Portrait |
Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office |
Other ministerial portfolios held during tenure |
Party |
Ministry |
Monarch (Reign) |
|
|
The Most Honourable Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess of Wharton PC [nb 15] (1648–1715) |
23 September 1714 |
31 August 1715 |
|
Whig |
Townshend I |
George I
(1714–1727) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland PC FRS (1675–1722) |
31 August 1715 |
19 December 1716 |
|
— |
|
|
His Grace Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull PC (c. 1655–1726) |
19 December 1716 |
6 February 1719 |
|
— |
Stanhope–Sunderland I |
Stanhope–Sunderland II |
|
|
His Grace Henry Grey 1st Duke of Kent KG PC (1671–1740) |
6 February 1719 |
11 June 1720 |
|
— |
|
|
His Grace Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull KG PC (c. 1655–1726) |
11 June 1720 |
11 March 1726 |
|
— |
Walpole–Townshend |
|
|
The Right Honourable Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor PC KC FRS (1658–1730) |
11 March 1726 |
8 May 1730 |
|
— |
George II
(1727–1760) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington KB PC (c. 1673–1743) |
8 May 1730 |
January 1731 |
|
Whig |
Walpole |
|
|
His Grace William Cavendish 3rd Duke of Devonshire PC FRS (1698–1755) |
12 January 1731 |
5 May 1733 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable Henry Lowther 3rd Viscount Lonsdale PC (1694–1751) |
5 May 1733 |
16 May 1735 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl of Godolphin PC (1678–1766) |
16 May 1735 |
7 April 1740 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey PC (1696–1743) |
7 April 1740 |
13 July 1742 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Leveson-Gower 2nd Baron Gower PC (1694–1754) |
13 July 1742 |
10 December 1743 |
|
Tory |
Carteret |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley PC (1703–1770) |
10 December 1743 |
27 December 1744 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower PC [nb 16] (1694–1754) |
27 December 1744 |
8 June 1755 |
|
Tory |
Broad Bottom (I & II) |
Newcastle I |
|
|
His Grace Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough PC (1706–1758) |
8 June 1755 |
22 December 1755 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Gower PC (1721–1803) |
22 December 1755 |
30 June 1757 |
|
Tory |
Pitt–Devonshire |
1757 Caretaker |
|
|
The Right Honourable Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple PC (1711–1779) |
30 June 1757 |
5 October 1761 |
|
— |
Pitt–Newcastle |
George III
(1760–1820) [nb 17] |
|
|
His Grace John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford KG PC FRS (1710–1771) |
25 November 1761 |
22 April 1763 |
|
Whig |
Bute |
|
|
His Grace George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC (1739–1817) |
22 April 1763 |
30 July 1765 |
|
— |
Grenville (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
His Grace Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle KG PC FRS (1693–1768) |
30 July 1765 |
30 July 1766 |
|
Whig |
Rockingham I |
|
|
The Right Honourable William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham PC FRS (1708–1778) |
30 July 1766 |
2 November 1768 |
|
Whig |
Chatham (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Hervey 2nd Earl of Bristol PC (1721–1775) |
2 November 1768 |
26 February 1770 |
|
— |
Grafton (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Montagu-Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax KG PC (1716–1771) |
26 February 1770 |
22 January 1771 |
|
Tory |
North |
|
|
The Right Honourable Henry Howard 12th Earl of Suffolk PC (1739–1889) |
22 January 1771 |
12 June 1771 |
|
— |
|
|
His Grace Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC (1735–1811) |
12 June 1771 |
4 November 1775 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth PC FRS (1731–1801) |
4 November 1775 |
27 March 1782 |
|
— |
|
|
His Grace Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC (1735–1811) |
27 March 1782 |
4 April 1783 |
|
Whig |
Rockingham II |
Shelburne (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle PC (1748–1825) |
4 April 1783 |
23 December 1783 |
|
— |
Fox–North (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
His Grace Charles Manners 4th Duke of Rutland KG PC (1754–1787) |
23 December 1783 |
27 November 1784 |
|
— |
Pitt I |
|
|
The Most Honourable Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess of Stafford PC [nb 18] (1721–1803) |
27 November 1784 |
1794 |
|
