First Secretary of State
List of First Secretaries of State
Name
Dates in Office
George Alfred Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.
Honours:
Created Baron George-Brown, November 6 1970.2
References:
[1] [1] UK Parliament, “George Brown,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-brown-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 45229,” The London Gazette, November 10 1970, 12333, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45229/page/12333.
October 16 1964 – August 11 1966
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
July 5 1995 – May 2 1997
John Leslie Prescott
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1938; d. November 20 2024.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire, June 15 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Prescott.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/374/career.
[2] “No. 59459,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2010, 11151, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59459/supplement/11151.
June 8 2001 – June 27 2007
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire, October 9 2015.2
Honours:
Created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 30 2025.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hague of Richmond.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/379/career.
[2] “No. 27625,” The Edinburgh Gazette, Supplement, October 14 2015, 1726, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/27625/page/1726.
[3] “No. 64940,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2025, N4, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64940/supplement/N4.
May 12 2010 – May 8 2015
George Gideon Oliver Osborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1971.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for George Osborne.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1458/career.
May 8 2015 – July 13 2016
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.
July 24 2019 – September 15 2021
HM Treasury
Chancellor of the Exchequer
List of Chancellors of the Exchequer
Name
Dates in Office
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
Charles Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1725; d. September 4 1767.
1766 – 1767
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
Henry Addington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.
1801 – 1804
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
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Lord Henry Petty
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.
1806 – 1807
Spencer Perceval
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1762; d. May 11 1812.
1807 – 1812
Nicholas Vansittart
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.
1812 – 1823
Frederick John Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1823 – 1827
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1827
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
1827 – 1828
Henry Goulburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.
1828 – 1830
John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1782; d. October 1 1845.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Althorp, 1783 – 1834. Succeeded as the 3rd Earl Spencer and to the associated subsidiary titles (Viscount Spencer, Baron Spencer of Althorp) in the Peerage of Great Britain, November 10 1834.1
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Althorp,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-althorp-1/index.html.
November 22 1830 – November 14 1834
Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1779; d. September 26 1854.
1834
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html
December 15 1834 – April 8 1835
Thomas Spring Rice
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1790; d. February 7 1866.
1835 – 1839
Henry Goulburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.
1841 – 1846
Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.
1846 – 1852
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.
[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.
February 27 1852 – December 17 1852
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
December 28 1852 – February 28 1855
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1806; d. April 13 1863.
1855 – 1858
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.
[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.
February 26 1858 – June 11 1859
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
June 18 1859 – June 26 1866
Benjamin Disraeli
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1878. (citation needed) Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Beaconsfield and Viscount Hughenden, August 16 1876.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Benjamin Disraeli,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-benjamin-disraeli/index.html.
[2] “No. 24355,” The London Gazette, August 18 1876, 4594, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24355/page/4594.
July 6 1866 – February 29 1868
George Ward Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1825; d. July 29 1877.
1868
Robert Lowe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.
1868 – 1873
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
August 11 1873 – February 17 1874
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1874 – 1880
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
April 28 1880 – December 16 1882
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1882 – 1885
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.
[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.
February 6 1886 – July 20 1886
George Joachim Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
1887 – 1892
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.
[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.
August 18 1892 – June 21 1895
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.
1895 – 1902
Charles Thomson Ritchie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.
1902 – 1903
Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1903 – 1905
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.
[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.
[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.
December 10 1905 – April 12 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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.
December 10 1916 – January 10 1919
Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1919 – 1921
Stanley Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947.
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 28 1937.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Viscount Corvedale, June 8 1937.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Stanley Baldwin,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stanley-baldwin/index.html.
[2] “No. 34403,” The London Gazette, June 1 1937, 3508, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34403/page/3508.
[3] “No. 34405,” The London Gazette, June 8 1937, 3663, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34405/page/3663.
October 27 1922 – August 27 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
November 6 1924 – June 4 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
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1906; d. January 18 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Hugh Gaitskell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hugh-gaitskell/index.html.
October 19 1950 – October 26 1951
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
Leonard James Callaghan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.
Honours:
Created Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, November 5 1987.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3326/career.
[2] “No. 51118,” The London Gazette, November 12 1987, 13941, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51118/page/13941.
October 16 1964 – November 30 1967
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1967 – 1970
Denis Winston Healey
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1917; d. October 3 2015.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Healey, of Riddlesden in the County of West Yorkshire, June 29 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Healey.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/979/career.
[2] “No. 52979,” The London Gazette, July 2 1992, 11141, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52979/page/11141.
March 4 1974 – May 4 1979
Nigel Lawson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1932; d. April 3 2023.
1983 – 1989
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, April 23 2005.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Major.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/119/career.
[2] “No. 57622,” The London Gazette, April 25 2005, 5363, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57622/page/5363.
October 26 1989 – November 28 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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for George Osborne.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1458/career.
May 11 2010 – July 13 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.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
July 24 2019 – February 13 2020
Rishi Sunak
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rishi Sunak.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4483/career.
February 13 2020 – July 5 2022
Nadhim Zahawi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.
July 5 2022 – September 6 2022
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
October 14 2022 – July 5 2024
Rachel Jane Reeves
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 13 1979.
2024 – present
Senior Ministerial Offices in HM Treasury
Chief Secretary of the Treasury
List of Chief Secretaries to the Treasury
Name
Dates in Office
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1961 – 1962
Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
1981 – 1983
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, April 23 2005.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Major.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/119/career.
[2] “No. 57622,” The London Gazette, April 25 2005, 5363, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57622/page/5363.
June 13 1987 – July 24 1989
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Portillo.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/187/career.
April 11 1992 – July 20 1994
Jonathan William Patrick Aitken
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1942.
1994 – 1995
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
David Anthony Laws
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1965.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for David Laws.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1473/career.
May 12 2010 – May 29 2010
Daniel Grian “Danny” Alexander
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1972.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Danny Alexander.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1535/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
May 29 2010 – May 8 2015
Gregory William “Greg” Hands
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1965.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Greg Hands.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1526/career.
May 11 2015 – July 14 2016
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
June 11 2017 – July 24 2019
Rishi Sunak
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rishi Sunak.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4483/career.
July 24 2019 – February 13 2020
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
February 13 2020 – September 15 2021
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1845 – 1846
George Cornewall Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1806; d. April 13 1863.
1850 – 1852
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1859
Frederick Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 26 1823; d. June 6 1906.
1860 – 1865
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1865 – 1866
George Ward Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1825; d. July 29 1877.
1866 – 1868
William Henry Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.
1874 – 1877
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
John Tomlinson Hibbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.
1884 – 1885
William Lawies Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1840; d. April 4 1917.
1886
Henry Hartley Fowler
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1830; d. February 25 1911.
1886
William Lawies Jackson
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1840; d. April 4 1917.
1886 – 1891
Sir John Eldon Gorst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.
1891 – 1892
Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1824; d. November 7 1908.
1892 – 1895
Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1900 – 1902
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.
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 28 1937.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Viscount Corvedale, June 8 1937.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Stanley Baldwin,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stanley-baldwin/index.html.
[2] “No. 34403,” The London Gazette, June 1 1937, 3508, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34403/page/3508.
[3] “No. 34405,” The London Gazette, June 8 1937, 3663, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34405/page/3663.
June 18 1917 – April 1 1921
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1871; d. September 10 1961.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Pethick-Lawrence, August 16 1945.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Frederick Pethick-Lawrencne,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-frederick-pethick-lawrence/index.html.
[2] “No. 37234,” The London Gazette, August 21 1945, 4227, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37234/page/4227.
June 11 1929 – August 24 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).
1934 – 1935
Henry Brooke
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1903; d. March 29 1984.
1954 – 1957
Nigel Lawson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1932; d. April 3 2023.
1979 – 1981
John Edward Michael Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. May 20 2019.
1983 – 1986
Peter Bruce Lilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.
[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.
July 24 1989 – July 14 1990
John Michael Jack
Date of birth/date of death:
Born September 17 1946.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Jack.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/468/career.
Conservative Party
Paul Yaw Boateng
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 14 1951.
July 5 1995 – May 2 1997
Jane Elizabeth Kennedy
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 4 1958.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jane Kennedy.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/486/career.
June 28 2007 – October 5 2008
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
October 7 2013 – April 9 2014
Alexander Jesse Norman
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1962.
2019 – 2021
Andrew John Griffith
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1971.
2022
Economic Secretary to the Treasury
John Edward Michael Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. May 20 2019.
1983
Peter Bruce Lilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.
[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.
June 11 1987 – July 24 1989
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
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
September 4 2012 – October 7 2013
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
June 14 2017 – January 9 2018
Andrew John Griffith
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1971.
2022 – 2023
Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury
Phillip Anthony Charles Lawrence Oppenheim
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1956.
1996 – 1997
Angela Eagle
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1961.
Honors:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2020.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dame Angela Eagle.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/491/career.
[2] “No. 63218,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 31 2020, N7, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/63218/supplement/N7.
June 29 2007 – June 8 2009
Katharine Anne “Kitty” Ussher
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1971.
2009
Robert Edward Jenrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1982.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Robert Jenrick.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4320/career.
January 9 2018 – July 24 2019
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.
