| 27-Mar-1782 |
5-Jul-1782 |
Charles James Fox
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| 13-Jul-1782 |
2-Apr-1783 |
Thomas Robinson |
2nd Baron Grantham
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| 2-Apr-1783 |
19-Dec-1783 |
Charles James Fox
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| 19-Dec-1783 |
23-Dec-1783 |
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville |
3rd Earl Temple
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| 8-Jun-1791 |
20-Feb-1801 |
William Wyndham Grenville |
1st Lord Grenville
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| 20-Feb-1801 |
14-May-1804 |
Robert Banks Jenkinson |
Lord Hawkesbury
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| 14-May-1804 |
11-Jan-1805 |
Dudley Ryder |
2nd Baron Harrowby
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| 11-Jan-1805 |
7-Feb-1806 |
Henry Phipps |
2nd Baron Mulgrave
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| 7-Feb-1806 |
13-Sep-1806 |
Charles James Fox
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| 24-Sep-1806 |
25-Mar-1807 |
Charles Grey |
Viscount Howick
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| 25-Mar-1807 |
11-Oct-1809 |
George Canning
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| 11-Oct-1809 |
6-Dec-1809 |
Henry Bathurst |
3rd Earl Bathurst
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| 6-Dec-1809 |
4-Mar-1812 |
Richard Wellesley |
1st Marquess Wellesley
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| 4-Mar-1812 |
12-Aug-1822 |
Robert Stewart |
Viscount Castlereagh
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| 16-Sep-1822 |
30-Apr-1827 |
George Canning
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| 30-Apr-1827 |
2-Jun-1828 |
John William Ward |
1st Earl of Dudley
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| 2-Jun-1828 |
22-Nov-1830 |
George Hamilton-Gordon |
4th Earl of Aberdeen
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| 22-Nov-1830 |
15-Nov-1834 |
Henry John Temple |
3rd Viscount Palmerston
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| 15-Nov-1834 |
18-Apr-1835 |
Arthur Wellesley |
1st Duke of Wellington
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| 18-Apr-1835 |
2-Sep-1841 |
Henry John Temple |
3rd Viscount Palmerston
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| 2-Sep-1841 |
6-Jul-1846 |
George Hamilton-Gordon |
4th Earl of Aberdeen
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| 6-Jul-1846 |
26-Dec-1851 |
Henry John Temple |
3rd Viscount Palmerston
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| 26-Dec-1851 |
27-Feb-1852 |
Granville George Leveson-Gower |
2nd Earl Granville
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| 27-Feb-1852 |
28-Dec-1852 |
James Howard Harris |
3rd Earl of Malmesbury
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| 28-Dec-1852 |
21-Feb-1853 |
Lord John Russell
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| 21-Feb-1853 |
26-Feb-1858 |
George William Frederick Villiers |
4th Earl of Clarendon
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| 26-Feb-1858 |
18-Jun-1859 |
James Howard Harris |
3rd Earl of Malmesbury
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| 18-Jun-1859 |
3-Nov-1865 |
John Russell |
1st Earl Russell
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| 3-Nov-1865 |
6-Jul-1866 |
George William Frederick Villiers |
4th Earl of Clarendon
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| 6-Jul-1866 |
9-Dec-1868 |
Edward Henry Stanley |
Lord Stanley
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| 9-Dec-1868 |
6-Jul-1870 |
George William Frederick Villiers |
4th Earl of Clarendon
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| 6-Jul-1870 |
21-Feb-1874 |
Granville George Leveson-Gower |
2nd Earl Granville
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| 21-Feb-1874 |
2-Apr-1878 |
Edward Henry Stanley |
15th Earl of Derby
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| 2-Apr-1878 |
28-Apr-1880 |
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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| 28-Apr-1880 |
24-Jun-1885 |
Granville George Leveson-Gower |
2nd Earl Granville
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| 24-Jun-1885 |
6-Feb-1886 |
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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| 6-Feb-1886 |
3-Aug-1886 |
Archibald Philip Primrose |
5th Earl of Rosebery
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| 3-Aug-1886 |
12-Jan-1887 |
