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

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

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




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

Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux

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

1830 – 1834

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

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners

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

1807 – 1827




Lord High Treasurer

Lord High Treasurer of England/Great Britain/United Kingdom

Lord High Treasurer
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


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

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

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

1846 – 1852

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
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

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

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

George William Frederick Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon

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

Noble titles: Earl of Clarendon in the Peerage of Great Britain (1838 – 1870)

1840 – 1841

George 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

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

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

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

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

William Ewart Gladstone

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

1886

William Ewart Gladstone

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

1892 – 1894

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

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

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

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

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

Andrew Bonar Law

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

1919 – 1921

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

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

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

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


Lord High Constable

Lord High Constable of England
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
George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

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

1619 – 1628

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

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


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