February 13 2020 – September 16 2021
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
Charles Wood
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.
1832 – 1834
Edward John Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1835 – 1841
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
Arthur Wellesley Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1829; d. October 24 1912.
1873 – 1874
Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1837; d. July 3 1931.
1874 – 1880
Arnold Morley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1849; d. January 16 1916.
1886
Edward Marjoribanks
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1849; d. September 15 1909.
1892 – 1894
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.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.
[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.
December 30 1955 – October 14 1959
Edward Watson Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.
[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.
October 16 1964 – July 4 1966
John Wakeham
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.
1983 – 1987
Winifred Ann Taylor
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.
1998 – 2001
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
July 15 2014 – May 9 2015
Gavin Alexander Williamson
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1976.
2016 – 2017
Julian Richard Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1971.
2017 – 2019
Mark Steven Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 20 1970.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 16 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Mark Spencer.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4055/career.
[2] “No. 64374,” The London Gazette, April 22 2024, 7898, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64374/page/7898.
July 24 2019 – February 8 2022
Wendy Morton
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 9 1967.
2022
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
George Rose
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 17 1744; d. January 13 1818.
1782 – 1801
Thomas Steele
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 17 1753; d. December 8 1823.
1783 – 1791
John Hiley Addington
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1759; d. June 11 1818.
1801 – 1802
Nicholas Vansittart
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.
1801 – 1804
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
1804 – 1806
William Sturges-Bourne
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1769; d. February 1 1845.
1804 – 1806
Nicholas Vansittart
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.
1806 – 1807
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
1807 – 1809
Charles Arbuthnot
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.
1809 – 1823
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
1823 – 1827
Thomas Spring Rice
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1790; d. February 7 1866.
1830 – 1834
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
George Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1684; d. May 9 1739.
1714 – 1739
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.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
1794 – 1834
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1784; d. January 1 1849.
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
Philip Yorke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1720; d. May 16 1790.
1738 – 1786
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
John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.
1780 – 1834
Spencer Perceval
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1795; d. September 16 1859.
1813 – 1834
Ministry of Defence
Leadership of the Ministry of Defence
Secretary of State for War
Henry Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.
1794 – 1801
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.
1801 – 1804
John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.
1804 – 1805
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
1805 – 1806
William Windham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1750; d. June 4 1810.
1806 – 1807
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
1807 – 1809
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.
1809 – 1812
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1762; d. July 27 1834.
1812 – 1827
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1827
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
1827 – 1828
Lieutenant-General Sir George Murray
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1772; d. July 28 1846.
1828 – 1830
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1830 – 1833
Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1799; d. October 23 1869.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.
[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.
[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.
April 3 1833 – June 5 1834
Thomas Spring Rice
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1790; d. February 7 1866.
1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
November 17 1834 – December 9 1834
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1784; d. December 14 1860.
1834 – 1835
Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1835 – 1839
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1797; d. July 28 1863.
1839
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.
Titles:
Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.
[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.
August 30 1839 – August 30 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:
Held the courtesy title Lord Stanley, 1834 – 1851 (citation needed). Held the title Baron Stanley of Bickerstaffe by a writ of acceleration, 1844 – 18511. Succeeded as the 14th Earl of Derby, June 30 1851.1
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 1 1859.2 Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, June 30 1869.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Edward Stanley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/hon-edward-stanley-3/index.html.
[2] “No. 22281,” The London Gazette, July 1 1859, 2549, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22281/page/2549.
[3] “No. 7968,” The Edinburgh Gazette, July 2 1869, 794, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/7968/page/794.
September 3 1841 – December 23 1845
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
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
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
1852 – 1854
Secretary of State for War
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
1854 – 1855
Fox Maule, Lord Panmure
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.
1855 – 1858
Jonathan Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1799; d. February 13 1879.
1858 – 1859
Sidney Herbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1810; d. August 2 1861.
1859 – 1861
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1806; d. April 13 1863.
1861 – 1863
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.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
February 16 1866 – June 26 1866
Jonathan Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1799; d. February 13 1879.
1866 – 1867
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1868 – 1874
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
1874 – 1878
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
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1880 – 1882
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
December 16 1882 – June 9 1885
William Henry Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.
1885 – 1886
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
1886
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.
Honours:
Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, June 29 1895.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-henry-campbell-bannerman/index.html.
[2] “No. 26639,” The London Gazette, July 2 1895, 3740, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26639/page/3740.
February 6 1886 – July 20 1886
William Henry Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.
1886 – 1887
Edward Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.
1887 – 1892
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.
Honours:
Created a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, June 29 1895.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-henry-campbell-bannerman/index.html.
[2] “No. 26639,” The London Gazette, July 2 1895, 3740, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26639/page/3740.
August 18 1892 – June 21 1895
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Clanmaurice from birth until 1863.2 Held the courtesy title Earl of Kerry, 1863 – 1866.2 Succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain, July 5 1866.1 Also held the titles Earl Wycombe of Chepping Wycombe and Viscount Calne and Calston from the same date.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-henry-petty-fitzmaurice/index.html.
[2] Patrick M. Geoghegan, “Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty,” in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Royal Irish Academy, 2009), accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzmaurice-henry-charles-keith-petty-a3224.
July 4 1895 – November 12 1900
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.
[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.
[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.
March 30 1914 – August 5 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
January 10 1919 – February 13 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
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1931
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
Emanuel “Manny” Shinwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1884; d. May 8 1986.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Shinwell, of Easington in the County of Durham, June 29 1970.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Emanuel Shinwell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 13 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-emanuel-shinwell/index.html.
[2] “No. 45134,” The London Gazette, June 23 1970, 6943, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45134/page/6943.
October 7 1947 – February 28 1950
List of Secretaries of State for Defence
Name
Dates in Office
Denis Winston Healey
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1917; d. October 3 2015.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Healey, of Riddlesden in the County of West Yorkshire, June 29 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Healey.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/979/career.
[2] “No. 52979,” The London Gazette, July 2 1992, 11141, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52979/page/11141.
October 16 1964 – June 19 1970
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1926; d. September 21 2007.
1974
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
January 6 1983 – January 9 1986
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Portillo.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/187/career.
July 5 1995 – May 2 1997
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
2005 – 2006
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.
Honours:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.
[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.
May 1 2019 – July 24 2019
Robert Ben Lobban Wallace
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1970.
Honours:
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ben Wallace.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1539/career.
[2] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
July 24 2019 – August 31 2023
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.
[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.
August 31 2023 – July 5 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
May 10 1940 – July 26 1945
Clement Richard Attlee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.
1945 – 1946
Emanuel “Manny” Shinwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1884; d. May 8 1986.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Shinwell, of Easington in the County of Durham, June 29 1970.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Emanuel Shinwell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 13 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-emanuel-shinwell/index.html.
[2] “No. 45134,” The London Gazette, June 23 1970, 6943, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45134/page/6943.
February 28 1950 – October 26 1951
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
October 28 1951 – March 1 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
Thomas Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.
1782
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.
1782 – 1783
Richard FitzPatrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1748; d. April 25 1813.
1783
Sir George Yonge, 5th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 17 1731; d. September 25 1812.
1783 – 1794
William Windham
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1750; d. June 4 1810.
1794 – 1801
Charles Bragge
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1754; d. August 13 1831.
1803 – 1804
General Richard FitzPatrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1748; d. April 25 1813.
1806 – 1807
Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1773; d. January 8 1846.
1809
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
November 1809 – May 1828
Colonel Sir Henry Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
1828 – 1830
Lord Francis Leveson-Gower
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 1 1800; d. February 18 1857.
1830
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1775; d. September 2 1850.
1830 – 1831
Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1786; d. June 3 1869.
1832 – 1833
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
1834 – 1835
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
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 30 1785; d. September 24 1856.
1841 – 1844
Sidney Herbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1810; d. August 2 1861.
1845 – 1846
Fox Maule
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.
1848 – 1852
Robert Vernon Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1800; d. November 10 1873.
1852
Sidney Herbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1810; d. August 2 1861.
1852 – 1854
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
1854 – 1855
Fox Maule, Lord Panmure
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.
1855 – 1858
Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office
Foreign Secretary
List of Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.
March 27 1782 – July 5 1782
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1738; d. July 20 1786.
1782 – 1783
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.
April 2 1783 – December 19 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.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
June 8 1791 – February 20 1801
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.
1801 – 1804
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1762; d. December 26 1847.
1804 – 1805
Henry Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1755; d. April 7 1831.
1805 – 1806
Charles James Fox
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 24 1749; d. September 13 1806.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Charles Fox,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 26 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-charles-fox-1/index.html.
February 7 1806 – September 13 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
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1762; d. July 27 1834.
1809
Richard Colley Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1760; d. September 26 1842.
1809 – 1812
Robert Stewart, 2nd Marquess of Londonderry
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
1812 – 1822
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1822 – 1827
John William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 9 1781; d. March 6 1833.
1827 – 1828
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1784; d. December 14 1860.
1828 – 1830
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
November 22 1830 – November 15 1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
November 17 1834 – April 18 1835
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
April 18 1835 – September 2 1841
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1784; d. December 14 1860.
1841 – 1846
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
July 6 1846 – December 26 1851
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1851 – 1852
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1807 d. May 17 1889.
