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Great Offices of State
The Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Charles Montagu
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1661; d. May 19 1715.
1694 – 1699
Robert Harley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1661; d. May 21 1724.
1710 – 1711
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1688; d. June 17 1740.
1713 – 1714
Robert Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.
1715 – 1717
James Stanhope, 1st Viscount Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. February 5 1721.
1717 – 1718
John Aislabie
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1670; d. June 18 1742.
1718 – 1721
Sir Robert Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.
1721 – 1742
Henry Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1694; d. March 6 1754.
1743 – 1754
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.
1754 – 1755
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 17 1709; d. August 22 1773.
1755 – 1756
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.
1756 – 1757
William Murray, 1st Baron of Mansfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.
1757
Henry Bilson-Legge
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 29 1708; d. August 23 1764.
1757 – 1761
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
1761 – 1762
Sir Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1708; d. December 11 1781.
1762 – 1763
George Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.
1763 – 1765
William Dowdeswell
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1721; d. February 6 1775.
1765 – 1766
Frederick North, Lord North
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.
1767 – 1782
Lord John Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1732; d. December 18 1796.
1782
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
Lord John Cavendish
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1732; d. December 18 1796.
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
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1827
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
George Gideon Oliver Osborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1971.
2010 – 2016
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
Rachel Jane Reeves
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1979.
2024 – present
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
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
1992 – 1994
William Arthur Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1946.
1995 – 1997
Paul Yaw Boateng
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1951.
2002 – 2005
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
Paul Yaw Boateng
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1951.
2001 – 2002
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
Helen Lawrie Liddell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.
1997 – 1998
Edward Michael “Ed” Balls
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1967.
2006 – 2007
Katharine Anne “Kitty” Ussher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1971.
2007 – 2008
Ian Phares Pearson
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 5 1959.
2008 – 2010
Justine Greening
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1969.
2010 – 2011
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Katharine Anne “Kitty” Ussher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1971.
2009
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
Secretary to the Treasury
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1715 – 1717
Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1721 – 1730
Edward Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1706; d. January 12 1784.
1730 – 1739
Auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer
Charles Montagu, 1st Baron Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1661; d. May 19 1715.
1699 – 1714
Robert Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1701; d. March 31 1751.
1739 – 1751
Henry Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1720; d. February 22 1794.
1751 – 1794
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1794 – 1834
Teller of the Receipt of the Exchequer
Francis Godolphin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.
1699 – 1704
Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 8 1678; d. February 5 1757.
1741 – 1757
James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1757 – 1763
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1763 – 1813
Ministry of Defence
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
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1926; d. September 21 2007.
1974
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
1995 – 1997
Liam Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1961.
2010 – 2011
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
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 8 1949; d. July 31 2018.
2019 – 2023
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 St John
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1678; d. December 12 1751.
1704 – 1708
Robert Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.
1708 – 1710
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1688; d. June 17 1740.
1712 – 1713
James Craggs the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1686; d. February 16 1721.
1717 – 1718
Henry Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1694; d. March 6 1754.
1724 – 1730
Henry Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.
1746 – 1755
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
1755 – 1761
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
1765 – 1778
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
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.
1839 – 1841
Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
1782
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
1783
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1783
Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1751; d. January 31 1799.
1783 – 1791
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1791 – 1801
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
1806
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
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1807 – 1809
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1822 – 1827
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
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
2022 – 2023
David William Donald Cameron
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1966.
2023 – 2024
Secretary of State for International Development
Clare Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 15 1946.
1997 – 2003
Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1954.
2003
Justine Greening
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1969.
2012 – 2016
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
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
Frederick North, Lord North
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.
1783
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.
1783
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1789 – 1791
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
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
2023 – 2024
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
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
2023 – 2024
Cabinet Office
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1703; d. June 10 1770.
1736 – 1743
John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1731; d. August 18 1783.
1782 – 1783
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
Roger Norman Freeman
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1942.
1995 – 1997
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
2007 – 2008
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
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
2007 – 2008
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
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.
1846 – 1848
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
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1948.
1995 – 1997
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 and Skills
Estelle Morris
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1952.
