Global political history

Global political history from 3000 BC to the 21st century – political leaders, elections, and more.

Great Officers of State

Lord High Steward
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 25 1683; d. May 6 1757.

1714

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

1788 – 1792

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.

1793 – 1795

General Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 17 1768; d. April 29 1854.

1821

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)

1902

James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.

1937

Admiral of the Fleet Andrew Browne Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1883; d. June 12 1963

Titles of nobility: Baron Cunningham of Hyndhope (1945 – 1963); Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1946 – 1963).

Military ranks: Promoted to rear-admiral, 1933. Promoted to vice-admiral, 1936. Promoted to admiral, 1939(?). Promoted to Admiral of the Fleet, 1943.

1953


Ireland

Lord High Steward of Ireland
Charles John Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, 19th Earl of Waterford, 4th Earl Talbot

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1830; d. May 11 1877.

1868 – 1877




Lord High Chancellor

Great Britain

Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 1 1690; d. March 6 1764.

1737 – 1756

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1708; d. January 14 1772.

1761 – 1766

Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1714; d. April 18 1794.

1766 – 1770

Charles Yorke

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 30 1722; d. January 20 1770.

1770

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

1778 – 1783

William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (*Lord Speaker)

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1671; d. September 1 1729.

1783

Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 9 1731; d. September 12 1806.

1783 – 1792

Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1733; d. January 2 1805.

1793 – 1801

John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1751; d. January 13 1838.

1801 – 1806

Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 10 1750; d. November 17 1823.

1806 – 1807

John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 4 1751; d. January 13 1838.

1807 – 1827

John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

1827 – 1830

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 19 1778; d. May 7 1868.

1830 – 1834

John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

1834 – 1835

John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 21 1772; d. October 12 1863.

1841 – 1846

Thomas Wilde, 1st Baron Truro

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 7 1782; d. November 11 1855.

1850 – 1852

Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1790; d. July 26 1868.

1852 – 1858

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

1858 – 1859

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1859 – 1861

Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1800; d. July 20 1873.

1861 – 1865

Robert Monsey Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 18 1790; d. July 26 1868.

1865 – 1866

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1794; d. October 5 1878.

1866 – 1868

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Baron Cairns

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1819; d. April 2 1885.

1868

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 27 1819; d. April 2 1885.

1874 – 1880

Hardinge Stanley Gifford, 1st Baron Halsbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1823; d. December 11 1921.

1885 – 1886

Hardinge Stanley Gifford, 1st Baron Halsbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1823; d. December 11 1921.

1886 – 1892

Hardinge Stanley Gifford, 1st Earl of Halsbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1823; d. December 11 1921.

1895 – 1905

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).

1939 – 1940

Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Truss

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.

2016 – 2017

David Roy Lidington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.

2017 – 2018


Ireland

Lord High Chancellor of Ireland
John Freeman-Mitford, 1st Baron Redesdale

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1748; d. January 16 1830.

1802 – 1806

George Ponsonby

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 5 1755; d. July 8 1817.

1806 – 1807

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 24 1756; d. May 31 1842.

1807 – 1827

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 15 1779; d. June 23 1861.

1841

Edward Gibson

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1837; d. May 22 1913.

1885 – 1886

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1837; d. May 22 1913.

1886 – 1892

Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1837; d. May 22 1913.

1895 – 1905




Lord High Treasurer

Lord High Treasurer of England/Great Britain/United Kingdom

Lord High Treasurer
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1520; d. August 4 1598.

1572 – 1598

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1563; d. May 24 1612.

1608 – 1612

Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1563; d. November 7 1642.

1620 – 1621

First Lord of the Treasury
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

1684 – 1685

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

1690 – 1697

Charles Montagu

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1661; d. May 19 1715.

1697 – 1699

Sidney Godolphin, 1st Baron Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

1700 – 1701

General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 26 1650; d. June 16 1722.

1702 – 1710

Lord High Treasurer of England
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

1702 – 1707

Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 15 1645; d. September 15 1712.

1707 – 1710

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 5 1661; d. May 21 1724.