1852
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.
Titles:
Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.
[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.
December 28 1852 – February 21 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
James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1807 d. May 17 1889.
1858 – 1859
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.
Titles:
Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.
[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.
June 18 1859 – November 3 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
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1870 – 1874
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:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
April 2 1878 – April 28 1880
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1880 – 1885
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
June 24 1885 – February 6 1886
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny, January 23 1851 – March 4 1868.1 Succeeded as the 5th Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland and the 2nd Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, March 4 1868.1 Created Earl of Midlothian, Viscount Mentmore, and Baron Epsom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 3 1911.2
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] Hugh Chisholm, “Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of,” in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), Vol. 23 (11th ed.).
[2] “No. 28512,” The London Gazette, July 11 1911, 5168, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28512/page/5168.
February 6 1886 – August 3 1886
Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1886 – 1887
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
January 14 1887 – August 11 1892
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Lord Dalmeny, January 23 1851 – March 4 1868.1 Succeeded as the 5th Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland and the 2nd Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, March 4 1868.1 Created Earl of Midlothian, Viscount Mentmore, and Baron Epsom in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 3 1911.2
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] Hugh Chisholm, “Rosebery, Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of,” in Encyclopædia Britannica (1911), Vol. 23 (11th ed.).
[2] “No. 28512,” The London Gazette, July 11 1911, 5168, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28512/page/5168.
August 18 1892 – March 10 1894
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1894 – 1895
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
June 29 1895 – November 12 1900
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1845; d. June 3 1927.
Titles:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Clanmaurice from birth until 1863.2 Held the courtesy title Earl of Kerry, 1863 – 1866.2 Succeeded as the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne in the Peerage of Great Britain, July 5 1866.1 Also held the titles Earl Wycombe of Chepping Wycombe and Viscount Calne and Calston from the same date.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-henry-petty-fitzmaurice/index.html.
[2] Patrick M. Geoghegan, “Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith Petty,” in Dictionary of Irish Biography (Royal Irish Academy, 2009), accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.dib.ie/biography/fitzmaurice-henry-charles-keith-petty-a3224.
November 12 1900 – December 4 1905
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.
[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.
[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.
December 10 1916 – October 23 1919
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.
1919 – 1924
James Ramsay MacDonald
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Ramsay MacDonald,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-ramsay-macdonald/index.html.
January 22 1924 – November 3 1924
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1924 – 1929
Arthur Henderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.
June 7 1929 – August 24 1931
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
Ernest Bevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1881; d. April 14 1951.
1945 – 1951
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
March 9 1951 – October 26 1951
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
Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.
Honours:
Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.
[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.
[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.
July 27 1960 – October 18 1963
George Alfred Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.
Honours:
Created Baron George-Brown, November 6 1970.2
References:
[1] [1] UK Parliament, “George Brown,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-brown-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 45229,” The London Gazette, November 10 1970, 12333, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45229/page/12333.
August 11 1966 – March 15 1968
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Sir Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.
Honours:
Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.
[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.
[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.
June 20 1970 – March 4 1974
Leonard James Callaghan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.
Honours:
Created Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, November 5 1987.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3326/career.
[2] “No. 51118,” The London Gazette, November 12 1987, 13941, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51118/page/13941.
March 5 1974 – April 8 1976
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1938.
1977 – 1979
John Major
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1943.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter, April 23 2005.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Major.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/119/career.
[2] “No. 57622,” The London Gazette, April 25 2005, 5363, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/57622/page/5363.
July 24 1989 – October 26 1989
Douglas Richard Hurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.
1989 – 1995
John Whitaker “Jack” Straw
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1946.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jack Straw.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career.
June 8 2001 – May 5 2006
Margaret Mary Beckett
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2
Honours:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.
[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.
[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.
[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.
May 5 2006 – June 27 2007
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire, October 9 2015.2
Honours:
Created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 30 2025.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hague of Richmond.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/379/career.
[2] “No. 27625,” The Edinburgh Gazette, Supplement, October 14 2015, 1726, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/27625/page/1726.
[3] “No. 64940,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2025, N4, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64940/supplement/N4.
May 12 2010 – July 14 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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Boris Johnson.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1423/career.
July 13 2016 – July 9 2018
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
July 9 2018 – July 24 2019
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.
July 24 2019 – September 2 2020
List of Secretaries of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs
Name
Dates in Office
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
September 2 2020 – September 15 2021
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
September 15 2021 – September 6 2022
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir James Cleverly.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4366/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours 2025.” Accessed May 12 2026. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf
September 6 2022 – November 13 2023
David William Donald Cameron, Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1966.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton, of Chipping Norton in the County of Oxfordshire, November 17 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for David Cameron.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1467/career.
[2] “No. 64237,” The London Gazette, November 22 2023, 23554, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64237/page/23554.
November 13 2023 – July 5 2024
David Lindon Lammy
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1972.
2024 – 2025
Secretaries of State for International Development
Secretary of State for International Development
Name
Dates in Office
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
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilary Benn.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career.
October 6 2003 – June 28 2007
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.
Honours:
Received a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.
[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.
November 9 2017 – May 1 2019
Roderick James Nugent “Rory” Stewart
Date of birth/date of death:
Born January 3 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Rory Stewart.” Accessed May 16, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4137/career.
May 1 2019 – July 24 2019
Home Office
Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Secretary)
List of Secretaries of State for the Home Department
Name
Dates in Office
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
Thomas Townshend
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.
1782 – 1783
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
Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.
1783 – 1789
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
June 5 1789 – June 8 1791
Henry Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.
1791 – 1794
Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.
1801 – 1803
Charles Philip Yorke
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 12 1764; d. March 13 1834.
1803 – 1804
Robert Banks Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.
1804 – 1806
George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1758; d. November 10 1834.
1806 – 1807
Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 7 1770; d. December 4 1828.
1807 – 1809
Richard Ryder
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 5 1766; d. September 18 1832.
1809 – 1812
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.
1812 – 1822
Robert Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.
January 17 1822 – April 10 1827
William Sturges-Bourne
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 7 1769; d. February 1 1845.
1827
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.
1827 – 1828
Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1788; d. July 2 1850.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peel baronetcy of Drayton Manor and Bury, May 3 1830.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Robert Peel,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-robert-peel-1/index.html.
January 26 1828 – November 22 1830
Henry William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1779; d. November 24 1848.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Melbourne in the Peerage of the Ireland and Baron Melbourne in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, July 22 1828.1
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “William Lamb,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 25 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-lamb/index.html.
November 22 1830 – July 16 1834
John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1781; d. May 16 1847.
1834
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 1 1769; d. September 14 1852
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Viscount Wellington and Baron Douro, August 16 1809.2 Created Earl of Wellington, February 22 1812.3 Created Marquess of Wellington, August 18 1812.4 Created Duke of Wellington and Marquess Douro, May 3 1814.5
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, September 1 18046 (converted to a Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, January 2 18157). Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 4 1813.8
Military ranks:
Promoted to colonel, May 14 1796.9 Promoted to brigadier-general, July 25 1801.10 Promoted to major-general, May 11 1802.11 Promoted to lieutenant-general, May 7 1808.12 Promoted to brevet general (Spain and Portugal only), August 6 1811.13 Promoted to field marshal, June 21 1813.14
Elections:
Elected to the constituency of Rye, April 12 1806.15
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Arthur Wellesley,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-arthur-wellesley/index.html.
[2] “No. 16291,” The London Gazette, August 22 1809, 1342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16291/page/1342.
[3] “No. 16576,” The London Gazette, February 18 1812, 335, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16576/page/335.
[4] “No. 16636,” The London Gazette, August 18 1812, 1677, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16636/page/1677.
[5] “No. 16894,” The London Gazette, May 3 1814, 936, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16894/page/936.
[6] “No. 15732,” The London Gazette, August 28 1804, 1069, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15732/page/1069.
[7] “No. 16972,” The London Gazette, January 4 1815, 18, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16972/page/18.
[8] “No. 16708,” The London Gazette, March 2 1813, 458, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16708/page/458.
[9] “No. 13892,” The London Gazette, May 14 1796, 460, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13892/page/460.
[10] “No. 15389,” The London Gazette, July 21 1801, 894, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15389/page/894.
[11] “No. 15478,” The London Gazette, May 8 1802, 467, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15478/page/467.
[12] “No. 16142,” The London Gazette, May 3 1808, 622, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16142/page/622.
[13] “No. 16510,” The London Gazette, August 3 1811, 1526, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16510/page/1526.
[14] “No. 16746,” The London Gazette, July 3 1813, 1270, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16746/page/1270.
[15] “No. 15908,” The London Gazette, April 12 1806, 449, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15908/page/449.
November 15 1834 – December 15 1834
Henry Goulburn
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 19 1784; d. January 12 1856.
1834 – 1835
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.
Titles:
Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.
[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.
April 18 1835 – August 30 1839
Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1797; d. July 28 1863.
1839 – 1841
Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1792; d. October 25 1861.
1841 – 1846
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1846 – 1852
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1806; d. May 22 1898.
1852
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 20 1784; d. October 18 1865.
Titles:
Succeeded as the 3rd Viscount Palmerston in the Peerage of the Ireland, April 17 1802. (citation needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, July 12 1856.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Viscount Palmerston,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/viscount-palmerston/index.html.
