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Great Offices of State
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The Treasury
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Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Pitt the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)
1782 – 1783
William Pitt the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)
1783 – 1801
William Pitt the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1759; d. January 23 1806.
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)
1804 – 1806
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850
Also known as: Robert Peel (1788 – 1815); Sir Robert Peel (1815 – 1830)
1834 – 1835
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881
Noble titles: Earl of Beaconsfield (1876 – 1881)
1852
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1852 – 1855
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881
Noble titles: Earl of Beaconsfield (1876 – 1881)
1858 – 1859
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1859 – 1866
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881
Noble titles: Earl of Beaconsfield (1876 – 1881)
1866 – 1868
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1873 – 1874
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1880 – 1882
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928
Titles of nobility: Earl of Oxford and Asquith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1928)
1905 – 1908
David Lloyd George
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1863; d. March 26 1945
Titles of nobility: Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945)
1908 – 1915
Andrew Bonar Law
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923
1916 – 1919
Stanley Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947
Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).
1922 – 1923
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1923 – 1924
Philip Snowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1864; d. May 15 1937.
1924
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1924 – 1929
Philip Snowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1864; d. May 15 1937.
1929 – 1931
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1931 – 1937
Maurice Harold Macmillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1955 – 1957
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1967 – 1970
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
1989 – 1990
James Gordon Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1951.
1997 – 2007
Philip Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1955.
2016 – 2019
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2019 – 2020
Rishi Sunak
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.
2020 – 2022
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
2022 – 2024
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1961 – 1962
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
1987 – 1989
William Arthur Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.
1995 – 1997
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2017 – 2019
Rishi Sunak
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.
2019 – 2020
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)
1877 – 1878
Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1836; d. May 6 1882
1880 – 1882
Victor Christian William Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1868; d. May 6 1938
Titles of nobility: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1938)
1903 – 1905
Stanley Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947
Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).
1917 – 1921
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
1934 – 1935
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1954 – 1957
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Edward Michael “Ed” Balls
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1967.
2006 – 2007
Ian Phares Pearson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1959.
2008 – 2010
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Henry Bouverie William Brand
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1814; d. March 14 1892
Noble titles: Viscount Hampden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1884 – 1892); Baron Dacre in the Peerage of England (1890 – 1892).
1859 – 1866
James Gray Stuart
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1897; d. February 20 1971
Titles of nobility: Viscount Stuart of Findhorn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1959 – 1971)
1941 – 1945
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
1955 – 1959
Winifred Ann Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.
1998 – 2001
Gavin Alexander Williamson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.
2016 – 2017
Ministry of Defence
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Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1844 – 1869); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1851 – 1869)
1833 – 1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Note: The Duke of Wellington held this office as a caretaker during his short-lived caretaker ministry of November – December 1834.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1834
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1839 – 1841
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1844 – 1869); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1851 – 1869)
1841 – 1845
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1845 – 1846
Henry George Grey, 3rd Earl Grey
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. October 9 1984
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1845 – 1894)
1846 – 1852
Secretary of State for War
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909
Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)
1863 – 1866
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1866
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)
1878 – 1880
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1882 – 1885
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927
Noble titles: Marquess of Lansdowne (1866 – 1927)
1895 – 1900
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928
Titles of nobility: Earl of Oxford and Asquith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1928)
1914
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1850; d. June 5 1916
Titles of nobility: Baron Kitchener of Khartoum in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1898 – 1916); Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum (1902 – 1916); Earl Kitchener (1914 – 1916).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1896. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1900. Promoted to general, 1902. Promoted to field marshal, 1909.
1914 – 1916
David Lloyd George
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1863; d. March 26 1945
Titles of nobility: Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945)
1916
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)
1916 – 1918
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 23 1854; d. May 13 1925
Noble titles: Baron Milner (1901 – 1925); Viscount Milner (1902 – 1925)
1918 – 1919
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1919 – 1921
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)
1922 – 1924
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1935
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
1935 – 1937
Robert Anthony Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977
Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).
1940
Secretary of State for Defence
Philip Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1955.
2011 – 2014
Gavin Alexander Williamson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.
2017 – 2019
Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2019
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2023 – 2024
Minister of Defence
Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947
Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).
1936 – 1939
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1940 – 1945
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1951 – 1952
Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1891; d. June 16 1969
Titles of nobility: Viscount Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1946 – 1969); Earl Alexander of Tunis in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1969).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1937. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1938. Promoted to general, 1942. Promoted to field marshal, 1944.
