List of Lords Commissioners of the Treasury
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Lord High Treasurer
The post of Lord High Treasurer or Lord Treasurer was an English government position and has been a British government position since the Act of Union of 1707. A holder of the post would be the third highest ranked Great Officer of State, below the Lord High Chancellor and above the Lord President...

 of Great Britain
Kingdom of Great Britain
The former Kingdom of Great Britain, sometimes described as the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain', That the Two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, shall upon the 1st May next ensuing the date hereof, and forever after, be United into One Kingdom by the Name of GREAT BRITAIN. was a sovereign...

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Townshend ministry (1714–1715)

  • 13 October 1714
    • Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
      Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax
      Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS was an English poet and statesman.-Early life:Charles Montagu was born in Horton, Northamptonshire, the son of George Montagu, fifth son of 1st Earl of Manchester...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Richard Onslow
      Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow
      Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow PC was a British Whig Member of Parliament, known as Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716. He served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 until 1710 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 until 1715...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English official and Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of William St Quintin of Muston ; he succeeded to the family baronetcy in November 1695 on the death of his grandfather, Sir Henry St Quintin of Harpham, who...

    • Edward Wortley Montagu
    • Paul Methuen
      Paul Methuen (diplomat)
      Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...

  • 23 May 1715
    • Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
      Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle
      Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British statesman and member of the peerage of England.Charles Howard was the eldest son of Edward Howard and inherited his title on the death of his father in 1692. He married in 1683 Lady Anne de Vere Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Richard Onslow
      Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow
      Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow PC was a British Whig Member of Parliament, known as Sir Richard Onslow, 2nd Baronet from 1688 until 1716. He served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 1708 until 1710 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1714 until 1715...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English official and Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of William St Quintin of Muston ; he succeeded to the family baronetcy in November 1695 on the death of his grandfather, Sir Henry St Quintin of Harpham, who...

    • Edward Wortley Montagu
    • Paul Methuen
      Paul Methuen (diplomat)
      Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...

  • 11 October 1715
    • Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Daniel Finch
      Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham
      Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, 7th Earl of Winchilsea PC , was an English Tory statesman during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.-Early life:...

    • Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English official and Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of William St Quintin of Muston ; he succeeded to the family baronetcy in November 1695 on the death of his grandfather, Sir Henry St Quintin of Harpham, who...

    • Paul Methuen
      Paul Methuen (diplomat)
      Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...

    • Hon. Thomas Newport
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington PC , styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English peer, barrister and Whig politician.-Background:...

  • 25 June 1716
    • Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet
      Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet , of Harpham in Yorkshire, was an English official and Member of Parliament.He was the eldest son of William St Quintin of Muston ; he succeeded to the family baronetcy in November 1695 on the death of his grandfather, Sir Henry St Quintin of Harpham, who...

    • Paul Methuen
      Paul Methuen (diplomat)
      Sir Paul Methuen PC, KB was an English diplomat and politician.He was the son of John Methuen and was educated privately then at a Jesuit school in Paris. He went to Lisbon in 1691, when his father was appointed minister there. He gained valuable experience and the esteem of King Pedro...

    • Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington PC , styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English peer, barrister and Whig politician.-Background:...

    • Richard Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich...


First Stanhope/Sunderland ministry (1717–1718)

  • 15 April 1717
    • James Stanhope
      James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
      James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope PC was a British statesman and soldier who effectively served as Chief Minister between 1717 and 1721. He is probably best remembered for his service during War of the Spanish Succession...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington
      Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington PC , styled The Honourable from 1675 until 1716, was an English peer, barrister and Whig politician.-Background:...

    • John Wallop
      John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth
      John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth , known as John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington from 1720 to 1743, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

    • George Baillie
    • Thomas Micklethwaite

Second Stanhope/Sunderland ministry (1718–1721)

  • 20 March 1718
    • Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
      Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
      Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC , known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • John Aislabie
      John Aislabie
      John Aislabie or Aslabie was a British politician, notable for his involvement in the South Sea Bubble and for creating the water garden at Studley Royal.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Wallop
      John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth
      John Wallop, 1st Earl of Portsmouth , known as John Wallop, 1st Viscount Lymington from 1720 to 1743, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

    • George Baillie
    • William Clayton
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

  • 11 June 1720
    • Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
      Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland
      Sir Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland KG PC , known as Lord Spencer from 1688 to 1702, was an English statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • John Aislabie
      John Aislabie
      John Aislabie or Aslabie was a British politician, notable for his involvement in the South Sea Bubble and for creating the water garden at Studley Royal.-Background and education:...

    • George Baillie
    • Sir Charles Turner
    • Richard Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich...


Walpole/Townshend ministry (1721–1730)

  • 3 April 1721
    • Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Baillie
    • Sir Charles Turner
    • Richard Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe
      Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe, PC was an English politician.He was the son of Sir Richard Edgcumbe and Lady Anne Montagu, daughter of the Earl of Sandwich...

    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

  • 23 March 1724
    • Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Baillie
    • Sir Charles Turner
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

    • William Yonge
      William Yonge
      Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS , English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton , whose diaries , more especially four volumes now in the British Museum Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 – 10 August 1755), English...

  • 2 April 1724
    • Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Baillie
    • Sir Charles Turner
    • William Yonge
      William Yonge
      Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS , English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton , whose diaries , more especially four volumes now in the British Museum Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 – 10 August 1755), English...

    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

  • 27 May 1725
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Charles Turner
    • Sir William Yonge
      William Yonge
      Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS , English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton , whose diaries , more especially four volumes now in the British Museum Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 – 10 August 1755), English...

    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • Sir William Strickland, Bt.
      Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet
      Sir William Strickland was an English Member of Parliament and Government Minister in Sir Robert Walpole's administration....

  • 28 July 1727
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Charles Turner, Bt.
    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • Sir George Oxenden, Bt.
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754....

    • William Clayton
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...


Walpole ministry (1730–1742)

  • 11 May 1730
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • Sir George Oxenden, Bt.
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754....

    • William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

    • Sir William Yonge
      William Yonge
      Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS , English politician, was the son of Sir Walter Yonge, and great-great-grandson of Walter Yonge of Colyton , whose diaries , more especially four volumes now in the British Museum Sir William Yonge, 4th Baronet KCB FRS (ca. 1693 – 10 August 1755), English...

  • 16 May 1735
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • Sir George Oxenden, Bt.
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754....

    • William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

    • George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
      George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley
      George Cholmondeley, 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley KB, PC , styled as Viscount Malpas from 1725 to 1733, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Life:...

  • May 1736
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • Sir George Oxenden, Bt.
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet
      Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1720 to 1754....

    • William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

    • Thomas Winnington
  • 21 June 1737
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Bubb Dodington
      George Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe
      George Bubb Dodington, 1st Baron Melcombe PC was an English politician and nobleman.Christened simply George Bubb, he acquired the surname Dodington around the time his uncle George Dodington died in 1720 and left him his estate...

    • William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

    • Thomas Winnington
    • Giles Earle
  • 21 October 1740
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon
      William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon was a British politician who served in the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1716-1722, St Albans from 1722-1727, Westminster from 1727-1741, Plympton Erle from 1742-1747 and St Mawes from 1747-1752.Clayton was raised to the Peerage of...

    • Thomas Winnington
    • Giles Earle
    • George Treby
  • 2 May 1741
    • Sir Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole
      Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC , known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain....

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Winnington
    • Giles Earle
    • George Treby
    • Thomas Clutterbuck

Carteret ministry (1742–1744)

  • 16 February 1742
    • Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
      Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington
      Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington KG, KB, PC was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in 1743, but was merely a figurehead for the true leader of the government, Lord...

       (First Lord)
    • Samuel Sandys
      Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys
      Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys, PC was a British politician in the 18th century. He held numerous posts within the government of the United Kingdom, namely Chancellor of the Exchequer, Leader of the House of Commons, Cofferer of the Household and First Lord of Trade...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. George Compton
      George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton
      George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton , known as the Honourable George Compton until 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

    • Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
      Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet
      Sir John Rushout, 4th Baronet was a British politician and long-serving Member of Parliament, eventually serving as Father of the House....

    • Phillips Gybbon
      Phillips Gybbon
      Phillips Gybbon , of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as Whig member for Rye, and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later...

  • 25 August 1743
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. George Compton
      George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton
      George Compton, 6th Earl of Northampton , known as the Honourable George Compton until 1754, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....

    • Phillips Gybbon
      Phillips Gybbon
      Phillips Gybbon , of Hole Park, Rolvenden, in Kent, was an English Member of Parliament.Gybbon entered Parliament in 1707 as Whig member for Rye, and represented the constituency until his death 55 years later...

    • Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC was a British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.-Early life:...

    • Henry Fox
      Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
      Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Foxley, MP, PC was a leading British politician of the 18th century. He identified primarily with the Whig faction...


First Pelham ministry (1744–1746)

  • 25 December 1744
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC was a British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.-Early life:...

    • Henry Fox
      Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland
      Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland, of Foxley, MP, PC was a leading British politician of the 18th century. He identified primarily with the Whig faction...

    • Hon. Richard Arundell
    • George Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...


Second Pelham ministry (1746–1754)

  • 24 June 1746
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Sackville, Earl of Middlesex
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
      Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset PC was a British nobleman, politician, and cricketer. He was styled Lord Buckhurst from 1711 to 1720 and Earl of Middlesex from 1720 to 1765.-Early life:...

    • George Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

    • Hon. Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell of Cawdor
      John Campbell of Cawdor , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle.He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.-References:...

  • 23 June 1747
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

       (First Lord & Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

    • Hon. Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell of Cawdor
      John Campbell of Cawdor , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle.He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.-References:...

    • Hon. George Grenville
      George Grenville
      George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

  • 29 April 1749
    • Hon. Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham
      Henry Pelham was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 until his death in 1754...

       (First Lord & Chancellor of the Exchequer) (d. 18 March 1754)
    • George Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

    • John Campbell
      John Campbell of Cawdor
      John Campbell of Cawdor , was a British politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire, Inverness Burghs and Corfe Castle.He was also the Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.-References:...

    • Hon. George Grenville
      George Grenville
      George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

    • Hon. Henry Vane
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard.On 2 September 1725, he married Lady Grace Fitzroy, daughter of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton and they had seven children.Vane was Whig MP for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, St Mawes...


First Newcastle ministry (1754–1756)

  • 6 April 1754
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard.On 2 September 1725, he married Lady Grace Fitzroy, daughter of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton and they had seven children.Vane was Whig MP for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, St Mawes...

    • Hon. Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
      Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
      Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC was a Scottish peer and British politician.Hay was elected for Scarborough in 1736, but his election was overturned on petition. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1741 until 1758...

    • Robert Nugent
      Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
      Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...

  • 22 November 1755
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington
      Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington PC was an English peer, the son of Gilbert Vane, 2nd Baron Barnard.On 2 September 1725, he married Lady Grace Fitzroy, daughter of Charles Fitzroy, 1st Duke of Southampton and they had seven children.Vane was Whig MP for Launceston from 1726 to 1727, St Mawes...

    • Sir George Lyttelton, Bt.
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin
      Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
      Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull PC was a Scottish peer and British politician.Hay was elected for Scarborough in 1736, but his election was overturned on petition. He sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge from 1741 until 1758...

    • Robert Nugent
      Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
      Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...

  • 20 December 1755
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • Sir George Lyttelton, Bt.
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton PC , known as Sir George Lyttelton, Bt between 1751 and 1756, was a British politician and statesman and a patron of the arts.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Nugent
      Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
      Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...

    • Percy Wyndham-O'Brien
      Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond
      Percy Wyndham-O'Brien, 1st Earl of Thomond was a British Member of Parliament, Irish peer and the younger son of Tory statesman Sir William Wyndham and brother to Sir Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont....

    • Henry Furnese
      Henry Furnese
      Henry Furnese was a British politician.He was a Member of Parliament for Morpeth, Northumberland from 1738 to 1741....


Pitt the Elder ministry (1756–1757)

  • 16 November 1756
    • William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
      William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire
      William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, KG, PC , styled Lord Cavendish before 1729 and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain...

       (First Lord)
    • Hon. Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Nugent
      Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
      Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...

    • William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon
      William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough
      William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758...

    • Hon. James Grenville
      James Grenville
      James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics...


Newcastle/Pitt ministry (1757–1762)

  • 2 July 1757
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • Hon. Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Nugent
      Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent
      Robert Craggs-Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent PC was an Irish politician and poet.-Background:The son of Michael Nugent and Mary, daughter of Robert Barnewall, 9th Baron Trimlestown, he was born at Carlanstown, County Westmeath...

    • Hon. James Grenville
      James Grenville
      James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics...

    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

  • 22 December 1759
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson Legge
      Henry Bilson-Legge PC was an English statesman. He notably served three times as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1750s and 1760s.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Grenville
      James Grenville
      James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics...

    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

    • James Oswald
      James Oswald (younger)
      James Oswald was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1768.Oswald was the son of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy. He was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1733...

  • 12 March 1761
    • Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord)
    • William Barrington-Shute, 2nd Viscount Barrington (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

    • James Oswald
      James Oswald (younger)
      James Oswald was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1768.Oswald was the son of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy. He was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1733...

    • Gilbert Elliot
      Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet
      The Rt. Hon. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet of Minto was born at Minto, Roxburghshire, and was a Scottish statesman, philosopher and poet.-Early life and education:...


Bute ministry (1762–1763)

  • 28 May 1762
    • John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
      John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
      John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute KG, PC , styled Lord Mount Stuart before 1723, was a Scottish nobleman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain under George III, and was arguably the last important favourite in British politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Francis Dashwood, Bt.
      Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer
      Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer was an English rake and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer and founder of the Hellfire Club.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

    • James Oswald
      James Oswald (younger)
      James Oswald was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1741 to 1768.Oswald was the son of James Oswald a politician of Kirkcaldy. He was admitted at Lincolns Inn in 1733...

    • Sir John Turner, Bt.

