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth
(1st time) (b. 1757 - d. 1844)
1805 - 1806 John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden
(1st time) (b. 1759 - d. 1840)
1806 William Fitzwilliam, Earl
Fitzwilliam (2nd time) (s.a.)
1806 - 1807 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1807 - 1812 John Jeffreys Pratt, Earl Camden
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1812 Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth
(3rd time) (s.a.)
1812 - 1827 Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby (b. 1762 - d. 1847)
1827 - 1828 William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke
of Portland (b. 1768 - d. 1854)
1828 - 1830 Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst (b. 1762 - d. 1834)
1830 - 1834 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess
of Lansdowne (1st time) (b. 1780 - d. 1863)
1834 - 1835 James Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn (b. 1762 - d. 1837)
1835 - 1841 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess
of Lansdowne (2nd time) (s.a.)
1841 - 19 Dec 1845 James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie,
Baron Wharncliffe (b. 1776 - d. 1845)
1846 Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Duke
of Buccleuch and Queensberry (b. 1806 - d. 1884)
1846 - 1852 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess
of Lansdowne (3rd time) (s.a.)
1852 William Lowther, Earl of Lonsdale (b. 1787 - d. 1872)
1852 - 1854 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (1st time) (b. 1815 - d. 1891)
1854 - 1855 Lord John Russell (b. 1792 - d. 1878)
1855 - 1858 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (2nd time) (s.a.)
1858 - 1859 James Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury (b. 1791 - d. 1868)
1859 - 1866 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (3rd time) (s.a.)
Jul 1866 - Mar 1867 Richard Plantagenet Campbell
Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-
Grenville, Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos (b. 1823 - d. 1889)
1867 - 1868 John Churchill, Duke of
Marlborough (b. 1822 - d. 1883)
1868 - 1873 George Robinson, Earl of Ripon
(from 1871, George Robinson,
Marquess of Ripon) (b. 1827 - d. 1909)
1873 - 1874 Henry Austin Bruce, Baron Aberdare (b. 1815 - d. 1895)
1874 - 1880 Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of
Richmond and Gordon (b. 1818 - d. 1903)
1880 - 1882 John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer
(1st time) (b. 1835 - d. 1910)
1883 - 1885 Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue,
Baron Carlingford (b. 1823 - d. 1898)
1885 - 1886 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount
Cranbrook (1st time) (b. 1814 - d. 1906)
1886 John Poyntz Spencer, Earl Spencer
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1886 - 1892 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount
Cranbrook (2nd time) (s.a.)
1892 - 1894 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1894 - 1895 Archibald Primrose, Earl of
Rosebery (b. 1847 - d. 1929)
1895 - 1903 Spencer Compton Cavendish, Duke of
Devonshire (b. 1833 - d. 1908)
1903 - 1905 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart,
Marquess of Londonderry (b. 1852 - d. 1915)
1905 - 1908 Robert Crewe-Milnes, Earl of Crewe
(1st time) (b. 1858 - d. 1945)
1908 Edward Marjoribanks, Baron
Tweedmouth (b. 1849 - d. 1909)
Oct 1908 - Jun 1910 Henry Hartley Fowler, Viscount
Wolverhampton (b. 1830 - d. 1911)
1910 William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp
(1st time) (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
1910 - 1914 John Morley, Viscount Morley of
Blackburn (b. 1838 - d. 1923)
1914 - 1915 William Lygon, Earl Beauchamp
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1915 - 1916 Robert Crewe-Milnes, Marquess of
Crewe (2nd time) (s.a.)
1916 - 1919 George Nathaniel Curzon, Earl
Curzon (1st time) (b. 1859 - d. 1925)
1919 - 1922 Arthur James Balfour (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1930)
1922 - 1924 James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (b. 1861 - d. 1947)
1924 Charles Cripps, Baron Parmoor
(1st time) (b. 1852 - d. 1941)
1924 - 1925 George Nathaniel Curzon, Marquess
Curzon (2nd time) (s.a.)