Stafford Henry Northcote |
1st Earl of Iddesleigh
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| 14-Jan-1887 |
11-Aug-1892 |
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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| 18-Aug-1892 |
11-Mar-1894 |
Archibald Philip Primrose |
5th Earl of Rosebery
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| 11-Mar-1894 |
21-Jun-1895 |
John Wodehouse |
1st Earl of Kimberley
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| 29-Jun-1895 |
12-Nov-1900 |
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
3rd Marquess of Salisbury
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| 12-Nov-1900 |
4-Dec-1905 |
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice |
5th Marquess of Lansdowne
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| 10-Dec-1905 |
10-Dec-1916 |
Sir Edward Grey
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| 10-Dec-1916 |
23-Oct-1919 |
Arthur Balfour
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|
| 23-Oct-1919 |
22-Jan-1924 |
George Nathaniel Curzon |
1st Marquess Curzon
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| 22-Jan-1924 |
3-Nov-1924 |
Ramsay MacDonald
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| 6-Nov-1924 |
4-Jun-1929 |
Austen Chamberlain
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| 7-Jun-1929 |
24-Aug-1931 |
Arthur Henderson
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|
| 25-Aug-1931 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Rufus Isaacs |
1st Marquess of Reading
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| 5-Nov-1931 |
7-Jun-1935 |
John Simon
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| 7-Jun-1935 |
18-Dec-1935 |
Samuel Hoare
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| 22-Dec-1935 |
20-Feb-1938 |
Anthony Eden
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|
| 21-Feb-1938 |
22-Dec-1940 |
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood |
3rd Viscount Halifax
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| 22-Dec-1940 |
26-Jul-1945 |
Anthony Eden
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| 27-Jul-1945 |
9-Mar-1951 |
Ernest Bevin
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| 9-Mar-1951 |
26-Oct-1951 |
Herbert Morrison
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| 28-Oct-1951 |
7-Apr-1955 |
Anthony Eden
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| 7-Apr-1955 |
20-Dec-1955 |
Harold Macmillan
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| 20-Dec-1955 |
27-Jul-1960 |
Selwyn Lloyd
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| 27-Jul-1960 |
20-Oct-1963 |
Alec Douglas-Home |
14th Earl of Home
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| 20-Oct-1963 |
16-Oct-1964 |
Rab Butler
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| 16-Oct-1964 |
22-Jan-1965 |
Patrick Gordon Walker
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| 22-Jan-1965 |
11-Aug-1966 |
Michael Stewart
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| 11-Aug-1966 |
16-Mar-1968 |
George Brown
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| 16-Mar-1968 |
17-Oct-1968 |
Michael Stewart
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|
| 17-Oct-1968 |
19-Jun-1970 |
Michael Stewart
|
|
| 20-Jun-1970 |
4-Mar-1974 |
Alec Douglas-Home |
14th Earl of Home
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| 5-Mar-1974 |
8-Apr-1976 |
James Callaghan
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| 8-Apr-1976 |
19-Feb-1977 |
Anthony Crosland
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| 22-Feb-1977 |
4-May-1979 |
David Owen
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| 5-May-1979 |
5-Apr-1982 |
Peter Carington
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| 6-Apr-1982 |
11-Jun-1983 |
Francis Pym
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| 11-Jun-1983 |
24-Jul-1989 |
Geoffrey Howe
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| 24-Jul-1989 |
26-Oct-1989 |
John Major
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| 26-Oct-1989 |
5-Jul-1995 |
Douglas Hurd
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| 5-Jul-1995 |
2-May-1997 |
Malcolm Rifkind
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| 2-May-1997 |
8-Jun-2001 |
Robin Cook
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| 8-Jun-2001 |
5-May-2006 |
Jack Straw
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| 5-May-2006 |
present |
Margaret Beckett |
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