Grenville ministry (1763–1765)

  • 15 April 1763
    • Hon. George Grenville
      George Grenville
      George Grenville was a British Whig statesman who rose to the position of Prime Minister of Great Britain. Grenville was born into an influential political family and first entered Parliament in 1741 as an MP for Buckingham...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

    • Sir John Turner, Bt.
    • Thomas Orby Hunter
    • James Harris
      James Harris (grammarian)
      James Harris, FRS was an English politician and grammarian.-Life and works:He was born at Salisbury and educated at the grammar school in the Close at Salisbury, and at Wadham College, Oxford. On leaving the university he was entered at Lincoln's Inn as a student of law, though not intended for...


First Rockingham ministry (1765–1766)

  • 10 July 1765
    • Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
      Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
      Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC , styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Earl Malton in 1750, was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime...

       (First Lord)
    • William Dowdeswell (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...

    • Thomas Townshend
      Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
      Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century...

    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....


Chatham ministry (1766–1768)

  • 2 August 1766
    • Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (First Lord)
    • Hon. Charles Townshend
      Charles Townshend
      Charles Townshend was a British politician. He was born at his family's seat of Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England, the second son of Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend, and Audrey , daughter and heiress of Edward Harrison of Ball's Park, near Hertford, a lady who rivalled her son in...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Townshend
      Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney
      Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney PC , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century...

    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Pryse Campbell
  • 1 December 1767
    • Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (First Lord)
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Pryse Campbell
    • Charles Jenkinson
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....


Grafton ministry (1768–1770)

  • 31 December 1768
    • Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (First Lord)
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Charles Jenkinson
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....

    • Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William...


North ministry (1770–1782)

  • 6 February 1770
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Charles Jenkinson
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
      Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool PC , known as the Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool....

    • Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William...

    • Charles Townshend
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Bayning was the only son of the Hon. William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount...

  • 9 January 1773
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson
      Jeremiah Dyson was a British civil servant and politician.He studied at Edinburgh University and matriculated at Leiden University in 1742. He settled a pension on his friend Mark Akenside, the poet and physician, and later defended Akenside's The Pleasures of the Imagination against William...

    • Charles Townshend
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Bayning was the only son of the Hon. William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount...

    • Hon. Charles James Fox
      Charles James Fox
      Charles James Fox PC , styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned thirty-eight years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was particularly noted for being the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger...

  • 12 March 1774
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Charles Townshend
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning
      Charles Townshend, 1st Baron Bayning PC was a British politician.-Background and education:Bayning was the only son of the Hon. William Townshend, third son of Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, Charles Townshend and Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount...

    • Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
    • Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....

  • 5 June 1777
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow
      George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC , known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician....

    • Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
    • Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....

    • William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
      William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton was the youngest son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.As the youngest son, he did not expect to inherit the family estates and served in various government appointments. He became governor of colonial South Carolina in 1755, Governor of Jamaica in...

  • 14 December 1777
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp
    • Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall
      Charles Wolfran Cornwall was a British politician.In 1768, he was returned as MP for Grampound. He was created a Privy Councillor in 1780....

    • William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
      William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton was the youngest son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.As the youngest son, he did not expect to inherit the family estates and served in various government appointments. He became governor of colonial South Carolina in 1755, Governor of Jamaica in...

    • Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston FRS was a British politician.-Life:He succeeded to the peerage in 1757, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge from 1757 to 1759...

  • 6 September 1780
    • Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, Lord North
      Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, KG, PC , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782. He led Great Britain through most of the American War of Independence...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote
      William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton
      William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton was the youngest son of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.As the youngest son, he did not expect to inherit the family estates and served in various government appointments. He became governor of colonial South Carolina in 1755, Governor of Jamaica in...

    • Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston FRS was a British politician.-Life:He succeeded to the peerage in 1757, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge from 1757 to 1759...

    • Sir Richard Sutton, Bt.
      Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Sutton, 1st Baronet , of Norwood Park in Nottinghamshire was an English Member of Parliament....

    • John Buller
      John Buller
      John Buller was a British composer.-Career:John Buller's musical career began at St Matthew's, Westminster, where he was a chorister. Although the BBC accepted a work of his in 1946, he became an architectural surveyor. He returned to music in his thirties, taking his BMus in 1964...


Second Rockingham ministry (1782)

  • 27 March 1782
    • Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
      Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
      Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, KG, PC , styled The Hon. Charles Watson-Wentworth before 1733, Viscount Higham between 1733 and 1746, Earl of Malton between 1746 and 1750 and The Earl Malton in 1750, was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Prime...

       (First Lord)
    • Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
    • Hon. James Grenville
      James Grenville
      James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics...

    • Frederick Montagu
      Frederick Montagu
      Frederick Montagu PC, FRS was a British Whig MP.Montagu was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was MP for Northampton from 1759 to 1768, and for Higham Ferrers from 1768 to 1790. He was in favour of tolerance for Dissenters and the removal of adherence to the Thirty-Nine Articles...


Shelburne ministry (1782–1783)

  • 13 July 1782
    • William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
      William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
      William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC , known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Irish-born British Whig statesman who was the first Home Secretary in 1782 and then Prime Minister 1782–1783 during the final...

       (First Lord)
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Grenville
      James Grenville
      James Grenville was a British politician.He was born at Wotton in 1715 into the influential Grenville political family and was one of five brothers who went into politics...

    • Richard Jackson
      Richard Jackson (colonial agent)
      Richard Jackson, K.C. , nicknamed "Omniscient Jackson", was a British lawyer and politician. A King's Counsel, he acted as official solicitor or counsel of the Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations, owner of lands in New England, and colonial agent of Connecticut.Jackson was called to the...

    • Edward James Eliot
      Edward James Eliot
      The Honourable Edward James Eliot was an English Member of Parliament.Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot , politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784....


Fox-North coalition (1783)

  • 4 April 1783
    • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...

       (First Lord)
    • Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish
      Lord John Cavendish PC was a British politician.-Background:Cavendish was the youngest son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire, and his wife Catherine, daughter of John Hoskins. Prime Minister William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Lord George Cavendish and Field Marshal Lord...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Howard, Earl of Surrey
      Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk
      Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk , styled Earl of Surrey from 1777 to 1786, was a British peer, the son of Charles Howard, 10th Duke of Norfolk and Catherine Brockholes....

    • Frederick Montagu
      Frederick Montagu
      Frederick Montagu PC, FRS was a British Whig MP.Montagu was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was MP for Northampton from 1759 to 1768, and for Higham Ferrers from 1768 to 1790. He was in favour of tolerance for Dissenters and the removal of adherence to the Thirty-Nine Articles...

    • Sir Grey Cooper
      Grey Cooper
      Grey Cooper was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1765 and 1790 and was Secretary to the Treasury under various administrations....


First Pitt the Younger ministry (1783–1801)

  • 27 December 1783
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Graham, Marquess of Graham
      James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
      James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1790, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.-Background:...

    • John Buller
      John Buller
      John Buller was a British composer.-Career:John Buller's musical career began at St Matthew's, Westminster, where he was a chorister. Although the BBC accepted a work of his in 1946, he became an architectural surveyor. He returned to music in his thirties, taking his BMus in 1964...

    • Edward James Eliot
      Edward James Eliot
      The Honourable Edward James Eliot was an English Member of Parliament.Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot , politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784....

    • John Aubrey
      Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
      Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,...

  • 19 September 1786
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Graham, Marquess of Graham
      James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose
      James Graham, 3rd Duke of Montrose KG, KT, PC , styled Marquess of Graham until 1790, was a Scottish nobleman and statesman.-Background:...

    • Hon. Edward James Eliot
      Edward James Eliot
      The Honourable Edward James Eliot was an English Member of Parliament.Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot , politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784....

    • Sir John Aubrey, Bt.
      Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet
      Sir John Aubrey, 6th Baronet was a British politician. In 1786, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy.Baptised in Boarstall in Buckinghamshire on 2 July 1739, he was the son of Sir Thomas Aubrey, 5th Baronet and Martha Carter. Aubrey was educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church,...

    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
      Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley
      Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, KG, PC, PC , styled Viscount Wellesley from birth until 1781, was an Anglo-Irish politician and colonial administrator....

  • 8 April 1789
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Edward James Eliot
      Edward James Eliot
      The Honourable Edward James Eliot was an English Member of Parliament.Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot , politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784....

    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
    • John Jeffreys Pratt, Viscount Bayham
      John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
      John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC , styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician...

    • Henry Bathurst, Lord Apsley
      Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
      Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst PC, KC , known as the Lord Apsley from 1771 to 1775, was a British lawyer and politician. He was Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1771 to 1778.-Background and education:...

  • 20 June 1791
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Edward James Eliot
      Edward James Eliot
      The Honourable Edward James Eliot was an English Member of Parliament.Eliot was born in Cornwall, the son of Edward Craggs-Eliot , politician, created Baron Eliot in 1784....

    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
    • John Jeffreys Pratt, Viscount Bayham
      John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
      John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC , styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician...

    • Richard Hopkins
  • 22 June 1793
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
    • John Jeffreys Pratt, Viscount Bayham
      John Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden
      John Jeffreys Pratt, 1st Marquess Camden KG, PC , styled Viscount Bayham from 1786 to 1794 and known as The Earl Camden from 1794 to 1812, was a British politician...

    • Richard Hopkins
    • Hon. John Thomas Townshend
      John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
      John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards was a British peer.He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and Elizabeth Powys. On 13 April 1790 he married Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. They had one child;*Hon...

  • 7 May 1794
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
    • Richard Hopkins
    • Hon. John Thomas Townshend
      John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
      John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards was a British peer.He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and Elizabeth Powys. On 13 April 1790 he married Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. They had one child;*Hon...

    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

  • 3 February 1797
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington
    • Hon. John Thomas Townshend
      John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
      John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards was a British peer.He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and Elizabeth Powys. On 13 April 1790 he married Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. They had one child;*Hon...

    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

    • Sylvester Douglas
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC, KC, FRS, FSA was a British lawyer, politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.-Background, education and legal career:...

  • 3 August 1797
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. John Thomas Townshend
      John Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney
      John Thomas Townshend, 2nd Viscount Sydney of St Leonards was a British peer.He was the son of Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney of St Leonards and Elizabeth Powys. On 13 April 1790 he married Hon. Sophia Southwell, daughter of Edward Southwell, 20th Baron de Clifford. They had one child;*Hon...

    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

    • Sylvester Douglas
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC, KC, FRS, FSA was a British lawyer, politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.-Background, education and legal career:...

    • Charles Small Pybus
  • 28 July 1800
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

    • Sylvester Douglas
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie
      Sylvester Douglas, 1st Baron Glenbervie PC, KC, FRS, FSA was a British lawyer, politician and diarist. He was Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1793 and 1794.-Background, education and legal career:...

    • Charles Small Pybus
    • Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
      Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
      Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....

  • 9 December 1800
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

    • Charles Small Pybus
    • Lord Granville Leveson-Gower
      Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville
      Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Earl Granville GCB PC , known as Lord Granville Leveson-Gower from 1786 to 1814 and as the Viscount Granville from 1814 to 1833, was a British Whig statesman and diplomat....

    • John Hiley Addington
      John Hiley Addington
      John Hiley Addington was a British Tory Party politician.-Background and education:Addington was the second son of Anthony Addington and his wife Mary, daughter of Haviland John Hiley. His older brother was Henry Addington, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and under whose...


Addington ministry (1801–1804)

  • 21 March 1801
    • Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Smyth
      John Smyth (1748–1811)
      John Smyth was a British politician. He was an MP for Pontefract from 1783 to 1807.-References:*Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Smyth, John , politician by Stephen M. Lee...

    • Charles Small Pybus
    • Lord George Thynne
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC , styled Lord George Thynne between 1789 and 1826, was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...

    • Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond, KS, , of Creech Grange in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament....

  • 5 July 1802
    • Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Small Pybus
    • Lord George Thynne
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC , styled Lord George Thynne between 1789 and 1826, was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...

    • Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond, KS, , of Creech Grange in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament....

    • John Hiley Addington
      John Hiley Addington
      John Hiley Addington was a British Tory Party politician.-Background and education:Addington was the second son of Anthony Addington and his wife Mary, daughter of Haviland John Hiley. His older brother was Henry Addington, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and under whose...

  • 13 November 1803
    • Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Small Pybus
    • Lord George Thynne
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC , styled Lord George Thynne between 1789 and 1826, was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...

    • Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond, KS, , of Creech Grange in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament....

    • Hon. William Brodrick
  • 19 November 1803
    • Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord George Thynne
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret
      George Thynne, 2nd Baron Carteret PC , styled Lord George Thynne between 1789 and 1826, was a British Tory politician.-Background and education:...

    • Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond
      Nathaniel Bond, KS, , of Creech Grange in the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, was an English lawyer and Member of Parliament....

    • Hon. William Brodrick
    • Edward Golding

Second Pitt ministry (1804–1806)

  • 16 May 1804
    • Hon. William Pitt
      William Pitt the Younger
      William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Percy, Lord Lovaine
      George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland
      George Percy, 5th Duke of Northumberland PC , styled Lord Lovaine between 1790 and 1830 and known as The Earl of Beverley between 1830 and 1865, was a British Tory politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Sir Robert Peel between 1842 and 1846...

    • James Edward Harris, Viscount FitzHarris
      James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury
      James Edward Harris, 2nd Earl of Malmesbury was a British peer, styled Viscount FitzHarris from 1800 to 1820....

    • Charles Long
      Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough
      Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough GCB PC PC FRS FSA was an English politician and connoisseur of the arts.-Early life:...

    • George Spencer, Marquess of Blandford
      George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough
      George Spencer-Churchill, 5th Duke of Marlborough FSA , styled Marquess of Blandford until 1817, was a British peer and collector of antiquities and books.-Background and education:...


Grenville ministry (1806–1807)

  • 10 February 1806
    • William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Lord Grenville (First Lord)
    • Lord Henry Petty
      Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
      Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne KG, PC, FRS , known as Lord Henry Petty from 1784 to 1809 and then as The Earl of Kerry to 1818, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

    • William Wickham
    • John Courtenay

Second Portland ministry (1807–1809)

  • 31 March 1807
    • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...