1925 - 1929 Arthur James Balfour, Earl of
Balfour (2nd time) (s.a.)
1929 - 1931 Charles Cripps, Baron Parmoor
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1931 - 7 Jun 1935 Stanley Baldwin (b. 1867 - d. 1947)
7 Jun 1935 - 28 May 1937 Ramsay MacDonald (b. 1866 - d. 1937)
1937 - 1938 Edward Wood, Viscount Halifax (b. 1881 - d. 1959)
1938 Douglas McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (b. 1872 - d. 1950)
1938 - 1939 Walter Runciman, Viscount Runciman (b. 1870 - d. 1949)
1939 - 1940 James Stanhope, Earl Stanhope (b. 1880 - d. 1967)
1940 Neville Chamberlain (b. 1869 - d. 1940)
1940 - 1943 Sir John Anderson (b. 1882 - d. 1958)
1943 - 28 May 1945 Clement Attlee (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
28 May 1945 - 28 Jul 1945 Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton
(1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
28 Jul 1945 - 1951 Herbert Morrison (b. 1888 - d. 1965)
1951 Christopher Addison, Viscount
Addison (b. 1869 - d. 1951)
1951 - 1952 Frederick Marquis, Baron Woolton
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1952 - 1957 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (b. 1893 - d. 1972)
1957 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home,
Earl of Home (1st time) (b. 1903 - d. 1995)
1957 - 1959 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (1st time) (b. 1907 - d. 2001)
1959 - 1960 Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home,
Earl of Home (2nd time) (s.a.)
1960 - 1964 Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount
Hailsham (2nd time) (s.a.)
1964 - 1966 Herbert Bowden (b. 1905 - d. 1994)
1966 - 1968 Richard Crossman (b. 1907 - d. 1974)
Oct 1968 - 1970 Fred Peart (b. 1914 - d. 1988)
1970 - 1972 William Whitelaw (1st time) (b. 1918 - d. 1999)
Apr 1972 - Nov 1972 Robert Carr (b. 1916)
1972 - 1974 James Prior (b. 1927)
1974 - 1976 Edward Short (b. 1912)
1976 - 1979 Michael Foot (b. 1913)
1979 - 1981 Christopher Soames, Baron Soames (b. 1920 - d. 1987)
1981 - 1982 Francis Pym (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
1982 - 1983 John Biffen (b. 1930)
1983 - 1988 William Whitelaw, Viscount
Whitelaw (2nd time) (s.a.)
1988 - 1989 John Wakeham (b. 1932)
1989 - 1990 Sir Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926)
1990 - 1992 John MacGregor (b. 1937)
1992 - 1997 Tony Newton (b. 1937)
1997 - 1998 Ann Taylor (f) (b. 1947)
1998 - 2001 Margaret Beckett (f) (b. 1943)
2001 - 2003 Robin Cook (b. 1946 - d. 2005)
4 Apr 2003 - 13 Jun 2003 John Reid (b. 1947)
13 Jun 2003 - 20 Sep 2003 Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron
Williams of Mostyn (b. 1941 - d. 2003)
6 Oct 2003 - 28 Jun 2007 Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos (f) (b. 1954)
28 Jun 2007 - Catherine Ashton, Baroness Ashton
of Upholland (f) (b. 1956)
Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
1697 - 1702 Thomas Grey, Earl Stamford (b. 1654 - d. 1720)
1702 - 1706 Sir John Leveson-Gower (from 1703,
John Leveson-Gower, Baron Gower of
Stittenham) (b. 1675 - d. 1709)