[2] “No. 21901,” The London Gazette, July 15 1856, 2451, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21901/page/2451.
December 28 1852 – February 6 1855
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1855 – 1858
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1806; d. May 22 1898.
1858 – 1859
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1806; d. April 13 1863.
1859 – 1861
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1861 – 1866
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 11 1806; d. May 22 1898.
1866 – 1867
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
1867 – 1868
Henry Austin Bruce
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1815; d. February 25 1895.
1868 – 1873
Robert Lowe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.
1873 – 1874
Richard Assheton Cross
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.
1874 – 1880
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1827; d. October 1 1904.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, June 29 1873.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “William Vernon-Harcourt,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-william-vernon-harcourt/index.html.
[2] Britannica Editors. “Sir William Harcourt.” Encyclopedia Britannica, October 10, 2025. https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Harcourt.
April 28 1880 – June 23 1885
Richard Assheton Cross
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.
1885 – 1886
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1886
Herbert Henry Asquith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 12 1852; d. February 15 1928.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Viscount Asquith, February 9 1925.2 Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, June 1 1925.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Asquith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-asquith/index.html.
[2] “No. 33019,” The London Gazette, February 10 1925, 1004, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33019/page/1004.
[3] “No. 33055,” The London Gazette, June 9 1925, 3869, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33055/page/3869.
August 18 1892 – June 25 1895
Charles Thomson Ritchie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.
1900 – 1902
Herbert John Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1854; d. March 6 1930.
1905 – 1910
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
February 19 1910 – October 24 1911
Arthur Henderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.
January 23 1924 – November 4 1924
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
October 4 1940 – May 23 1945
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
Leonard James Callaghan
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.
Honours:
Created Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, November 5 1987.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Callaghan of Cardiff.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3326/career.
[2] “No. 51118,” The London Gazette, November 12 1987, 13941, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51118/page/13941.
November 30 1967 – June 19 1970
Leonard Robert Carr
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1916; d. February 17 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley of Greater London, January 15 1976.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Carr of Hadley.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1621/career.
[2] “No. 46803,” The London Gazette, January 20 1976, 919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46803/page/919.
July 18 1972 – March 4 1974
Roy Harris Jenkins
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1920; d. January 5 2003.
1974 – 1976
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.
Titles:
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.
[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.
[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.
May 4 1979 – June 11 1983
Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
1983 – 1985
Douglas Richard Hurd
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1930.
1985 – 1989
Michael Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1941.
Honours:
Created Baron Howard of Lympne in the Dissolution Honours 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Howard of Lympne.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/82/career.
[2] “No. 59491,” The London Gazette, July 19 2010, 13713, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59491/page/13713.
May 27 1993 – May 2 1997
John Whitaker “Jack” Straw
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1946.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jack Straw.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career.
May 2 1997 – June 8 2001
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
2006 – 2007
Theresa Mary May
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1956.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness May of Maidenhead, of Sonning in the Royal County of Berkshire, August 21 2024.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness May of Maidenhead.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/8/career.
[2] “No. 64499,” The London Gazette, August 28 2024, 16578, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64499/page/16578.
May 12 2010 – July 13 2016
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.
July 13 2016 – April 29 2018
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
April 30 2018 – July 24 2019
Priti Sushil Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 29 1972.
2019 – 2022
Sue-Ellen “Suella” Braverman
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Suella Braverman.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4475/career.
September 6 2022 – October 19 2022
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.
[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.
October 19 2022 – October 25 2022
Sue-Ellen “Suella” Braverman
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Suella Braverman.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4475/career.
October 25 2022 – November 13 2023
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir James Cleverly.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4366/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours 2025.” Accessed May 12 2026. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf
November 13 2023 – July 5 2024
Department for Business and Trade
Secretaries of State 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.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.
[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.
October 20 1963 – October 16 1964
Secretary of State for Trade
John Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1938; d. May 12 1994.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for John Smith.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/564/career.
November 11 1978 – May 4 1979
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Leon Brittan
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1939; d. January 21 2015.
1985 – 1986
Peter Bruce Lilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.
[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.
July 14 1990 – April 11 1992
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
April 11 1992 – July 5 1995
Margaret Mary Beckett
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2
Honours:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.
[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.
[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.
[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.
May 2 1997 – July 27 1998
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, and Skills
John Vincent “Vince” Cable
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1943.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Vince Cable.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/207/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
May 12 2010 – May 8 2015
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
May 12 2015 – July 13 2016
List of Secretaries of State for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy
Name
Dates in Office
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.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.
[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.
October 25 2022 – February 7 2023
Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.
February 7 2023 – July 5 2024
Cabinet Office
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
February 9 2023 – July 5 2024
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
List of Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster
Name
Dates in Office
Sir Robert Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1563; d. May 24 1612.
1597 – 1599
Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1649; d. July 22 1719.
1714 – 1716
George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1703; d. June 10 1770.
1736 – 1743
Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 4 1710; d. December 27 1787.
1758 – 1762
John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1731; d. August 18 1783.
1782 – 1783
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1752; d. October 21 1834.
1783
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1729; d. December 17 1808.
1786 – 1803
Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.
1803 – 1804
Henry Phipps, 1st Baron Mulgrave
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1755; d. April 7 1831.
1804 – 1805
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.
1805
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1762; d. December 26 1847.
1805 – 1806
Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1752; d. October 21 1834.
1806 – 1807
Spencer Perceval
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1762; d. May 11 1812.
1807 – 1812
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.
1812
Charles Bathurst
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1754; d. August 13 1831.
1812 – 1823
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1766; d. February 8 1851.
1823 – 1828
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 28 1784; d. December 14 1860.
1828
Charles Arbuthnot
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1767; d. August 18 1850.
1828 – 1830
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1773; d. October 22 1840.
1830 – 1834
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1775; d. September 2 1850.
1834 – 1835
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland of Holland, 3rd Baron Holland of Foxley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 21 1773; d. October 22 1840.
1835 – 1840
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
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1841
John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.
1846 – 1850
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1854 – 1855
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1798; d. November 19 1882.
1855
Matthew Talbot Baines
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 17 1799; d. January 22 1860.
1855 – 1858
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1859 – 1861
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1861 – 1864
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
George Joachim Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
1866
John Wilson-Patten
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1802; d. July 11 1892.
1867 – 1868
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
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1872 – 1873
John Bright
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.
1873 – 1874
John Bright
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.
1880 – 1882
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1882
George Otto Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1838; d. August 17 1928.
1884 – 1885
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
1886
John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1886 – 1892
James Bryce
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1838; d. January 22 1922.
1892 – 1894
Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1849; d. September 15 1909.
1894 – 1895
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.
1895
Sir Henry Hartley Fowler
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1830; d. February 25 1911.
1905 – 1908
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
May 25 1915 – November 25 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
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1867; d. September 28 1937.
1921 – 1922
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.
1922 – 1923
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.
1924 – 1927
Clement Richard Attlee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood, December 16 1955.2 Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 7 1956.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Clement Attlee,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-clement-attlee/index.html.
[2] “No. 40656,” The London Gazette, December 16 1955, 7079, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40656/page/7079.
[3] “No. 40751,” The London Gazette, April 10 1956, 2095, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40751/page/2095/.
May 23 1930 – March 13 1931
Arthur Augustus William Harry Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1871; d. March 23 1946.
1931
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
William Shepherd Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1893; d. February 3 1961.
1939 – 1940
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
Antony Harold “Tony” Newton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1937; d. March 25 2012.
1988 – 1989
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
James Francis “Jim” Murphy (acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.
November 2 2005 – May 5 2006
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ed Miliband.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1510/career.
June 28 2007 – October 3 2008
David Roy Lidington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.
2018 – 2019
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
July 24 2019 – September 15 2021
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
September 15 2021 – July 5 2022
Nadhim Zahawi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.
September 6 2022 – October 25 2022
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
October 25 2022 – July 5 2024
Minister for the Cabinet Office
List of Ministers for the Cabinet Office
Name
Dates in Office
James Francis “Jim” Murphy (acting)
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.
November 2 2005 – May 5 2006
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ed Miliband.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1510/career.
June 28 2007 – October 3 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.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
July 24 2019 – February 13 2020
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
February 13 2020 – September 15 2021
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
September 15 2021 – February 8 2022
Michael Tyrone Ellis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.
2022
Jeremy Mark Quin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1968.
2022 – 2023
Paymaster General
Edward John Stanley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1841
Sir Edward Knatchbull, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1781; d. May 24 1849.
1841 – 1845
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1800; d. December 28 1859.
1846 – 1848
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1848 – 1852
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1852
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1853 – 1855
Robert Lowe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.
1855 – 1858
Algernon George Percy, Lord Lovaine
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1810; d. January 2 1899.
1859
William Cowper
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.
1859 – 1860
George Joachim Goschen
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1831; d. February 7 1907.
1865 – 1866
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
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 25 1827; d. January 29 1896.
1872 – 1873
David Robert Plunket
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 3 1838; d. August 22 1919.