       (First Lord)
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield , was a British Member of Parliament .Titchfield was the eldest son of William Cavendish-Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland, and his wife Henrietta . Prime Minister William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was his grandfather...

    • Hon. William Eliot
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

    • William Sturges Bourne
      William Sturges Bourne
      William Sturges-Bourne PC , known as William Sturges until 1803, was a British Tory politician. He was briefly Home Secretary under George Canning in 1827.-Background and education:...

  • 16 September 1807
    • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...

       (First Lord)
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Foster
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...

    • Hon. William Eliot
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

    • Hon. Richard Ryder
      Richard Ryder (19th century politician)
      Richard Ryder PC was a British Tory politician. He notably served as Home Secretary between 1809 and 1812.-Background:...

  • 2 December 1807
    • William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
      William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, KG, PC was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister. He was known before 1762 by the courtesy title Marquess of Titchfield. He held a title of every degree of British nobility—Duke,...

       (First Lord)
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Foster
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...

    • Hon. William Brodrick
    • Hon. William Eliot
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

    • Snowdon Barne

Perceval ministry (1809–1812)

  • 6 December 1809
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Foster
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...

    • Hon. William Brodrick
    • Hon. William Eliot
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

    • John Cuffe, 2nd Earl of Desart
    • Snowdon Barne
  • 23 June 1810
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Foster
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel
      John Foster, 1st Baron Oriel was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Anthony Foster of Louth, an Irish judge . He was elected Member of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons for Dunleer in 1761, a seat he held until 1769...

    • Hon. William Brodrick
    • Hon. William Eliot
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans
      William Eliot, 2nd Earl of St Germans , known as William Elliot until 1823, was a British diplomat and politician....

    • Snowdon Barne
    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

  • 6 January 1812
    • Hon. Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval
      Spencer Perceval, KC was a British statesman and First Lord of the Treasury, making him de facto Prime Minister. He is the only British Prime Minister to have been assassinated...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. William Wellesley-Pole
      William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
      William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington GCH, PC, PC , known as The Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was a British politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington....

    • Hon. William Brodrick
    • Snowdon Barne
    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • Richard Wellesley
      Richard Wellesley (1787–1831)
      Richard Wellesley was an Anglo-Irish Member of Parliament.He was the son of Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley and his mistress Hyacinthe Gabrielle Roland....


Liverpool ministry (1812–1827)

  • 16 June 1812
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Nicholas Vansittart
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Vesey-FitzGerald
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...

    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • Frederick John Robinson
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC , styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman...

    • James Brogden
  • 25 November 1813
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Nicholas Vansittart
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Vesey-FitzGerald
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...

    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • James Brogden
    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

  • 20 December 1813
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Nicholas Vansittart
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Vesey-FitzGerald
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey
      William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...

    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

    • Charles Grant
      Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
      Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg PC FRS was a Scottish politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...

  • 7 January 1817
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Nicholas Vansittart
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

    • Charles Grant
      Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg
      Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg PC FRS was a Scottish politician and colonial administrator.-Background and education:...

    • John Maxwell-Barry
      John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham
      John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham PC was an Irish Representative peer and politician.He was the son of Henry Maxwell, Lord Bishop of Meath, and grandson of John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham...

       (formerly of the Irish Treasury)
    • William Odell (formerly of the Irish Treasury)
  • 25 March 1819
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Nicholas Vansittart
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley
      Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley PC, FRS, FSA was an English politician, and one of the longest-serving Chancellors of the Exchequer in British history.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • John Maxwell-Barry
      John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham
      John Maxwell-Barry, 5th Baron Farnham PC was an Irish Representative peer and politician.He was the son of Henry Maxwell, Lord Bishop of Meath, and grandson of John Maxwell, 1st Baron Farnham...

    • Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
  • 3 May 1823
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Frederick John Robinson
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC , styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Berkeley Paget
      Berkeley Paget
      The Honourable Berkeley Thomas Paget , was a British politician.-Background:Paget was the sixth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, and Jane, daughter of the Very Reverend Arthur Champagné...

    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • Edmond Alexander Macnaghten
  • 13 June 1826
    • Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord)
    • Frederick John Robinson
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC , styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Lowther, Viscount Lowther
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale
      William Lowther, 2nd Earl of Lonsdale PC, FRS , styled Viscount Lowther between 1807 and 1844, was a British Tory politician.-Background:...

    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
      Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
      General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

    • Edmond Alexander Macnaghten

Canning ministry (1827)

  • 30 April 1827
    • George Canning
      George Canning
      George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
      Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
      General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

    • Lord Francis Leveson Gower
      Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
      Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC , known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • Edmund Alexander Macnaghten
  • 31 July 1827
    • George Canning
      George Canning
      George Canning PC, FRS was a British statesman and politician who served as Foreign Secretary and briefly Prime Minister.-Early life: 1770–1793:...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
      Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
      General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

    • Lord Francis Leveson Gower
      Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere
      Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere KG, PC , known as Lord Francis Leveson-Gower until 1833, was a British politician, writer, traveller and patron of the arts...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • Maurice FitzGerald
      Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry
      Maurice FitzGerald, 18th Knight of Kerry was an hereditary knight and an Irish Whig politician.FitzGerald represented Kerry in the Irish House of Commons from 1795 until the Act of Union in 1801. He sat also for Tralee in 1800....

    • Edmund Alexander Macnaghten

Goderich ministry (1827–1828)

  • 8 September 1827
    • Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich
      Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC , styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • John Charles Herries
      John Charles Herries
      John Charles Herries PC , known as J. C. Herries, was a British politician and financier and a frequent member of Tory and Conservative cabinets in the early to mid 19th century.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
      Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
      General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • Edmund Alexander Macnaghten

Wellington ministry (1828–1830)

  • 26 January 1828
    • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles
      Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham
      General Francis Nathaniel Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham KP, GCH, PC , styled Lord Francis Conyngham between 1816 and 1824 and Earl of Mount Charles between 1824 and 1832, was a British soldier, courtier and politician.-Background and education:Born in Dublin, Conyngham was the second son of...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • Edmund Alexander Macnaghten
  • 24 April 1830
    • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • George Bankes
      George Bankes
      George Bankes was the last of the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, the office being abolished on his death in 1856.-Early life:Bankes was the third son of Henry Bankes of Kingston Hall, Dorsetshire, who represented Corfe Castle for nearly fifty years, and of Frances, daughter of William Woodley,...

    • Edmund Alexander Macnaghten
  • 24 July 1830
    • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Somerset
      Lord Granville Charles Henry Somerset PC was a British Tory politician. He held office under Sir Robert Peel as First Commissioner of Woods and Forests between 1834 and 1835 and as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1841 and 1846.-Background and education:Somerset was the second son of...

    • Edward Granville, Lord Eliot
      Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans
      Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans GCB , DL, LL.D, PC , styled Lord Elliot from 1823 to 1845, was a British politician and diplomat.-Background and education:...

    • George Bankes
      George Bankes
      George Bankes was the last of the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, the office being abolished on his death in 1856.-Early life:Bankes was the third son of Henry Bankes of Kingston Hall, Dorsetshire, who represented Corfe Castle for nearly fifty years, and of Frances, daughter of William Woodley,...

    • William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel , was a British Tory politician.Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen . He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and the elder brother of Jonathan Peel. He was educated at Harrow and St John's College,...


Grey ministry (1830–1834)

  • 24 November 1830
    • Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

       (First Lord)
    • Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
      George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent
      George Nugent-Grenville, 2nd Baron Nugent GCMG , Irish politician.George Nugent-Grenville was:* Liberal Member of Parliament for Buckingham, 1810–1812; for Aylesbury, 1812–1832....

    • Robert Vernon Smith
    • Francis Thornhill Baring
    • Hon. George Ponsonby
      George Ponsonby (politician)
      George Ponsonby , styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834....

  • 22 November 1832
    • Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

       (First Lord)
    • Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Vernon Smith
    • Francis Thornhill Baring
    • Hon. George Ponsonby
      George Ponsonby (politician)
      George Ponsonby , styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834....

    • Thomas Francis Kennedy
      Thomas Francis Kennedy
      Thomas Francis Kennedy , Scottish politician, was born near Ayr in 1788. He studied for the bar and became advocate in 1811. Having been elected Member of Parliament for the Ayr Burghs in 1818, he devoted the greater part of his life to the promotion of liberal reforms.In 1820 he married the only...

  • 9 April 1834
    • Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

       (First Lord)
    • Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Vernon Smith
    • Francis Thornhill Baring
    • Hon. George Ponsonby
      George Ponsonby (politician)
      George Ponsonby , styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834....

    • Robert Graham
      Robert Graham of Redgorton
      Robert Graham , of Redgorton, was a Scottish advocate and landowner who briefly sat as a Whig Lord of the Treasury.Graham was the son of John Graham of Eskbank and his wife Mary Scott....

  • 20 June 1834
    • Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
      Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC , known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 November 1830 to 16 July 1834. A member of the Whig Party, he backed significant reform of the British government and was among the...

       (First Lord)
    • Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Vernon Smith
    • Hon. George Ponsonby
      George Ponsonby (politician)
      George Ponsonby , styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834....

    • Robert Graham
      Robert Graham of Redgorton
      Robert Graham , of Redgorton, was a Scottish advocate and landowner who briefly sat as a Whig Lord of the Treasury.Graham was the son of John Graham of Eskbank and his wife Mary Scott....

    • Captain Hon. George Stevens Byng
      George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford
      George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, PC , styled Viscount Enfield between 1847 and 1860, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background, education and military career:...


First Melbourne ministry (1834)

  • 18 July 1834
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp
      John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer
      John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer PC, FRS , styled Viscount Althorp from 1783 to 1834, was a British statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Vernon Smith
    • Hon. George Ponsonby
      George Ponsonby (politician)
      George Ponsonby , styled The Honourable from 1806, was an Irish politician, who served as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in the governments under Earl Grey and Lord Melbourne from 1832 to 1834....

    • Robert Graham
    • Captain Hon. George Stevens Byng
      George Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford
      George Stevens Byng, 2nd Earl of Strafford, PC , styled Viscount Enfield between 1847 and 1860, was a British peer and Whig politician.-Background, education and military career:...


Wellington caretaker ministry (1834)

  • 21 November 1834
    • Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
      Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
      James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn
      General James St Clair-Erskine, 2nd Earl of Rosslyn GCB, PC , known as Sir James Erskine, Bt, between 1765 and 1789 and as Sir James St Clair-Erskine, Bt, between 1789 and 1805, was a Scottish soldier, politician, and Acting Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, on behalf of King George...

    • Edward Law, 2nd Baron Ellenborough
      Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough
      Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough GCB, PC was a British Tory politician. He was four times President of the Board of Control and also served as Governor-General of India between 1842 and 1844.-Background and education:...

    • William Wellesley, 1st Baron Maryborough
      William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington
      William Wellesley-Pole, 3rd Earl of Mornington GCH, PC, PC , known as The Lord Maryborough between 1821 and 1842, was a British politician and an elder brother of the Duke of Wellington....

    • Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet
      Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet
      Sir John Beckett, 2nd Baronet, FRS was a British lawyer and Tory politician.Beckett was the son of Sir John Beckett, 1st Baronet , and his wife Mary, daughter of Christopher Wilson...

    • Joseph Planta
      Joseph Planta
      Sir Joseph Planta GCH was a British diplomat and politician of Swiss descent. He was the MP for Hastings, England.Joseph Planta was the son of another Joseph Planta , who moved from Switzerland to England and who became the Principal Librarian of the British Museum in London...


First Peel ministry (1834–1835)

  • 26 December 1834
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel , was a British Tory politician.Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen . He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and the elder brother of Jonathan Peel. He was educated at Harrow and St John's College,...

    • Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
      Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
      Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG, PC , styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician.-Background:...

    • William David Murray, Viscount Stormont
      William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
      William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield KT DL , was a British Conservative politician....

    • Charles Ross
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

  • 14 March 1835
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel
      William Yates Peel , was a British Tory politician.Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen . He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and the elder brother of Jonathan Peel. He was educated at Harrow and St John's College,...

    • Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln
      Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne
      Henry Pelham Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne KG, PC , styled Earl of Lincoln before 1851, was a British politician.-Background:...

    • William David Murray, Viscount Stormont
      William Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield
      William David Murray, 4th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield KT DL , was a British Conservative politician....

    • Charles Ross
    • John Iltyd Nicholl
      John Iltyd Nicholl
      John Nicholl was a Welsh Member of Parliament and was, for a very short time in 1835, a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. His father was Sir John Nicholl, who like his son was a judge and politician.-Personal history:...


Second Melbourne ministry (1835–1839)

  • 18 April 1835
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
      Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
      Sir Edward Adolphus Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC , styled Baron Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century...

    • William Henry Ord
      William Ord
      William Henry Ord was an English Whig politician and landowner, the son of William Ord and Eleanor Brandling.He inherited estates and coal and lead mining interests at Whitfield, Northumberland on the death of his father. His residence was Whitfield Hall...

    • Robert Steuart
  • 16 May 1835
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
      Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
      Sir Edward Adolphus Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC , styled Baron Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century...

    • William Henry Ord
      William Ord
      William Henry Ord was an English Whig politician and landowner, the son of William Ord and Eleanor Brandling.He inherited estates and coal and lead mining interests at Whitfield, Northumberland on the death of his father. His residence was Whitfield Hall...

    • Robert Steuart
    • Richard More O'Ferrall
      Richard More O'Ferrall
      Richard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot....

  • 18 July 1837
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour
      Edward Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset
      Sir Edward Adolphus Seymour , 12th Duke of Somerset, etc. KG, PC , styled Baron Seymour until 1855, was a British Whig aristocrat and politician, who served in various cabinet positions in the mid-19th century...

    • Robert Steuart
    • Richard More O'Ferrall
      Richard More O'Ferrall
      Richard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot....

