List of lords commissioners of the Treasury

This is a list of Lords Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain and of the United Kingdom.
In modern times, the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury are the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer and some government whips. Although there is a small overlap, this list should not be confused with a list of ministers in HM Treasury.
In addition, for earlier officials, see the list of lord high treasurers of England and Great Britain .

Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain (1714–1817)

Townshend ministry (1714–1717)

13 October 1714
*Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
*Sir Richard Onslow
*Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
*Edward Wortley Montagu
*Paul Methuen
23 May 1715
*Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
*Sir Richard Onslow
*Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
*Edward Wortley Montagu
*Paul Methuen
11 October 1715
*Robert Walpole
*Daniel Finch, Lord Finch
*Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
*Paul Methuen
*Thomas Newport
25 June 1716
*Robert Walpole
*Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
*Paul Methuen
*Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
*Richard Edgcumbe

Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1717–1718)

Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1718–1721)

20 March 1718
*Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
*John Aislabie
*John Wallop
*George Baillie
*William Clayton
11 June 1720
*Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
*John Aislabie
*George Baillie
*Sir [Sir Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Warham|Charles Turner, 1st Baronet, of Warham|Charles Turner]
*Richard Edgcumbe

Walpole–Townshend ministry (1721–1730)

3 April 1721
*Robert Walpole
*George Baillie
*Sir Charles Turner
*Richard Edgcumbe
*Henry Pelham
23 March 1724
*Robert Walpole
*George Baillie
*Sir Charles Turner
*Henry Pelham
*[Sir Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet|William Yonge, 4th Baronet|William Yonge]
2 April 1724
*Robert Walpole
*George Baillie
*Sir Charles Turner
*William Yonge
*George Bubb Dodington
27 May 1725
*Sir Robert Walpole
*Sir Charles Turner
*Sir William Yonge
*George Bubb Dodington
*Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet
28 July 1727
*Sir Robert Walpole
*Sir Charles Turner, 1st Baronet
*George Bubb Dodington
*Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
*William Clayton

Walpole ministry (1730–1742)

11 May 1730
*Sir Robert Walpole
*George Bubb Dodington
*Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
*William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
*Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet
16 May 1735
*Sir Robert Walpole
*George Bubb Dodington
*Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
*William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
*George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
20 May 1736
*Sir Robert Walpole
*George Bubb Dodington
*Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
*William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
*Thomas Winnington
22 June 1737
*Sir Robert Walpole
*George Bubb Dodington
*William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
*Thomas Winnington
*Giles Earle
20 October 1740
*Sir Robert Walpole
*William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
*Thomas Winnington
*Giles Earle
*George Treby
28 April 1741
*Sir Robert Walpole
*Thomas Winnington
*Giles Earle
*George Treby
*Thomas Clutterbuck

Carteret ministry (1742–1744)

16 February 1742
*Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
*Samuel Sandys
*George Compton
*Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
*Phillips Gybbon
25 August 1743
*Henry Pelham
*George Compton
*Phillips Gybbon
*Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
*Henry Fox

Pelham ministry (1744–1746)

Pelham ministry (1746–1754)

24 June 1746
*Henry Pelham
*Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
*George Lyttelton
*Henry Bilson Legge
*John Campbell
23 June 1747
*Henry Pelham
*George Lyttelton
*Henry Bilson Legge
*John Campbell
*George Grenville
29 April 1749
*Henry Pelham
*George Lyttelton
*John Campbell
*George Grenville
*Henry Vane

Newcastle ministry (1754–1756)

6 April 1754
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
*Henry Bilson Legge
*Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
*Robert Nugent
22 November 1755
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
*[George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton|Sir George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton|George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet]
*Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
*Robert Nugent
20 December 1755
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet
*Robert Nugent
*Percy Wyndham-O'Brien
*Henry Furnese

Pitt–Devonshire ministry (1756–1757)

16 November 1756
*William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
*Henry Bilson Legge
*Robert Nugent
*William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon
*James Grenville

Pitt–Newcastle ministry (1757–1762)

2 July 1757
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*Henry Bilson Legge
*Robert Nugent
*James Grenville
*Frederick North, Lord North
22 December 1759
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*Henry Bilson Legge
*James Grenville
*Frederick North, Lord North
*James Oswald
12 March 1761
*Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle
*William Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington
*Frederick North, Lord North
*James Oswald
*Gilbert Elliot

Bute ministry (1762–1763)

Grenville ministry (1763–1765)

North ministry (1770–1782)

6 February 1770
*Frederick North, Lord North
*George Onslow
*Charles Jenkinson
*Jeremiah Dyson
*Charles Townshend
9 January 1773
*Frederick North, Lord North
*George Onslow
*Jeremiah Dyson
*Charles Townshend
*Charles James Fox
12 March 1774
*Frederick North, Lord North
*George Onslow
*Charles Townshend
*Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
*Charles Wolfran Cornwall
5 June 1777
*Frederick North, Lord North
*George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow
*Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
*Charles Wolfran Cornwall
*William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
14 December 1777
*Frederick North, Lord North
*Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
*Charles Wolfran Cornwall
*William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
*Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
6 September 1780
*Frederick North, Lord North
*William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
*Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
*Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet
*John Buller

Rockingham ministry (1782)

Shelburne ministry (1782–1783)

Fox–North coalition (1783)

4 April 1783
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
*Lord John Cavendish
*Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
*Frederick Montagu
*Sir Grey Cooper

Pitt ministry (1783–1801)