1711 – 1714

First Lord of the Treasury
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1661; d. May 19 1715.

1714 – 1715

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

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.

1718 – 1721

Robert Walpole

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 26 1676; d. March 18 1745.

1721 – 1742

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

1742 – 1743

Henry Pelham

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 25 1694; d. March 6 1754.

1743 – 1754

James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1715; d. April 13 1763.

1757

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 21 1693; d. November 17 1768.

1762 – 1763

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.

1766 – 1770

Frederick North, Lord North

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 13 1732; d. August 5 1792.

1770 – 1782

Henry Addington

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

1801 – 1804

Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1818; d. January 12 1887.

1885 – 1886

William Henry Smith

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1825; d. October 6 1891.

1887 – 1891

Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 7 1836; d. April 22 1908.

1905 – 1908

Clement Richard Attlee

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.

1945 – 1951

Leonard James Callaghan

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 27 1912; d. March 26 2005.

1976 – 1979


Ireland

Lord High Treasurer of Ireland
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, 4th Earl of Cork

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 25 1694; d. December 4 1753.

1715 – 1753

William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1720; d. October 2 1764.

1754 – 1764

William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 14 1748; d. July 29 1811.

1764 – 1793




Lord President of the Council

Lord President of the Council
Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1484; d. August 22 1545

Noble titles: Duke of Suffolk in the Peerage of England (1514 – 1545)

1530 – 1545

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 13 1662; d. December 2 1748.

Noble titles: Duke of Suffolk in the Peerage of England (1514 – 1545)

1702

Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1647; d. January 1 1730.

1714 – 1716

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.

1717 – 1719

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1665; d. March 5 1726.

1719 – 1720

Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1674; d. June 21 1738.

1720 – 1721

Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

1730 – 1742

William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1683; d. December 8 1756.

1742 – 1745

John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1690; d. January 2 1763.

1751 – 1763

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.

1763 – 1765

Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, 3rd Earl of Nottingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1689; d. August 2 1769.

1765 – 1766

Robert Henley, 1st Earl of Northington

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1708; d. January 14 1772.

1766 – 1767

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1721; d. October 26 1803.

1767 – 1779

Charles Pratt, 1st Baron Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1714; d. April 18 1794.

1782 – 1783

David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.

1783

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1721; d. October 26 1803.

1783 – 1784

Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 21 1714; d. April 18 1794.

1784 – 1794

William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1748; d. February 8 1833.

1794

David Murray, 7th Viscount of Stormont, 2nd Earl of Mansfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1727; d. September 1 1796.

1794 – 1796

Major-General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1756; d. September 24 1835.

1796 – 1801

William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1738; d. October 30 1809.

1801 – 1805

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

1805

John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.

1805 – 1806

William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1748; d. February 8 1833.

1806

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

1806 – 1807

John Jeffreys Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 11 1759; d. October 8 1840.

1807 – 1812

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

1812

Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 22 1762; d. December 26 1847.

1812 – 1827

William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1768; d. March 27 1854.

1827 – 1828

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1762; d. July 27 1834.

1828 – 1830

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

1830 – 1834

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

1835 – 1841

Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1776; d. December 19 1845.

1841 – 1845

Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870

1846

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1780; d. January 31 1863.

1846 – 1852

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

1852 – 1854

Lord John Russell

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 18 1792; d. May 28 1878

Titles of nobility: Earl Russell in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1861 – 1878)

1854 – 1855

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

1855 – 1858

James Brownlow William Gascyone-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1791; d. April 12 1868.

1858 – 1859

Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 11 1815; d. March 31 1891.

1859 – 1866

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.

1866 – 1867

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)

1868 – 1873

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 16 1815; d. February 25 1895.

1873 – 1874

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.

1874 – 1880

John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1835; d. August 13 1910.

1880 – 1883

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.

1883 – 1885

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.

1885 – 1886

John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 27 1835; d. August 13 1910.

1886

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Viscount Cranbrook

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 1 1814; d. October 30 1906.

