| 27-Mar-1782 |
10-Jul-1782 |
William Petty |
2nd Earl of Shelburne
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| 10-Jul-1782 |
2-Apr-1783 |
Thomas Townshend
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|
| 19-Dec-1783 |
23-Dec-1783 |
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville |
3rd Earl Temple |
| 23-Dec-1783 |
5-Jun-1789 |
Thomas Townshend |
1st Lord Sydney
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| 5-Jun-1789 |
8-Jun-1791 |
William Wyndham Grenville |
1st Lord Grenville
|
| 8-Jun-1791 |
11-Jul-1794 |
Henry Dundas
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|
| 11-Jul-1794 |
30-Jul-1801 |
William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck |
3rd Duke of Portland
|
| 30-Jul-1801 |
17-Aug-1803 |
Thomas Pelham |
1st Lord Pelham
|
| 17-Aug-1803 |
12-May-1804 |
Charles Philip Yorke
|
|
| 12-May-1804 |
5-Feb-1806 |
Robert Banks Jenkinson |
Lord Hawkesbury
|
| 5-Feb-1806 |
25-Mar-1807 |
George John Spencer |
2nd Earl Spencer
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| 25-Mar-1807 |
1-Nov-1809 |
Robert Banks Jenkinson |
2nd Earl of Liverpool
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| 1-Nov-1809 |
8-Jun-1812 |
Richard Ryder
|
|
| 11-Jun-1812 |
17-Jan-1822 |
Henry Addington |
1st Viscount Sidmouth
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| 17-Jan-1822 |
10-Apr-1827 |
Robert Peel
|
|
| 30-Apr-1827 |
16-Jul-1827 |
William Sturges-Bourne
|
|
| 16-Jul-1827 |
22-Jan-1828 |
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice |
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
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| 26-Jan-1828 |
22-Nov-1830 |
Robert Peel
|
|
| 22-Nov-1830 |
16-Jul-1834 |
William Lamb |
2nd Viscount Melbourne
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| 19-Jul-1834 |
15-Nov-1834 |
John Ponsonby |
Viscount Duncannon
|
| 15-Nov-1834 |
15-Dec-1834 |
The Duke of Wellington |
Secretary of State pro tem
|
| 15-Dec-1834 |
18-Apr-1835 |
Henry Goulburn
|
|
| 18-Apr-1835 |
30-Aug-1839 |
Lord John Russell
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|
| 30-Aug-1839 |
30-Aug-1841 |
Constantine Henry Phipps |
1st Marquess of Normanby
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| 6-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1846 |
Sir James Graham
|
|
| 6-Jul-1846 |
23-Feb-1852 |
Sir George Grey
|
|
| 27-Feb-1852 |
19-Dec-1852 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole
|
|
| 28-Dec-1852 |
6-Feb-1855 |
Henry John Temple |
3rd Viscount Palmerston
|
| 8-Feb-1855 |
26-Feb-1858 |
Sir George Grey
|
|
| 26-Feb-1858 |
3-Mar-1859 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole
|
|
| 3-Mar-1859 |
18-Jun-1859 |
Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt
|
|
| 18-Jun-1859 |
25-Jul-1861 |
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
|
|
| 25-Jul-1861 |
28-Jun-1866 |