Tory |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer PC DL FRS FSA (1758–1834) |
1794 |
16 July 1794 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham KG PC (1756–1835) |
16 July 1794 |
14 February 1798 |
|
— |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Fane 10th Earl of Westmorland KG PC (1759–1841) |
14 February 1798 |
5 February 1806 |
|
Tory |
Addington |
Pitt II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth PC (1757–1844) |
5 February 1806 |
15 October 1806 |
|
Tory |
All the Talents (Whig–Tory) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland PC (1773–1840) |
15 October 1806 |
25 March 1807 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Fane 10th Earl of Westmorland KG PC (1759–1841) |
25 March 1807 |
30 April 1827 |
|
Tory |
Portland II |
Perceval |
Liverpool |
George IV
(1820–1830) |
|
|
His Grace William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke of Portland PC DCL (1768–1854) |
30 April 1827 |
16 July 1827 |
|
Tory |
Canning (Canningite–Whig) |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle PC FRS (1773–1848) |
16 July 1827 |
26 January 1828 |
|
Whig |
Goderich (Canningite–Whig) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough PC FRS (1790–1871) |
26 January 1828 |
10 June 1829 |
|
Tory |
Wellington–Peel |
|
|
The Right Honourable James St Clair-Erskine 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB PC (1762–1837) |
10 June 1829 |
22 November 1830 |
|
Tory |
William IV
(1830–1837) |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Lambton 1st Baron Durham PC (1792–1840) |
22 November 1830 |
3 April 1833 |
|
Whig |
Grey |
|
|
The Right Honourable Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl of Ripon PC (1782–1859) |
3 April 1833 |
5 June 1834 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle PC FRS (1773–1848) |
5 June 1834 |
30 July 1834 |
|
Whigs |
|
|
The Right Honourable Constantine Phipps 2nd Earl of Mulgrave GCH PC (1797–1863) |
30 July 1834 |
14 November 1834 |
|
Whig |
Melbourne I |
|
|
The Right Honourable James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe PC (1776–1845) |
15 December 1834 |
8 April 1835 |
|
Conservative |
Peel I |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Ponsonby 1st Baron Duncannon PC (1781–1847) |
23 April 1835 |
15 January 1840 |
|
Whig |
Melbourne II |
Victoria
(1837–1901) |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon GCB PC (1800–1870) |
15 January 1840 |
30 August 1841 |
|
Whig |
|
|
His Grace Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos GCH PC FRS (1797–1861) |
3 September 1841 |
2 February 1842 |
|
Conservative |
Peel II |
|
|
His Grace Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott 5th Duke of Buccleuch KG PC (1806–1884) |
2 February 1842 |
21 January 1846 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Thomas Hamilton 9th Earl of Haddington PC FRS (1780–1858) |
21 January 1846 |
27 June 1846 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 2nd Earl of Minto GCB PC (1782–1859) |
6 July 1846 |
21 February 1852 |
|
Whig |
Russell I |
|
|
The Most Honourable James Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury KG PC (1791–1868) |
27 February 1852 |
17 December 1852 |
|
Conservative |
Who? Who? |
|
|
His Grace George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll PC FRS FRSE (1823–1900) |
4 January 1853 |
7 December 1855 |
|
Peelite |
Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig) |
Palmerston I |
|
|
The Right Honourable Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby PC FRS (1798–1882) |
7 December 1855 |
3 February 1858 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Most Honourable Ulick de Burgh 1st Marquess of Clanricarde KP PC (1802–1874) |
3 February 1858 |
21 February 1858 |
|
Whig |
|
|
The Right Honourable Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke PC (1799–1873) |
26 February 1858 |
11 June 1859 |
|
Conservative |
Derby–Disraeli II |
|
|
His Grace George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll KT PC FRS FRSE (1823–1900) |
18 June 1859 |
26 June 1866 |
|
Liberal |
Palmerston II |
Russell II |
|
|
The Right Honourable James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury GCB PC (1807–1889) |
6 July 1866 |
1 December 1868 |
|
Conservative |
Derby–Disraeli III |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley PC (1826–1902) |
9 December 1868 |
6 July 1870 |
|
Liberal |
Gladstone I |
|
|
The Right Honourable Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC (1800–1885) |