    • John Parker
  • 28 August 1839
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Francis Thornhill Baring (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Steuart
    • John Parker
    • Thomas Wyse, Jr.
      Thomas Wyse
      Sir Thomas Wyse KCB , an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have...

    • Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the North Essex election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854...

  • 26 May 1840
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Francis Thornhill Baring (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Parker
    • Thomas Wyse, Jr.
      Thomas Wyse
      Sir Thomas Wyse KCB , an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have...

    • Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the North Essex election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854...

    • Edward Horsman
      Edward Horsman
      Edward Horsman PC, PC , was a British politician.-Background and education:Horsman was the son of William Horsman, a well-to-do gentleman of Stirling, Scotland, who died 22 March 1845, aged 86. His mother was Jane, third daughter of Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet, and sister of the seventh and...

  • 23 June 1841
    • William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
      William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister . He is best known for his intense and successful mentoring of Queen Victoria, at ages 18-21, in the ways of politics...

       (First Lord)
    • Francis Thornhill Baring (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Wyse, Jr.
      Thomas Wyse
      Sir Thomas Wyse KCB , an Irish politician and diplomat, belonged to a family claiming descent from a Devon man, Andrew Wyse, who is said to have crossed over to Ireland during the reign of Henry II and obtained lands near Waterford, of which city thirty-three members of the family are said to have...

    • Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell
      Henry Tufnell was a British Whig politician. He entered the House of Commons in 1837 as a member for Ipswich, having previously been defeated in the North Essex election in 1835, but lost that seat a year later. He was returned for Devonport in a by-election in 1840 and held that seat until 1854...

    • Edward Horsman
      Edward Horsman
      Edward Horsman PC, PC , was a British politician.-Background and education:Horsman was the son of William Horsman, a well-to-do gentleman of Stirling, Scotland, who died 22 March 1845, aged 86. His mother was Jane, third daughter of Sir John Dalrymple, 4th Baronet, and sister of the seventh and...

    • William Francis Cowper
      William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple
      William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple PC , known as William Cowper before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman....


Second Peel ministry (1841–1846)

  • 6 September 1841
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell was a British Conservative politician.James Milnes-Gaskell was the only child of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House. He was born on the 19th October 1810 and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was M.P. for Wenlock from 1832-1868 and first Lord of the Treasury...

    • Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....

    • Alexander Pringle
      Alexander Pringle
      Alexander Pringle was a Scottish Conservative politician.-References:...

    • John Young
      John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar
      John Young, 1st Baron Lisgar, Bt, GCB, GCMG, PC was the second Governor General of Canada, in office from 1869 to 1872.-Biography:...

  • 21 May 1844
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell was a British Conservative politician.James Milnes-Gaskell was the only child of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House. He was born on the 19th October 1810 and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was M.P. for Wenlock from 1832-1868 and first Lord of the Treasury...

    • Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....

    • Alexander Pringle
      Alexander Pringle
      Alexander Pringle was a Scottish Conservative politician.-References:...

    • Lord Arthur Lennox
      Lord Arthur Lennox
      Lord Arthur Lennox was a British politician. He was the youngest son of the 4th Duke of Richmond and the uncle of Lord Henry Lennox....

  • 26 April 1845
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell was a British Conservative politician.James Milnes-Gaskell was the only child of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House. He was born on the 19th October 1810 and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was M.P. for Wenlock from 1832-1868 and first Lord of the Treasury...

    • Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....

    • Lord Arthur Lennox
      Lord Arthur Lennox
      Lord Arthur Lennox was a British politician. He was the youngest son of the 4th Duke of Richmond and the uncle of Lord Henry Lennox....

    • William Forbes Mackenzie
      William Forbes Mackenzie
      William Forbes Mackenzie was a Scottish Conservative politician and temperance reformer. He is best known for the Forbes MacKenzie Act, legislation passed in 1853 to regulate public houses in Scotland....

  • 8 August 1845
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell
      James Milnes Gaskell was a British Conservative politician.James Milnes-Gaskell was the only child of Benjamin Gaskell of Thornes House. He was born on the 19th October 1810 and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. He was M.P. for Wenlock from 1832-1868 and first Lord of the Treasury...

    • Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....

    • William Forbes Mackenzie
      William Forbes Mackenzie
      William Forbes Mackenzie was a Scottish Conservative politician and temperance reformer. He is best known for the Forbes MacKenzie Act, legislation passed in 1853 to regulate public houses in Scotland....

    • William Cripps
      William Cripps
      William Cripps was a British Conservative MP. He sat for the constituency of Cirencester from 1841 until his death in 1848. From 1845 until 1846 he held minor office in Sir Robert Peel's government as a Junior Lord of the Treasury.- References :...

  • 11 March 1846
    • Sir Robert Peel, Bt
      Robert Peel
      Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846...

       (First Lord)
    • Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn
      Henry Goulburn PC FRS was an English Conservative statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring
      Henry Bingham Baring was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the half-brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and a member of the distinguished Baring family....

    • William Cripps
      William Cripps
      William Cripps was a British Conservative MP. He sat for the constituency of Cirencester from 1841 until his death in 1848. From 1845 until 1846 he held minor office in Sir Robert Peel's government as a Junior Lord of the Treasury.- References :...

    • Hon. Swynfen Thomas Carnegie
    • Ralph Neville
      Ralph Neville-Grenville
      Ralph Neville-Grenville DL, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.-Background:Born Ralph Neville, he was the eldest son of Very Rev. Hon. George Neville-Grenville, in turn son of Richard Griffin, 2nd Baron Braybrooke, and his wife Lady Charlotte Legge, second daughter of George Legge, 3rd...


First Russell ministry (1846–1852)

  • 6 July 1846
    • The Lord John Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Charles Wood, Bt
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington
      Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
      Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue , known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional politician.He entered the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for Plymouth...

    • The O'Conor Don
      Denis O'Conor
      He was MP for Roscommon from 1831 to 1847. He became a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord John Russell's government but died the next year.- References :...

    • William Gibson Craig
      William Gibson Craig
      Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet , was a Scottish Advocate and politician.The eldest son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, William became an advocate in 1820. He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death...

    • Henry Rich
  • 6 August 1847
    • The Lord John Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Charles Wood, Bt
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington
      Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue
      Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue , known as Viscount Ebrington from 1841 to 1861, was a British peer and occasional politician.He entered the House of Commons in 1841 as a member for Plymouth...

    • William Gibson Craig
      William Gibson Craig
      Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet , was a Scottish Advocate and politician.The eldest son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, William became an advocate in 1820. He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death...

    • Henry Rich
    • Richard Montesquieu Bellew
  • 24 December 1847
    • The Lord John Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Charles Wood, Bt
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax
      Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax GCB PC , known as Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Bt between 1846 and 1866, was a British Whig politician and Member of Parliament. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1846 to 1852....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Gibson Craig
      William Gibson Craig
      Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet , was a Scottish Advocate and politician.The eldest son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, William became an advocate in 1820. He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death...

    • Henry Rich
    • Richard Montesquieu Bellew
    • Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, Earl of Shelburne
      Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne
      Henry Thomas Petty-Fitzmaurice, 4th Marquess of Lansdowne KG , styled Lord Henry Petty-FitzMaurice until 1836 and Earl of Shelburne between 1836 and 1863, was a British politician.-Background and education:...

       (to August, 1848)

First Derby ministry (1852)

  • 28 February 1852
    • Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

       (First Lord)
    • Benjamin Disraeli
      Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
      Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. Starting from comparatively humble origins, he served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Richard Grenville, Marquess of Chandos
    • Lord Henry Lennox
      Lord Henry Lennox
      Lord Henry George Charles Gordon-Lennox PC , known as Lord Henry Lennox, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1846 to 1885 and was a close friend of Benjamin Disraeli....

    • Thomas Bateson
      Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore
      Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore , known as Sir Thomas Bateson, 2nd Bt from 1863 until 1885, was a British peer and Conservative Party politician.-Biography:...


Aberdeen ministry (1852–1855)

  • 1 January 1853
    • George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
      George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
      George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRS, PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...

       (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey , known before 1826 as Alfred Hervey, was a minor British politician. He was the youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and Lord Palmerston's first government.Lord Alfred was one of...

    • Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
      Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss
      Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO , styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician...

    • John Sadleir
      John Sadleir
      John Sadleir was an Irish financier and politician.He entered the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1847 as a Member of Parliament for Carlow...

  • 6 March 1854
    • George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
      George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
      George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen KG, KT, FRS, PC , styled Lord Haddo from 1791 to 1801, was a Scottish politician, successively a Tory, Conservative and Peelite, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.-Early life:Born in Edinburgh on 28 January 1784, he...

       (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey , known before 1826 as Alfred Hervey, was a minor British politician. He was the youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and Lord Palmerston's first government.Lord Alfred was one of...

    • Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho
      Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss
      Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO , styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician...

    • Chichester Fortescue
      Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
      Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC , known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal...


First Palmerston ministry (1855–1858)

  • 10 February 1855
    • Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey
      Lord Alfred Hervey , known before 1826 as Alfred Hervey, was a minor British politician. He was the youngest son of Frederick Hervey, 1st Marquess of Bristol. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord Aberdeen's coalition government and Lord Palmerston's first government.Lord Alfred was one of...

    • Francis Charteris, Baron Elcho
      Francis Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss
      Francis Richard Charteris, 10th Earl of Wemyss GCVO , styled as Lord Elcho between 1853 and 1883, was a British Whig politician...

    • Chichester Fortescue
      Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
      Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC , known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal...

  • 7 March 1855
    • Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
      Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC , known popularly as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt
      George Cornewall Lewis
      Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
      Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
      Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, GCMG, PC was the last Governor General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East...

    • Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan
      Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown
      Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown , styled Viscount Duncan between 1831 and 1859, was a British nobleman and politician....

    • Chichester Fortescue
      Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue, 1st Baron Carlingford
      Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, 2nd Baron Clermont and 1st Baron Carlingford KP, PC , known as Chichester Fortescue until 1863 and as Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue between 1863 and 1874, Lord Carlingford from 1874 to 1887 and Lord Clermont after 1887, was a British statesman and Liberal...

  • 16 April 1855
    • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord)
    • Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt
      George Cornewall Lewis
      Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet PC was a British statesman and man of letters.-Family:He was born in London, the son of Thomas Frankland Lewis of Harpton Court, Radnorshire and his wife Harriet Cornewall...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
      Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck
      Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck, GCMG, PC was the last Governor General of the Province of Canada and the first Governor General of Canada after Canadian Confederation. Prior to Confederation he was concurrently Lieutenant Governor of both Canada West and Canada East...

    • Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan
      Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown
      Adam Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Earl of Camperdown , styled Viscount Duncan between 1831 and 1859, was a British nobleman and politician....

    • Henry Brand
      Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden
      Henry Bouverie William Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden GCB, PC , was a British Liberal politician. He served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1872 to 1884.-Background and education:...


Second Derby ministry (1858–1859)

  • 1 March 1858
    • Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

       (First Lord)
    • Benjamin Disraeli (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Henry Gordon-Lennox
    • Thomas Edward Taylor
      Thomas Edward Taylor
      Thomas Edward Taylor PC , was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1868 and between 1874 and 1880 under Benjamin Disraeli.-Background and education:...

    • Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to...

  • 15 March 1859
    • Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

       (First Lord)
    • Benjamin Disraeli (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Edward Taylor
      Thomas Edward Taylor
      Thomas Edward Taylor PC , was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in 1868 and between 1874 and 1880 under Benjamin Disraeli.-Background and education:...

    • Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to...

    • Peter Blackburn

Second Palmerston ministry (1859–1865)

  • 24 June 1859
    • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
    • Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
    • John Bagwell
  • 25 March 1862
    • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
    • Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet
    • Lt. Col. Luke White
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen , and was educated at Eton. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Longford...

  • 21 April 1865
    • Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
    • William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

    • Lt. Col. Luke White
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen , and was educated at Eton. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Longford...


Second Russell ministry (1865–1866)

  • 6 November 1865
    • John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

       (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen
    • Lt. Col. Luke White
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly
      Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen , and was educated at Eton. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Longford...

    • William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

  • 2 June 1866
    • John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
      John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an English Whig and Liberal politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....

       (First Lord)
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Bonham-Carter
    • William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

    • John Esmonde

Third Derby ministry (1866–1868)

  • 12 July 1866
    • Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
      Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC was an English statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. He was known before 1834 as Edward Stanley, and from 1834 to 1851 as Lord Stanley...

       (First Lord)
    • Benjamin Disraeli (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Gerard James Noel
    • Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
      Graham Graham-Montgomery
      Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Stanhope was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons. He entered the House in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and held this seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk. He was returned for the newly unified...

    • Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to...


First Disraeli ministry (1868)

  • 29 February 1868
    • Benjamin Disraeli (First Lord)
    • George Ward Hunt
      George Ward Hunt
      George Ward Hunt was a British Conservative Party politician and statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1st and 2nd ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.-Background:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Gerard James Noel
    • Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
      Graham Graham-Montgomery
      Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Stanhope was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons. He entered the House in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and held this seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk. He was returned for the newly unified...

    • Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to...


  • 2 November 1868
    • Benjamin Disraeli (First Lord)
    • George Ward Hunt
      George Ward Hunt
      George Ward Hunt was a British Conservative Party politician and statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty in 1st and 2nd ministries of Benjamin Disraeli.-Background:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Claud John Hamilton
      Lord Claud John Hamilton
      Lord Claud John Hamilton was a British Member of Parliament during the Victorian era.Born the second son of James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Abercorn and his wife Lady Louisa Jane Russell, Hamilton was educated at Harrow School...

    • Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet
      Graham Graham-Montgomery
      Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Stanhope was a Scottish baronet and member of the British House of Commons. He entered the House in 1852 as a member for Peeblesshire, and held this seat until 1868, when it was united with that of Selkirk. He was returned for the newly unified...

    • Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore
      Henry Whitmore was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1852 and 1870.Whitmore was the son of Thomas Whitmore of Apley Park near Bridgnorth and his wife Catherine Thomasson, daughter of Thomas Thomasson of York. His father was M.P. for Bridgnorth from 1806 to...