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

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929

Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)

1894 – 1895

Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 23 1833; d. March 24 1908

Noble titles: Duke of Devonshire in the Peerage of England (1891 – 1908)

1895 – 1903

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.

1905 – 1908

Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1849; d. September 15 1909.

1908

Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 16 1830; d. February 25 1911.

1908 – 1910

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1872; d. November 14 1938.

1910

John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 24 1838; d. September 23 1923

Titles of nobility: Viscount Morley of Blackburn (1908 – 1923)

1910 – 1914

William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 20 1872; d. November 14 1938.

1914 – 1915

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.

1915 – 1916

Arthur James Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930

Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)

1919 – 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 – 1924

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

1924

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.

1924 – 1925

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930

Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)

1925 – 1929

Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 3 1852; d. June 30 1941.

1929 – 1931

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).

1931 – 1935

James Ramsay MacDonald

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 12 1866; d. November 9 1937

1935 – 1937

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).

1937 – 1938

Arthur Neville Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 18 1869; d. November 9 1940

1940

Clement Richard Attlee

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.

1943 – 1945

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 – 1957

Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.

1957

Alexander Frederick “Alec” Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1903; d. October 9 1995.

1959 – 1960

John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

1988 – 1989

Antony Harold “Tony” Newton

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 29 1937; d. March 25 2012.

1992 – 1997

Winifred Ann Taylor

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 2 1947.

1997 – 1998

John Reid

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 8 1947.

2003

Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1941; d. September 20 2003.

2003

Valerie Ann Amos, Baroness Amos

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 13 1954.

2003 – 2007

Nicholas William Peter “Nick” Clegg

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1967.

2010 – 2015

David Roy Lidington

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 30 1956.

2016 – 2017

Jacob William Rees-Mogg

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 24 1969.

2019 – 2022

Penelope Mary “Penny” Mordaunt

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 4 1973.

2022 – 2024


Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1520; d. August 4 1598.

1571 – 1572

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 13 1520; d. August 4 1598.

1590 – 1598

Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1563; d. May 24 1612.

1598 – 1608

John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1662; d. July 15 1711.

1705 – 1711

William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1672; d. December 15 1750.

1713 – 1714

Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1675; d. April 19 1722.

1715 – 1716

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1665; d. March 5 1726.

1716 – 1719

Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1665; d. March 5 1726.

1720 – 1726

Spencer Compton, 1st Baron Wilmington

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1673; d. July 2 1743.

1730

William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1698; d. December 5 1755.

1731 – 1733

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 3 1678; d. January 17 1766.

1735 – 1740

George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1703; d. June 10 1770.

1743 – 1744

Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 22 1706; d. October 20 1758.

1755

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Gower

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1721; d. October 26 1803.

1755 – 1757

Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1711; d. September 12 1779.

1757 – 1761

John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1710; d. January 5 1771.

1761 – 1763

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.

1765 – 1766

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 15 1708; d. May 11 1778.

1766 – 1768

George William Hervey, 2nd Earl of Bristol

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1721; d. March 18/20 1775.

1768 – 1770

George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1716; d. June 8 1771.

1770 – 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

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.

1771 – 1775

William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 20 1731; d. July 15 1801.

1775 – 1782

Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1735; d. March 14 1811.

1782 – 1783

Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 28 1748; d. September 4 1825.

1783

Charles Manners, 4th Duke of Rutland

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1754; d. October 24 1787.

1783 – 1784

Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 4 1721; d. October 26 1803.

1784 – 1794

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 1 1758; d. November 10 1834.

1794

Major-General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 9 1756; d. September 24 1835.

1794 – 1798

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1759; d. December 15 1841.

1798 – 1806

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 30 1757; d. February 15 1844.

1806

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.

1806 – 1807

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 1 1759; d. December 15 1841.

1807 – 1827

William Henry Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 24 1768; d. March 27 1854.

1827

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1773; d. October 7 1848.

1827 – 1828

Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 8 1790; d. December 22 1871.

1828 – 1829

John George Lambton, 1st Baron Durham

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 12 1792; d. July 28 1840.

