UK GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Sinecure created 1361, often used as a Minister Without Portfolio.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Douglas Alexander	Politician	26-Oct-1967		British MP, Paisley and Renfrewshire South
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
Anthony Barber	Politician	4-Jul-1920	16-Dec-2005	Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1970-74
James Bryce	Historian	10-May-1838	22-Jan-1922	The Holy Roman Empire
Robert Cecil	Politician	14-Sep-1864	24-Nov-1958	Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Winston Churchill	Head of State	30-Nov-1874	24-Jan-1965	WWII Prime Minister of England
Kenneth Clarke	Politician	2-Jul-1940		Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1993-97
David Hunt	Politician	21-May-1942		Former MP, The Wirral
John Hutton	Politician	6-May-1955		British MP, Barrow and Furness
Iain Macleod	Politician	11-Nov-1913	20-Jul-1970	UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61
Ed Miliband	Politician	24-Dec-1969		British MP, Doncaster North
Oswald Mosley	Politician	16-Nov-1896	3-Dec-1980	Founder of the British Union of Fascists
Mo Mowlam	Politician	18-Sep-1949	19-Aug-2005	Former Labour MP
Tony Newton	Politician	29-Aug-1937		Leader, House of Commons, 1992-97
Chris Patten	Politician	12-May-1944		EU Commissioner for External Relations
Francis Pym	Politician	13-Feb-1922	6-Mar-2008	UK Foreign Secretary, 1982-83
Geoffrey Rippon	Politician	28-May-1924	28-Jan-1997	Former MP, Hexham
Herbert Samuel	Politician	6-Nov-1870	2-Feb-1963	High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25
Norman St. John-Stevas	Politician	18-May-1929	2-Mar-2012	Leader, House of Commons, 1979-81
Norman Tebbit	Politician	29-Mar-1931		Thatcherite MP and Minister

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