27 December 1783
*William Pitt the Younger
*James Graham, Marquess of Graham
*John Buller
*Edward James Eliot
*[Sir Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet|John Aubrey, 6th Baronet|John Aubrey]
19 September 1786
*William Pitt the Younger
*James Graham, Marquess of Graham
*Edward James Eliot
*Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
8 April 1789
*William Pitt the Younger
*Edward James Eliot
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
*John Pratt, Viscount Bayham
*Henry Bathurst, Lord Apsley
20 June 1791
*William Pitt the Younger
*Edward James Eliot
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
*John Pratt, Viscount Bayham
*Richard Hopkins
22 June 1793
*William Pitt the Younger
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
*John Pratt, Viscount Bayham
*Richard Hopkins
*John Townshend
7 May 1794
*William Pitt the Younger
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
*Richard Hopkins
*John Townshend
*John Smyth
3 February 1797
*William Pitt the Younger
*Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
*John Townshend
*John Smyth
*Sylvester Douglas
3 August 1797
*William Pitt the Younger
*John Townshend
*John Smyth
*Sylvester Douglas
*Charles Small Pybus
28 July 1800
*William Pitt the Younger
*John Smyth
*Sylvester Douglas
*Charles Small Pybus
*Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
9 December 1800
*William Pitt
*John Smyth
*Charles Small Pybus
*Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
*John Hiley Addington

Addington ministry (1801–1804)

21 March 1801
*Henry Addington
*John Smyth
*Charles Small Pybus
*Lord George Thynne
*Nathaniel Bond
5 July 1802
*Henry Addington
*Charles Small Pybus
*Lord George Thynne
*Nathaniel Bond
*John Hiley Addington
13 November 1803
*Henry Addington
*Charles Small Pybus
*Lord George Thynne
*Nathaniel Bond
*William Brodrick
19 November 1803
*Henry Addington
*Lord George Thynne
*Nathaniel Bond
*William Brodrick
*Edward Golding

Pitt ministry (1804–1806)

16 May 1804
*William Pitt the Younger
*George Percy, Lord Lovaine
*James Edward Harris, Viscount FitzHarris
*Charles Long
*George Spencer, Marquess of Blandford

Grenville ministry (1806–1807)

10 February 1806
*William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville
*Lord Henry Petty
*John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp
*William Wickham
*John Courtenay

Portland ministry (1807–1809)

31 March 1807
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
*Spencer Perceval
*William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
*William Eliot
*William Sturges Bourne
16 September 1807
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
*Spencer Perceval
*John Foster
*William Eliot
*Richard Ryder
2 December 1807
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
*Spencer Perceval
*John Foster
*William Brodrick
*William Eliot
*Snowdon Barne

Perceval ministry (1809–1812)

6 December 1809
*Spencer Perceval
*John Foster
*William Brodrick
*William Eliot
*John Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart
*Snowdon Barne
23 June 1810
*Spencer Perceval
*John Foster
*William Brodrick
*William Eliot
*Snowdon Barne
*Berkeley Paget
6 January 1812
*Spencer Perceval
*William Wellesley-Pole
*William Brodrick
*Snowdon Barne
*Berkeley Paget
*Richard Wellesley

Liverpool ministry (1812–1827)

16 June 1812
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Nicholas Vansittart
*William Vesey-FitzGerald
*Berkeley Paget
*Frederick John Robinson
*James Brogden
25 November 1813
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Nicholas Vansittart
*William Vesey-FitzGerald
*Berkeley Paget
*James Brogden
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
20 December 1813
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Nicholas Vansittart
*William Vesey-FitzGerald
*Berkeley Paget
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
*Charles Grant

Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom (since 1817)

Although the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801, it was not until the Consolidated Fund Act 1816 when the separate offices of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland were united into one office as the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 5 January 1817. The office continued to remain vacant and the previous commissioners for exercising the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer were appointed to serve as commissioners for exercising the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.

Liverpool ministry cont. (1812–1827)

7 January 1817
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Nicholas Vansittart
*Berkeley Paget
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
*Charles Grant
*John Maxwell-Barry
*William Odell
25 March 1819
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Nicholas Vansittart
*Berkeley Paget
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
*Lord Granville Somerset
*John Maxwell-Barry
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
3 May 1823
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Frederick John Robinson
*Berkeley Paget
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
*Lord Granville Somerset
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
13 June 1826
*Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
*Frederick John Robinson
*William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
*Lord Granville Somerset
*Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten

Canning ministry (1827)

30 April 1827
*George Canning
*Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
*Lord Francis Leveson Gower
*Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
31 July 1827
*George Canning
*Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
*Lord Francis Leveson Gower
*Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
*Maurice FitzGerald
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten

Goderich ministry (1827–1828)

Wellington–Peel ministry (1828–1830)

26 January 1828
*Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
*Henry Goulburn
*Lord Granville Somerset
*Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
*Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
24 April 1830
*Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
*Henry Goulburn
*Lord Granville Somerset
*Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
*George Bankes
*Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
24 July 1830
*Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
*Henry Goulburn
*Lord Granville Somerset
*Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
*George Bankes
*William Yates Peel

Grey ministry (1830–1834)

24 November 1830
*Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
*Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
*George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
*Robert Vernon Smith
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*George Ponsonby
22 November 1832
*Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
*Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
*Robert Vernon Smith
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*George Ponsonby
*Thomas Francis Kennedy
9 April 1834
*Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
*Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
*Robert Vernon Smith
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*George Ponsonby
*Robert Graham
20 June 1834
*Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
*Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
*Robert Vernon Smith
*George Ponsonby
*Robert Graham
*George Stevens Byng

Melbourne ministry (1834)

Wellington caretaker ministry (1834)

Peel ministry (1834–1835)

26 December 1834
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*William Yates Peel
*Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
*William David Murray, Viscount Stormont
*Charles Ross
*William Ewart Gladstone
14 March 1835
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*William Yates Peel
*Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
*William David Murray, Viscount Stormont
*Charles Ross
*John Iltyd Nicholl

Melbourne ministry (1835–1839)

18 April 1835
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Thomas Spring Rice
*Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
*William Ord
*Robert Steuart
16 May 1835
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Thomas Spring Rice
*Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
*William Henry Ord
*Robert Steuart
*Richard More O'Ferrall
18 July 1837
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Thomas Spring Rice
*Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
*Robert Steuart
*Richard More O'Ferrall
*John Parker
28 August 1839
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*Robert Steuart
*John Parker
*Thomas Wyse, Jr.
*Henry Tufnell
26 May 1840
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*John Parker
*Thomas Wyse, Jr.
*Henry Tufnell
*Edward Horsman
23 June 1841
*William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
*Francis Thornhill Baring
*Thomas Wyse, Jr.
*Henry Tufnell
*Edward Horsman
*William Francis Cowper