6 July 1870 |
17 February 1874 |
|
Liberal |
|
|
The Right Honourable James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury GCB PC (1807–1889) |
21 February 1874 |
12 August 1876 |
|
Conservative |
Disraeli II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield PC FRS (1804–1881) |
12 August 1876 |
4 February 1878 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
His Grace Algernon Percy 6th Duke of Northumberland PC (1810–1899) |
4 February 1878 |
21 April 1880 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
His Grace George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll KT PC FRS FRSE (1823–1900) |
28 April 1880 |
2 May 1881 |
|
Liberal |
Gladstone II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 1st Baron Carlingford KP PC (1823–1898) |
2 May 1881 |
5 March 1885 |
|
Liberal |
|
|
The Right Honourable Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery PC (1847–1929) |
5 March 1885 |
9 June 1885 |
|
Liberal |
|
|
The Right Honourable Dudley Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby PC (1831–1900) |
24 June 1885 |
28 January 1886 |
|
Conservative |
Salisbury I |
|
|
The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) |
17 February 1886 |
20 July 1886 |
|
Liberal |
Gladstone III |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan KG PC (1840–1915) |
3 August 1886 |
11 August 1892 |
|
Conservative |
Salisbury II |
|
|
The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS MP for Midlothian (1809–1898) |
20 August 1892 |
10 March 1894 |
|
Liberal |
Gladstone IV |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth PC (1849–1909) |
10 March 1894 |
21 June 1895 |
|
Liberal |
Rosebery |
|
|
The Right Honourable Richard Assheton Cross 1st Viscount Cross GCB PC FRS DL (1823–1914) |
29 June 1895 |
12 November 1900 |
|
Conservative |
Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.) |
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG PC FRS (1830–1903) |
12 November 1900 |
July 1902 |
|
Conservative |
Edward VII
(1901–1910) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Arthur Balfour FRS DL MP for Manchester East (1848–1930) |
14 July 1902 |
October 1903 |
|
Conservative |
Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.) |
|
|
The Most Honourable James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury CB PC (1861–1947) |
17 October 1903 |
December 1905 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Most Honourable George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon KG GCSI CIE VD PC (1827–1909) |
10 December 1905 |
October 1908 |
|
Liberal |
Campbell-Bannerman |
Asquith (I–III) |
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe KG PC FSA [nb 24] (1858–1945) |
9 October 1908 |
October 1911 |
|
Liberal |
George V
(1910–1936) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Charles Wynn-Carington 1st Earl Carrington KG GCMG PC (1843–1928) |
23 October 1911 |
February 1912 |
|
Liberal |
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe KG PC FSA (1858–1945) |
13 February 1912 |
May 1915 |
|
Liberal |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Curzon 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston GCSI GCIE PC (1859–1925) |
25 May 1915 |
December 1916 |
|
Conservative |
Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford PC (1871–1940) |
15 December 1916 |
January 1919 |
|
Conservative |
Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Bonar Law MP for Glasgow Central (1858–1923) |
10 January 1919 |
March 1921 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Austen Chamberlain MP for Birmingham West (1863–1937) |
23 March 1921 |
October 1922 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
Vacant |
October 1922 |
May 1923 |
|
|
Law |
|
|
The Right Honourable Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood PC KC [nb 28] (1864–1958) |
28 May 1923 |
January 1924 |
|
Conservative |
Baldwin I |
|
|
The Right Honourable J. R. Clynes MP for Manchester Platting (1869–1949) |
22 January 1924 |
November 1924 |
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
|
Labour |
MacDonald I |
|
|
The Most Honourable James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) |
6 November 1924 |
June 1929 |
|
Conservative |
Baldwin II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Jimmy Thomas MP for Derby (1874–1949) |
7 June 1929 |
June 1930 |
|
Labour |
MacDonald II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Vernon Hartshorn MP for Ogmore (1872–1931) |