1880
John Adrian Louis Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1860; d. February 29 1908.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as the 7th Earl of Hopetoun and subsidiary titles (Viscount Aithrie, Lord Hope, Baron Hopetoun, Baron Niddry), April 1 1873. Created Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, October 23 1902.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “John Hope,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 16 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-hope-4.
[2] “No. 27487,” The London Gazette, October 24 1902, 6734, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27487/page/6734.
1895 – 1899
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 Henderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.
August 18 1916 – December 10 1916
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
Arthur Greenwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1880; d. June 9 1954.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Greenwood,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-greenwood/index.html.
July 9 1946 – March 5 1947
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
Alexander Jesse Norman
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 23 1962.
2019
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
July 24 2019 – February 13 2020
Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
Honours:
Received a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.
[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.
February 13 2020 – September 16 2021
Michael Tyrone Ellis
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1967.
2021 – 2022
Jeremy Mark Quin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1968.
2022 – 2023
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
September 18 2021 – July 6 2022
Nadhim Zahawi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.
September 6 2022 – October 25 2022
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
October 25 2022 – July 5 2024
List of Parliamentary Secretaries for the Cabinet Office
Name
Dates in Office
James Francis “Jim” Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.
May 10 2005 – May 5 2006
Oliver James Dowden
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1978.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
January 9 2018 – July 24 2019
Jeremy Mark Quin
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1968.
2019 – 2020
Julia Louise Lopez
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1984.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Julia Lopez.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4647/career.
February 14 2020 – September 15 2021
Heather Kay Wheeler
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 14 1959.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Heather Wheeler.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4053/career.
February 8 2022 – September 7 2022
Brendan Clarke-Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 17 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Brendan Clarke-Smith.” Accessed May 14, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4756/career.
September 8 2022 – October 27 2022
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.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
May 12 2010 – September 4 2012
Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
April 9 2014 – May 11 2015
John Flasby Lawrance Whittingdale
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1959.
2015 – 2016
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.
Honors:
Created a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, September 22 2015.2 Created a Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, July 4 2024.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Oliver Dowden.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4441/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
[3] “No. 64480,” The London Gazette, Supplement, August 7 2024, 15222, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64480/supplement/15222.
February 13 2020 – September 15 2021
Department for Education
Vice President of the Committee on Education
William Cowper
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.
1857 – 1858
Robert Lowe
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 4 1811; d. July 27 1892.
1859 – 1864
William Edward Forster
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 11 1818; d. April 5 1886.
1868 – 1874
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1831; d. March 26 1900.
1874 – 1878
Lord George Francis Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1845; September 22 1927.
1878 – 1880
Anthony John Mundella
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.
1880 – 1885
Edward Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.
1885
Sir William Hart Dyke, 7th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 7 1837; d. July 3 1931.
1887 – 1892
Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1847; d. October 9 1926.
1892 – 1895
Sir John Eldon Gorst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1835; d. April 4 1916.
1895 – 1902
President of the Board of Education
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
March 3 1900 – August 8 1902
Arthur Henderson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1863; d. October 20 1935.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Henderson,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-henderson/index.html.
May 25 1915 – August 18 1916
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1916
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
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1878; d. December 18 1941.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Hastings Lees-Smith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hastings-lees-smith/index.html.
March 2 1931 – August 24 1931
Sir Donald Maclean
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1864; d. June 15 1932.
Honours:
Created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 4 1917.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Donald Maclean,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-donald-maclean-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 30250,” The London Gazette, Supplement, February 10 1925, 8795, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30250/supplement/8795.
August 25 1931 – June 15 1932
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
Edward Watson Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.
[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.
April 6 1968 – June 20 1970
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 13 1925; d. April 8 2013.
Honours:
Created Baroness Thatcher, June 26 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Thatcher.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/953/career.
[2] “No. 52978,” The London Gazette, July 1 1992, 11045, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52978/page/11045.
June 20 1970 – March 4 1974
Secretary of State for Education
Gillian Patricia Shephard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.
1994 – 1995
Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Gillian Patricia Shephard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.
1995 – 1997
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
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
May 12 2010 – July 15 2014
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
Nadhim Zahawi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.
September 15 2021 – July 5 2022
James Spencer Cleverly
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1969.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir James Cleverly.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4366/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours 2025.” Accessed May 12 2026. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf
July 7 2022 – September 6 2022
Minister for Women
Harriet Ruth Harman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1950.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Harman, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, August 19 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Harriet Harman.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career.
[2] “No. 64496,” The London Gazette, August 22, 2024, 16342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64496/page/16342.
May 3 1997 – July 27 1998
Minister for Women and Equality
Harriet Ruth Harman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1950.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Harman, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, August 19 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Harriet Harman.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career.
[2] “No. 64496,” The London Gazette, August 22, 2024, 16342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64496/page/16342.
June 28 2007 – May 11 2010
Theresa Mary May
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1956.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness May of Maidenhead, of Sonning in the Royal County of Berkshire, August 21 2024.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness May of Maidenhead.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/8/career.
[2] “No. 64499,” The London Gazette, August 28 2024, 16578, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64499/page/16578.
May 12 2010 – September 4 2012
Minister for Equalities
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
April 9 2014 – July 15 2014
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.
January 9 2018 – April 30 2018
Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
Honours:
Received a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, August 21 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Penny Mordaunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4017/career.
[2] “No. 64759,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 14 2025, B8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64759/supplement/B8.
April 30 2018 – July 24 2019
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.
July 24 2019 – September 7 2019
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
September 10 2019 – September 6 2022
Nadhim Zahawi
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 2 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Nadhim Zahawi.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4113/career.
September 6 2022 – October 25 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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ed Miliband.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1510/career.
October 3 2008 – May 11 2010
Edward Jonathan “Ed” Davey
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1965.
2012 – 2015
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.
May 11 2015 – July 13 2016
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Name
Dates in Office
Grant Shapps
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1968.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.
[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.
February 7 2023 – August 31 2023
Edward Samuel “Ed” Miliband
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1969.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Ed Miliband.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1510/career.
July 5 2024 – present
Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for the Environment
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
May 5 1979 – January 6 1983
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
November 28 1990 – April 11 1992
Michael Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1941.
Honours:
Created Baron Howard of Lympne in the Dissolution Honours 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Howard of Lympne.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/82/career.
[2] “No. 59491,” The London Gazette, July 19 2010, 13713, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59491/page/13713.
April 11 1992 – May 27 1993
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport, and the Regions
John Leslie Prescott
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1938; d. November 20 2024.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire, June 15 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Prescott.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/374/career.
[2] “No. 59459,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2010, 11151, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59459/supplement/11151.
May 2 1997 – June 8 2001
Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
Margaret Mary Beckett
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2
Honours:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.
[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.
[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.
[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.
June 8 2001 – May 5 2006
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilary Benn.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career.
June 28 2007 – May 11 2010
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
July 15 2014 – July 14 2016
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
June 11 2017 – July 24 2019
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
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
November 13 2023 – July 5 2024
Department of Health and Social Care
President of the Board of Health
Sir Benjamin Hall, 1st Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1802; d. April 27 1867.
1854 – 1855
William Cowper
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.
1855 – 1857
William Cowper
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 13 1811; d. October 16 1888.
1857 – 1858
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 Greenwood
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 8 1880; d. June 9 1954.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Greenwood,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-greenwood/index.html.
June 7 1929 – August 24 1931
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
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
2003 – 2005
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
September 4 2012 – January 8 2018
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1966.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Jeremy Hunt.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1572/career.
[2] UK Government. “Resignation Honours List April 2025.” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67f905f16812c7adcf513f44/Resignation_Honours_List_2025.pdf.
January 8 2018 – July 9 2018
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
June 26 2021 – July 5 2022
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
July 5 2022 – September 6 2022
Thérèse Anne Coffey
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1971.
2022
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
October 25 2022 – November 13 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Secretary of State for Local Government and the Regions
John Leslie Prescott
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 31 1938; d. November 20 2024.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Prescott, of Kingston upon Hull in the County of East Yorkshire, June 15 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Prescott.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/374/career.
[2] “No. 59459,” The London Gazette, Supplement, June 15 2010, 11151, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59459/supplement/11151.
May 29 2002 – May 5 2006
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
July 13 2016 – January 8 2018
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
January 8 2018 – April 30 2018
James Peter Brokenshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1968; d. October 7 2021.
2018 – 2019
Robert Edward Jenrick
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1982.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Robert Jenrick.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4320/career.
July 24 2019 – September 15 2021
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
September 15 2021 – July 6 2022
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
October 25 2022 – July 5 2024
Angela Rayner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Rayner.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4356/career.
July 5 2024 – July 9 2024
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government
Angela Rayner
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Angela Rayner.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4356/career.
July 9 2024 – September 5 2025
Ministry of Justice
Secretary of State for Justice
List of Secretaries of State for Justice
Name
Dates in Office
John Whitaker “Jack” Straw
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1946.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jack Straw.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/463/career.
June 28 2007 – May 11 2010
Michael Andrew Gove
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1967.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Gove, of Torry in the City of Aberdeen, May 13 2025.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Gove.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1571/career.
[2] “No. 64736,” The London Gazette, May 19 2025, 10278, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64736/page/10278.
May 9 2015 – July 14 2016
Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
July 14 2016 – June 11 2017
David Roy Lidington
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.