2001 – 2002
Secretary of State for Education
Justine Greening
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1969.
2016 – 2018
Gavin Alexander Williamson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.
2019 – 2021
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
2022
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
2008 – 2010
Edward Jonathan “Ed” Davey
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1965.
2012 – 2015
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
2023
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
2024 – present
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
Virginia Hilda Brunette Maxwell Bottomley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1948.
1992 – 1995
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
Helen Lawrie Liddell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.
2001 – 2003
Michael Kevin Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1965.
2010 – 2013
Alexander Morrison “Alistair” Carmichael
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 15 1965.
2013 – 2015
Board of Trade
First Lord of Trade
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1716; d. June 8 1771.
1748 – 1761
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
Lieutenant-General George Germain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853
1775 – 1779
President of the Board of Trade
Liam Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1961.
2016 – 2019
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
Justine Greening
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 30 1969.
2011 – 2012
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
Dame Cheryl Elise Kendall Gillan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1952; d. April 4 2021.
2010 – 2012
David Ian Jones
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1952.
2012 – 2014
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 Employment
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
1994 – 1995
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
Lieutenant-General George Germain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853
1775 – 1782
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
Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 10 1823; d. March 26 1889.
1867 – 1868
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
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
1790 – 1793
Thomas Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.
1806
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1816 – 1821
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
Liam Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1961.
2016 – 2019
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
2019 – 2021
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
2022 – 2023
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
Northern Department
Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Sidney Godolphin
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.
1684
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.
1689 – 1690
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.
1692 – 1693
Robert Harley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1661; d. May 21 1724.
1704 – 1708
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1678; d. December 12 1751.
1710 – 1713
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1674; d. June 21 1738.
1714 – 1716
James Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. February 5 1721.
1716 – 1717
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.
1717 – 1718
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. February 5 1721.
1718 – 1721
Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1674; d. June 21 1738.
1721 – 1730
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.
1730 – 1742
John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1690; d. January 2 1763.
1742 – 1744
William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.
1744 – 1746
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 22 1694; d. March 24 1773.
1746 – 1748
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.
1748 – 1754
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1754 – 1761
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.
1761 – 1762
George Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.
1762
George Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1712; d. November 13 1770.
1762 – 1763
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1718; d. April 30 1792.
1763 – 1765
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.
1765 – 1766
Lieutenant-General Henry Seymour Conway
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.
1766 – 1768
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1718; d. April 30 1792.
1770 – 1771
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1718; d. April 30 1792.
1771
General Post Office
Postmaster General
Charles Cornwallis, 4th Baron Cornwallis
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1675; d. January 20 1721.
1715 – 1721
James Craggs the Elder
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1657; d. March 16 1721.
1715 – 1720
John Perceval, 2nd Earl of Egmont
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24/25 1711; d. December 4 1770.
1762 – 1763
Francis Dashwood, 11th Baron le Despencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1708; d. December 11 1781.
1765 – 1781
Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.
1765 – 1766
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
1782
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1751; d. April 7 1828.
1806 – 1807
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
Southern Department
Secretary of State for the Southern Department
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.
1690 – 1693
Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.
1702 – 1704
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.
1706 – 1710
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1678; d. December 12 1751.
1713 – 1714
James Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. February 5 1721.
1714 – 1716
James Craggs the Younger
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1686; d. February 16 1721.
1718 – 1721
John Carteret, 2nd Baron Carteret
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1690; d. January 2 1763.
1721 – 1724
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.
1724 – 1748
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.
1748 – 1751
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1751 – 1754
Sir Thomas Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1695; d. September 30 1770.
1754 – 1755
Henry Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1705; d. July 1 1774.
1755 – 1756
William Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.
1756 – 1757
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1718; d. May 16 1778.
1757
William Pitt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.
1757 – 1761
Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 19 1710; d. August 21 1763.
1761 – 1763
George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1716; d. June 8 1771.
1763 – 1765
Lieutenant-General Henry Seymour Conway
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1721; d. July 9 1795.
1765 – 1766
Major-General Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 22 1735; d. December 29 1806.
1766
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
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
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
2022 – 2024