5 June 1930 |
March 1931 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Tom Johnston MP for West Stirlingshire (1881–1965) |
24 March 1931 |
August 1931 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable William Peel 1st Earl Peel GBE TD PC (1867–1937) |
August 1931 |
November 1931 |
|
Conservative |
National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden PC (1864–1937) |
5 November 1931 |
September 1932 |
|
National Labour |
National II (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Stanley Baldwin JP FRS MP for Bewdley (1867–1947) |
29 September 1932 |
December 1933 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Anthony Eden MC MP for Warwick and Leamington (1897–1977) |
31 December 1933 |
June 1935 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Most Honourable Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry KG MVO PC PC (Ire) (1878–1949) |
7 June 1935 |
November 1935 |
|
Conservative |
National III (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax PC (1881–1959) |
22 November 1935 |
May 1937 |
|
Conservative |
Edward VIII
(1936) |
George VI
(1936–1952) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr PC (1900–1976) |
28 May 1937 |
October 1938 |
|
National Labour |
National IV (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir John Anderson GCB GCSI GCIE PC PC (Ire) MP for Combined Scottish Universities (1882–1958) |
31 October 1938 |
September 1939 |
|
Independent (National) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir Samuel Hoare Bt GCSI GBE CMG JP MP for Chelsea (1880–1959) |
3 September 1939 |
April 1940 |
|
Conservative |
Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir Kingsley Wood MP for Woolwich West (1881–1943) |
3 April 1940 |
May 1940 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) |
11 May 1940 |
February 1942 |
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
|
Labour |
Churchill War (All parties) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir Stafford Cripps MP for Bristol East (1889–1952) |
19 February 1942 |
November 1942 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne (1893–1972) |
22 November 1942 |
September 1943 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC (1879–1964) |
24 September 1943 |
July 1945 |
|
Conservative |
Churchill Caretaker (Con.–N.Lib.) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Arthur Greenwood CH MP for Wakefield (1880–1954) |
27 July 1945 |
17 April 1947 |
|
Labour |
Attlee (I & II) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Philip Inman 1st Baron Inman PC (1892–1979) |
17 April 1947 |
7 October 1947 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison KG PC FRCS (1869–1951) |
7 October 1947 |
9 March 1951 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Ernest Bevin MP for Woolwich East (1881–1951) |
9 March 1951 |
14 April 1951 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Richard Stokes MC MP for Ipswich (1897–1957) |
26 April 1951 |
October 1951 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Most Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury KG PC (1893–1972) |
28 October 1951 |
7 May 1952 |
|
Conservative |
Churchill III |
Elizabeth II
(1952–present) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Harry Crookshank MP for Gainsborough (1893–1961) |
7 May 1952 |
20 December 1955 |
|
Conservative |
Eden |
|
|
The Right Honourable R. A. Butler CH MP for Saffron Walden (1902–1982) |
20 December 1955 |
October 1959 |
|
Conservative |
Macmillan (I & II) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham PC QC (1907–2001) |
14 October 1959 |
July 1960 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Heath MBE MP for Bexley (1916–2005) |
27 July 1960 |
October 1963 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Selwyn Lloyd CH CBE QC MP for Wirral (1904–1978) |
20 October 1963 |
October 1964 |
|
Conservative |
Douglas-Home |
|
|
The Right Honourable Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford PC (1905–2001) |
18 October 1964 |
December 1965 |
|
Labour |
Wilson (I & II) |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir Frank Soskice QC MP for Newport (1902–1979) |
23 December 1965 |
April 1966 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford PC (1905–2001) |
6 April 1966 |
January 1968 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton OBE PC (1911–1994) |
16 January 1968 |
April 1968 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Fred Peart MP for Workington (1914–1988) |