First Gladstone ministry (1868–1874)

  • 16 December 1868
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord)
    • Robert Lowe
      Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke
      Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke PC , British and Australian statesman, was a pivotal but often forgotten figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1868 and 1873 and as Home...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Stansfeld, Jr.
      James Stansfield
      Sir James Stansfield PC , was a British politician. He was appointed the first ever President of the Local Government Board in 1871, an office he held until 1874 and again briefly in 1886.-Background and education:...

    • Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
    • William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

    • Hon. John Cranch Walker Vivian
      John Cranch Walker Vivian
      John Cranch Walker Vivian was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1841 and 1871....

  • 2 November 1869
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord)
    • Robert Lowe (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne
    • William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam
      William Patrick Adam, CIE, DL was a British colonial administrator and Liberal politician. He was twice First Commissioner of Works under William Ewart Gladstone and also served briefly as Governor of Madras between 1880 and 1881.-Background and education:Adam was the son of Admiral Sir Charles...

    • Hon. John Cranch Walker Vivian
      John Cranch Walker Vivian
      John Cranch Walker Vivian was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1841 and 1871....

    • William Henry Gladstone
      William Henry Gladstone
      William Henry Gladstone was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament, and the eldest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and his wife Catherine née Glynne....

  • 8 August 1873
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish
    • William Henry Gladstone
      William Henry Gladstone
      William Henry Gladstone was a British Liberal Party Member of Parliament, and the eldest son of Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone and his wife Catherine née Glynne....

    • Hon. Algernon William Fulke Greville
      Algernon Greville, 2nd Baron Greville
      Algernon William Fulke Greville, 2nd Baron Greville was a British politician.Algernon was the eldest son of Fulke Southwell Greville and his wife Lady Rosa Nugent, the only daughter and heir of the Marquess of Westmeath...


Second Disraeli ministry (1874–1880)

  • 4 March 1874
    • Benjamin Disraeli (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet
      Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
      Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC , known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Arthur Philip Henry Stanhope, Viscount Mahon
    • Rowland Winn
      Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald
      Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of Charles Winn of Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, he lived in 1850s in another family property, Appleby Hall near Scunthorpe, and married Harriet Dumaresque...

    • Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet
  • 16 February 1876
    • Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
      Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield
      Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRS, was a British Prime Minister, parliamentarian, Conservative statesman and literary figure. Starting from comparatively humble origins, he served in government for three decades, twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet
      Stafford Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh
      Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh GCB, PC , known as Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt, from 1851 to 1885, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Henry Crichton, Viscount Crichton
      John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne
      John Henry Crichton, 4th Earl Erne KP, PC , known as Viscount Crichton from 1842 to 1885, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Conservative politician....

    • Rowland Winn
      Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald
      Rowland Winn, 1st Baron St Oswald was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician.The eldest son of Charles Winn of Nostell Priory, near Wakefield, he lived in 1850s in another family property, Appleby Hall near Scunthorpe, and married Harriet Dumaresque...

    • Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet

Second Gladstone ministry (1880–1885)

  • 5 May 1880
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt.
      Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham
      Arthur Divett Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham PC , known as Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt, from 1878 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician...

    • John Holms
      John Holms
      John Holms JP, DL , was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.-Background:Holms was the son of James Holms of Sancel Bank, Paisley, and his wife Janet Love, daughter of James Love, of Paisley. His brother William Holms was MP for Paisley.-Career:Holms was a partner in W. Holms Bros,...

    • Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...

  • 24 August 1881
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bt.
      Arthur Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham
      Arthur Divett Hayter, 1st Baron Haversham PC , known as Sir Arthur Hayter, Bt, from 1878 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician...

    • John Holms
      John Holms
      John Holms JP, DL , was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician.-Background:Holms was the son of James Holms of Sancel Bank, Paisley, and his wife Janet Love, daughter of James Love, of Paisley. His brother William Holms was MP for Paisley.-Career:Holms was a partner in W. Holms Bros,...

    • Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...

    • Herbert John Gladstone
  • 26 June 1882
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...

    • Herbert John Gladstone
    • Robert William Duff
  • 1 January 1883
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes
      Charles Cecil Cotes was a British Liberal politician.Cotes entered Parliament for Shrewsbury at the 1874 general election, and held the seat until 1885...

    • Herbert John Gladstone
    • Robert William Duff

First Salisbury ministry (1885–1886)

  • 29 June 1885
    • Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (First Lord)
    • Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt. (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Dalrymple
      Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet
      Sir Charles Dalrymple, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish Conservative politician.Born Charles Fergusson, he was the second son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, and grandson of Sir James Fergusson, 4th Baronet, and his wife Jean, daughter of David Dalrymple, Lord Hailes. Sir James...

    • Hon. Sidney Herbert
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO, PC , styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895, was a British politician and peer.-Background and education:...

    • Lt. Col. William Hood Walrond
      William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
      William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran PC , known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage...


Third Gladstone ministry (1886)

  • 13 February 1886
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir William Vernon Harcourt
      William Vernon Harcourt (politician)
      Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Edward James Reed
      Edward James Reed
      Sir Edward James Reed , KCB, FRS, was a British naval architect, author, politician, and railroad magnate. He was the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy from 1863 until 1870...

    • Cyril Flower
      Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea
      Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea was a British Liberal politician and patron of art.-Background and education:...

    • George Granville Leveson-Gower

Second Salisbury ministry (1886–1892)

  • 9 August 1886
    • Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (First Lord)
    • Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill
      Lord Randolph Churchill
      Lord Randolph Henry Spencer-Churchill MP was a British statesman. He was the third son of the 7th Duke of Marlborough and his wife Lady Frances Anne Emily Vane , daughter of the 3rd Marquess of Londonderry...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Sidney Herbert
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO, PC , styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895, was a British politician and peer.-Background and education:...

    • Col. William Hood Walrond
      William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
      William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran PC , known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage...

    • Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Bt
      Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
      The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith, KT, PC, FRS, FRGS was a Scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906....

  • 17 January 1887
    • William Henry Smith (First Lord)
    • George Joachim Goschen (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Sidney Herbert
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO, PC , styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895, was a British politician and peer.-Background and education:...

    • Col. William Hood Walrond
      William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
      William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran PC , known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage...

    • Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Bt
      Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
      The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith, KT, PC, FRS, FRGS was a Scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906....

  • 9 November 1891
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • George Joachim Goschen (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. Sidney Herbert
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke
      Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery GCVO, PC , styled The Honourable Sidney Herbert between 1861 and 1895, was a British politician and peer.-Background and education:...

    • Col. William Hood Walrond
      William Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran
      William Hood Walrond, 1st Baron Waleran PC , known as Sir William Walrond, Bt, between 1889 and 1905, was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 until 1906 when he was raised to the peerage...

    • Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Bt
      Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet
      The Rt. Hon. Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet of Monreith, KT, PC, FRS, FRGS was a Scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906....


Fourth Gladstone ministry (1892–1894)

  • 22 August 1892
    • William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone
      William Ewart Gladstone FRS FSS was a British Liberal statesman. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times , more than any other person. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister, 84 years old when he resigned for the last time...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir William Vernon Harcourt
      William Vernon Harcourt (politician)
      Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Edward Ellis
    • Richard Knight Causton
    • William Alexander McArthur
      William Alexander McArthur
      William Alexander McArthur , was a British Liberal politician.McArthur was born in Australia, the son of Alexander McArthur and his wife Maria Boden. His father was a businessman and politician in Australia and England, becoming MP for Leicester...


Rosebery ministry (1894–1895)

  • 15 March 1894
    • Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
      Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
      Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, KG, PC was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl, in 1868, he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.Rosebery was a Liberal Imperialist who...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir William Vernon Harcourt
      William Vernon Harcourt (politician)
      Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a British lawyer, journalist and Liberal statesman. He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Ewart Gladstone before becoming Leader of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Edward Ellis
    • Richard Knight Causton
    • William Alexander McArthur
      William Alexander McArthur
      William Alexander McArthur , was a British Liberal politician.McArthur was born in Australia, the son of Alexander McArthur and his wife Maria Boden. His father was a businessman and politician in Australia and England, becoming MP for Leicester...


Third Salisbury ministry (1895–1902)

  • 6 July 1895
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther was a British Liberal Unionist politician.The second son of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet MP, he was educated at Eton and Edinburgh University. He became an advocate in Edinburgh in 1884, and was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs from...

    • William Hayes Fisher
      William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
      William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...

    • Lord Stanley
      Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
      Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...

  • November 1900
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther was a British Liberal Unionist politician.The second son of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet MP, he was educated at Eton and Edinburgh University. He became an advocate in Edinburgh in 1884, and was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs from...

    • William Hayes Fisher
      William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
      William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...

    • Ailwyn Fellowes
      Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn
      Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn KCVO, KBE, PC , was a British businessman, farmer and Conservative politician...


Balfour ministry (1902–1905)

  • 15 August 1902
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • Charles Thomson Ritchie
      Charles Thomson Ritchie
      Charles Thomson Ritchie, 1st Baron Ritchie of Dundee PC was a British businessman and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 until 1905 when he was raised to the peerage...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther
      Henry Torrens Anstruther was a British Liberal Unionist politician.The second son of Sir Robert Anstruther, 5th Baronet MP, he was educated at Eton and Edinburgh University. He became an advocate in Edinburgh in 1884, and was Liberal Unionist Member of Parliament for St Andrews Burghs from...

    • Ailwyn Fellowes
      Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn
      Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn KCVO, KBE, PC , was a British businessman, farmer and Conservative politician...

    • Henry Forster
      Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
      Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...

  • 15 October 1903
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Ailwyn Fellowes
      Ailwyn Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn
      Ailwyn Edward Fellowes, 1st Baron Ailwyn KCVO, KBE, PC , was a British businessman, farmer and Conservative politician...

    • Henry Forster
      Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
      Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...

    • Lord Balcarres
      David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
      David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

  • 17 June 1905
    • Arthur James Balfour (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Henry Forster
      Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
      Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...

    • Lord Balcarres
      David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
      David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

    • Lord Edmund Talbot
      Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
      Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...


Campbell-Bannerman ministry (1905–1908)

  • 22 December 1905
    • Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...

       (First Lord)
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Joseph Albert Pease
    • Herbert Lewis
      Herbert Lewis
      Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

    • Freeman Thomas
      Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon
      Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.Freeman-Thomas was born in England and...

    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

  • 25 January 1906
    • Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...

       (First Lord)
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Joseph Albert Pease
    • Herbert Lewis
      Herbert Lewis
      Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

    • John Fuller
      Sir John Fuller, 1st Baronet
      Sir John Michael Fleetwood Fuller, 1st Baronet KCMG , was a British Liberal Party politician and colonial administrator....

  • 27 February 1907
    • Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Henry Campbell-Bannerman
      Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB was a British Liberal Party politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and Leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 1908. He also served as Secretary of State for War twice, in the Cabinets of Gladstone and Rosebery...

       (First Lord)
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Joseph Albert Pease
    • Herbert Lewis
      Herbert Lewis
      Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

    • John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley , often known as J. H. Whitley, was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.- Family and early career :John Henry...


Asquith ministry (1908–1916)

  • 8 April 1908
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Joseph Albert Pease
    • Herbert Lewis
      Herbert Lewis
      Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

    • John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley , often known as J. H. Whitley, was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.- Family and early career :John Henry...

  • 1 June 1908
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Herbert Lewis
      Herbert Lewis
      Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

    • John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley , often known as J. H. Whitley, was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.- Family and early career :John Henry...

  • 8 July 1909
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Cecil William Norton
      Cecil Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan
      Cecil William Norton, 1st Baron Rathcreedan , was a British Liberal Party politician.Norton was the son of William Norton, Rector of Baltinglass, Ireland. He was elected to the House of Commons for Newington West in 1892, a seat he held until 1916, and served under Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and...

    • John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley
      John Henry Whitley , often known as J. H. Whitley, was a respected and successful British politician whose life and career spanned a period of significant social change, from roots in the heart of the Industrial Revolution through to the inter-war period.- Family and early career :John Henry...

    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • Oswald Partington
  • 7 March 1910
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • Oswald Partington
    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • Ernest Soares
      Ernest Soares
      Sir Ernest Joseph Soares , was a British solicitor and Liberal politician.Soares was the son of José Luís Xavier Soares, a Liverpool merchant of Portuguese or Brazilian origin, and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law. He was a partner in Allen, Prestage and Soares,...

    • Percy Illingworth
      Percy Illingworth
      Percy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal Party. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...

  • 26 January 1911
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Percy Illingworth
      Percy Illingworth
      Percy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal Party. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...

    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • Ernest Soares
      Ernest Soares
      Sir Ernest Joseph Soares , was a British solicitor and Liberal politician.Soares was the son of José Luís Xavier Soares, a Liverpool merchant of Portuguese or Brazilian origin, and was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, where he read law. He was a partner in Allen, Prestage and Soares,...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

  • 1 May 1911
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Percy Illingworth
      Percy Illingworth
      Percy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal Party. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...

    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

    • Frederick Edward Guest
      Frederick Edward Guest
      Frederick Edward Guest CBE DSO PC , often known as Freddie Guest, was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party between 1917 and 1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922...

  • 23 February 1912
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Percy Illingworth
      Percy Illingworth
      Percy Holden Illingworth was a British Liberal Party. He served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury under H. H...

    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

    • Sir Arthur Haworth, Bt
      Sir Arthur Haworth, 1st Baronet
      Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth, 1st Baronet , was a British businessman and Liberal politician.He was born in Eccles, Lancashire, and was the eldest son of Abraham Haworth of Altrincham. He was educated at Rugby School before going into business in Manchester. He became a senior partner in James...

  • 16 August 1912
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Gulland
      John Gulland
      John William Gulland was a British Liberal Party politician.Gulland entered Parliament as Member for Dumfries Burghs at the 1906 general election. He was a junior Lord of the Treasury from 1909 until 1915, when he was promoted to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury upon the unexpected death...