Peel ministry (1841–1846)

6 September 1841
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*Henry Goulburn
*James Milnes Gaskell
*Henry Bingham Baring
*Alexander Pringle
*John Young
21 May 1844
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*Henry Goulburn
*James Milnes Gaskell
*Henry Bingham Baring
*Alexander Pringle
*Lord Arthur Lennox
26 April 1845
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*Henry Goulburn
*James Milnes Gaskell
*Henry Bingham Baring
*Lord Arthur Lennox
*William Forbes Mackenzie
8 August 1845
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*Henry Goulburn
*James Milnes Gaskell
*Henry Bingham Baring
*William Forbes Mackenzie
*William Cripps
11 March 1846
*Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet
*Henry Goulburn
*Henry Bingham Baring
*William Cripps
*Swynfen Thomas Carnegie
*Ralph Neville-Grenville

Russell ministry (1846–1852)

6 July 1846
*Lord John Russell
*Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
*Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington
*Denis O'Conor
*William Gibson Craig
*Henry Rich
6 August 1847
*Lord John Russell
*Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
*Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington
*William Gibson Craig
*Henry Rich
*Richard Montesquieu Bellew
24 December 1847
*Lord John Russell
*Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet
*William Gibson Craig
*Henry Rich
*Richard Montesquieu Bellew
*Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Shelburne

Derby–Disraeli ministry (1852)

28 February 1852
*Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
*Benjamin Disraeli
*Richard Grenville, Marquess of Chandos
*Lord Henry Lennox
*Thomas Bateson

Aberdeen ministry (1852–1855)

1 January 1853
*George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Lord Alfred Hervey
*Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
*John Sadleir
6 March 1854
*George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Lord Alfred Hervey
*Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
*Chichester Fortescue

Palmerston ministry (1855–1858)

10 February 1855
*Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Lord Alfred Hervey
*Francis Charteris, Baron Elcho
*Chichester Fortescue
7 March 1855
*Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet
*Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
*Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan
*Chichester Fortescue
16 April 1855
*Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet
*Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
*Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan
*Henry Brand

Derby–Disraeli ministry (1858–1859)

1 March 1858
*Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
*Benjamin Disraeli
*Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
*Thomas Edward Taylor
*Henry Whitmore
15 March 1859
*Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
*Benjamin Disraeli
*Thomas Edward Taylor
*Henry Whitmore
*Peter Blackburn

Palmerston ministry (1859–1865)

24 June 1859
*Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
*Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
*John Bagwell
25 March 1862
*Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
*Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
*Lt. Col. Luke White
21 April 1865
*Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
*William Patrick Adam
*Lt. Col. Luke White

Russell ministry (1865–1866)

6 November 1865
*John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
*Lt. Col. Luke White
*William Patrick Adam
2 June 1866
*John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
*William Ewart Gladstone
*John Bonham-Carter
*William Patrick Adam
*John Esmonde

Derby–Disraeli ministry (1866–1868)

Disraeli ministry (1868)

29 February 1868
*Benjamin Disraeli
*George Ward Hunt
*Gerard James Noel
*Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
*Henry Whitmore
2 November 1868
*Benjamin Disraeli
*George Ward Hunt
*Lord Claud John Hamilton
*Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
*Henry Whitmore

Gladstone ministry (1868–1874)

16 December 1868
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Robert Lowe
*James Stansfeld, Jr.
*Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
*William Patrick Adam
*John Cranch Walker Vivian
2 November 1869
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Robert Lowe
*Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
*William Patrick Adam
*John Cranch Walker Vivian
*William Henry Gladstone
8 August 1873
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish
*William Henry Gladstone
*Algernon William Fulke Greville

Disraeli ministry (1874–1880)

4 March 1874
*Benjamin Disraeli
*Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet
*Arthur Stanhope, Viscount Mahon
*Rowland Winn
*Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet
16 February 1876
*Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
*Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet
*John Crichton, Viscount Crichton
*Rowland Winn
*Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet

Gladstone ministry (1880–1885)

5 May 1880
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, 2nd Baronet.
*John Holms
*Charles Cecil Cotes
24 August 1881
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, 2nd Baronet.
*John Holms
*Charles Cecil Cotes
*Herbert John Gladstone
26 June 1882
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Charles Cecil Cotes
*Herbert John Gladstone
*Robert William Duff
1 January 1883
*William Ewart Gladstone
*Hugh Childers
*Charles Cecil Cotes
*Herbert John Gladstone
*Robert William Duff

Salisbury ministry (1885–1886)

29 June 1885
*Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
*Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet.
*Charles Dalrymple
*Sidney Herbert
*Lt. Col. William Hood Walrond

Gladstone ministry (1886)

Salisbury ministry (1886–1892)

9 August 1886
*Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
*Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill
*Sidney Herbert
*Col. William Hood Walrond
*Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
17 January 1887
*William Henry Smith
*George Joachim Goschen
*Sidney Herbert
*Col. William Hood Walrond
*Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
9 November 1891
*Arthur Balfour
*George Goschen
*Sidney Herbert
*Col. William Hood Walrond
*Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet

Gladstone ministry (1892–1894)

Rosebery ministry (1894–1895)

15 March 1894
*Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
*Sir William Harcourt
*Thomas Edward Ellis
*Richard Knight Causton
*William Alexander McArthur

Salisbury ministry (1895–1902)

Balfour ministry (1902–1905)

15 August 1902
*Arthur Balfour
*Charles Thomson Ritchie
*Henry Torrens Anstruther
*Ailwyn Fellowes
*Henry Forster
15 October 1903
*Arthur Balfour
*Austen Chamberlain
*Ailwyn Fellowes
*Henry Forster
*David Lindsay, Lord Balcarres
17 June 1905
*Arthur Balfour
*Austen Chamberlain
*Henry Forster
*David Lindsay, Lord Balcarres
*Lord Edmund Talbot

