Lord Keeper
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Term of office
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Other ministerial portfolios held during tenure
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Party
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Ministry
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Monarch (Reign)
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Thomas Wharton 1st Marquess of Wharton[nb 15]
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23 September 1714
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31 August 1715
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Whig
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Townshend
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George I
![Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png) r. 1714–1727
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Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland
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31 August 1715
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19 December 1716
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—
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Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
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19 December 1716
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6 February 1719
|
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—
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Stanhope–Sunderland I
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Stanhope–Sunderland II
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Henry Grey 1st Duke of Kent
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6 February 1719
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11 June 1720
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—
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|
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Evelyn Pierrepont 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull
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11 June 1720
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11 March 1726
|
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—
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Walpole–Townshend
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Thomas Trevor 1st Baron Trevor
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11 March 1726
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8 May 1730
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—
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George II
![Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png) r. 1727–1760
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|
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Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington
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8 May 1730
|
January 1731
|
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Whig
|
Walpole
|
|
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William Cavendish 3rd Duke of Devonshire
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12 January 1731
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5 May 1733
|
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Whig
|
|
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Henry Lowther 3rd Viscount Lonsdale
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5 May 1733
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16 May 1735
|
|
—
|
|
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Francis Godolphin 2nd Earl of Godolphin
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16 May 1735
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7 April 1740
|
|
—
|
|
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John Hervey 2nd Baron Hervey
|
7 April 1740
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13 July 1742
|
|
—
|
|
|
John Leveson-Gower 2nd Baron Gower
|
13 July 1742
|
10 December 1743
|
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Tory
|
Carteret
|
|
|
George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
|
10 December 1743
|
27 December 1744
|
|
—
|
|
|
John Leveson-Gower 1st Earl Gower[nb 16]
|
27 December 1744
|
8 June 1755
|
|
Tory
|
Broad Bottom (I & II)
|
Newcastle I
|
|
|
Charles Spencer 3rd Duke of Marlborough
|
8 June 1755
|
22 December 1755
|
|
—
|
|
|
Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Gower
|
22 December 1755
|
30 June 1757
|
|
Tory
|
Pitt–Devonshire
|
1757 Caretaker
|
|
|
Richard Grenville-Temple 2nd Earl Temple
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30 June 1757
|
5 October 1761
|
|
—
|
Pitt–Newcastle
|
George III
![Coat of arms of Great Britain (1714–1801).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_Great_Britain_%281714%E2%80%931801%29.svg.png) (1760–1820) [nb 17]
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|
|
John Russell 4th Duke of Bedford
|
25 November 1761
|
22 April 1763
|
|
Whig
|
Bute
|
|
|
George Spencer 4th Duke of Marlborough
|
22 April 1763
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30 July 1765
|
|
—
|
Grenville (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle
|
30 July 1765
|
30 July 1766
|
|
Whig
|
Rockingham I
|
|
|
William Pitt 1st Earl of Chatham
|
30 July 1766
|
2 November 1768
|
|
Whig
|
Chatham (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
George Hervey 2nd Earl of Bristol
|
2 November 1768
|
26 February 1770
|
|
—
|
Grafton (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
George Montagu-Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax
|
26 February 1770
|
22 January 1771
|
|
Tory
|
North
|
|
|
Henry Howard 12th Earl of Suffolk
|
22 January 1771
|
12 June 1771
|
|
—
|
|
|
Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton
|
12 June 1771
|
4 November 1775
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth
|