1706 - 1710 James Stanley, Earl of Derby (b. 1664 - d. 1736)
1710 - 1714 William Berkeley, Baron Berkeley
of Stratton (b. 16... - d. 1741)
1714 - 1716 Heneage Finch, Earl of Aylesford (b. 1647? - d. 1719)
1716 - 1717 Richard Lumley, Earl of
Scarborough (b. 1650? - d. 1721)
1718 - 1727 Nicholas Lechmere, Baron Lechmere (b. 1675 - d. 1727)
1727 - 1736 John Manners, Duke of Rutland (b. 1696 - d. 1779)
1736 - 1743 George Cholmondeley, Earl of
Cholmondeley (b. 1703 - d. 1770)
1743 - 1758 Richard Edgcumbe, Baron Edgcumbe
of Mount Edgcumbe (b. 1680 - d. 1758)
1758 - 1762 Thomas Hay, Earl of Kinnoull (b. 1710 - d. 1787)
1762 - 1771 James Stanley, Lord Strange (b. 1716 - d. 1771)
1771 - 1782 Thomas Villiers, Baron Hyde of
Hindon (from 1776, Thomas
Villiers, Earl of Clarendon) (b. 1709 - d. 1786)
1782 - 1783 John Dunning, Baron Ashburton (b. 1731 - d. 1783)
1783 Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of
Derby (1st time) (b. 1752 - d. 1834)
1783 - 1786 Thomas Villiers, Earl of Clarendon (b. 1709 - d. 1786)
1786 - 1803 Charles Jenkinson, Baron
Hawkesbury (from 1796, Charles
Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool) (b. 1727 - d. 1808)
1803 - 1804 Thomas Pelham (b. 1756 - d. 1826)
1804 - 1805 Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave (b. 1755 - d. 1831)
1805 Robert Hobart, Earl of
Buckinghamshire (1st time) (b. 1760 - d. 1816)
1805 - 1806 Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby (b. 1762 - d. 1847)
1806 - 1807 Edward Smith-Stanley, Earl of
Derby (2nd time) (s.a.)
1807 - 1812 Spencer Perceval (b. 1762 - d. 1812)
1812 Robert Hobart, Earl of
Buckinghamshire (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jun 1812 - Jan 1823 Charles Bragge Bathurst (b. 1754 - d. 1831)
Jan 1823 - 1828 Nicholas Vansittart, Baron Bexley (b. 1766 - d. 1851)
1828 George Hamilton-Gordon, Earl of
Aberdeen (b. 1784 - d. 1860)
1828 - 1830 Charles Arbuthnot (b. 1767 - d. 1850)
1830 - 1834 Henry Richard Fox, Baron Holland
(1st time) (b. 1773 - d. 1840)
1834 - 1835 Charles Watkin Williams Wynn (b. 1775 - d. 1850)
1835 - 1840 Henry Richard Fox, Baron Holland
(2nd time) (s.a.)
1840 - 1841 George William Frederick Villiers,
Earl of Clarendon (1st time) (b. 1800 - d. 1870)
1841 Sir George Grey (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1882)
1841 - 1846 Granville Charles Henry Somerset (b. 1792 - d. 1848)
1846 - 1850 John Campbell, Baron Campbell (b. 1779 - d. 1861)
1850 - 1852 George William Frederick Howard,
Earl of Carlisle (b. 1802 - d. 1864)
1852 Robert Adam Christopher (b. 1804 - d. 1877)
1852 - 1854 Edward Strutt (b. 1801 - d. 1880)
1854 - 1855 Granville George Leveson-Gower,
Earl Granville (b. 1815 - d. 1891)
1855 Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby (b. 1798 - d. 1882)
1855 - 1858 Matthew Talbot Baines (b. 1798 - d. 1860)
1858 - 1859 James Graham, Duke of Montrose (b. 1799 - d. 1874)
1859 - 1861 Sir George Grey (2nd time) (s.a.)
1861 - 1864 Edward Cardwell (b. 1813 - d. 1886)
1864 - 1866 George William Frederick Villiers,
Earl of Clarendon (2nd time) (s.a.)