Campbell-Bannerman ministry (1905–1908)

22 December 1905
*Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
*H. H. Asquith
*Jack Pease
*Herbert Lewis
*Freeman Freeman-Thomas
*Cecil Norton
25 January 1906
*Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
*H. H. Asquith
*Jack Pease
*Herbert Lewis
*Cecil Norton
*John Fuller
27 February 1907
*Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
*H. H. Asquith
*Jack Pease
*Herbert Lewis
*Cecil Norton
*John Henry Whitley

Asquith ministry (1908–1916)

8 April 1908
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Jack Pease
*Herbert Lewis
*Cecil Norton
*J. H. Whitley
1 June 1908
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Herbert Lewis
*Cecil Norton
*J. H. Whitley
8 July 1909
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Cecil Norton
*J. H. Whitley
*John Gulland
*Oswald Partington
7 March 1910
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*John Gulland
*Oswald Partington
*William Benn
*Ernest Soares
*Percy Illingworth
26 January 1911
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Percy Illingworth
*John Gulland
*William Benn
*Ernest Soares
*William Jones
1 May 1911
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Percy Illingworth
*John Gulland
*William Benn
*William Jones
*Freddie Guest
23 February 1912
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*Percy Illingworth
*John Gulland
*William Benn
*William Jones
*Sir Arthur Haworth, 1st Baronet
16 August 1912
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*John Gulland
*William Benn
*William Jones
*Henry Webb
25 January 1915
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*William Benn
*William Jones
*Henry Webb
4 February 1915
*H. H. Asquith
*David Lloyd George
*William Benn
*William Jones
*Henry Webb
*Cecil Beck
*Walter Rea

Asquith coalition ministry (1915–1916)

Lloyd George ministry (1916–1922)

11 December 1916
*David Lloyd George
*Bonar Law
*James Hope
*John Pratt
26 January 1917
*David Lloyd George
*Bonar Law
*James Hope
*John Pratt
*Stanley Baldwin
29 January 1917
*David Lloyd George
*Bonar Law
*James Hope
*John Pratt
*Stanley Baldwin
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
21 June 1917
*David Lloyd George
*Bonar Law
*James Hope
*John Pratt
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
14 January 1919
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*James Hope
*John Pratt
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
14 January 1919
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*John Pratt
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
5 February 1919
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*John Pratt
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
*Robert Sanders
14 August 1919
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*Robert Sanders
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
*Sir Godfrey Collins
14 February 1920
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*Sir Robert Sanders, 1st Baronet
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
*Sir Sir William Sutherland
26 March 1920
*David Lloyd George
*Austen Chamberlain
*Sir Robert Sanders, 1st Baronet
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
*Sir William Sutherland
1 April 1921
*David Lloyd George
*Sir Robert Horne
*James Parker
*Towyn Jones
*William Sutherland
*Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet
July 1922
*David Lloyd George
*Sir Robert Horne
*James Parker
*Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet
*Thomas Arthur Lewis

Law ministry (1922–1923)

October 1922
*Bonar Law
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*Albert Buckley
6 December 1922
*Bonar Law
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*Albert Buckley
*George Hennessy
6 February 1923
*Bonar Law
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*Albert Buckley
*George Hennessy
*Frederick Thomson
22 March 1923
*Bonar Law
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*Frederick Thomson
*William Cope
10 April 1923
*Bonar Law
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Patrick Johnston Ford

Baldwin ministry (1923–1924)

25 May 1923
*Stanley Baldwin
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Patrick Johnston Ford
18 July 1923
*Stanley Baldwin
*Sir William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Baronet
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Patrick Johnston Ford
24 August 1923
*Stanley Baldwin
*Neville Chamberlain
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Patrick Johnston Ford
December 1923
*Stanley Baldwin
*Neville Chamberlain
*Henry Douglas King
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet

MacDonald ministry (1924)

Baldwin ministry (1924–1929)

7 November 1924
*Stanley Baldwin
*Winston Churchill
*George Hennessy
*William Cope
*Frederick Thomson
*Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon
*Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
17 December 1925
*Stanley Baldwin
*Winston Churchill
*William Cope
*Frederick Thomson
*Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon
*Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
28 July 1926
*Stanley Baldwin
*Winston Churchill
*William Cope
*Frederick Thomson
*Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon
*Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley
*David Margesson
14 January 1928
*Stanley Baldwin
*Winston Churchill
*Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon
*David Margesson
*George Bowyer
*Frederick Penny
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
15 January 1929
*Stanley Baldwin
*Winston Churchill
*David Margesson
*George Bowyer
*Frederick Penny
*Marquess of Titchfield
*Euan Wallace

MacDonald ministry (1929–1931)

11 June 1929
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*John Allen Parkinson
*Charles Edwards
*Alfred Barnes
24 June 1929
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*John Allen Parkinson
*Charles Edwards
*Alfred Barnes
*William Whiteley
*Wilfred Paling
24 October 1930
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*John Allen Parkinson
*Charles Edwards
*William Whiteley
*Wilfred Paling
*Ernest Thurtle
20 March 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*Charles Edwards
*William Whiteley
*Wilfred Paling
*Ernest Thurtle
*Henry Charles Charleton

MacDonald ministry (1931–1935)

26 August 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
28 August 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*David Margesson
3 September 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*David Margesson
*Sir Frederick Penny
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
*Euan Wallace
10 September 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Philip Snowden
*David Margesson
*Sir Frederick Penny
*Alec Glassey
*William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
*Euan Wallace
12 November 1931
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir Victor Warrender, 8th Baronet
*Geoffrey Shakespeare
*Austin Hudson
*Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet
*Walter Womersley
1 October 1932
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Neville Chamberlain
*Austin Hudson
*Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet
*James Blindell
*Walter Womersley
*George Davies
12 April 1935
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet
*James Blindell
*Sir Walter Womersley
*George Davies
*Archibald Southby
7 May 1935
*Ramsay MacDonald
*Neville Chamberlain
*James Blindell
*Sir Walter Womersley
*James Gray Stuart
*George Davies
*Archibald Southby