Sir George Grey
|
|
| 6-Jul-1866 |
17-May-1867 |
Spencer Horatio Walpole
|
|
| 17-May-1867 |
3-Dec-1868 |
Gathorne Hardy
|
|
| 9-Dec-1868 |
9-Aug-1873 |
Henry Austin Bruce
|
|
| 9-Aug-1873 |
20-Feb-1874 |
Robert Lowe
|
|
| 21-Feb-1874 |
23-Apr-1880 |
Sir Richard Assheton Cross
|
|
| 28-Apr-1880 |
23-Jun-1885 |
Sir William Vernon Harcourt
|
|
| 24-Jun-1885 |
1-Feb-1886 |
Sir Richard Assheton Cross
|
|
| 6-Feb-1886 |
25-Jul-1886 |
Hugh Childers
|
|
| 3-Aug-1886 |
15-Aug-1892 |
Henry Matthews
|
|
| 18-Aug-1892 |
25-Jun-1895 |
Herbert Henry Asquith
|
|
| 29-Jun-1895 |
12-Nov-1900 |
Sir Matthew White Ridley
|
|
| 12-Nov-1900 |
12-Jul-1902 |
Charles Thomson Ritchie
|
|
| 12-Jul-1902 |
5-Dec-1905 |
Aretas Akers-Douglas
|
|
| 11-Dec-1905 |
19-Feb-1910 |
Herbert Gladstone
|
|
| 19-Feb-1910 |
24-Oct-1911 |
Winston Churchill
|
|
| 24-Oct-1911 |
27-May-1915 |
Reginald McKenna
|
|
| 27-May-1915 |
12-Jan-1916 |
John Simon
|
|
| 12-Jan-1916 |
7-Dec-1916 |
Herbert Samuel
|
|
| 11-Dec-1916 |
14-Jan-1919 |
George Cave
|
|
| 14-Jan-1919 |
23-Oct-1922 |
Edward Shortt
|
|
| 25-Oct-1922 |
22-Jan-1924 |
William Bridgeman
|
|
| 23-Jan-1924 |
4-Nov-1924 |
Arthur Henderson
|
|
| 7-Nov-1924 |
5-Jun-1929 |
William Joynson-Hicks
|
|
| 8-Jun-1929 |
26-Aug-1931 |
John Robert Clynes
|
|
| 26-Aug-1931 |
1-Oct-1932 |
Herbert Samuel
|
|
| 1-Oct-1932 |
7-Jun-1935 |
John Gilmour
|
|
| 7-Jun-1935 |
28-May-1937 |
John Simon
|
|
| 28-May-1937 |
3-Sep-1939 |
Samuel Hoare
|
|
| 4-Sep-1939 |
4-Oct-1940 |
John Anderson
|
|
| 4-Oct-1940 |
23-May-1945 |
Herbert Morrison
|
|
| 25-May-1945 |
26-Jul-1945 |
Donald Somervell
|
|
| 3-Aug-1945 |
26-Oct-1951 |
James Chuter Ede
|
|
| 27-Oct-1951 |
19-Oct-1954 |
David Maxwell Fyfe
|
|
| 19-Oct-1954 |
14-Jan-1957 |
Gwilym Lloyd George
|
|
| 14-Jan-1957 |
13-Jul-1962 |
Rab Butler
|
|
| 13-Jul-1962 |
16-Oct-1964 |
Henry Brooke
|
|
| 18-Oct-1964 |
23-Dec-1965 |
Frank Soskice
|
|
| 23-Dec-1965 |
30-Nov-1967 |
Roy Jenkins
|
|
| 30-Nov-1967 |
19-Jun-1970 |
James Callaghan
|
|
| 20-Jun-1970 |
18-Jul-1972 |
Reginald Maudling
|
|
| 18-Jul-1972 |
4-Mar-1974 |
Robert Carr
|
|
| 5-Mar-1974 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Roy Jenkins
|
|
| 10-Sep-1976 |
4-May-1979 |
Merlyn Rees
|
|
| 5-May-1979 |
11-Jun-1983 |
William Whitelaw
|
|
| 11-Jun-1983 |
2-Sep-1985 |
Leon Brittan
|
|
| 2-Sep-1985 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Douglas Hurd
|
|
| 26-Oct-1989 |
28-Nov-1990 |
David Waddington
|
|
| 28-Nov-1990 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Kenneth Baker
|
|
| 10-Apr-1992 |
27-May-1993 |
Kenneth Clarke
|
|
| 27-May-1993 |
2-May-1997 |
Michael Howard
|
|
| 2-May-1997 |
8-Jun-2001 |
Jack Straw
|
|
| 8-Jun-2001 |
15-Dec-2004 |
David Blunkett
|
|
| 15-Dec-2004 |
5-May-2006 |
Charles Clarke
|
|
| 5-May-2006 |
27-Jun-2007 |
John Reid
|
|
| 28-Jun-2007 |
present |
Jacqui Smith |
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