4 November 1775
|
27 March 1782
|
|
—
|
|
|
Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton
|
27 March 1782
|
4 April 1783
|
|
Whig
|
Rockingham II
|
Shelburne (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle
|
4 April 1783
|
23 December 1783
|
|
—
|
Fox–North (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
Charles Manners 4th Duke of Rutland
|
23 December 1783
|
27 November 1784
|
|
—
|
Pitt I
|
|
|
Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Marquess of Stafford[nb 18]
|
27 November 1784
|
1794
|
|
Tory
|
|
|
George Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer
|
1794
|
16 July 1794
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham
|
16 July 1794
|
14 February 1798
|
|
—
|
|
|
John Fane 10th Earl of Westmorland
|
14 February 1798
|
5 February 1806
|
|
Tory
|
Addington
|
Pitt II
|
|
|
Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth
|
5 February 1806
|
15 October 1806
|
|
Tory
|
All the Talents (Whig–Tory)
|
|
|
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland
|
15 October 1806
|
25 March 1807
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
John Fane 10th Earl of Westmorland
|
25 March 1807
|
30 April 1827
|
|
Tory
|
Portland II
|
Perceval
|
Liverpool
|
George IV
![Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg.png) r. 1820–1830
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|
|
William Cavendish-Scott-Bentinck 4th Duke of Portland
|
30 April 1827
|
16 July 1827
|
|
Tory
|
Canning (Canningite–Whig)
|
|
|
George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle
|
16 July 1827
|
26 January 1828
|
|
Whig
|
Goderich (Canningite–Whig)
|
|
|
Edward Law 2nd Baron Ellenborough
|
26 January 1828
|
10 June 1829
|
|
Tory
|
Wellington–Peel
|
|
|
James St Clair-Erskine 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
|
10 June 1829
|
22 November 1830
|
|
Tory
|
William IV
![Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1816-1837).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281816-1837%29.svg.png) r. 1830–1837
|
|
|
John Lambton 1st Baron Durham
|
22 November 1830
|
3 April 1833
|
|
Whig
|
Grey
|
|
|
Frederick John Robinson 1st Earl of Ripon
|
3 April 1833
|
5 June 1834
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
George Howard 6th Earl of Carlisle
|
5 June 1834
|
30 July 1834
|
|
Whigs
|
|
|
Constantine Phipps 2nd Earl of Mulgrave
|
30 July 1834
|
14 November 1834
|
|
Whig
|
Melbourne I
|
|
|
James Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie 1st Baron Wharncliffe
|
15 December 1834
|
8 April 1835
|
|
Conservative
|
Peel I
|
|
|
John Ponsonby 1st Baron Duncannon styled Viscount Duncannon
|
23 April 1835
|
15 January 1840
|
|
Whig
|
Melbourne II
|
Victoria
![Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg.png) r. 1837–1901
|
|
|
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon
|
15 January 1840
|
30 August 1841
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
|
3 September 1841
|
2 February 1842
|
|
Conservative
|
Peel II
|
|
|
Walter Montagu-Douglas-Scott 5th Duke of Buccleuch
|
2 February 1842
|
21 January 1846
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Thomas Hamilton 9th Earl of Haddington
|
21 January 1846
|
27 June 1846
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound 2nd Earl of Minto
|
6 July 1846
|
21 February 1852
|
|
Whig
|
Russell I
|
|
|
James Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury
|
27 February 1852
|
17 December 1852
|
|
Conservative
|
Who? Who?
|
|
|
George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll
|
4 January 1853
|
7 December 1855
|
|
Peelite
|
Aberdeen (Peelite–Whig)
|
Palmerston I
|
|
|
Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby
|
7 December 1855
|
3 February 1858
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
Ulick de Burgh 1st Marquess of Clanricarde
|
3 February 1858
|
21 February 1858
|
|
Whig
|
|
|
Charles Yorke 4th Earl of Hardwicke
|
26 February 1858
|
11 June 1859
|
|
Conservative
|
Derby–Disraeli II
|
|
|
George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll
|
18 June 1859
|
26 June 1866
|
|
Liberal
|
Palmerston II
|
Russell II
|
|
|
James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
|
6 July 1866
|
1 December 1868
|
|
Conservative
|
Derby–Disraeli III
|
|
|
John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley
|
9 December 1868
|
6 July 1870
|
|
Liberal
|
Gladstone I
|
|
|
Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax
|
6 July 1870
|
17 February 1874
|
|
Liberal
|
|
|
James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury
|
21 February 1874
|
12 August 1876
|
|
Conservative
|
Disraeli II
|
|
|
Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
|
12 August 1876
|
4 February 1878
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Algernon Percy 6th Duke of Northumberland
|
4 February 1878
|
21 April 1880
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
George Campbell 8th Duke of Argyll
|
28 April 1880
|
2 May 1881
|
|
Liberal
|
Gladstone II
|
|
|
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 1st Baron Carlingford
|
2 May 1881
|
5 March 1885
|
|
Liberal
|
|
|
Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery
|
5 March 1885
|
9 June 1885
|
|
Liberal
|
|
|
Dudley Ryder 3rd Earl of Harrowby
|
24 June 1885
|
28 January 1886
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury I
|
|
|
William Ewart Gladstone MP for Midlothian
|
17 February 1886
|
20 July 1886
|
|
Liberal
|
Gladstone III
|
|
|
George Cadogan 5th Earl Cadogan
|
3 August 1886
|
11 August 1892
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury II
|
|
|
William Ewart Gladstone MP for Midlothian
|
20 August 1892
|
10 March 1894
|
|
Liberal
|
Gladstone IV
|
|
|
Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth
|
10 March 1894
|
21 June 1895
|
|
Liberal
|
Rosebery
|
|
|
Richard Assheton Cross 1st Viscount Cross
|
29 June 1895
|
12 November 1900
|
|
Conservative
|
Salisbury (III & IV) (Con.–Lib.U.)