1952 – 1954
Maurice Harold Macmillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1954 – 1955
Secretary at War
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1809 – 1828
Henry George Grey, Viscount Howick
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1802; d. October 9 1984
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1845 – 1894)
1835 – 1839
Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Charles Grey, Viscount Howick
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1764; d. July 17 1845
Titles of nobility: Earl Grey in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1807 – 1845)
1806 – 1807
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1830 – 1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1834 – 1835
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1835 – 1841
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1846 – 1851
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1846 – 1851
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1852 – 1853
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1853 – 1858
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1859 – 1865
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1865 – 1866
Lord Edward Henry Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1866 – 1868
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1868 – 1870
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1874 – 1878
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1878 – 1880
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1885 – 1886
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1886
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1887 – 1892
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929
Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)
1892 – 1894
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1895 – 1900
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927
Noble titles: Marquess of Lansdowne (1866 – 1927)
1900 – 1905
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927
Noble titles: Marquess of Lansdowne (1866 – 1927)
1900 – 1905
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1916 – 1919
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1916 – 1919
James Ramsay MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937
1924
Robert Anthony Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977
Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).
1935 – 1938
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1938 – 1940
Robert Anthony Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977
Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).
1940 – 1945
Sir Robert Anthony Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977
Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).
1951 – 1955
Maurice Harold Macmillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1955
George Alfred George-Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.
1966 – 1968
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
1989
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Douglas Richard Hurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.
1989 – 1995
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
2010 – 2014
Philip Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1955.
2014 – 2016
Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 19 1964.
2016 – 2018
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
2018 – 2019
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2021 – 2022
David William Donald Cameron
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1966.
2023 – 2024
Secretary of State for International Development
Priti Sushil Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1972.
2016 – 2017
Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2017 – 2019
Home Office
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Secretary of State for the Home Department
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1737; d. May 7 1805
Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)
1782
Sir Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850
Also known as: Robert Peel (1788 – 1815); Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1830 – 1850)
1822 – 1827
Sir Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850
Also known as: Robert Peel (1788 – 1815); Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (1830 – 1850)
1828 – 1830
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Note: The Duke of Wellington held this office as a caretaker during his short-lived caretaker ministry of November – December 1834.
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Noble titles: Viscount Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1809 – 1852); Count of Vimeiro in the nobility of Portugal (1811 – 1852); Earl of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Marquess of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1812 – 1852); Duke of Vitória in the nobility of Portugal (1812 – 1852); Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo in the nobility of Spain (1812 – 1852); Duke of Wellington in the peerage of the United Kingdom (1814 – 1852); Prince of Waterloo in the nobility of the Netherlands (1815 – 1852)
Military ranks: Major-General (1802 – 1808); Lieutenant-General (1808 – 1811); General (1811 – 1813); Field Marshal (1813 – 1852)
1834
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1835 – 1839
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865
1852 – 1855
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928
Titles of nobility: Earl of Oxford and Asquith in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1928)
1892 – 1895
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1910 – 1911
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1962 – 1964
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1965 – 1967
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1974 – 1976
Douglas Richard Hurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.
1985 – 1989
Theresa Mary May
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1956.
2010 – 2016
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
2016 – 2018
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2018 – 2019
Priti Sushil Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1972.
2019 – 2022
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2022
Other Cabinet Positions
Department for Business and Trade
Secretary of State for Industry, Trade, and Regional Development
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
1963 – 1964
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2015 – 2016
Secretary of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy
Sir Jacob William Rees-Mogg
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1969.
2022
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2022 – 2023
Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1840 – 1841
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1864 – 1865
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1888 – 1902)
1868 – 1872
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1915
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).
1918
Philip Henry Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1882; d. December 12 1940
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Lothian in the Peerage of Scotland (1930 – 1940).
1931
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
1941 – 1943
William Arthur Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.
1992 – 1994
David Roy Lidington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.
2018 – 2019
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
2022 – 2024
Minister for the Cabinet Office
Damian Howard Green
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1956.
2017
David Roy Lidington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.
2018 – 2019
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
2019 – 2020
Paymaster General
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Earl of Dufferin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 21 1826; d. February 12 1902
Other titles: Baron Dufferin and Claneboyne (1850 – 1902); Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1888 – 1902)
1868 – 1872
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1871; d. June 30 1934
Titles of nobility: Duke of Marlborough in the Peerage of England (1892 – 1934)
1899 – 1902
Ivor Churchill Guest, 1st Baron Ashby St Ledgers
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1873; d. June 14 1939
Noble titles: Baron Ashby St Ledgers (1910 – 1939); Baron Wimborne (1914 – 1939); Viscount Wimborne (1918 – 1939)
1910 – 1912
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1923
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1940
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1961 – 1962
Peter Leonard Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1934; d. May 13 2023.
