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UK GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Minister in the Government of the United Kingdom.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joseph Addison
Author
1-May-1672 17-Jun-1719 The Spectator
Douglas Alexander
Politician
26-Oct-1967   British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Herbert Henry Asquith
Head of State
12-Sep-1852 15-Feb-1928 UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Clement Attlee
Head of State
3-Jan-1883 8-Oct-1967 UK Prime Minister, 1945-51
Kenneth Baker
Politician
3-Nov-1934   UK Home Secretary, 1990-92
Arthur Balfour
Head of State
25-Jul-1848 19-Mar-1930 UK Prime Minister, 1902-05
Ed Balls
Politician
25-Feb-1967   British MP, Normanton
Lord Beaverbrook
Business
25-May-1879 9-Jun-1964 Media mogul, UK cabinet minister
Margaret Beckett
Government
15-Jan-1943   UK Foreign Secretary, 2006-07
Hilary Benn
Politician
26-Nov-1953   UK Minister for the Environment
Tony Benn
Politician
3-Apr-1925 14-Mar-2014 Radical left Labour MP
Ernest Bevin
Politician
9-Mar-1881 14-Apr-1951 UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51
John Biffen
Politician
3-Nov-1930 14-Aug-2007 Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87
Hazel Blears
Politician
14-May-1956   British MP, Salford
David Blunkett
Politician
6-Jun-1947   UK Home Secretary, 2001-04
Herbert Bowden
Politician
20-Jan-1905 30-Apr-1994 Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66
Leon Brittan
Politician
25-Sep-1939 21-Jan-2015 UK Home Secretary, 1983-85
Henry Brooke
Politician
9-Apr-1903 29-Mar-1984 UK Home Secretary, 1962-64
Peter Brooke
Politician
3-Mar-1934   Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1989-92
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
James Bryce
Historian
10-May-1838 22-Jan-1922 The Holy Roman Empire
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Head of State
25-May-1713 10-Mar-1792 UK Prime Minister, 1762-63
Rab Butler
Politician
9-Dec-1902 8-Mar-1982 UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64
George Canning
Politician
11-Apr-1770 8-Aug-1827 Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain
Robert Carr
Politician
11-Nov-1916 17-Feb-2012 UK Home Secretary, 1972-74
Robert Cecil
Politician
14-Sep-1864 24-Nov-1958 Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Charles Clarke
Politician
21-Sep-1950   UK Home Secretary, 2004-06
Kenneth Clarke
Politician
2-Jul-1940   Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-97
Stafford Cripps
Politician
24-Apr-1889 21-Apr-1952 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50
Anthony Crosland
Politician
29-Aug-1918 19-Feb-1977 UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Alistair Darling
Politician
28-Nov-1953   Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Denham
Politician
15-Jul-1953   British MP, Southampton Itchen
Alec Douglas-Home
Head of State
2-Jul-1903 9-Oct-1995 UK Prime Minister, 1963-64
Anthony Eden
Head of State
12-Jun-1897 14-Jan-1977 UK Prime Minister, 1955-57
Nigel Evans
Politician
10-Nov-1957   British MP, Ribble Valley
H. A. L. Fisher
Historian
21-Mar-1865 18-Apr-1940 The Medieval Empire
Peter Fraser
Politician
29-May-1945 23-Jun-2013 Baron Fraser of Carmyllie
Hugh Gaitskell
Politician
9-Apr-1906 18-Jan-1963 Leader of the Labour Party, 1955-63
Gwilym Lloyd George
Politician
4-Dec-1894 14-Feb-1967 UK Home Secretary, 1954-57
John Gilmour
Politician
27-May-1876 30-Mar-1940 UK Home Secretary, 1932-35
John Gummer
Politician
26-Nov-1939   British MP, Suffolk Coastal
Peter Hain
Politician
16-Feb-1950   British MP, Neath
Henry Hardinge
Military
30-Mar-1785 24-Sep-1856 Governor-General of India, 1844-48
Harriet Harman
Politician
30-Jul-1950   Leader, House of Commons
Antony Head
Politician
1906 1983 UK Minister of Defence, 1956-57
Edward Heath
Head of State
9-Jul-1916 17-Jul-2005 British Prime Minister, 1970-74
Michael Heseltine
Politician
21-Mar-1933   UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97
Michael Howard
Politician
7-Jul-1941   UK Home Secretary, 1993-97
Geoffrey Howe
Politician
20-Dec-1926 9-Oct-2015 UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89
David Howell
Politician
18-Jan-1936   Former MP, Guildford