    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

    • Henry Webb
      Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
      Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean and Cardiff East , and as Junior Lord of the Treasury .- Biography :Educated at Lausanne and Paris, he trained as a mining engineer and became a...

  • 25 January 1915
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

    • Henry Webb
      Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
      Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean and Cardiff East , and as Junior Lord of the Treasury .- Biography :Educated at Lausanne and Paris, he trained as a mining engineer and became a...

  • 4 February 1915
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Benn
      William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate
      Air Commodore William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate PC, DSO, DFC was a British Liberal politician who later joined the Labour Party. He was Secretary of State for India between 1929 and 1931 and Secretary of State for Air between 1945 and 1946...

    • William Jones
      William Jones (Liberal politician)
      William Jones was a British Liberal Party politician.-Early history:Jones was born in 1857 at Ceint Bach near Llangefni in Wales to Richard and Alice Jones...

    • Henry Webb
      Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet
      Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Henry Webb, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal Party politician who was Member of Parliament for Forest of Dean and Cardiff East , and as Junior Lord of the Treasury .- Biography :Educated at Lausanne and Paris, he trained as a mining engineer and became a...

    • Cecil Beck
      Cecil Beck
      Sir Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck was a British Liberal Party politician.Beck was educated at Haileybury and the University of Cambridge....

    • Walter Rea
      Walter Rea, 1st Baron Rea
      Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea , was a British merchant banker and Liberal politician.Rea was the son of Russell Rea. He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916...

  • 27 May 1915
    • Herbert Henry Asquith (First Lord)
    • Reginald McKenna
      Reginald McKenna
      Reginald McKenna was a British banker and Liberal politician. He notably served as Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer during the premiership of H. H. Asquith.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Henry Roberts
      George Henry Roberts
      George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...

    • Geoffrey Howard
      Geoffrey Howard (Liberal politician)
      The Honourable Geoffrey William Algernon Howard JP was a British Liberal politician. He served as Vice-Chamberlain of the Household under H. H...

    • William Bridgeman
    • Walter Rea
      Walter Rea, 1st Baron Rea
      Walter Russell Rea, 1st Baron Rea , was a British merchant banker and Liberal politician.Rea was the son of Russell Rea. He was elected to the House of Commons for Scarborough in 1906, a seat he held until 1918, and served under H. H. Asquith as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1915 to 1916...


Lloyd George ministry (1916–1922)

  • 11 December 1916
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Andrew Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Hope
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

  • 26 January 1917
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Andrew Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Hope
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

  • 29 January 1917
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Andrew Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Hope
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

  • 21 June 1917
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Andrew Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Hope
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

  • 14 January 1919
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Hope
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

  • 14 January 1919
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

  • 5 February 1919
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Pratt
      John Pratt (Liberal politician)
      Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

    • Robert Sanders
      Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
      Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

  • 14 August 1919
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Sanders
      Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
      Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

    • Sir Godfrey Collins
      Godfrey Collins
      Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins KBE, CMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893...

    • William Edge was appointed Assistant Liberal Whip at this time, but was not a Lord of the Treasury
  • 14 February 1920
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Robert Sanders, Bt
      Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
      Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

    • Sir William Sutherland
      William Sutherland (Scottish politician)
      Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...

  • 26 March 1920
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Austen Chamberlain
      Austen Chamberlain
      Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Robert Sanders, Bt
      Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
      Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

    • Sir William Sutherland
      William Sutherland (Scottish politician)
      Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...

  • 1 April 1921
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Robert Horne
      Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne
      Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones
      Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

    • Sir William Sutherland
      William Sutherland (Scottish politician)
      Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...

    • Sir John Gilmour, Bt
  • July 1922
    • David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George
      David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Robert Horne
      Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne
      Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Parker
      James Parker (Labour politician)
      James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

    • Sir John Gilmour, Bt
    • Thomas Arthur Lewis
      Thomas Arthur Lewis
      Thomas Arthur Lewis was a Welsh school teacher, barrister and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:...


Bonar Law ministry (1922–1923)

  • October 1922
    • Andrew Bonar Law (First Lord)
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley DSO , was a British Conservative politician.Buckley entered Parliament for Waterloo in the 1918 general election. He held office under Andrew Bonar Law as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1922 to 1923 and under Bonar Law and later Stanley Baldwin as Secretary for Overseas Trade...

  • 6 December 1922
    • Andrew Bonar Law (First Lord)
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley DSO , was a British Conservative politician.Buckley entered Parliament for Waterloo in the 1918 general election. He held office under Andrew Bonar Law as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1922 to 1923 and under Bonar Law and later Stanley Baldwin as Secretary for Overseas Trade...

    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

  • 6 February 1923
    • Andrew Bonar Law (First Lord)
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley
      Albert Buckley DSO , was a British Conservative politician.Buckley entered Parliament for Waterloo in the 1918 general election. He held office under Andrew Bonar Law as a Junior Lord of the Treasury from 1922 to 1923 and under Bonar Law and later Stanley Baldwin as Secretary for Overseas Trade...

    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • Frederick Thomson
  • 22 March 1923
    • Andrew Bonar Law (First Lord)
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • Frederick Thomson
    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

  • 10 April 1923
    • Andrew Bonar Law (First Lord)
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Patrick Johnston Ford

First Baldwin ministry (1923–1924)

  • 25 May 1923
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Patrick Johnston Ford
  • 18 July 1923
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt
      William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford
      William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford PC, PC , DL , known as Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt, from 1919 to 1929 and popularly known as Jix, was an English solicitor and Conservative Party politician, best known as a long-serving and controversial Home Secretary from 1924 to 1929, during which...

    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Patrick Johnston Ford
  • 24 August 1923
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Patrick Johnston Ford
  • December 1923
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • H. Douglas King
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Sir John Gilmour, Bt

First MacDonald ministry (1924)

  • 20 February 1924
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Graham
    • Frederick Hall
      Frederick Hall (politician)
      Frederick Hall was a Liberal Party then Labour Party politician in England.He was elected to the House of Commons at a by-election in 1905 as a Liberal, following the death of the sitting Member of Parliament , William Parrott. In 1909 his trade union instructed him to take the Labour Party whip...

    • Tom Kennedy
      Tom Kennedy (UK politician)
      Thomas Kennedy PC was a Scottish Labour politician.Kennedy was born in Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, and became a railway clerk. He joined the Social Democratic Federation and soon became its organiser for Aberdeen, standing for Parliament in Aberdeen North in 1906 and January 1910...

    • John Robertson
      John Robertson (Bothwell MP)
      John Robertson MBE was a Scottish Labour Party politician.He began work in the coal mines as a boy of thirteen, eventually becoming Chairman of the Scottish Miners' Union...

    • George Henry Warne

Second Baldwin ministry (1924–1929)

  • 7 November 1924
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Hennessy
      George Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham
      George Richard James Hennessy, 1st Baron Windlesham OBE , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Hennessy, an Anglo-Irish aristocrat, served in the First World War as a Major in the King's Royal Rifle Corps and on the Staff of the 8th Division...

    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Frederick Thomson
    • Viscount Curzon
      Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
      Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...

    • Lord Stanley
  • 17 December 1925
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Frederick Thomson
    • Viscount Curzon
      Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
      Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...

    • Lord Stanley
  • 28 July 1926
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope
      William Cope, 1st Baron Cope , known as Sir William Cope, Bt, between 1928 and 1945, was a Welsh Conservative Party politician, who was also notable as an international rugby union player for Wales...

    • Frederick Thomson
    • Viscount Curzon
      Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
      Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...

    • Lord Stanley
    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

  • 14 January 1928
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Viscount Curzon
      Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe
      Francis Richard Henry Penn Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, CBE, PC, VD was a British naval officer, Member of Parliament, motor racing driver and promotor. In the 1918 UK General Election he won the Battersea South seat as the candidate of the Conservative Party, which he held until 1929...

    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

    • George Bowyer
      George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham
      Captain George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, MC, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.Bowyer was educated at Eton and Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1910...

    • Frederick Penny
      Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
      Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood KCVO, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.The second son of Frederick James Penny of Bitterne in Hampshire, Penny was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton.He was a senior partner Fraser & Co., Government brokers,...

    • Marquess of Titchfield
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
      William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG , known as Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician....

  • 15 January 1929
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

    • George Bowyer
      George Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham
      Captain George Edward Wentworth Bowyer, 1st Baron Denham, MC, DL was a British Conservative Party politician.Bowyer was educated at Eton and Oxford and was called to the Bar in 1910...

    • Frederick Penny
      Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
      Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood KCVO, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.The second son of Frederick James Penny of Bitterne in Hampshire, Penny was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton.He was a senior partner Fraser & Co., Government brokers,...

    • Marquess of Titchfield
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
      William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG , known as Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Euan Wallace
      Euan Wallace
      Captain David Euan Wallace, MC, MP, PC was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II...


Second MacDonald ministry (1929–1931)

  • 11 June 1929
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • J. Allen Parkinson
    • Charles Edwards
      Charles Edwards (UK politician)
      Sir Charles Edwards was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire...

    • Alfred Barnes
  • 24 June 1929
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • J. Allen Parkinson
    • Charles Edwards
      Charles Edwards (UK politician)
      Sir Charles Edwards was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire...

    • Alfred Barnes
    • William Whiteley
      William Whiteley (politician)
      William Whiteley, CH, PC, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham.William Whiteley, not to be confused with the founder of the Department Store of the same name, was a Durham miner by background and lodge official also...

    • Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...

  • 24 October 1930
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • J. Allen Parkinson
    • Charles Edwards
      Charles Edwards (UK politician)
      Sir Charles Edwards was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire...

    • William Whiteley
      William Whiteley (politician)
      William Whiteley, CH, PC, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham.William Whiteley, not to be confused with the founder of the Department Store of the same name, was a Durham miner by background and lodge official also...

    • Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...

    • Ernest Thurtle
      Ernest Thurtle
      Ernest Thurtle was a British Labour politician.Thurtle worked as am accountant and salesman...

  • 20 March 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
      Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden PC was a British politician and the first Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer, a position he held in 1924 and again between 1929 and 1931.-Early life: 1864–1906:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Charles Edwards
      Charles Edwards (UK politician)
      Sir Charles Edwards was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Edwards was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament for the newly-created Bedwellty constituency in Monmouthshire...

    • William Whiteley
      William Whiteley (politician)
      William Whiteley, CH, PC, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament for Blaydon in County Durham.William Whiteley, not to be confused with the founder of the Department Store of the same name, was a Durham miner by background and lodge official also...

    • Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...

    • Ernest Thurtle
      Ernest Thurtle
      Ernest Thurtle was a British Labour politician.Thurtle worked as am accountant and salesman...

    • Henry Charles Charleton

Third MacDonald ministry (1931–1935)

  • 26 August 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
  • 28 August 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

  • 3 September 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

    • Sir Frederick Penny
      Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
      Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood KCVO, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.The second son of Frederick James Penny of Bitterne in Hampshire, Penny was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton.He was a senior partner Fraser & Co., Government brokers,...

    • Marquess of Titchfield
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
      William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG , known as Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Euan Wallace
      Euan Wallace
      Captain David Euan Wallace, MC, MP, PC was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II...

  • 10 September 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Margesson
      David Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson
      Henry David Reginald Margesson, 1st Viscount Margesson PC was a British Conservative politician most popularly remembered for his tenure as Government Chief Whip in the 1930s. His reputation was of a stern disciplinarian who was one of the harshest and most effective whips...

    • Sir Frederick Penny
      Frederick Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood
      Frederick George Penny, 1st Viscount Marchwood KCVO, JP was a British Conservative Party politician.The second son of Frederick James Penny of Bitterne in Hampshire, Penny was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton.He was a senior partner Fraser & Co., Government brokers,...

    • Alec Glassey
    • Marquess of Titchfield
      William Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland
      William Arthur Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 7th Duke of Portland KG , known as Marquess of Titchfield until 1943, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Euan Wallace
      Euan Wallace
      Captain David Euan Wallace, MC, MP, PC was a British Conservative politician who briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II...

  • 12 November 1931
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Victor Warrender, Bt
      Victor Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield
      Victor Alexander George Anthony Warrender, 1st Baron Bruntisfield MC , known as Sir Victor Warrender, Bt, between 1917 and 1942, was a British Conservative politician...

    • Geoffrey Shakespeare
    • Austin Hudson
      Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....

    • Sir Lambert Ward, Bt
    • Walter Womersley
      Walter Womersley
      Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War....

  • 1 October 1932
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Austin Hudson
      Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Austin Uvedale Morgan Hudson, 1st Baronet was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....

    • Sir Lambert Ward, Bt
    • James Blindell
      James Blindell
      Sir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....

    • Walter Womersley
      Walter Womersley
      Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War....

    • George Davies
      George Davies (politician)
      Major Sir George Frederick Davies, CVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 1923 to 1945....

  • 12 April 1935
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Sir Lambert Ward, Bt
    • James Blindell
      James Blindell
      Sir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....

    • Sir Walter Womersley
      Walter Womersley
      Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War....

    • George Davies
      George Davies (politician)
      Major Sir George Frederick Davies, CVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 1923 to 1945....

    • Archibald Southby
      Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet
      Commander Sir Archibald Richard James Southby, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.He served in the Royal Navy and, in the period following the First World War, took part in the demilitarization of Heligoland...

  • 7 May 1935
    • Ramsay MacDonald
      Ramsay MacDonald
      James Ramsay MacDonald, PC, FRS was a British politician who was the first ever Labour Prime Minister, leading a minority government for two terms....

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Blindell
      James Blindell
      Sir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....

    • Sir Walter Womersley
      Walter Womersley
      Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War....

    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
    • George Davies
      George Davies (politician)
      Major Sir George Frederick Davies, CVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 1923 to 1945....

    • Archibald Southby
      Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet
      Commander Sir Archibald Richard James Southby, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.He served in the Royal Navy and, in the period following the First World War, took part in the demilitarization of Heligoland...