|
|
|
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
|
12 November 1900
|
July 1902
|
|
Conservative
|
Edward VII
![Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg.png) r. 1901–1910
|
|
|
Arthur Balfour MP for Manchester East
|
14 July 1902
|
October 1903
|
|
Conservative
|
Balfour (Con.–Lib.U.)
|
|
|
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury
|
17 October 1903
|
December 1905
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon
|
10 December 1905
|
October 1908
|
|
Liberal
|
Campbell-Bannerman
|
Asquith (I–III)
|
|
|
Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe[nb 24]
|
9 October 1908
|
October 1911
|
|
Liberal
|
George V
![Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg.png) r. 1910–1936
|
|
|
Charles Wynn-Carington 1st Earl Carrington
|
23 October 1911
|
February 1912
|
|
Liberal
|
|
|
Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe
|
13 February 1912
|
May 1915
|
|
Liberal
|
|
|
George Curzon 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston
|
25 May 1915
|
December 1916
|
|
Conservative
|
Asquith Coalition (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
|
|
|
David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford
|
15 December 1916
|
January 1919
|
|
Conservative
|
Lloyd George (I & II) (Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
|
|
|
Bonar Law MP for Glasgow Central
|
10 January 1919
|
March 1921
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Austen Chamberlain MP for Birmingham West
|
23 March 1921
|
October 1922
|
|
Conservative
|
Vacant
|
October 1922
|
May 1923
|
|
|
Law
|
|
|
Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood[nb 28]
|
28 May 1923
|
January 1924
|
|
Conservative
|
Baldwin I
|
|
|
J. R. Clynes MP for Manchester Platting
|
22 January 1924
|
November 1924
|
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
|
Labour
|
MacDonald I
|
|
|
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury
|
6 November 1924
|
June 1929
|
|
Conservative
|
Baldwin II
|
|
|
Jimmy Thomas MP for Derby
|
7 June 1929
|
June 1930
|
|
Labour
|
MacDonald II
|
|
|
Vernon Hartshorn MP for Ogmore
|
5 June 1930
|
March 1931
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Tom Johnston MP for West Stirlingshire
|
24 March 1931
|
August 1931
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
William Peel 1st Earl Peel
|
August 1931
|
November 1931
|
|
Conservative
|
National I (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)
|
|
|
Philip Snowden 1st Viscount Snowden
|
5 November 1931
|
September 1932
|
|
National Labour
|
[[National Government r. 1931–1935|National II]] (N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)
|
|
|
Stanley Baldwin MP for Bewdley
|
29 September 1932
|
December 1933
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Anthony Eden MP for Warwick and Leamington
|
31 December 1933
|
June 1935
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry
|
7 June 1935
|
November 1935
|
|
Conservative
|
[[National Government r. 1935–1937|National III]] (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
|
|
|
Edward Wood 3rd Viscount Halifax
|
22 November 1935
|
May 1937
|
|
Conservative
|
Edward VIII
![Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg.png) r. 1936
|
George VI
![Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (1837-1952).svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg/60px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837-1952%29.svg.png) r. 1936–1952
|
|
|
Herbrand Sackville 9th Earl De La Warr
|
28 May 1937
|
October 1938
|
|
National Labour
|
[[National Government r. 1937–1939|National IV]] (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
|
|
|
John Anderson 1st Viscount Waverley MP for Combined Scottish Universities
|
31 October 1938
|
September 1939
|
|
Independent (National)
|
|
|
Samuel Hoare 1st Viscount Templewood MP for Chelsea
|
3 September 1939
|
April 1940
|
|
Conservative
|
Chamberlain War (Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
|
|
|
Kingsley Wood MP for Woolwich West
|
3 April 1940
|
May 1940
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Arthur Greenwood MP for Limehouse
|
11 May 1940
|
February 1942
|
- Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
|
Labour
|
Churchill War (All parties)
|
|
|
Stafford Cripps MP for Bristol East
|
19 February 1942
|
November 1942
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne
|
22 November 1942
|
September 1943
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook
|
24 September 1943
|
July 1945
|
|
Conservative
|
Churchill Caretaker (Con.–N.Lib.)