Baldwin ministry (1935–1937)

8 June 1935
*Stanley Baldwin
*Neville Chamberlain
*James Blindell
*Sir Walter Womersley
*James Stuart
*George Frederick Davies
*Archibald Southby
7 December 1935
*Stanley Baldwin
*Neville Chamberlain
*James Blindell
*James Stuart
*Archibald Southby
*John Morris-Jones
*Arthur Hope

Chamberlain ministry (1937–1940)

29 May 1937
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Charles Kerr
*Charles Waterhouse
*Ronald Cross
*Thomas Dugdale
19 October 1937
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Charles Kerr
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*Robert Grimston
19 May 1938
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Charles Kerr
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*Stephen Furness
5 April 1939
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*Stephen Furness
*Sir James Edmondson
13 November 1939
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*Stephen Furness
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
13 February 1940
*Neville Chamberlain
*Sir John Simon
*James Stuart
*Patrick Munro
*Stephen Furness
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
*William Boulton

Churchill ministry (1940–1945)

13 May 1940
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*James Stuart
*Patrick Munro
*Stephen Furness
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
*William Boulton
18 May 1940
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*James Stuart
*Patrick Munro
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
*Wilfred Paling
*William Boulton
26 June 1940
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*James Stuart
*Patrick Munro
*Wilfred Paling
*William Boulton
*James Thomas
8 February 1941
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*William Boulton
*James Thomas
1 March 1941
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*Thomas Dugdale
*Patrick Munro
*William Boulton
*James Thomas
*William Murdoch Adamson
23 February 1942
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*Patrick Munro
*William Boulton
*James Thomas
*William Murdoch Adamson
*Arthur Young
13 March 1942
*Winston Churchill
*Sir Kingsley Wood
*James Thomas
*William Murdoch Adamson
*Arthur Young
*John McEwen
*Leslie Pym
28 September 1943
*Winston Churchill
*Sir John Anderson
*William Murdoch Adamson
*Arthur Young
*John McEwen
*Leslie Pym
*Alec Beechman
7 July 1944
*Winston Churchill
*Sir John Anderson
*William Murdoch Adamson
*John McEwen
*Leslie Pym
*Alec Beechman
*Cedric Drewe
2 October 1944
*Winston Churchill
*Sir John Anderson
*John McEwen
*William John
*Leslie Pym
*Alec Beechman
*Cedric Drewe
6 December 1944
*Winston Churchill
*Sir John Anderson
*William John
*Leslie Pym
*Alec Beechman
*Cedric Drewe
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
28 May 1945
*Winston Churchill
*Sir John Anderson
*Alec Beechman
*Cedric Drewe
*Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
*Robert Cary
*Charles Mott-Radclyffe

Attlee ministry (1945–1951)

4 August 1945
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Dalton
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
10 August 1945
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Dalton
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Frank Collindridge
*Arthur Blenkinsop
*Michael Stewart
1 April 1946
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Dalton
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Frank Collindridge
*Arthur Blenkinsop
*Charles Simmons
10 May 1946
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Dalton
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Frank Collindridge
*Charles Simmons
*William Hannan
9 December 1946
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Dalton
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Charles Simmons
*William Hannan
*Julian Snow
17 November 1947
*Clement Attlee
*Sir Stafford Cripps
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Julian Snow
*Charles Simmons
*William Hannan
2 February 1949
*Clement Attlee
*Sir Stafford Cripps
*Robert Taylor
*Joseph Henderson
*Julian Snow
*William Hannan
*Richard Adams
2 January 1950
*Clement Attlee
*Sir Stafford Cripps
*Robert Taylor
*Julian Snow
*William Hannan
*Richard Adams
*William Wilkins
4 March 1950
*Clement Attlee
*Sir Stafford Cripps
*Robert Taylor
*William Hannan
*Richard Adams
*William Wilkins
*Herbert Bowden
24 April 1950
*Clement Attlee
*Sir Stafford Cripps
*Robert Taylor
*William Hannan
*William Wilkins
*Herbert Bowden
*Charles Royle
25 October 1950
*Clement Attlee
*Hugh Gaitskell
*Robert Taylor
*William Hannan
*William Wilkins
*Herbert Bowden
*Charles Royle

Churchill ministry (1951–1955)

27 October 1951
*Winston Churchill
*Rab Butler
7 November 1951
*Winston Churchill
*Rab Butler
*Harry Mackeson
*Herbert Butcher
*Tam Galbraith
*Dennis Vosper
*Edward Heath
28 May 1951
*Winston Churchill
*Rab Butler
*Edward Heath
*Herbert Butcher
*Tam Galbraith
*Dennis Vosper
*Hendrie Oakshott
4 July 1953
*Winston Churchill
*Rab Butler
*Edward Heath
*Tam Galbraith
*Dennis Vosper
*Hendrie Oakshott
*Martin Redmayne
29 July 1954
*Winston Churchill
*Rab Butler
*Edward Heath
*Dennis Vosper
*Hendrie Oakshott
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Thompson

Eden ministry (1955–1957)

12 April 1955
*Sir Anthony Eden
*Rab Butler
*Edward Heath
*Hendrie Oakshott
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Thompson
*Gerald Wills
14 June 1955
*Sir Anthony Eden
*Rab Butler
*Edward Heath
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Thompson
*Gerald Wills
*Peter Legh
22 December 1955
*Sir Anthony Eden
*Harold Macmillan
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Thompson
*Gerald Wills
*Peter Legh
25 January 1956
*Sir Anthony Eden
*Harold Macmillan
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Thompson
*Gerald Wills
*Peter Legh
*Edward Wakefield
9 April 1956
*Sir Anthony Eden
*Harold Macmillan
*Martin Redmayne
*Gerald Wills
*Peter Legh
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison

Macmillan ministry (1957–1963)

14 January 1957
*Harold Macmillan
*Peter Thorneycroft
*Martin Redmayne
*Gerald Wills
*Peter Legh
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison
10 April 1957
*Harold Macmillan
*Peter Thorneycroft
*Martin Redmayne
*Peter Legh
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison
*Anthony Barber
29 October 1957
*Harold Macmillan
*Peter Thorneycroft
*Martin Redmayne
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison
*Anthony Barber
*Richard Brooman-White
7 January 1958
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Martin Redmayne
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison
*Anthony Barber
*Richard Brooman-White
1 March 1958
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Martin Redmayne
*Edward Wakefield
*Harwood Harrison
*Richard Brooman-White
*Paul Bryan
30 October 1958
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Martin Redmayne
*Harwood Harrison
*Richard Brooman-White
*Paul Bryan
*Michael Hughes-Young
17 January 1959
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Martin Redmayne
*Richard Brooman-White
*Paul Bryan
*Michael Hughes-Young
*Graeme Finlay
22 October 1959
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Michael Hughes-Young
*Richard Brooman-White
*Paul Bryan
*Graeme Finlay
*David Gibson-Watt
22 June 1960
*Harold Macmillan
*Derick Heathcoat-Amory
*Michael Hughes-Young
*Paul Bryan
*Graeme Finlay
*David Gibson-Watt
*Robin Chichester-Clark
28 July 1960
*Harold Macmillan
*Selwyn Lloyd
*Michael Hughes-Young
*Paul Bryan
*Graeme Finlay
*David Gibson-Watt
*Robin Chichester-Clark
28 October 1960
*Harold Macmillan
*Selwyn Lloyd
*Michael Hughes-Young
*Paul Bryan
*David Gibson-Watt
*Robin Chichester-Clark
*John Hill
6 March 1961
*Harold Macmillan
*Selwyn Lloyd
*Michael Hughes-Young
*David Gibson-Watt
*Robin Chichester-Clark
*John Hill
*William Whitelaw
30 November 1961
*Harold Macmillan
*Selwyn Lloyd
*Michael Hughes-Young
*John Hill
*William Whitelaw
*John Peel
*Michael Noble
7 March 1962
*Harold Macmillan
*Selwyn Lloyd
*John Hill
*William Whitelaw
*John Peel
*Michael Noble
*Francis Pearson
16 July 1962
*Harold Macmillan
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*William Whitelaw
*John Peel
*Michael Noble
*Francis Pearson
7 September 1962
*Harold Macmillan
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*John Peel
*Francis Pearson
*Gordon Campbell
*Michael Hamilton
7 September 1962
*Harold Macmillan
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*John Peel
*Francis Pearson
*Gordon Campbell
*Michael Hamilton

Douglas-Home ministry (1963–1964)

21 October 1963
*Sir Alec Douglas-Home
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*John Peel
*Francis Pearson
*Gordon Campbell
*Michael Hamilton
21 November 1963
*Sir Alec Douglas-Home
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*John Peel
*Gordon Campbell
*Michael Hamilton
*Martin McLaren
12 December 1963
*Sir Alec Douglas-Home
*Reginald Maudling
*John Hill
*John Peel
*Michael Hamilton
*Martin McLaren
*Ian MacArthur

Wilson ministry (1964–1970)

21 October 1964
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*George Rogers
*George Lawson
*Jack McCann
*Ifor Davies
*Harriet Slater
11 January 1966
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*John Silkin
*George Lawson
*Jack McCann
*Ifor Davies
*Harriet Slater
14 April 1966
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*William Howie
*George Lawson
*William Whitlock
6 July 1966
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*George Lawson
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*William Howie
*Harry Gourlay
31 March 1967
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*William Whitlock
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*Harry Gourlay
*Brian O'Malley
28 July 1967
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*Brian O'Malley
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*Harry Gourlay
*Jack McCann
28 July 1967
*Harold Wilson
*James Callaghan
*Brian O'Malley
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*Harry Gourlay
*Jack McCann
29 November 1967
*Harold Wilson
*Roy Jenkins
*Brian O'Malley
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*Harry Gourlay
*Jack McCann
29 October 1968
*Harold Wilson
*Roy Jenkins
*Brian O'Malley
*Alan Fitch
*Joseph Harper
*Jack McCann
*Walter Harrison
13 October 1969
*Harold Wilson
*Roy Jenkins
*Walter Harrison
*Joseph Harper
*Neil McBride
*Ernest Armstrong
*Ernest Perry

Heath ministry (1970–1974)

22 June 1970
*Edward Heath
*Iain Macleod
28 July 1970
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Reginald Eyre
*Hector Monro
*Bernard Weatherill
*Walter Clegg
*David Howell
September 1970
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Hector Monro
*Bernard Weatherill
*Walter Clegg
*David Howell
21 October 1970
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Hector Monro
*Bernard Weatherill
*Walter Clegg
*David Howell
*Victor Goodhew
January 1971
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Hector Monro
*Bernard Weatherill
*Walter Clegg
*Victor Goodhew
*Paul Hawkins
July 1971
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Bernard Weatherill
*Walter Clegg
*Victor Goodhew
*Paul Hawkins
October 1971
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Walter Clegg
*Victor Goodhew
*Paul Hawkins
*Tim Fortescue
*Keith Speed
April 1972
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Victor Goodhew
*Paul Hawkins
*Tim Fortescue
*Hugh Rossi
*Oscar Murton
September 1973
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Victor Goodhew
*Paul Hawkins
*Hugh Rossi
*Oscar Murton
9 October 1973
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Paul Hawkins
*Hugh Rossi
*Oscar Murton
30 October 1973
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Paul Hawkins
*Hugh Rossi
*Michael Jopling
*John Stradling Thomas
*Hamish Gray
December 1973
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Hugh Rossi
*Michael Jopling
*John Stradling Thomas
*Hamish Gray
*Marcus Fox
January 1974
*Edward Heath
*Anthony Barber
*Michael Jopling
*John Stradling Thomas
*Hamish Gray
*Marcus Fox
*Kenneth Clarke

