Historical sinecure with no particular function, for cabinet members.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Henry Addington |
Head of State |
30-May-1757 |
15-Feb-1844 |
UK Prime Minister, 1801-04 |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Clement Attlee |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1883 |
8-Oct-1967 |
UK Prime Minister, 1945-51 |
| Stanley Baldwin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1867 |
14-Dec-1947 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Arthur Balfour |
Head of State |
25-Jul-1848 |
19-Mar-1930 |
UK Prime Minister, 1902-05 |
| Lord Beaverbrook |
Business |
25-May-1879 |
9-Jun-1964 |
Media mogul, UK cabinet minister |
| 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 |
| Rab Butler |
Politician |
9-Dec-1902 |
8-Mar-1982 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64 |
| Austen Chamberlain |
Politician |
16-Oct-1863 |
16-Mar-1937 |
British pol, Nobel Prize recipient |
| John Robert Clynes |
Politician |
27-Mar-1869 |
23-Oct-1949 |
UK Home Secretary, 1929-31 |
| Stafford Cripps |
Politician |
24-Apr-1889 |
21-Apr-1952 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50 |
| Harry Crookshank |
Politician |
27-May-1893 |
17-Oct-1961 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55 |
| George Nathaniel Curzon |
Government |
11-Jan-1859 |
20-Mar-1925 |
Created the Kingdom of Jordan |
| Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| Henry Richard Vassall Fox |
Politician |
21-Nov-1773 |
22-Oct-1840 |
3rd Baron Holland |
| Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1830 |
22-Aug-1903 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
| William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
| Peter Hain |
Politician |
16-Feb-1950 |
|
British MP, Neath |
| Edward Heath |
Head of State |
9-Jul-1916 |
17-Jul-2005 |
British Prime Minister, 1970-74 |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Geoff Hoon |
Politician |
6-Dec-1953 |
|
UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Selwyn Lloyd |
Politician |
28-Jul-1904 |
18-May-1978 |
Speaker, House of Commons, 1971-76 |
| Fred Peart |
Politician |
30-Apr-1914 |
26-Aug-1988 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70 |
| William Pitt the Elder |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1708 |
11-May-1778 |
Seven Years War |
| John Reid |
Politician |
8-May-1947 |
|
British MP, Airdrie and Shotts |
| Frank Soskice |
Politician |
23-Jul-1902 |
1-Jan-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1964-65 |
| Jack Straw |
Politician |
3-Aug-1946 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07 |
| Ann Taylor |
Politician |
2-Jul-1947 |
|
Leader, House of Commons, 1997-98 |
| David Waddington |
Politician |
2-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 1989-90 |
| John Wakeham |
Politician |
22-Jun-1932 |
|
Baron Wakeham of Maldon |
| Sir Francis Walsingham |
Government |
c. 1532 |
6-Apr-1590 |
Secretary to Elizabeth I |