|
|
|
Arthur Greenwood MP for Wakefield
|
27 July 1945
|
17 April 1947
|
|
Labour
|
Attlee (I & II)
|
|
|
Philip Inman 1st Baron Inman
|
17 April 1947
|
7 October 1947
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison
|
7 October 1947
|
9 March 1951
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Ernest Bevin MP for Woolwich East
|
9 March 1951
|
14 April 1951
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Richard Stokes MP for Ipswich
|
26 April 1951
|
October 1951
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury
|
28 October 1951
|
7 May 1952
|
|
Conservative
|
Churchill III
|
Elizabeth II
![Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom.svg](//webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20230210141227im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/60px-Royal_Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png) r. 1952–2022
|
|
|
Harry Crookshank MP for Gainsborough
|
7 May 1952
|
20 December 1955
|
|
Conservative
|
Eden
|
|
|
R. A. Butler MP for Saffron Walden
|
20 December 1955
|
October 1959
|
|
Conservative
|
Macmillan (I & II)
|
|
|
Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham
|
14 October 1959
|
July 1960
|
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Edward Heath MP for Bexley
|
27 July 1960
|
October 1963
|
- Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
|
Conservative
|
|
|
Selwyn Lloyd MP for Wirral
|
20 October 1963
|
October 1964
|
|
Conservative
|
Douglas-Home
|
|
|
Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford
|
18 October 1964
|
December 1965
|
|
Labour
|
Wilson (I & II)
|
|
|
Frank Soskice MP for Newport
|
23 December 1965
|
April 1966
|
|
Labour
|
|
|
Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford
|
6 April 1966
|
January 1968
|
|
Labour
|
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Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton
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16 January 1968
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April 1968
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Labour
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Fred Peart MP for Workington
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6 April
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October 1968
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Labour
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Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton
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18 October 1968
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June 1970
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Labour
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George Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe
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20 June 1970
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June 1973
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Conservative
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Heath
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David Hennessy 3rd Baron Windlesham
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5 June 1973
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March 1974
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Conservative
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Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd
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7 March 1974
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September 1976
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Labour
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Wilson (III & IV)
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Callaghan
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Fred Peart Baron Peart
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10 September 1976
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May 1979
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Labour
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Ian Gilmour Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar MP for Chesham and Amersham
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5 May 1979
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September 1981
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- Government spokesman in the House of Commons for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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Conservative
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Thatcher I
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Humphrey Atkins MP for Spelthorne
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14 September 1981
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April 1982
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- Government spokesman in the House of Commons for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
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Conservative
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Janet Young Baroness Young
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6 April 1982
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June 1983
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Conservative
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John Biffen MP for North Shropshire
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11 June 1983
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June 1987
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Conservative
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Thatcher II
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John Wakeham MP for South Colchester and Maldon
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13 June 1987
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10 January 1988
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Conservative
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Thatcher III
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John Ganzoni 2nd Baron Belstead
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10 January 1988
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28 November 1990
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Conservative
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David Waddington Baron Waddington
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28 November 1990
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11 April 1992
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Conservative
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Major I
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John Wakeham Baron Wakeham
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11 April 1992
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20 July 1994
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Conservative
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Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne
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20 July 1994
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2 May 1997
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Conservative
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Major II
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Ivor Richard Baron Richard
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2 May 1997
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27 July 1998
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Labour
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Blair I
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Margaret Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington
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27 July 1998
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8 June 2001
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Labour
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Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn
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8 June 2001
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13 June 2003
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Labour
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Blair II
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Peter Hain MP for Neath
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13 June 2003
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6 May 2005
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Labour
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Geoff Hoon MP for Ashfield
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6 May 2005
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5 May 2006
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Labour
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Blair III
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Jack Straw MP for Blackburn
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5 May 2006
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27 June 2007
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Labour
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Harriet Harman MP for Camberwell and Peckham
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28 June 2007
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11 May 2010
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Labour
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Brown
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George Young Baron Young of Cookham MP for North West Hampshire
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12 May 2010
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4 September 2012
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Conservative
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Cameron–Clegg (Con.–L.D.)
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Andrew Lansley MP for South Cambridgeshire
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4 September 2012
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14 July 2014
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Conservative
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Tina Stowell Baroness Stowell of Beeston
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15 July 2014
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14 July 2016
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Conservative
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Cameron II
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Natalie Evans Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
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14 July 2016
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6 September 2022
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Conservative
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May I
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May II
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Johnson I
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Johnson II
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Nicholas True Baron True
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6 September 2022
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Incumbent
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Conservative
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Truss
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Charles III
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Sunak
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