1830 – 1833

Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 1 1782; d. January 28 1859.

1833 – 1834

George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 17 1773; d. October 7 1848.

1834

Constantine Henry Phipps, 2nd Earl of Mulgrave

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 15 1797; d. July 28 1863.

1834

Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Wharncliffe

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 6 1776; d. December 19 1845.

1834 – 1835

John William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 31 1781; d. May 16 1847.

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

Walter Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, 5th Duke of Buccleuch, 7th Duke of Queensberry

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1800; d. June 27 1870

1842 – 1846

Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 16 1782; d. July 31 1859.

1846 – 1852

James Brownlow William Gascyone-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 17 1791; d. April 12 1868.

1852

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)

1852 – 1855

Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 19 1798; d. November 19 1882.

1855 – 1858

Ulick John de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1802; d. April 10 1874.

1858

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)

1859 – 1866

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1807 d. May 17 1889.

1866 – 1868

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)

1868 – 1870

Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 20 1800; d. August 8 1885.

1870 – 1874

James Howard Harris, 3rd Earl of Malmesbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 25 1807 d. May 17 1889.

1874 – 1876

Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 21 1804; d. April 19 1881

Noble titles: Earl of Beaconsfield (1876 – 1881)

1876 – 1878

Algernon George Percy, 6th Duke of Northumberland

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 20 1810; d. January 2 1899.

1878 – 1880

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)

1880 – 1881

Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 18 1823; d. January 30 1898.

1881 – 1885

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 7 1847; d. May 21 1929

Noble titles: Earl of Rosebery in the Peerage of Scotland (1868 – 1929); Baron Rosebery in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1929); Earl of Midlothian in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1911 – 1929)

1885

Dudley Francis Stuart Ryder, 3rd Earl of Harrowby

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 16 1831; d. March 26 1900.

1885 – 1886

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898

1886

George Henry Cadogan, 5th Earl Cadogan

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 12 1840; d. March 6 1915.

1886 – 1892

William Ewart Gladstone

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 29 1809; d. May 19 1898

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 – 1900

Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 3 1830; d. August 22 1903

Titles of nobility: Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1868 – 1903)

1900 – 1902

Arthur James Balfour

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 25 1848; d. March 19 1930

Titles of nobility: Earl of Balfour in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1922 – 1930)

1902 – 1903

James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.

1903 – 1905

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)

1905 – 1908

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.

1908 – 1911

Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 12 1858; d. June 20 1945.

1912 – 1915

George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 11 1859; d. March 20 1925.

1915 – 1916

Andrew Bonar Law

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 16 1858; d. October 30 1923

1919 – 1921

Joseph Austen Chamberlain

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 16 1863; d. March 16 1937.

1921 – 1922

Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 14 1864; d. November 24 1958.

1923 – 1924

James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 23 1861; d. April 4 1947.

1924 – 1929

William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 7 1867; d. September 28 1937.

1931

Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 18 1864; d. May 15 1937.

1931 – 1932

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).

1932 – 1934

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).

1934 – 1935

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)

1935

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 – 1937

Clement Richard Attlee

Date of birth/date of death: b. January 3 1883; d. October 8 1967.

1940 – 1942

Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 27 1893; d. February 23 1972

Titles of nobility: Baron Cecil in the Peerage of England (1941 – 1972); Marquess of Salisbury in the Peerage of Great Britain (1947 – 1972).

1942 – 1943

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).

1943 – 1945

Ernest Bevin

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 9 1881; d. April 14 1951.

1951

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).

1951 – 1952

Edward Richard George “Ted” Heath

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 9 1916; d. July 17 2005.

1960 – 1963

Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, 3rd Baronet

Date of birth/date of death: b. July 8 1926; d. September 21 2007.

1979 – 1981

John Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

1987 – 1988

John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 22 1932.

1992 – 1994

Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne

Date of birth/date of death: b. May 22 1906; d. February 25 1995

1994 – 1997

Gareth Wyn Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 5 1941; d. September 20 2003.