Third Baldwin ministry (1935–1937)

  • 8 June 1935
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Blindell
      James Blindell
      Sir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....

    • Sir Walter Womersley
      Walter Womersley
      Sir Walter James Womersley, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Minister of Pensions during the Second World War....

    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • George Frederick Davies
      George Davies (politician)
      Major Sir George Frederick Davies, CVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Yeovil from 1923 to 1945....

    • Archibald Southby
      Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet
      Commander Sir Archibald Richard James Southby, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.He served in the Royal Navy and, in the period following the First World War, took part in the demilitarization of Heligoland...

  • 7 December 1935
    • Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin
      Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

       (First Lord)
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Blindell
      James Blindell
      Sir James Blindell was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, who served as the Member of Parliament for Holland with Boston from 1929 until his death....

    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Archibald Southby
      Sir Archibald Southby, 1st Baronet
      Commander Sir Archibald Richard James Southby, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative Party politician.He served in the Royal Navy and, in the period following the First World War, took part in the demilitarization of Heligoland...

    • John Morris-Jones
      John Morris-Jones
      Sir John Morris-Jones was a Welsh grammarian, academic and poet.He was born at Llandrygarn, Anglesey and educated at Friars School, Bangor. Whilst at Jesus College, Oxford, Morris-Jones co-founded the Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym...

    • Hon. Arthur Hope
      Arthur Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour
      Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour GCIE MC was a British politician, soldier and administrator. He was a Conservative and served as Member of Parliament for Nuneaton from 1924 to 1929 and for Birmingham Aston from 1931 to 1939, after which he was Governor of the Madras Presidency of...


Chamberlain ministry (1937–1940)

  • 29 May 1937
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Charles Kerr
      Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot
      Charles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot DSO, MC was a British politician.Kerr was the son of Charles Wyndham Rodolph Kerr and the great-grandson of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. His mother was Anna Maria Olivia, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot...

    • Charles Waterhouse
      Charles Waterhouse (English politician)
      Captain Charles Waterhouse PC MC was a British Conservative politician.-Biography:Born in Salford, the second surviving son of Thomas Crompton Waterhouse, of Lomberdale Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire, he was educated at Cheltenham and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, graduating with an MA degree in...

    • Ronald Cross
    • Thomas Dugdale
  • 19 October 1937
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Charles Kerr
      Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot
      Charles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot DSO, MC was a British politician.Kerr was the son of Charles Wyndham Rodolph Kerr and the great-grandson of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. His mother was Anna Maria Olivia, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot...

    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Robert Grimston
      Robert Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury
      Robert Villiers Grimston, 1st Baron Grimston of Westbury was a British Conservative politician.The eldest son of the Rev. and Hon...

  • 19 May 1938
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Charles Kerr
      Charles Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot
      Charles Iain Kerr, 1st Baron Teviot DSO, MC was a British politician.Kerr was the son of Charles Wyndham Rodolph Kerr and the great-grandson of William Kerr, 6th Marquess of Lothian. His mother was Anna Maria Olivia, daughter of Admiral Sir George Elliot...

    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness , was a British politician.He was Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1935-1945. From 1938-1940 he was a junior Lord of the Treasury....

  • 5 April 1939
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness , was a British politician.He was Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1935-1945. From 1938-1940 he was a junior Lord of the Treasury....

    • Sir James Edmondson
      Albert Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford
      Albert James Edmondson, 1st Baron Sandford was a British Conservative Party politician.At the 1922 general election, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Banbury, and held the seat until he stepped down at the 1945 general election...

  • 13 November 1939
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness , was a British politician.He was Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1935-1945. From 1938-1940 he was a junior Lord of the Treasury....

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

  • 13 February 1940
    • Neville Chamberlain
      Neville Chamberlain
      Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Simon
      John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
      John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon GCSI GCVO OBE PC was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second. He is one of only three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer,...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness , was a British politician.He was Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1935-1945. From 1938-1940 he was a junior Lord of the Treasury....

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...


First Churchill ministry (1940–1945)

  • 13 May 1940
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness
      Stephen Noel Furness , was a British politician.He was Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1935-1945. From 1938-1940 he was a junior Lord of the Treasury....

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

  • 18 May 1940
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

    • Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

  • 26 June 1940
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hon. James Gray Stuart
      James Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn
      James Gray Stuart, 1st Viscount Stuart of Findhorn CH MVO MC and Bar PC was a Scottish Unionist politician.Born in Edinburgh, Stuart was the son of Morton Gray Stuart, 17th Earl of Moray, and Edith Douglas Palmer....

    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling
      Wilfred Paling was a British Labour politician. He was born at Marehay, near Ripley, Derbyshire, one of eight children of a coalminer. Paling left Ripley Elementary School at the age of 13, and entered casual employment with local plumbing and building companies...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

    • James Thomas
      James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
      James Purdon Lewes "Jim" Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.-Background and education:...

  • 8 February 1941
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

    • James Thomas
      James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
      James Purdon Lewes "Jim" Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.-Background and education:...

  • 1 March 1941
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Thomas Dugdale
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

    • James Thomas
      James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
      James Purdon Lewes "Jim" Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.-Background and education:...

    • William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from...

  • 23 February 1942
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro
      Patrick Munro , also known as Pat Munro, was a British Conservative politician and international rugby union player.-Biography:...

    • William Boulton
      Sir William Boulton, 1st Baronet
      Sir William Whytehead Boulton, 1st Baronet DL was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician.-Background:...

    • James Thomas
      James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
      James Purdon Lewes "Jim" Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.-Background and education:...

    • William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from...

    • Arthur Young
  • 13 March 1942
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Kingsley Wood
      Kingsley Wood
      Sir Howard Kingsley Wood was an English Conservative politician. The son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister, he qualified as a solicitor, and successfully specialised in industrial insurance...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • James Thomas
      James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin
      James Purdon Lewes "Jim" Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin was a British Conservative politician. He served as First Lord of the Admiralty between 1951 and 1956.-Background and education:...

    • William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from...

    • Arthur Young
    • John McEwen
      Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
      Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish Unionist politician.McEwen was the son of Robert Finnie McEwen. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Cameron Highlanders in the First World War. After the war he joined the Diplomatic Service...

    • Leslie Pym
      Leslie Pym
      Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5...

  • 28 September 1943
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Anderson
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from...

    • Arthur Young
    • John McEwen
      Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
      Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish Unionist politician.McEwen was the son of Robert Finnie McEwen. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Cameron Highlanders in the First World War. After the war he joined the Diplomatic Service...

    • Leslie Pym
      Leslie Pym
      Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5...

    • Nevil Beechman
  • 7 July 1944
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Anderson
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson
      William Murdoch Adamson was a British Labour politician.He was a National Officer of the Transport and General Workers' Union. In 1902 he married Jennie Laurel Adamson, later Member of Parliament for Dartford and Bexley.He was Labour Member of Parliament for Cannock, in Staffordshire from...

    • John McEwen
      Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
      Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish Unionist politician.McEwen was the son of Robert Finnie McEwen. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Cameron Highlanders in the First World War. After the war he joined the Diplomatic Service...

    • Leslie Pym
      Leslie Pym
      Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5...

    • Nevil Beechman
    • Cedric Drewe
      Cedric Drewe
      Sir Cedric Drewe, KCVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Julius Drewe, the English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur....

  • 2 October 1944
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Anderson
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John McEwen
      Sir John McEwen, 1st Baronet
      Sir John Helias Finnie McEwen, 1st Baronet , was a Scottish Unionist politician.McEwen was the son of Robert Finnie McEwen. He was educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served in the Cameron Highlanders in the First World War. After the war he joined the Diplomatic Service...

    • William John
      William John (politician)
      William John was a Welsh Labour Party politician, and a Member of Parliament for thirty years.At the Rhondda West by-election, 1920, he was elected as MP for the safe Labour constituency of Rhondda West, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.In...

    • Leslie Pym
      Leslie Pym
      Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5...

    • Nevil Beechman
    • Cedric Drewe
      Cedric Drewe
      Sir Cedric Drewe, KCVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Julius Drewe, the English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur....

  • 6 December 1944
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Anderson
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William John
      William John (politician)
      William John was a Welsh Labour Party politician, and a Member of Parliament for thirty years.At the Rhondda West by-election, 1920, he was elected as MP for the safe Labour constituency of Rhondda West, and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election.In...

    • Leslie Pym
      Leslie Pym
      Leslie Ruthven Pym was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Monmouth in Wales at a by-election in 1939. He represented the constituency in the House of Commons until his death during the 1945 general election. Polling took place on 5...

    • Nevil Beechman
    • Cedric Drewe
      Cedric Drewe
      Sir Cedric Drewe, KCVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Julius Drewe, the English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur....

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

  • 28 May 1945
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir John Anderson
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
      John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, PC, PC was a British civil servant then politician who served as a minister under Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill as Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Exchequer...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nevil Beechman
    • Cedric Drewe
      Cedric Drewe
      Sir Cedric Drewe, KCVO was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the son of Julius Drewe, the English businessman, retailer and entrepreneur....

    • Patrick Buchan-Hepburn
      Patrick Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes
      Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes, GBE, CH , was a British Conservative politician and the only Governor-General of the short-lived West Indies Federation, from 3 January 1958, to 31 May 1962, when the country was disbanded.-Background and education:Buchan-Hepburn was the...

    • Robert Cary
      Sir Robert Cary, 1st Baronet
      Sir Robert Archibald Cary, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.The son of Robert Cary and Alice Day, he was educated at Ardingly College and at the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Serving to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, Cary fought in the First World War and Second World War...

    • Charles Mott-Radclyffe
      Charles Mott-Radclyffe
      Sir Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford and then joined the Diplomatic corps...


Attlee ministry (1945–1951)

  • 4 August 1945
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Dalton
      Hugh Dalton
      Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

  • 10 August 1945
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Dalton
      Hugh Dalton
      Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...

    • Arthur Blenkinsop
      Arthur Blenkinsop
      Arthur Blenkinsop was a British Labour Party politician.Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became a chartered secretary....

    • Michael Stewart
      Michael Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham
      Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham, CH, PC was a British Labour politician and Fabian Socialist who served twice as Foreign Secretary in the first cabinet of Harold Wilson.- Early life :...

  • 1 April 1946
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Dalton
      Hugh Dalton
      Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...

    • Arthur Blenkinsop
      Arthur Blenkinsop
      Arthur Blenkinsop was a British Labour Party politician.Blenkinsop was educated at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle and the College of Commerce, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and became a chartered secretary....

    • Charles Simmons
      Charles Simmons (politician)
      Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...

  • 10 May 1946
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Dalton
      Hugh Dalton
      Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge
      Frank Collindridge was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Barnsley, Collindridge was elected as Member of Parliament for Barnsley at a by-election in 1938, and represented the constituency until he died during the campaign for the 1951 general election in Barnsley aged 60.In...

    • Charles Simmons
      Charles Simmons (politician)
      Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

  • 9 December 1946
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Dalton
      Hugh Dalton
      Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Baron Dalton PC was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1945 to 1947, when he was implicated in a political scandal involving budget leaks....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Charles Simmons
      Charles Simmons (politician)
      Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • Julian Snow
      Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood
      Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...

  • 17 November 1947
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Cripps
      Stafford Cripps
      Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Julian Snow
      Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood
      Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...

    • Charles Simmons
      Charles Simmons (politician)
      Charles James "Jim" Simmons was a British lecturer, journalist and politician.Simmons was born in Moseley, Birmingham. Following elementary education, he became a Primitive Methodist lay preacher at the age of 16. In World War I he served in the Worcestershire Regiment, seeing action in France,...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

  • 2 February 1949
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Cripps
      Stafford Cripps
      Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Joseph Henderson
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick
      Joseph Henderson, 1st Baron Henderson of Ardwick was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Manchester Ardwick at a by-election in June 1931, following the death of the Labour MP Thomas Lowth...

    • Julian Snow
      Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood
      Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • Richard Adams
  • 2 January 1950
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Cripps
      Stafford Cripps
      Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • Julian Snow
      Julian Snow, Baron Burntwood
      Julian Ward Snow, Baron Burntwood was a British Labour Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament for Lichfield and Tamworth from 1950 until stepping down at the 1970 general election, when his seat was won for the Conservatives by James d'Avigdor-Goldsmid...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • Richard Adams
    • William Wilkins
      William A. Wilkins
      William Albert Wilkins was a British Labour Party politician.Wilkins was a linotype operator for a Bristol newspaper and was President of the Bristol branch of the Typographical Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1922 and became a member of Bristol City Council in 1936, serving for ten years...

  • 4 March 1950
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Cripps
      Stafford Cripps
      Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • Richard Adams
    • William Wilkins
      William A. Wilkins
      William Albert Wilkins was a British Labour Party politician.Wilkins was a linotype operator for a Bristol newspaper and was President of the Bristol branch of the Typographical Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1922 and became a member of Bristol City Council in 1936, serving for ten years...

    • Herbert Bowden
  • 24 April 1950
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Stafford Cripps
      Stafford Cripps
      Sir Richard Stafford Cripps was a British Labour politician of the first half of the 20th century. During World War II he served in a number of positions in the wartime coalition, including Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Minister of Aircraft Production...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • William Wilkins
      William A. Wilkins
      William Albert Wilkins was a British Labour Party politician.Wilkins was a linotype operator for a Bristol newspaper and was President of the Bristol branch of the Typographical Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1922 and became a member of Bristol City Council in 1936, serving for ten years...

    • Herbert Bowden
    • Charles Royle
      Charles Royle, Baron Royle
      Charles Royle, Baron Royle JP was a British businessman and Labour politician.-Background:He was the son of Charles Royle, who had been also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Maria, daughter of Oliver Wolfe. Royle was educated at Stockport Grammar School and joined the Royal Engineers in the...

  • 25 October 1950
    • Clement Attlee
      Clement Attlee
      Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS was a British Labour politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951, and as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955...

       (First Lord)
    • Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Taylor
      Robert Taylor (Labour politician)
      Robert John Taylor, PC was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for the Morpeth constituency in Northumberland, and held the seat until his death in 1954, aged 73.In Clement Attlee's post-war Labour Government, he was a Lord of the...