1987 – 1989
David Linsay Willetts
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1956.
1996
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
2019 – 2020
Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2020 – 2021
Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
2018 – 2019
Department for Culture, Media, and Sport
Secretary of State for National Heritage
Peter Leonard Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1934; d. May 13 2023.
1992 – 1994
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
James Mark Dakin Purnell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1970.
2007 – 2008
Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media, and Sport
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
2010 – 2012
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2014 – 2015
Karen Anne Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1970.
2016 – 2017
Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport
Karen Anne Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1970.
2017 – 2018
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
2020 – 2021
Department for Education
President of the Board of Education
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1865; d. April 18 1940
1916 – 1922
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1922 – 1924
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1932 – 1935
Secretary of State for Education and Science
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1925; d. April 8 2013.
1970 – 1974
Secretary of State for Education
Gavin Alexander Williamson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.
2019 – 2021
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2023
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2014 – 2016
Theresa Anne Villiers
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1968.
2019 – 2020
Thérèse Anne Coffey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.
2022 – 2023
Department of Health and Social Care
Minister for Health
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1923
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1924 – 1929
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1931
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1940 – 1941
Secretary of State for Health
William Arthur Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.
1990 – 1992
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
2012 – 2018
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
2018
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2021 – 2022
Thérèse Anne Coffey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.
2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2016 – 2018
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2018
James Peter Brokenshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1968; d. October 7 2021.
2018 – 2019
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities
Angela Rayner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1980.
2024
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Angela Rayner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1980.
2024 – present
Ministry of Justice
Secretary of State for Justice
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2016 – 2017
David Roy Lidington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.
2017 – 2018
Northern Ireland Office
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Douglas Richard Hurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.
1984 – 1985
Peter Leonard Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1934; d. May 13 2023.
1989 – 1992
Theresa Anne Villiers
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1968.
2012 – 2016
James Peter Brokenshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1968; d. October 7 2021.
2016 – 2018
Karen Anne Bradley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1970.
2018 – 2019
Scotland Office
Secretary for Scotland
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930
Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)
1886 – 1887
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1860; d. January 11 1925
Noble titles: Baron Pentland in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1909 – 1925)
1905 – 1912
Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1860; d. March 30 1934
1922 – 1924
Secretary of State for Scotland
James Gray Stuart
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 9 1897; d. February 20 1971
Titles of nobility: Viscount Stuart of Findhorn in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1959 – 1971)
1951 – 1957
Department for Transport
Secretary of State for Transport
David Arthur Russell Howell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1936.
1981 – 1983
Philip Hammond
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1955.
2010 – 2011
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2019 – 2022
Wales Office
Secretary of State for Wales
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
1995 – 1997
Department for Work and Pensions
Minister of Labour
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
1959 – 1960
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
James Mark Dakin Purnell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 2 1970.
2008 – 2009
George Iain Duncan Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1954.
2010 – 2016
Damian Howard Green
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1956.
2016 – 2017
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
2018 – 2019
Thérèse Anne Coffey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.
2019 – 2022
Defunct Cabinet Offices
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
President of the Board of Agriculture
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 17 1859; d. February 26 1942
Titles of nobility: Earl of Selborne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1895 – 1942)
1915 – 1916
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1881; d. December 23 1959
Titles of nobility: Baron Irwin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1925 – 1959); Viscount Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1934 – 1959); Earl of Halifax in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1944 – 1959).
1924 – 1925
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food
William Arthur Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.
1994 – 1995
Air Ministry
Chairman of the Joint War Air Committee
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)
1916
Secretary of State for Air
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1919 – 1921
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 13 1878; d. February 10 1949
Noble titles: Marquess of Londonderry (1915 – 1949)
1931 – 1935
Maurice Harold Macmillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1945
Ministry of Aircraft Production
Minister of Aircraft Production
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).
1940 – 1941
Department for Children, Schools, and Families
Secretary of State for Children, Schools, and Families
Edward Michael “Ed” Balls
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1967.