1866 George Joachim Goschen (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
1866 - 1867 William Reginald Courtenay, Earl
of Devon (b. 1807 - d. 1888)
1867 - 1868 John Wilson-Patten (b. 1802 - d. 1892)
1868 Thomas Edward Taylor (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1883)
1868 - 1872 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-
Blackwood, Baron Clandeboye,
(from 1871) Earl of Dufferin (b. 1825 - d. 1902)
1872 - 1873 Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (b. 1827 - d. 1896)
1873 - 1874 John Bright (1st time) (b. 1811 - d. 1889)
1874 - 1880 Thomas Edward Taylor (2nd time) (s.a.)
1880 - 1882 John Bright (2nd time) (s.a.)
1882 John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley (b. 1826 - d. 1902)
1882 - 1884 John George Dodson (b. 1825 - d. 1897)
1884 - 1885 Sir George Otto Trevelyan (b. 1838 - d. 1928)
1885 - 1886 Henry Chaplin (b. 1840 - d. 1923)
1886 Edward Heneage (b. 1840 - d. 1922)
1886 Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth (b. 1844 - d. 1939)
1886 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, Viscount
Cranbrook (b. 1814 - d. 1906)
1886 - 1892 John James Manners, (from 1888)
Duke of Rutland (b. 1818 - d. 1906)
1892 - 1894 James Bryce (b. 1838 - d. 1922)
1894 - 1895 Edward Marjoribanks, Baron
Tweedmouth (b. 1849 - d. 1909)
1895 Richard Assheton Cross, Viscount
Cross (b. 1823 - d. 1914)
1895 - 1902 Henry James, Baron James of
Hereford (b. 1828 - d. 1911)
1902 - 1905 Sir William Hood Walrond (b. 1849 - d. 1925)
1905 - 1908 Sir Henry Hartley Fowler (b. 1830 - d. 1911)
1908 - 1909 Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice,
Baron Fitzmaurice (b. 1846 - d. 1925)
1909 - 1910 Herbert Louis Samuel (1st time) (b. 1870 - d. 1963)
1910 - 1911 Joseph Albert Pease (b. 1860 - d. 1943)
1911 - 1914 Charles Hobhouse (b. 1862 - d. 1941)
1914 - 1915 Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman (b. 1874 - d. 1927)
1915 Edwin Samuel Montagu (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1924)
1915 Winston Churchill (b. 1874 - d. 1965)
1915 - 1916 Herbert Louis Samuel (2nd time) (s.a.)
1916 Edwin Samuel Montagu (2nd time) (s.a.)
1916 T. McKinnon Wood (b. 1855 - d. 1927)
1916 - 4 Mar 1918 Sir Frederick Cawley (from Jan
1918, Frederick Cawley, Baron
Cawley of Prestwich) (b. 1850 - d. 1937)
4 Mar 1918 - 8 Nov 1918 William Maxwell Aitken, Baron
Beaverbrook (b. 1879 - d. 1964)
8 Nov 1918 - 1919 William Hayes Fisher, (from 19
Nov 1918) Baron Downham (b. 1853 - d. 1920)
1919 - 1921 David Alexander Edward Lindsay,
Earl of Crawford and Earl of
Balcares (b. 1871 - d. 1940)
1921 - 1922 William Peel, Viscount Peel (b. 1867 - d. 1937)
1922 Sir William Sutherland (b. 1880 - d. 1949)
1922 - 1923 James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of
Salisbury (b. 1861 - d. 1947)
1923 - 1924 John Colin Campbell Davidson
(1st time) (b. 1889 - d. 1970)
1924 Josiah Clement Wedgwood (b. 1872 - d. 1943)
1924 - 19 Oct 1927 Robert Cecil, Viscount Cecil of
Chelwood (b. 1864 - d. 1958)
19 Oct 1927 - 1929 Ronald John McNeill, (from 7 Nov
1927) Baron Cushendun (b. 1861 - d. 1934)
1929 - 1930 Sir Oswald Mosley (b. 1896 - d. 1980)
1930 - 1931 Clement Attlee (b. 1883 - d. 1967)
1931 Arthur Augustus William Harry
Ponsonby, Baron Ponsonby of
Shulbrede (b. 1871 - d. 1946)
1931 Philip Henry Kerr, Marquess of
Lothian (b. 1892 - d. 1940)
1931 - 1937 John Colin Campbell Davidson (from
1935, Sir John Colin Campbell
Davidson) (2nd time) (s.a.)