2001 – 2003

Peter Gerald Hain

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 16 1950.

2003 – 2005


Lord Keeper of the Great Seal
Robert Henley, 1st Baron Henley

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1708; d. January 14 1772.

1757 – 1761


Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 28 1742; d. May 28 1811.

1800 – 1811

Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 14 1771; d. June 10 1851.

1811 – 1851

Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 22 1801; d. July 6 1874.

1853 – 1874

Schomberg Henry Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian

Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1833; d. January 17 1900.

1874 – 1900


Lord High Constable

Lord High Constable of England
Richard of York, Duke of Gloucester

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1452; d. August 22 1485.

1469 – 1470

Richard of York, Duke of Gloucester

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1452; d. August 22 1485.

1471 – 1483

Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1435; d. July 29 1504.

1483 – 1504

Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1663; d. October 9 1690.

1685


Earl Marshal

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Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk

Date of birth/date of death: b. c. 1484; d. August 22 1545

Noble titles: Duke of Suffolk in the Peerage of England (1514 – 1545)

1524 – 1533

Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 15 1746; d. December 16 1815.

1786 – 1815


Lord High Admiral

Lord High Admiral of England
Richard of York, Duke of Gloucester

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1452; d. August 22 1485.

1462 – 1470

Richard of York, Duke of Gloucester

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 2 1452; d. August 22 1485.

1471 – 1483

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1592; d. August 23 1628.

1619 – 1628

Prince James of England, Duke of York and Albany

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1633; d. September 16 1701.

1660 – 1673

James II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1633; d. September 16 1701.

1685 – 1688

William III

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 24 1533; d. July 10 1584.

1689

Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1653; d. October 28 1708.

1702 – 1707

Lord High Admiral of Great Britain
Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1653; d. October 28 1708.

1707 – 1708

Anne

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 6 1665; d. August 1 1714.

Spouse: Prince George of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Cumberland (b. May 19 1744; d. November 17 1818)

1708

Prince William of the United Kingdom, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews

Date of birth/date of death: b. August 21 1765; d. June 20 1837.

1827 – 1828

Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom
Elizabeth II

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1926; d. September 8 2022

Spouse: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. June 10 1921; d. April 9 2021

Children: (1) Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (b. November 14 1948); (2) Anne, Princess Royal (b. August 15 1950); (3) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b. February 19 1960); (4) Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (b. March 10 1964)

1964 – 2011

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Date of birth/date of death: b. June 10 1921; d. April 9 2021

Titles of nobility: Duke of Edinburgh in the Peerage of the United Kingdom (1947 – 2021).

2011 – 2021

Elizabeth II

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 21 1926; d. September 8 2022

Spouse: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b. June 10 1921; d. April 9 2021

Children: (1) Charles III, King of the United Kingdom (b. November 14 1948); (2) Anne, Princess Royal (b. August 15 1950); (3) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (b. February 19 1960); (4) Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (b. March 10 1964)

2021 – 2022

Charles III

Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1948.

2022 – present


Lord High Admiral of Scotland
Prince James of England, Duke of York and Albany

Date of birth/date of death: b. October 14 1633; d. September 16 1701.

1673 – 1688


Vice-Admiral of England
Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton

Date of birth/date of death: b. September 28 1663; d. October 9 1690.

1682 – 1689

Vice-Admiral of Great Britain
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 22 1684; d. July 7 1764.

1749 – 1762

Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1705; d. October 17 1781.

1765 – 1781

Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Date of birth/date of death: b. March 8 1726; d. August 5 1799.

1792 – 1796

Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom
Admiral of the Fleet Michael Cecil Boyce, Baron Boyce

Date of birth/date of death: b. April 2 1943; d. November 6 2022.

2021 – 2022


Rear-Admiral of Great Britain
Admiral Sir Edward Hawke

Date of birth/date of death: b. February 21 1705; d. October 17 1781.

1763 – 1765


Lord Clerk Register

Lord Clerk Register
James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton

Date of birth/date of death: b. 1702; d. October 12 1768.

1760 – 1768