Wilson ministry (1974–1976)

March 1974
*Harold Wilson
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*James Dunn
*John Golding
*James Hamilton
*Thomas Pendry
June 1974
*Harold Wilson
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*James Dunn
*John Golding
*Thomas Pendry
*Michael Cocks
October 1974
*Harold Wilson
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*James Dunn
*Thomas Pendry
*Michael Cocks
*Jack Dormand

Callaghan ministry (1976–1979)

April 1976
*James Callaghan
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*Thomas Pendry
*Jack Dormand
*Edward Graham
*David Stoddart
January 1977
*James Callaghan
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*Jack Dormand
*Edward Graham
*David Stoddart
*Tom Cox
November 1977
*James Callaghan
*Denis Healey
*Donald Coleman
*Jack Dormand
*Edward Graham
*Tom Cox
*Peter Snape
July 1978
*James Callaghan
*Denis Healey
*Jack Dormand
*Edward Graham
*Tom Cox
*Peter Snape
*Albert Stallard
January 1979
*James Callaghan
*Denis Healey
*Jack Dormand
*Edward Graham
*Tom Cox
*Peter Snape
*Alfred Bates

Thatcher ministry (1979–1990)

8 May 1979
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
15 May 1979
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*Carol Mather
*Peter Morrison
*Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
*John MacGregor
1 June 1979
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*Carol Mather
*Peter Morrison
*Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
*John MacGregor
*David Waddington
19 January 1981
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*Carol Mather
*Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
*Robert Boscawen
*John Wakeham
*John Cope
6 October 1981
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*Robert Boscawen
*John Cope
*Anthony Newton
*Peter Brooke
*John Gummer
26 March 1982
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*Robert Boscawen
*John Cope
*Peter Brooke
*John Gummer
*Alastair Goodlad
24 January 1983
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*John Cope
*Peter Brooke
*Alastair Goodlad
*Donald Thompson
4 March 1983
*Margaret Thatcher
*Sir Geoffrey Howe
*John Cope
*Peter Brooke
*Alastair Goodlad
*Donald Thompson
*David Hunt
22 June 1983
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Alastair Goodlad
*Donald Thompson
*David Hunt
*Ian Lang
*Tristan Garel-Jones
12 October 1984
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Donald Thompson
*Ian Lang
*Tristan Garel-Jones
*Archie Hamilton
*John Major
17 October 1985
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Donald Thompson
*Ian Lang
*Tristan Garel-Jones
*Archie Hamilton
*Tim Sainsbury
21 February 1986
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Donald Thompson
*Tristan Garel-Jones
*Archie Hamilton
*Tim Sainsbury
*Michael Neubert
10 November 1986
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Tim Sainsbury
*Michael Neubert
*Tony Durant
*Peter Lloyd
*Mark Lennox-Boyd
17 July 1987
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Michael Neubert
*Tony Durant
*Peter Lloyd
*Mark Lennox-Boyd
*David Lightbown
26 August 1988
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*Tony Durant
*David Lightbown
*Kenneth Carlisle
*Alan Howarth
*David Maclean
27 January 1989
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*David Lightbown
*Kenneth Carlisle
*Alan Howarth
*David Maclean
*Stephen Dorrell
21 September 1989
*Margaret Thatcher
*Nigel Lawson
*David Lightbown
*Kenneth Carlisle
*Stephen Dorrell
*John Mark Taylor
*David Heathcoat-Amory
October 1989
*Margaret Thatcher
*John Major
*David Lightbown
*Kenneth Carlisle
*Stephen Dorrell
*John Mark Taylor
*Tom Sackville
14 June 1990
*Margaret Thatcher
*John Major
*David Lightbown
*Kenneth Carlisle
*John Mark Taylor
*Tom Sackville
*Michael Fallon
12 September 1990
*Margaret Thatcher
*John Major
*John Mark Taylor
*Tom Sackville
*Sydney Chapman
*Greg Knight
*Irvine Patnick

Major ministry (1990–1997)

November 1990
*John Major
*Norman Lamont
*Tom Sackville
*Sydney Chapman
*Greg Knight
*Irvine Patnick
*Nicholas Baker
April 1992
*John Major
*Norman Lamont
*Greg Knight
*Irvine Patnick
*Nicholas Baker
*Timothy Wood
*Tim Boswell
December 1992
*John Major
*Norman Lamont
*Greg Knight
*Irvine Patnick
*Nicholas Baker
*Timothy Wood
*Timothy Kirkhope
1993
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Irvine Patnick
*Nicholas Baker
*Timothy Wood
*Timothy Kirkhope
*Andrew MacKay
1994
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Timothy Wood
*Timothy Kirkhope
*Andrew MacKay
*Derek Conway
*Andrew Mitchell
July 1995
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Andrew MacKay
*Derek Conway
*Bowen Wells
*Simon Burns
*David Willetts
October 1995
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Derek Conway
*Bowen Wells
*Simon Burns
*David Willetts
*Michael Bates
November 1995
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Derek Conway
*Bowen Wells
*Simon Burns
*Michael Bates
*Liam Fox
July 1996
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Bowen Wells
*Michael Bates
*Patrick McLoughlin
*Roger Knapman
*Richard Ottaway
December 1996
*John Major
*Kenneth Clarke
*Bowen Wells
*Patrick McLoughlin
*Roger Knapman
*Richard Ottaway
*Gyles Brandreth

Blair ministry (1997–2007)