1937 - 1939 Edward Turnour, Earl Winterton (b. 1883 - d. 1962)
1939 - 1940 William Shepherd Morrison (b. 1893 - d. 1961)
1940 George Clement Tryon, Baron Tryon (b. 1871 - d. 1940)
1940 - 1941 Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, Baron
Hankey (b. 1877 - d. 1963)
1941 - 1943 Alfred Duff Cooper (b. 1889 - d. 1954)
1943 - 28 May 1945 Ernest Brown (b. 1881 - d. 1962)
28 May 1945 - 14 Aug 1945 Sir James Arthur Salter (b. 1881 - d. 1975)
14 Aug 1945 - 1947 John Burns Hynd (b. 1902 - d. 1971)
1947 - 1948 Frank Pakenham, Baron Pakenham (b. 1905 - d. 2001)
1948 - 1950 Hugh Dalton (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
1950 - 1951 Albert Victor Alexander, Viscount
Alexander of Hillsborough (b. 1885 - d. 1965)
1951 - 1952 Philip Cunliffe-Lister, Viscount
Swinton (b. 1884 - d. 1972)
1952 - 1955 Frederick James Marquis, Baron
Woolton (from 1953, Frederick
James Marquis, Viscount Woolton) (b. 1883 - d. 1964)
1955 - 1957 George Douglas-Hamilton, Earl of
Selkirk (b. 1906 - d. 1994)
Jan 1957 - Oct 1961 Charles Hill (b. 1904 - d. 1989)
1961 - 1963 Iain Macleod (b. 1913 - d. 1970)
1963 - 1964 John Hugh Hare, Viscount Blakenham (b. 1911 - d. 1982)
1964 - 1966 Arthur Leslie Noel Douglas
Houghton (b. 1898 - d. 1996)
1966 - 1967 George Morgan Thomson (1st time) (b. 1921)
1967 - 1969 Frederick Lee (b. 1906 - d. 1984)
1969 - 1970 George Morgan Thomson (2nd time) (s.a.)
Jun 1970 - Jul 1970 Anthony Barber (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
1970 - 1972 Geoffrey Rippon (b. 1924 - d. 1997)
1972 - 1974 John Emerson Harding Davies (b. 1916 - d. 1979)
1974 - 1979 Norman Harold Lever (b. 1914 - d. 1995)
1979 - 1981 Norman Arthur Francis St. John
Stevas (b. 1929)
1981 Francis Pym (b. 1922 - d. 2008)
1981 - 1982 Janet Young, Baroness Young (f) (b. 1926 - d. 2002)
1982 - 1983 Cecil Edward Parkinson (b. 1931)
1983 - 1984 Francis Arthur Cockfield, Baron
Cockfield (b. 1916 - d. 2007)
1984 - 1985 Alexander Patrick Greysteil
Ruthven, Earl of Gowrie (b. 1939)
1985 - 1987 Norman Tebbit (b. 1931)
1987 - 1988 Kenneth Clarke (b. 1940)
1988 - 1989 Tony Newton (b. 1937)
1989 - 1990 Kenneth Baker (b. 1934)
1990 - 1992 Chris Patten (b. 1944)
1992 - 1994 William Waldegrave (b. 1946)
1994 - 1995 David Hunt (b. 1942)
1995 - 1997 Roger Norman Freeman (b. 1942)
1997 - 1998 David Clark (b. 1939)
1998 - 1999 Jack Cunningham (b. 1939)
1999 - 2001 Mo Mowlam (f) (b. 1949 - d. 2005)
Jun 2001 - 13 Jun 2003 Angus John Macdonald, Baron
Macdonald of Tradeston (b. 1940)
13 Jun 2003 - 8 Sep 2004 Douglas Alexander (b. 1967)