2017 – 2018
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.
September 15 2021 – September 6 2022
Brandon Kenneth Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1971.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 16 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Brandon Lewis.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4009/career.
[2] “No. 64213,” The London Gazette, October 30 2023, 21730, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64213/page/21730.
September 6 2022 – October 25 2022
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.
October 25 2022 – April 21 2023
David Lindon Lammy
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 19 1972.
2025 – present
Northern Ireland Office
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
List of Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland
Name
Dates in Office
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.
Titles:
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.
[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.
[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.
March 24 1972 – December 2 1973
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
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
2001 – 2002
Peter Gerald Hain
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.
2005 – 2007
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
Julian Richard Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 30 1971.
2019 – 2020
Brandon Kenneth Lewis
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1971.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, June 16 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Brandon Lewis.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4009/career.
[2] “No. 64213,” The London Gazette, October 30 2023, 21730, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64213/page/21730.
February 13 2020 – July 7 2022
Hilary James Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Hilary Benn.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/413/career.
July 5 2024 – present
Scotland Office
Secretaries of State for Scotland
List of Secretaries for Scotland
Name
Dates in Office
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1818; d. September 27 1903.
1885 – 1886
George Otto Trevelyan
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1838; d. August 17 1928.
1886
John William Maule Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 29 1847; d. November 25 1887.
1886
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.
[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.
[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.
August 5 1886 – March 11 1887
Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1833; d. January 17 1900.
1887 – 1892
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 20 1838; d. August 17 1928.
1892 – 1895
John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, 7th Earl of Hopetoun
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1860; d. February 29 1908.
Titles:
Succeeded to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as the 7th Earl of Hopetoun and subsidiary titles (Viscount Aithrie, Lord Hope, Baron Hopetoun, Baron Niddry), April 1 1873. Created Marquess of Linlithgow, in the County of Linlithgow or West Lothian, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, October 23 1902.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “John Hope,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 16 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-hope-4.
[2] “No. 27487,” The London Gazette, October 24 1902, 6734, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27487/page/6734.
February 2 1905 – December 4 1905
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1860; d. January 11 1925.
December 10 1905 – February 13 1912
Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 6 1860; d. March 30 1934
1922 – 1924
List of Secretaries of State for Scotland
Name
Dates in Office
Albert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery, 2nd Earl of Midlothian
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1859; d. January 16 1926.
1945
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
Donald Campbell Dewar
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1937; d. October 11 2000.
1997 – 1999
John Reid
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.
1999 – 2001
Helen Lawrie Liddell
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 6 1950.
2001 – 2003
James Francis “Jim” Murphy
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1967.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Jim Murphy.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/595/career.
October 3 2008 – May 11 2010
Daniel Grian “Danny” Alexander
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1972.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Danny Alexander.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1535/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
May 12 2010 – May 29 2010
Michael Kevin Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1965.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Moore.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/638/career.
May 29 2010 – October 7 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
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1718; d. October 7 1793.
1763 – 1765
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1731; d. July 15 1801.
1765 – 1766
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1718; d. October 7 1793.
1766
Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Viscount Clare
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1709; d. October 13 1788.
1767 – 1768
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1718; d. October 7 1793.
1768 – 1772
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1731; d. July 15 1801.
1772 – 1775
Lieutenant-General George Germain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853
1775 – 1779
Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1748; d. September 4 1825.
1779 – 1780
Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1738; d. July 20 1786.
1780 – 1782
President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations
Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.
1784 – 1786
President of the Board of Trade
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 26 1729; d. December 17 1808.
1786 – 1804
James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1755; d. December 30 1836.
1804 – 1806
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1745; d. May 28 1814.
1806 – 1807
Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1762; d. July 27 1834.
1807 – 1812
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Baron Trench
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1767; d. November 24 1837.
1812 – 1818
Frederick John Robinson
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1818 – 1823
William Huskisson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1770; d. September 15 1830.
1823 – 1827
Charles Grant
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1827 – 1828
William Vesey-FitzGerald
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1783; d. May 11 1843.
1828 – 1830
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
1830
George Eden, 2nd Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 25 1784; d. January 1 1849.
1830 – 1834
Alexander Baring
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1774; d. May 12 1848.
1834 – 1835
Henry Labouchere
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1798; d. July 13 1869.
1839 – 1841
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1841 – 1843
William Ewart Gladstone
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “W.E. Gladstone,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-we-gladstone/index.html.
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
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1852 – 1855
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1855 – 1858
Thomas Milner Gibson
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1806; d. February 25 1884.
1859 – 1866
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1866 – 1867
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1818; d. September 27 1903.
1867 – 1868
John Bright
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1811; d. March 27 1889.
1868 – 1871
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.
1871 – 1874
Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, Viscount Sandon
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1831; d. March 26 1900.
1878 – 1880
Joseph Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.
May 3 1880 – June 9 1885
Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, 1st Duke of Gordon
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 27 1818; d. September 27 1903.
1885
Edward Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.
1885 – 1886
Anthony John Mundella
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.
1886
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.
1888 – 1892
Anthony John Mundella
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 28 1825; d. July 21 1897.
1892 – 1894
James Bryce
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1838; d. January 22 1922.
1894 – 1895
Charles Thomson Ritchie
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1838; d. January 9 1906.
1895 – 1900
Gerald William Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1853; d. January 14 1945.
1900 – 1905
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.
1905
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
April 12 1908 – February 14 1910
Stanley Baldwin
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1867; d. December 14 1947.
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 28 1937.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Baldwin of Bewdley and Viscount Corvedale, June 8 1937.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Stanley Baldwin,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-stanley-baldwin/index.html.
[2] “No. 34403,” The London Gazette, June 1 1937, 3508, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34403/page/3508.
[3] “No. 34405,” The London Gazette, June 8 1937, 3663, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34405/page/3663.
April 1 1921 – October 19 1922
Oliver Lyttelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1893; d. January 21 1972.
1940 – 1941
Oliver Lyttelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1893; d. January 21 1972.
1945
James Harold Wilson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1916; d. May 23 1995.
Honours:
Created Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 23 1976.2 Created Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, September 16 1983.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Harold Wilson.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1016/career.
[2] “No. 46885,” The London Gazette, April 27 1976, 6047, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46885/page/6047.
[3] “No. 49485,” The London Gazette, September 21 1983, 12361, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49485/page/12361.
September 29 1947 – April 23 1951
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.
[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.
October 20 1963 – October 16 1964
Peter Bruce Lilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.
[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.
July 14 1990 – April 11 1992
Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1933.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Heseltine, of Thenford in the County of Northamptonshire, July 12 2001.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Heseltine.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/94/career.
[2] “No. 56278,” The London Gazette, July 18 2001, 8487, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56278/page/8487.
April 11 1992 – July 5 1995
Margaret Mary Beckett
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Beckett, of Old Normanton in the City of Derby, August 14 2024.2
Honours:
Created a Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2012.3 Created a Dame Grand Cross of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, December 31 2023.4
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Baroness Beckett.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/328/career.
[2] “No. 64493,” The London Gazette, August 20 2024, 16086, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64493/page/16086.
[3] “No. 60367,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 29 2012, 6, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/60367/supplement/6.
[4] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N8, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N8.
May 2 1997 – July 27 1998
John Vincent “Vince” Cable
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 9 1943.
Honours:
Created a Knight Bachelor, September 22 2015.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Vince Cable.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/207/career.
[2] “No. 61359,” The London Gazette, Supplement, September 22 2015, 17615, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61359/supplement/17615.
May 12 2010 – May 8 2015
Sajid Javid
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1969.
Honors:
Created a Knight Bachelor, December 30 2023.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Sajid Javid.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3945/career.
[2] “No. 64269,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2023, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64269/supplement/N2.
May 12 2015 – July 13 2016
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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
July 24 2019 – September 15 2021
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.
September 6 2022 – July 5 2024
Vice-President of the Board of Trade
William Wyndham Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
August 23 1786 – August 8 1789
Department for Transport
Leadership of the Department for Transport
Minister of Transport
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1867; d. September 28 1937.
1921 – 1922
John Lawrence Baird
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 27 1874; d. August 20 1941.
1922 – 1924
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
June 7 1929 – August 24 1931
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1904; d. March 8 1983.
1952 – 1954
List of Secretaries of State for Transport
Name
Dates in Office
David Arthur Russell Howell
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1936.
1981 – 1983
John Edward Michael Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. May 20 2019.
1986 – 1987
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.
Titles:
Created a Knight Bachelor, April 11 2025.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Grant Shapps.” Accessed May 15, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1582/career.
[2] “No. 64805,” The London Gazette, Supplement, July 28 2025, 14830, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64805/supplement/14829.
July 24 2019 – September 6 2022
Heidi Alexander
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1975.
2024 – present
Wales Office
Secretary of State for Wales
Cledwyn Hughes
Date of birth/date of death:
Born September 14 1916. Died February 22 2001.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesey, July 16 1979.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Cledwyn Hughes,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-cledwyn-hughes/index.html.
[2] “No. 47908,” The London Gazette, July 19 1979, 9066, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47908/page/9066.