2 May 1997
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Robert Ainsworth
*Graham Allen
*Jim Dowd
*John McFall
*Jon Owen Jones
28 July 1998
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Robert Ainsworth
*Jim Dowd
*Clive Betts
*David Jamieson
*Jane Kennedy
11 October 1999
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Robert Ainsworth
*Jim Dowd
*Clive Betts
*David Jamieson
26 January 2001
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Jim Dowd
*Clive Betts
*David Jamieson
6 February 2001
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Jim Dowd
*Clive Betts
*David Jamieson
*David Clelland
12 June 2001
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Anne McGuire
*Tony McNulty
*Graham Stringer
29 May 2002
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Fitzpatrick
*Jim Murphy
*Ian Pearson
*Joan Ryan
*Derek Twigg
*Phil Woolas
14 June 2002
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Fitzpatrick
*Jim Murphy
*Ian Pearson
*Joan Ryan
*Derek Twigg
14 October 2002
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Fitzpatrick
*Jim Murphy
*Joan Ryan
*Derek Twigg
*Bill Rammell
28 October 2002
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Fitzpatrick
*Jim Murphy
*Joan Ryan
*Derek Twigg
13 June 2003
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Murphy
*Joan Ryan
*Derek Twigg
December 2004
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Nick Ainger
*John Heppell
*Jim Murphy
*Joan Ryan
*Gillian Merron
11 May 2005
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*Gillian Merron
*Vernon Coaker
*Tom Watson
*David Watts
*Joan Ryan
8 May 2006
*Tony Blair
*Gordon Brown
*David Watts
*Alan Campbell
*Kevin Brennan
*Frank Roy
*Claire Ward

Brown ministry (2007–2010)

29 June 2007
*Gordon Brown
*Alistair Darling
*David Watts
*Alan Campbell
*Frank Roy
*Claire Ward
*Steve McCabe
6 October 2008
*Gordon Brown
*Alistair Darling
*David Watts
*Frank Roy
*Steve McCabe
*Tony Cunningham
*Bob Blizzard

Cameron–Clegg coalition (2010–2015)

May 2010
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Michael Fabricant
*Angela Watkinson
*Jeremy Wright
*Brooks Newmark
*James Duddridge
September 2012
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Desmond Swayne
*Anne Milton
*Mark Lancaster
*David Evennett
*Robert Goodwill
*Stephen Crabb
7 October 2013
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Sam Gyimah
*Anne Milton
*Mark Lancaster
*David Evennett
*Karen Bradley
*Stephen Crabb
8 February 2014
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Sam Gyimah
*Anne Milton
*Mark Lancaster
*David Evennett
*John Penrose
*Stephen Crabb
15 July 2014
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Gavin Barwell
*Harriett Baldwin
*Mark Lancaster
*David Evennett
*John Penrose
*Alun Cairns

Cameron ministry (2015–2016)

13 May 2015
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Mel Stride
*Charlie Elphicke
*George Hollingbery
*David Evennett
*John Penrose
*Alun Cairns
19 March 2016
*David Cameron
*George Osborne
*Mel Stride
*Charlie Elphicke
*George Hollingbery
*David Evennett
*John Penrose
*Guto Bebb

May ministry (2016–2019)

17 July 2016
*Theresa May
*Philip Hammond
*David Evennett
*Guto Bebb
*Steve Barclay
*Guy Opperman
*Robert Syms
*Andrew Griffiths
15 June 2017
*Theresa May
*Philip Hammond
*David Evennett
*Guto Bebb
*Mark Spencer
*Heather Wheeler
*David Rutley
*Andrew Griffiths
9 January 2018
*Theresa May
*Philip Hammond
*Andrew Stephenson
*Paul Maynard
*Craig Whittaker
*Rebecca Harris
*David Rutley
*Nigel Adams

Johnson ministry (2019–2022)

3 September 2019
* Boris Johnson
* Sajid Javid
* Rebecca Harris
* David Rutley
* Michael Freer
* Michelle Donelan
* Nus Ghani
* Colin Clark
5 February 2020
* Boris Johnson
* Sajid Javid
* Rebecca Harris
* David Rutley
* Michelle Donelan
* Iain Stewart
* Maggie Throup
* Douglas Ross
13 March 2020
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* Rebecca Harris
* David Rutley
* Iain Stewart
* Maggie Throup
* James Morris
* Michael Tomlinson
23 July 2020
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* Rebecca Harris
* David Rutley
* Maggie Throup
* James Morris
* Michael Tomlinson
* David Duguid
11 March 2021
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* David Rutley
* Maggie Throup
* Rebecca Harris
* Michael Tomlinson
* James Morris
* Scott Mann
4 June 2021
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* David Rutley
* Maggie Throup
* Rebecca Harris
* Michael Tomlinson
* James Morris
* Alan Mak
16 November 2021
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* Amanda Solloway
* Lee Rowley
* Michael Tomlinson
* Alan Mak
* Craig Whittaker
* Rebecca Harris
18 March 2022
* Boris Johnson
* Rishi Sunak
* Rebecca Harris
* Michael Tomlinson
* Alan Mak
* Lee Rowley
* Amanda Solloway
* Gareth Johnson
25 July 2022
* Boris Johnson
* Nadhim Zahawi
* Gareth Johnson
* Scott Mann
* Craig Whittaker
* David TC Davies
* James Duddridge

Truss ministry (2022)

Sunak ministry (2022–2024)

28 November 2022
* Rishi Sunak
* Jeremy Hunt
* Andrew Stephenson
* Amanda Solloway
* Nigel Huddleston
* Scott Mann
* Stephen Double
3 May 2023
* Rishi Sunak
* Jeremy Hunt
* Andrew Stephenson
* Stephen Double
* Scott Mann
* Amanda Solloway
* Stuart Anderson
15 December 2023
* Rishi Sunak
* Jeremy Hunt
* Amanda Milling
* Scott Mann
* Amanda Solloway
* Joy Morrissey
* Mike Wood