8 Sep 2004 - 6 May 2005 Alan Milburn (b. 1958)
6 May 2005 - 3 Nov 2005 John Hutton (b. 1955)
5 May 2006 - 28 Jun 2007 Hilary Armstrong (f) (b. 1945)
28 Jun 2007 - Ed Miliband (b. 1969)
Lord Privy Seal
Lords Privy Seal
1699 - 1700 John Lowther, Viscount Lonsdale (b. 1655 - d. 1700)
1700 - 1701 Ford Grey, Earl of Tankerville (b. 1655 - d. 1701)
1702 - 1705 John Sheffield, Marquess of
Normanby (from 1703, John
Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire
and Normanby) (b. 1648 - d. 1721)
1705 - 1711 John Holles, Duke of Newcastle (b. 1662 - d. 1711)
1711 - 1713 John Robinson, Bishop of Bristol (b. 1650 - d. 1723)
1713 - 1714 William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth (b. 1672 - d. 1750)
1714 - 1715 Thomas Wharton, Earl Wharton (from
1715, Thomas Wharton, Marquess of
Wharton) (b. 1648 - d. 1716)
1715 - 1716 Charles Spencer, Earl of
Sunderland (b. 1674 - d. 1722)
1716 - 1719 Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of
Kingston (1st time) (b. 1665? - d. 1726)
1719 - 1720 Henry Grey, Duke of Kent (b. 1664? - d. 1740)
1720 - 1726 Evelyn Pierrepont, Duke of
Kingston (2nd time) (s.a.)
1726 - 1730 Thomas Trevor, Baron Trevor (b. 1658 - d. 1730)
1730 - 1731 Spencer Compton, Earl of
Wilmington (b. 1673? - d. 1743)
1731 - 1733 William Cavendish, Duke of
Devonshire (b. 1698 - d. 1755)
1733 - 1735 Henry Lowther, Viscount Lonsdale (b. ... - d. 1751)
1735 - 1740 Francis Godolphin, Earl of
Godolphin (b. 1678 - d. 1766)
1740 - 1742 John Hervey, Baron Hervey (b. 1696 - d. 1743)
1742 - 1743 John Leveson-Gower, Baron Gower
(1st time) (b. 1694 - d. 1754)
1743 - 1744 George Cholmondeley, Earl of
Cholmondeley (b. 1703 - d. 1770)
1744 - 1754 John Leveson-Gower, Baron Gower
(from 1746, John Leveson-Gower,
Earl Gower) (2nd time) (s.a.)
1755 - 1757 Charles Spencer, Duke of
Marlborough (b. 1706 - d. 1758)
1757 - 1761 Richard Grenville, Earl Temple (b. 1711 - d. 1779)
1761 - 1763 John Russell, Duke of Bedford (b. 1710 - d. 1771)
1763 - 1765 George Spencer, Duke of
Marlborough (1st time) (b. 1739 - d. 1817)
Jul 1765 - Aug 1766 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of
Newcastle (b. 1693 - d. 1768)
1766 - 1768 William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (b. 1708 - d. 1778)
1768 - 1770 George William Hervey, Earl of
Bristol (b. 1721 - d. 1775)
1770 - 1771 George Montagu Dunk, Earl of
Halifax (b. 1716 - d. 1771)
1771 Henry Howard, Earl of Suffolk and
Berkshire (b. 1739 - d. 1779)
1771 - 1775 Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of
Grafton (1st time) (b.