April 5 1966 – April 5 1968
William Jefferson Hague
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 26 1961.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Hague of Richmond, of Richmond in the County of North Yorkshire, October 9 2015.2
Honours:
Created a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, December 30 2025.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hague of Richmond.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/379/career.
[2] “No. 27625,” The Edinburgh Gazette, Supplement, October 14 2015, 1726, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/27625/page/1726.
[3] “No. 64940,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 30 2025, N4, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64940/supplement/N4.
July 5 1995 – May 2 1997
Alun Edward Michael
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 22 1943.
1998 – 1999
Peter Gerald Hain
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.
2002 – 2008
Peter Gerald Hain
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.
2009 – 2010
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
Joanna Meriel “Jo” Stevens
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 6 1966.
2024 – present
Department for Work and Pensions
Minister of Labour and National Service
Ernest Bevin
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1881; d. April 14 1951.
1940 – 1945
Minister of Labour
Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, April 23 1992.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Edward Heath.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/195/career.
[2] “No. 52903,” The London Gazette, April 24 1992, 7175, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52903/page/7175.
October 14 1959 – July 27 1960
Secretary of State for Employment
Leonard Robert Carr
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 11 1916; d. February 17 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Carr of Hadley, of Monken Hadley of Greater London, January 15 1976.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Carr of Hadley.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1621/career.
[2] “No. 46803,” The London Gazette, January 20 1976, 919, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46803/page/919.
June 20 1970 – April 7 1972
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 28 1918; d. July 1 1999.
Titles:
Raised to the peerage as Viscount Whitelaw, of Penrith in the County of Cumbria, June 16 1983.2
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, November 30 1990.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for The Viscount Whitelaw.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1722/career.
[2] “No. 49394,” The London Gazette, June 21 1983, 8199, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/49394/page/8199.
[3] “No. 52351,” The London Gazette, November 30 1990, 18550, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/52351/page/18550.
December 2 1973 – March 4 1974
Michael Mackintosh Foot
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1913; d. March 3 2010.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Foot.” Accessed April 20, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/831/career.
March 5 1974 – April 8 1976
Michael Howard
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1941.
Honours:
Created Baron Howard of Lympne in the Dissolution Honours 2010.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Howard of Lympne.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/82/career.
[2] “No. 59491,” The London Gazette, July 19 2010, 13713, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/59491/page/13713.
January 3 1990 – April 11 1992
Gillian Patricia Shephard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.
1992 – 1993
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1953.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Michael Portillo.” Accessed April 28, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/187/career.
July 20 1994 – July 5 1995
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Peter Gerald Hain
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.
2007 – 2008
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.
Honours:
Appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2020 New Year Honours.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Sir Iain Duncan Smith.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/152/career.
[2] “No. 62866,” The London Gazette, Supplement, December 28 2019, N2, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62866/supplement/N2.
May 12 2010 – March 18 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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Amber Rudd.” Accessed May 13, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/3983/career.
November 16 2018 – September 7 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 Shepherd Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1893; d. February 3 1961.
1936 – 1939
Cledwyn Hughes
Date of birth/date of death:
Born September 14 1916. Died February 22 2001.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Cledwyn of Penrhos, of Holyhead in the Isle of Anglesey, July 16 1979.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Cledwyn Hughes,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed June 5 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-cledwyn-hughes/index.html.
[2] “No. 47908,” The London Gazette, July 19 1979, 9066, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47908/page/9066.
April 5 1968 – June 19 1970
Gillian Patricia Shephard
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 22 1940.
1993 – 1994
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
President of the Air Board
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.
1916 – 1917
Secretary of State for Air
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
January 10 1919 – February 13 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
William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.
1945 – 1946
William Philip Sidney, 7th Baron De L’Isle and Dudley
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1909; d. April 5 1991.
1951 – 1955
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
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1718; d. October 7 1793.
1768 – 1772
William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1731; d. July 15 1801.
1772 – 1775
Lieutenant-General George Germain
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 7 1771; d. April 3 1853
1775 – 1782
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1799; d. September 9 1882.
1854 – 1855
Sidney Herbert
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1810; d. August 2 1861.
1855
Lord John Russell
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878.
Titles:
Known by the courtesy title Lord John Russell from birth until July 27 1861. Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Russell and Viscount Amberley, July 27 1861.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, May 21 1862.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord John Russell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-john-russell/index.html.
[2] “No. 22534,” The London Gazette, July 30 1861, 3193, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/22534/page/3193.
February 23 1855 – July 21 1855
Sir William Molesworth, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 23 1810; d. October 22 1855.
1855
Henry Labouchere
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 15 1798; d. July 13 1869.
1855 – 1858
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
Henry Pelham Fiennes Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1811; d. October 18 1864.
1859 – 1864
Edward Cardwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1864 – 1866
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1866 – 1867
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
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1868 – 1870
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1870 – 1874
Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 24 1813; d. February 15 1886.
1874 – 1878
Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1837; d. April 30 1916.
1878 – 1880
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1880 – 1882
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
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.
1886
Edward Stanhope
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 24 1840; d. December 21 1893.
1886 – 1887
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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.
June 29 1895 – September 16 1903
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1908 – 1910
Lewis Vernon Harcourt
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 31 1863; d. February 24 1922.
1910 – 1915
Andrew Bonar Law
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Bonar Law,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-bonar-law/index.html.
May 25 1915 – December 10 1916
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 30 1874; d. January 24 1965.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
February 13 1921 – October 19 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
Oliver Lyttelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1893; d. January 21 1972.
1951 – 1954
Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 18 1904; d. March 8 1983.
1954 – 1959
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
Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.
Honours:
Given the courtesy title Lord Dunglass, April 30 1918.1 Succeeded to the Peerage of Scotland as the 14th Earl of Home, July 11 1951.1 Created a Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, October 16 1962.2 Created Baron Home of the Hirsel, December 19 1974.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Sir Alec Douglas-Home,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 20 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-alec-douglas-home/index.html.
[2] “No. 42815,” The London Gazette, October 23 1962, 8275, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42815/page/8275.
[3] “No. 46441,” The London Gazette, December 24 1974, 13203, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46441/page/.
April 7 1955 – July 27 1960
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
Clement Richard Attlee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood, December 16 1955.2 Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 7 1956.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Clement Attlee,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-clement-attlee/index.html.
[2] “No. 40656,” The London Gazette, December 16 1955, 7079, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40656/page/7079.
[3] “No. 40751,” The London Gazette, April 10 1956, 2095, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40751/page/2095/.
February 15 1942 – September 24 1943
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
Minister for Economic Affairs
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1906; d. January 18 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Hugh Gaitskell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hugh-gaitskell/index.html.
February 28 1950 – October 19 1950
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
George Alfred Brown
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 2 1914; d. June 2 1985.
Honours:
Created Baron George-Brown, November 6 1970.2
References:
[1] [1] UK Parliament, “George Brown,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-george-brown-1/index.html.
[2] “No. 45229,” The London Gazette, November 10 1970, 12333, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45229/page/12333.
October 16 1964 – August 11 1966
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Minister of Economic Warfare
Roundell Cecil Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 15 1887; d. September 3 1971.
1942 – 1945
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
Nigel Lawson
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 11 1932; d. April 3 2023.
1981 – 1983
John Wakeham
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.
1989 – 1992
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Christopher Paul Murray “Chris” Huhne
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1954.
2010 – 2012
Amber Augusta Rudd
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 1 1963.
2015 – 2016
Department for Exiting the European Union
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Dominic Rennie Raab
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 25 1974.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Dominic Raab.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4007/career.
July 9 2018 – November 15 2018
Stephen Paul “Steve” Barclay
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 3 1972.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Steve Barclay.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4095/career.
November 16 2018 – January 31 2020
Ministry of Food
Minister of Food
William Shepherd Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1893; d. February 3 1961.
1939 – 1940
Department of Health and Social Security
Secretary of State for Social Services
John Edward Michael Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. May 20 2019.
1987 – 1988
Ministry of Home Security
Minister of Home Security
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
October 4 1940 – May 23 1945
Ministry of Housing and Local Government
President of the Local Governnment Board
Arthur James Balfour
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, March 3 1922.2 Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl of Balfour and Viscount Traprain, May 5 1922.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Arthur Balfour,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-arthur-balfour/index.html.
[2] “No. 32638,” The London Gazette, March 14 1922, 2137, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32638/page/2137.
[3] “No. 32691,” The London Gazette, May 5 1922, 3512, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32691/page/3512.
June 24 1885 – February 1 1886
Joseph Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1836; d. July 2 1914.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Joseph Chamberlain,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 22 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-joseph-chamberlain/index.html.
February 1 1886 – April 3 1886
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
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1733; d. June 30 1800.
1784 – 1790
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1759; d. January 12 1834.
Titles:
Raised to the Peerage of Great Britain as Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, November 27 1790.1
References:
[1] “No. 13259,” The London Gazette, November 23 1790, 710, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13259/page/710.
March 12 1790 – June 28 1793
Henry Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.
1793 – 1801
George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1717; d. October 15 1770.
1801 – 1802
Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 18 1769; d. August 12 1822.
1802 – 1806
Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baron Minto
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1751; d. June 21 1814.
1806
Thomas Grenville
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 31 1755; d. December 17 1846.
1806
George Tierney
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 20 1761; d. January 25 1830.