David Hunt
Politician
21-May-1942   Former MP, The Wirral
John Hutton
Politician
6-May-1955   British MP, Barrow and Furness
Patrick Jenkin
Politician
7-Sep-1926   Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford
Roy Jenkins
Politician
11-Nov-1920 5-Jan-2003 Twice UK Home Secretary
Alan Johnson
Politician
17-May-1950   UK Home Secretary, 2009-10
Aubrey Jones
Politician
20-Nov-1911 10-Apr-2003 Former MP, Birmingham Hall Green
Keith Joseph
Politician
17-Jan-1918 10-Dec-1994 Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence
Ruth Kelly
Politician
9-May-1968   UK Minister of Transport
Horatio Herbert Kitchener
Military
24-Jun-1850 5-Jun-1916 Field Marshal, Secretary of State for War
Ian Lang
Politician
27-Jun-1940   British MP for Galloway, 1979-97
John MacGregor
Politician
14-Feb-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Iain Macleod
Politician
11-Nov-1913 20-Jul-1970 UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61
Harold Macmillan
Head of State
10-Feb-1894 29-Dec-1986 UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
Peter Mandelson
Politician
21-Oct-1953   EU Commissioner for Trade
Roy Mason
Politician
18-Apr-1924 19-Apr-2015 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1976-79
Theresa May
Politician
1-Oct-1956   UK Home Secretary
David Miliband
Politician
15-Jul-1965   UK Foreign Secretary, 2007-10
Ed Miliband
Politician
24-Dec-1969   British MP, Doncaster North
Andrew Mitchell
Politician
23-Mar-1956   British MP, Sutton Coldfield
Herbert Morrison
Politician
3-Jan-1888 6-Mar-1965 UK Home Secretary, 1940-45
Frederick Mulley
Politician
3-Jul-1918 15-Mar-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79
Paul Murphy
Politician
25-Nov-1948   British MP, Torfaen
Tony Newton
Politician
29-Aug-1937   Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97
Steven Norris
Politician
24-May-1945   Former Conservative MP, Epping Forest
David Owen
Politician
2-Jul-1938   UK Foreign Secretary, 1977-79
Lord Palmerston
Head of State
20-Oct-1784 18-Oct-1865 Twice Prime Minister of UK
Cecil Parkinson
Politician
1-Sep-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Chris Patten
Politician
12-May-1944   EU Commissioner for External Relations
Henry Pelham
Head of State
1696 6-Mar-1754 UK Prime Minister, 1743-54
St. John Philby
Government
3-Apr-1885 30-Sep-1960 Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist
William Pitt the Elder
Head of State
15-Nov-1708 11-May-1778 Seven Years War
John Prescott
Politician
31-May-1938   Deputy Prime Minister of the UK, 1997-2007
John Profumo
Politician
30-Jan-1915 10-Mar-2006 Resigned House of Commons over an affair
James Purnell
Politician
2-Oct-1970   British MP, Stalybridge and Hyde
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Geoffrey Rippon
Politician
28-May-1924 28-Jan-1997 Former MP, Hexham
Alex Salmond
Politician
31-Dec-1954   First Minister of Scotland, 2004-14
Duncan Sandys
Politician
24-Jan-1908 26-Nov-1987 UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64
Peter Shore
Politician
20-May-1924 24-Sep-2001 Former MP, Stepney
Edward Short
Politician
17-Dec-1912 4-May-2012 Leader, House of Commons, 1974-76
Norman St. John-Stevas
Politician
18-May-1929 2-Mar-2012 Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Government
15-Jan-1841 14-Jun-1908 Hockey's Stanley Cup
Michael Stewart
Politician
6-Nov-1906 13-Mar-1990 Former UK Foreign Secretary
Norman Tebbit
Politician
29-Mar-1931   Thatcherite MP and Minister
Margaret Thatcher
Head of State
13-Oct-1925 8-Apr-2013 UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
Stephen Timms
Politician
29-Jul-1955   Labour MP for East Ham, stabbed
Eric Varley
Politician
11-Aug-1932   Former MP, Chesterfield
John Wakeham
Politician
22-Jun-1932   Baron Wakeham of Maldon
Patrick Gordon Walker
Politician
7-Apr-1907 2-Dec-1980 UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66
Peter Walker
Politician
25-Mar-1932   Vice Chairman, Dresdner Kleinwort, Former MP
Harold Watkinson
Politician
25-Jan-1910 19-Dec-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62
William Whitelaw
Politician
28-Jun-1918 1-Jul-1999 UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88




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