6 April
|
October 1968 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton OBE PC (1911–1994) |
18 October 1968 |
June 1970 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable George Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe DSO MC PC (1918–2007) |
20 June 1970 |
June 1973 |
|
Conservative |
Heath |
|
|
The Right Honourable David Hennessy 3rd Baron Windlesham PC (1932–2010) |
5 June 1973 |
March 1974 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd PC (1918–2001) |
7 March 1974 |
September 1976 |
|
Labour |
Wilson (III & IV) |
Callaghan |
|
|
The Right Honourable Fred Peart Baron Peart PC (1914–1988) |
10 September 1976 |
May 1979 |
|
Labour |
|
|
The Right Honourable Sir Ian Gilmour Bt MP for Chesham and Amersham (1926–2007) |
5 May 1979 |
September 1981 |
|
Conservative |
Thatcher I |
|
|
The Right Honourable Humphrey Atkins MP for Spelthorne (1922–1996) |
14 September 1981 |
April 1982 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Janet Young Baroness Young PC (1926–2002) |
6 April 1982 |
June 1983 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Biffen MP for North Shropshire (1930–2007) |
11 June 1983 |
June 1987 |
|
Conservative |
Thatcher II |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Wakeham MP for South Colchester and Maldon (born 1932) |
13 June 1987 |
10 January 1988 |
|
Conservative |
Thatcher III |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Ganzoni 2nd Baron Belstead PC (1932–2005) |
10 January 1988 |
28 November 1990 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable David Waddington Baron Waddington PC QC (1929–2017) |
28 November 1990 |
11 April 1992 |
|
Conservative |
Major I |
|
|
The Right Honourable John Wakeham Baron Wakeham PC (born 1932) |
11 April 1992 |
20 July 1994 |
|
Conservative |
|
|
The Right Honourable Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne DL (born 1946) |
20 July 1994 |
2 May 1997 |
|
Conservative |
Major II |
|
|
The Right Honourable Ivor Richard Baron Richard PC (born 1932) |
2 May 1997 |
27 July 1998 |
|
Labour |
Blair (I–III) |
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The Right Honourable Margaret Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington PC (born 1939) |
27 July 1998 |
8 June 2001 |
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Labour |
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The Right Honourable Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn PC QC (1941–2003) |
8 June 2001 |
13 June 2003 |
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Labour |
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The Right Honourable Peter Hain MP for Neath (born 1950) |
13 June 2003 |
6 May 2005 |
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Labour |
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The Right Honourable Geoff Hoon MP for Ashfield (born 1953) |
6 May 2005 |
5 May 2006 |
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Labour |
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The Right Honourable Jack Straw MP for Blackburn (born 1946) |
5 May 2006 |
27 June 2007 |
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Labour |
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The Right Honourable Harriet Harman QC MP for Camberwell and Peckham (born 1950) |
28 June 2007 |
1 May 2010 |
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Labour |
Brown |
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The Right Honourable Sir George Young Bt MP for North West Hampshire (born 1941) |
12 May 2010 |
4 September 2012 |
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Conservative |
Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.) |
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The Right Honourable Andrew Lansley CBE MP for South Cambridgeshire (born 1956) |
4 September 2012 |
14 July 2014 |
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Conservative |
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The Right Honourable Tina Stowell Baroness Stowell of Beeston MBE PC (born 1967) |
15 July 2014 |
14 July 2016 |
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Conservative |
Cameron II |
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The Right Honourable Natalie Evans Baroness Evans of Bowes Park PC (born 1975) |
14 July 2016 |
Incumbent |
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Conservative |
May I |
May II |