2007 – 2010
Colonial Office
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878
Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)
1855
Lord Edward Henry Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1858 – 1859
Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1882 – 1885
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)
1885 – 1886
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909
Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)
1892 – 1895
Joseph Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914
1895 – 1903
Andrew Bonar Law
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923
1915 – 1916
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1921 – 1922
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1868; d. May 6 1938
Titles of nobility: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1938)
1922 – 1924
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1935
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1938 – 1940
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1942
Commonwealth Relations Office
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
Hastings Lionel “Pug” Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1887; d. December 30 1967
Titles of nobility: Baron Ismay in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1947 – 1965).
Military ranks: Promoted to major-general, 1939. Promoted to lieutenant-general, 1942. Promoted to general, 1944.
1951 – 1952
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1952
Dominions Office
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1935 – 1938
Malcolm John MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1901; d. January 11 1981
1938 – 1939
Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947
Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).
1939
Robert Anthony Eden
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1897; d. January 14 1977
Titles of nobility: Earl of Avon in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1961 – 1977).
1939 – 1940
Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1876; d. October 11 1947
Titles of nobility: Viscount Caldecote in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1939 – 1947).
1940
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1940 – 1942
Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972
Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).
1943 – 1945
Department of Economic Affairs
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
George Alfred George-Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.
1964 – 1966
Department of Energy and Climate Change
Secretary of State for Energy
David Arthur Russell Howell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1936.
1979 – 1981
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
2015 – 2016
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
Minister of Housing and Local Government
Maurice Harold Macmillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 10 1894; d. December 29 1986
Titles of nobility: Earl of Stockton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986); Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1984 – 1986)
1951 – 1954
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1957 – 1961
India Office
President of the Board of Control
Lord Edward Henry Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1858
Secretary of State for India
Lord Edward Henry Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1826; d. April 21 1893
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1869 – 1893)
1858 – 1859
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 2nd Earl of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 24 1827; d. July 9 1909
Noble titles: Earl of Ripon (1859 – 1909); Marquess of Ripon (1871 – 1909)
1866
Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1866 – 1867
Lord Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1866 – 1867
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1823; d. April 24 1900
Noble titles: Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland (1847 – 1900); Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1892 – 1900)
1868 – 1874
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)
1874 – 1878
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1880 – 1882
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1838; d. September 23 1923
Titles of nobility: Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908 – 1923)
1905 – 1910
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1838; d. September 23 1923
Titles of nobility: Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908 – 1923)
1911
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1737; d. May 7 1805
Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)
1766 – 1768
Ministry of Information
Minister of Information
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).
1918
Alfred Duff Cooper
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1890; d. January 1 1954
Titles of nobility: Viscount Norwich in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1952 – 1954).
1940 – 1941
Department for International Trade
Secretary of State for International Trade
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2019 – 2021
Ministry of Munitions
Minister of Munitions
David Lloyd George
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1863; d. March 26 1945
Titles of nobility: Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945)
1915 – 1916
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1917 – 1919
General Post Office
Postmaster General
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1823; d. April 24 1900
Noble titles: Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of Scotland (1847 – 1900); Duke of Argyll in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1892 – 1900)
1855 – 1858
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, 12th Earl of Kincardine
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1811; d. November 20 1863.
Titles of nobility: Earl of Elgin in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Earl of Kincardine in the Peerage of Scotland (1841 – 1863); Baron Elgin in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1849 – 1863).
1859 – 1860
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908
Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)
1866 – 1871
Lord Edward George Villiers Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 4 1865; d. February 4 1948
Titles of nobility: Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1908 – 1948)
1903 – 1905
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940
1922 – 1923
Ministry of Production
Minister of War Production
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).
1942
Ministry of Supply
Minister of Supply
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 25 1879; d. June 9 1964
Titles of nobility: Baron Beaverbrook in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1917 – 1964).
1941 – 1942
Board of Trade
First Lord of Trade
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 2 1737; d. May 7 1805
Noble titles: Earl of Shelburne in the Peerage of Ireland (1761 – 1805); Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain (1784 – 1805)
1763
President of the Board of Trade
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1843 – 1845
George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1846 – 1847
Joseph Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914
1880 – 1885
Frederick Arthur Stanley, 1st Baron Stanley of Preston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1841; d. June 14 1908
Titles of nobility: Baron Stanley of Preston in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1886 – 1908); Earl of Derby in the Peerage of England (1893 – 1908)
1886 – 1888
David Lloyd George
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1863; d. March 26 1945
Titles of nobility: Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1945)
1905 – 1908
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965
1908 – 1910
Stanley Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947
Titles of nobility: Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947); Viscount Corvedale in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1937 – 1947).
1921 – 1922
James Harold Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1916; d. May 23 1995.
1947 – 1951
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
2015 – 2016
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2019 – 2021