1806 – 1807
Robert Dundas
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
1807 – 1809
Dudley Ryder, 2nd Baron Harrowby
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1762; d. December 26 1847.
1809
Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.
1809 – 1812
Robert Hobart, 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 6 1760; d. February 4 1816.
1812 – 1816
George Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 11 1770; d. August 8 1827.
1816 – 1821
Charles Bathurst
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1754; d. August 13 1831.
1821 – 1822
Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1775; d. September 2 1850.
1822 – 1828
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
1828 – 1830
Charles Grant
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 27 1625; d. May 28 1672.
1830 – 1834
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
1834 – 1835
Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1786; d. June 3 1869.
1835 – 1841
Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
1841
Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.
1843 – 1846
John Cam Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 27 1786; d. June 3 1869.
1846 – 1852
Fox Maule, Lord Panmure
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.
1852
John Charles Herries
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1778; d. April 24 1855.
1852
Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.
1852 – 1855
Robert Vernon Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1800; d. November 10 1873.
1855 – 1858
Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.
1858
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
Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.
1859 – 1866
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:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
July 6 1866 – March 8 1867
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 8th Baronet
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.
1867 – 1868
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:
Held the courtesy title Viscount Cranborne, June 1865 – April 12 1868. Succeeded as the 3rd Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain, April 12 1868. (citations needed)
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1878 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Lord Robert Cecil,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 23 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/lord-robert-cecil-1/index.html.
February 21 1874 – April 2 1878
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.
1878 – 1880
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
April 28 1880 – December 16 1882
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1882 – 1885
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1886
Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1823; d. January 8 1914.
1886 – 1892
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1826; d. April 8 1902.
Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)
1892 – 1894
Sir Henry Hartley Fowler
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1830; d. February 25 1911.
1894 – 1895
Lord George Francis Hamilton
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1845; September 22 1927.
1895 – 1903
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
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.
1910 – 1915
Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1915 – 1917
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1867; d. September 28 1937.
1922 – 1924
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1867; d. September 28 1937.
1928 – 1929
William Wedgwood Benn
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 10 1877; d. November 17 1960.
1929 – 1931
Secretary of State for India and Burma
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence, 1st Baron Pethick-Lawrence
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1871; d. September 10 1961.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Pethick-Lawrence, August 16 1945.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Frederick Pethick-Lawrencne,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-frederick-pethick-lawrence/index.html.
[2] “No. 37234,” The London Gazette, August 21 1945, 4227, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37234/page/4227.
August 3 1945 – April 17 1947
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.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Elizabeth Truss.” Accessed May 12, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4097/career.
July 24 2019 – September 15 2021
Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke “Kemi” Badenoch
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1980.
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Mrs Kemi Badenoch.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/4597/career.
September 6 2022 – February 7 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.
Honours:
Created a Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 24 1953.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Winston Churchill,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-winston-churchill/index.html.
[2] “No. 39838,” The London Gazette, April 28 1953, 2357, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39838/page/2357/.
July 17 1917 – January 10 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
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.
1768
William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.
1768 – 1770
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
Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Berkshire
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1739; d. March 7 1779.
1771 – 1779
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.
1779
David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.
1779 – 1782
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
Henry Frederick Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret
Date of birth/date of death: b. 1735; d. 1826.
1771 – 1789
William Wildman Shute Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1717; d. February 1 1793.
1782
John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1759; d. December 15 1841.
1789
William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 3 1745; d. May 28 1814.
1798 – 1804
John Proby, 1st Earl of Carysfort
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 12 1751; d. April 7 1828.
1806 – 1807
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1756; d. July 4 1826.
1807 – 1826
Richard Le Poer Trench, 2nd Earl of Clancarty, 1st Baron Trench
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1767; d. November 24 1837.
1814 – 1816
Lord Frederick Montagu
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1774; d. October 4 1827.
1826 – 1827
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1791; d. October 21 1860.
1830 – 1834
William Wellesley-Pole, 1st Baron Maryborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1763; d. February 22 1845.
1834 – 1835
Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1802; d. April 10 1874.
1846 – 1852
Charles John Canning, 2nd Viscount Canning
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1812; d. June 17 1862.
1853 – 1855
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
Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 13 1802; d. June 16 1869.
1860 – 1866
Spencer Compton Cavendish, Marquess of Hartington
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908.
Titles:
Held the courtesy titles Lord Cavendish of Keighley, 1834 – 1858, and Marquess of Hartington, 1858 – December 21 1891 (citation needed). Succeeded as the 8th Duke of Devonshire and associated titles (Earl of Devonshire, Earl of Burlington, Baron Cavendish of Hardwick, Baron Cavendish of Keighley), December 21 1891.1
Honours:
Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, 1892 (citation needed).
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Marquess of Hartington,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 24 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/marquess-of-hartington/index.html.
December 9 1868 – January 14 1871
Lord John James Robert Manners
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1874 – 1880
George John Shaw Lefevre
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 12 1831; d. April 19 1928.
1884 – 1885
Lord John James Robert Manners
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898
1885 – 1886
Arnold Morley
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 18 1849; d. January 16 1916.
1892 – 1895
Joseph Austen Chamberlain
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.
1902 – 1903
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
Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 26 1878; d. December 18 1941.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Hastings Lees-Smith,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hastings-lees-smith/index.html.
June 7 1929 – March 2 1931
Clement Richard Attlee
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.
Honours:
Raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Earl Attlee and Viscount Prestwood, December 16 1955.2 Created a Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, April 7 1956.3
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Clement Attlee,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-clement-attlee/index.html.
[2] “No. 40656,” The London Gazette, December 16 1955, 7079, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40656/page/7079.
[3] “No. 40751,” The London Gazette, April 10 1956, 2095, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40751/page/2095/.
March 13 1931 – August 25 1931
William Shepherd Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 10 1893; d. February 3 1961.
1940 – 1943
Edward Watson Short
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 17 1912; d. May 4 2012.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Glenamara, of Glenridding in the County of Cumbria, January 28 1977.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Glenamara.” Accessed May 4, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/1692/career.
[2] “No. 47138,” The London Gazette, February 1 1977, 1427, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47138/page/1427.
July 4 1966 – April 6 1968
Ministry of Power
Minister of Fuel and Power
Emanuel “Manny” Shinwell
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1884; d. May 8 1986.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Shinwell, of Easington in the County of Durham, June 29 1970.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Emanuel Shinwell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed May 13 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-emanuel-shinwell/index.html.
[2] “No. 45134,” The London Gazette, June 23 1970, 6943, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/45134/page/6943.
August 3 1945 – October 7 1947
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 9 1906; d. January 18 1963.
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Hugh Gaitskell,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026, https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-hugh-gaitskell/index.html.
October 7 1947 – February 28 1950
Department of Prices and Consumer Protection
Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection
Roy Sydney George Hattersley
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 28 1932.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Hattersley, of Sparkbrook in the County of West Midlands, November 24 1997.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Hattersley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/858/career.
[2] “No. 54961,” The London Gazette, November 27 1997, 13331, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/54961/page/13331.
September 10 1976 – May 4 1979
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
Minister of Production
Oliver Lyttelton
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1893; d. January 21 1972.
1942 – 1945
Department of Social Security
Secretary of State for Social Security
John Edward Michael Moore
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 26 1937; d. May 20 2019.
1988 – 1989
Antony Harold “Tony” Newton
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1937; d. March 25 2012.
1989 – 1992
Peter Bruce Lilley
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 23 1943.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baron Lilley of Offa, in the County of Hertfordshire, June 18 2018.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Lord Lilley.” Accessed May 3, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/68/career.
[2] “No. 62331,” The London Gazette, June 22 2018, 11112, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62331/page/11112.
April 11 1992 – May 2 1997
Harriet Ruth Harman
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1950.
Titles:
Received a life peerage as Baroness Harman, of Peckham in the London Borough of Southwark, August 19 2024.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament. “Parliamentary career for Harriet Harman.” Accessed April 9, 2026. https://members.parliament.uk/member/150/career.
[2] “No. 64496,” The London Gazette, August 22, 2024, 16342, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/64496/page/16342.
May 3 1997 – July 27 1998
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
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1672; d. December 15 1750.
1710 – 1713
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
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.
1768 – 1770
William Henry Nassau de Zuylenstein, 4th Earl of Rochford
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1717; d. September 29 1781.
1770 – 1775
Thomas Thynne, 3rd Viscount Weymouth
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1734; d. November 19 1796.
1775 – 1779
Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1718; d. October 7 1793.
1779 – 1782
Secretary of State
Sir William Cecil
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1520; d. August 4 1598.
1550 – 1553
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1520; d. August 4 1598.
1558 – 1572
Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1563; d. May 24 1612.
1596 – 1612
Ministry of Supply
Minister of Supply
Herbert Stanley Morrison
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1888; d. March 6 1965.
Honours:
Created Baron Morrison of Lambeth, November 2 1959.2
References:
[1] UK Parliament, “Herbert Morrison,” Historic Hansard 1803–2005, accessed April 21 2026,https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-herbert-morrison/index.html.
[2] “No. 41860,” The London Gazette, November 3 1959, 6942, https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/41860/page/6942.
May 12 1940 – October 4 1940
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
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