    • William Hannan
      William Hannan
      William Hannan was a Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom. He represented Glasgow Maryhill from 1945 until his retirement at the February 1974 general election. He was a Lord of the Treasury from 1946 to 1951....

    • William Wilkins
      William A. Wilkins
      William Albert Wilkins was a British Labour Party politician.Wilkins was a linotype operator for a Bristol newspaper and was President of the Bristol branch of the Typographical Association. He joined the Labour Party in 1922 and became a member of Bristol City Council in 1936, serving for ten years...

    • Herbert Bowden
    • Charles Royle
      Charles Royle, Baron Royle
      Charles Royle, Baron Royle JP was a British businessman and Labour politician.-Background:He was the son of Charles Royle, who had been also a Member of Parliament, and his wife Maria, daughter of Oliver Wolfe. Royle was educated at Stockport Grammar School and joined the Royal Engineers in the...


Second Churchill ministry (1951–1955)

  • 27 October 1951
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
  • 7 November 1951
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Harry Mackeson
      Sir Harry Mackeson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Harry Ripley Mackeson, 1st Baronet , was a British soldier and Conservative politician.Mackeson was the son of Henry Mackeson and Ella Cecil Ripley. He served in the Royal Scots Greys regiment of the British Army and achieved the rank of Brigadier...

    • Herbert Butcher
      Herbert Butcher
      Sir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative and National Liberalpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1937 to 1966....

    • Tam Galbraith
      Tam Galbraith
      The Hon. Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE , was a British Conservative politician....

    • Dennis Vosper
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

  • 28 May 1951
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

    • Herbert Butcher
      Herbert Butcher
      Sir Herbert Walter Butcher, 1st Baronet was an English Conservative and National Liberalpolitician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1937 to 1966....

    • Tam Galbraith
      Tam Galbraith
      The Hon. Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE , was a British Conservative politician....

    • Dennis Vosper
    • Hendrie Oakshott
      Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott
      Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, Baron Oakshott , known as Sir Hendrie Oakshott, 1st Baronet, from 1959 to 1964, was a British Conservative Party politician....

  • 4 July 1953
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

    • Tam Galbraith
      Tam Galbraith
      The Hon. Sir Thomas Galloway Dunlop Galbraith, KBE , was a British Conservative politician....

    • Dennis Vosper
    • Hendrie Oakshott
      Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott
      Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, Baron Oakshott , known as Sir Hendrie Oakshott, 1st Baronet, from 1959 to 1964, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
  • 29 July 1954
    • Winston Churchill
      Winston Churchill
      Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

    • Dennis Vosper
    • Hendrie Oakshott
      Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott
      Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, Baron Oakshott , known as Sir Hendrie Oakshott, 1st Baronet, from 1959 to 1964, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Richard Thompson
      Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...


Eden ministry (1955–1957)

  • 12 April 1955
    • Sir Anthony Eden
      Anthony Eden
      Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

    • Hendrie Oakshott
      Hendrie Oakshott, Baron Oakshott
      Hendrie Dudley Oakshott, Baron Oakshott , known as Sir Hendrie Oakshott, 1st Baronet, from 1959 to 1964, was a British Conservative Party politician....

    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Richard Thompson
      Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...

    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

  • 14 June 1955
    • Sir Anthony Eden
      Anthony Eden
      Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

       (First Lord)
    • Rab Butler
      Rab Butler
      Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, KG CH DL PC , who invariably signed his name R. A. Butler and was familiarly known as Rab, was a British Conservative politician...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Richard Thompson
      Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...

    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

  • 22 December 1955
    • Sir Anthony Eden
      Anthony Eden
      Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

       (First Lord)
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Richard Thompson
      Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...

    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

  • 25 January 1956
    • Sir Anthony Eden
      Anthony Eden
      Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

       (First Lord)
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Richard Thompson
      Sir Richard Thompson, 1st Baronet
      Sir Richard Hilton Marler Thompson, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative politician.Thompson was educated at Malvern College and in India, Burma and Sri Lanka and worked in Calcutta and the Far East in business. In World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an ordinary seaman and became...

    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

  • 9 April 1956
    • Sir Anthony Eden
      Anthony Eden
      Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC was a British Conservative politician, who was Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957...

       (First Lord)
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne, Baron Redmayne
    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....


Macmillan ministry (1957–1963)

  • 14 January 1957
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Peter Thorneycroft (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Gerald Wills
      Gerald Wills
      Sir Gerald Wills, MBE was a British Barrister and politician who was Member of Parliament for Bridgwater from 1950 until his death....

    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

  • 10 April 1957
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Peter Thorneycroft (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Hon. Peter Legh
      Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton
      Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton , was a British Conservative politician who held junior ministerial positions during the 1950s and 1960s....

    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

    • Anthony Barber
      Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
      Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords....

  • 29 October 1957
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Peter Thorneycroft (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

    • Anthony Barber
      Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
      Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords....

    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

  • 7 January 1958
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

    • Anthony Barber
      Anthony Barber, Baron Barber
      Anthony Perrinott Lysberg Barber, Baron Barber, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who served as a member of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords....

    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

  • 1 March 1958
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Edward Wakefield
      Edward Wakefield
      Sir Edward Birkbeck Wakefield, 1st Baronet CIE was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician....

    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

  • 30 October 1958
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Harwood Harrison
      Harwood Harrison
      Sir Harwood Harrison, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Eye in Suffolk from 1951 to 1979, having first contested it in 1950....

    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

  • 17 January 1959
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Martin Redmayne
    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • Graeme Finlay
      Graeme Finlay
      Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet, ERD , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament for the Epping constituency in Essex, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1964 general election by the Labour candidate...

  • 22 October 1959
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • Richard Brooman-White
      Richard Brooman-White
      Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Charles Brooman-White was a British journalist, intelligence agent and politician for the Conservative Party.-Education:...

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • Graeme Finlay
      Graeme Finlay
      Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet, ERD , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament for the Epping constituency in Essex, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1964 general election by the Labour candidate...

    • David Gibson-Watt
  • 22 June 1960
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Derick Heathcoat-Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory
      Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory was a British Conservative politician. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1958 to 1960 and as Chancellor of the University of Exeter from 1972 to 1981.-Background and education:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • Graeme Finlay
      Graeme Finlay
      Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet, ERD , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament for the Epping constituency in Essex, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1964 general election by the Labour candidate...

    • David Gibson-Watt
    • Robin Chichester-Clark
      Robin Chichester-Clark
      Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British government minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920.-Early life:Chichester-Clark was...

  • 28 July 1960
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Selwyn Lloyd
      Selwyn Lloyd
      John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • Graeme Finlay
      Graeme Finlay
      Sir Graeme Bell Finlay, 1st Baronet, ERD , was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was elected at the 1951 general election as Member of Parliament for the Epping constituency in Essex, and held the seat until his defeat at the 1964 general election by the Labour candidate...

    • David Gibson-Watt
    • Robin Chichester-Clark
      Robin Chichester-Clark
      Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British government minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920.-Early life:Chichester-Clark was...

  • 28 October 1960
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Selwyn Lloyd
      Selwyn Lloyd
      John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • Paul Bryan
      Paul Bryan
      Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead...

    • David Gibson-Watt
    • Robin Chichester-Clark
      Robin Chichester-Clark
      Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British government minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920.-Early life:Chichester-Clark was...

    • John Hill
  • 6 March 1961
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Selwyn Lloyd
      Selwyn Lloyd
      John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • David Gibson-Watt
    • Robin Chichester-Clark
      Robin Chichester-Clark
      Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British government minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920.-Early life:Chichester-Clark was...

    • John Hill
    • William Whitelaw
      William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
      William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL , often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in...

  • 30 November 1961
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Selwyn Lloyd
      Selwyn Lloyd
      John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Hughes-Young
      Michael Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens
      Michael Henry Colin Hughes-Young, 1st Baron St Helens, MC was a British army officer and politician. He served as a Government whip for eight years; after being defeated, he was given a hereditary peerage by the crown....

    • John Hill
    • William Whitelaw
      William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
      William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL , often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in...

    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Michael Noble
      Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas
      Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas PC was a Scottish Tory politician.Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford...

  • 7 March 1962
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Selwyn Lloyd
      Selwyn Lloyd
      John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd, Baron Selwyn-Lloyd CH PC CBE TD , known for most of his career as Selwyn Lloyd, was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Foreign Secretary from 1955 to 1960, then as Chancellor of the Exchequer until 1962...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • William Whitelaw
      William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
      William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL , often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in...

    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Michael Noble
      Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas
      Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas PC was a Scottish Tory politician.Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford...

    • Francis Pearson
      Francis Pearson
      Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...

  • 16 July 1962
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • William Whitelaw
      William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw
      William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL , often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.-Early life:Whitelaw was born in Nairn, in...

    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Michael Noble
      Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas
      Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas PC was a Scottish Tory politician.Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford...

    • Francis Pearson
      Francis Pearson
      Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...

  • 7 September 1962
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Francis Pearson
      Francis Pearson
      Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...

    • Gordon Campbell
      Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy
      Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician....

    • Michael Hamilton
  • 7 September 1962
    • Harold Macmillan
      Harold Macmillan
      Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, OM, PC was Conservative Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 18 October 1963....

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Francis Pearson
      Francis Pearson
      Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...

    • Gordon Campbell
      Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy
      Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician....

    • Michael Hamilton

Home ministry (1963–1964)

  • 21 October 1963
    • Sir Alec Douglas-Home
      Alec Douglas-Home
      Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Francis Pearson
      Francis Pearson
      Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet, MBE, JP was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician.-Colonial service:...

    • Gordon Campbell
      Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy
      Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician....

    • Michael Hamilton
  • 21 November 1963
    • Sir Alec Douglas-Home
      Alec Douglas-Home
      Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Gordon Campbell
      Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy
      Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician....

    • Michael Hamilton
    • Martin McLaren
      Martin McLaren
      Major Martin John McLaren , British soldier and Conservative Party politician.He was the son of Hon. Francis McLaren, Liberal MP for Spalding and Barbara Jekyll.-Career:...

  • 12 December 1963
    • Sir Alec Douglas-Home
      Alec Douglas-Home
      Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...

       (First Lord)
    • Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling
      Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Hill
    • John Peel
      John Peel (politician)
      William John Peel , known after he was knighted in 1973 as Sir John Peel, was a British Conservative Party politician, and Member of Parliament for Leicester South East from 1957 to 1974....

    • Michael Hamilton
    • Martin McLaren
      Martin McLaren
      Major Martin John McLaren , British soldier and Conservative Party politician.He was the son of Hon. Francis McLaren, Liberal MP for Spalding and Barbara Jekyll.-Career:...

    • Ian MacArthur
      Ian MacArthur
      Ian MacArthur was a British Conservative Party politician.MacArthur was educated at Cheltenham College and Queen's College, Oxford. He worked as an associate director of a marketing and advertising company....


First Wilson ministry (1964–1970)

  • 21 October 1964
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Rogers
    • George Lawson
      George Lawson (UK politician)
      George McArthur Lawson was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Motherwell from a by-election in 1954 until his retirement at the October 1974 general election.- External links :...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

    • Ifor Davies
      Ifor Davies
      Ifor Davies was a Welsh Labour Party politician.Davies was educated at Gowerton School, Swansea Technical College and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was an industrial personnel officer and served as a councillor on Glamorgan County Council, representing Gowerton 1958-61...

    • Harriet Slater
      Harriet Slater
      Harriet Slater CBE, née Evans, was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.Educated at Hanley High School and Dudley Teachers’ Training College, Slater was National Organiser for the Cooperative Party from 1942 to 1953, and a local councillor in Stoke-on-Trent from 1933 to 1965.She was...

  • 11 January 1966
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Silkin
      John Silkin
      John Ernest Silkin, PC was an English Labour politician and solicitor.He was the third son of Lewis Silkin, 1st Baron Silkin, and a younger brother of Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich. He was educated at Dulwich College, the University of Wales, and Trinity Hall at the University of...

    • George Lawson
      George Lawson (UK politician)
      George McArthur Lawson was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Motherwell from a by-election in 1954 until his retirement at the October 1974 general election.- External links :...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

    • Ifor Davies
      Ifor Davies
      Ifor Davies was a Welsh Labour Party politician.Davies was educated at Gowerton School, Swansea Technical College and Ruskin College, Oxford. He was an industrial personnel officer and served as a councillor on Glamorgan County Council, representing Gowerton 1958-61...

    • Harriet Slater
      Harriet Slater
      Harriet Slater CBE, née Evans, was a British Labour and Co-operative politician.Educated at Hanley High School and Dudley Teachers’ Training College, Slater was National Organiser for the Cooperative Party from 1942 to 1953, and a local councillor in Stoke-on-Trent from 1933 to 1965.She was...

  • 14 April 1966
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Alan Fitch
    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • William Howie
      William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon
      William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon , known as Will Howie, is a retired British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament ....

    • George Lawson
      George Lawson (UK politician)
      George McArthur Lawson was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Motherwell from a by-election in 1954 until his retirement at the October 1974 general election.- External links :...

    • William Whitlock
      William Whitlock (politician)
      William Charles "Bill" Whitlock was a British Labour Party politician.Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton. He volunteered for the British Army upon graduation, and soon joined the Hampshires...

  • 6 July 1966
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • George Lawson
      George Lawson (UK politician)
      George McArthur Lawson was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Motherwell from a by-election in 1954 until his retirement at the October 1974 general election.- External links :...

    • Alan Fitch
    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • William Howie
      William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon
      William Howie, Baron Howie of Troon , known as Will Howie, is a retired British Labour Party politician and former Member of Parliament ....

    • Harry Gourlay
      Harry Gourlay
      Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay was a Scottish Labour Party politician.Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner...

  • 31 March 1967
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • William Whitlock
      William Whitlock (politician)
      William Charles "Bill" Whitlock was a British Labour Party politician.Whitlock was educated at Itchen Grammar School and the University of Southampton. He volunteered for the British Army upon graduation, and soon joined the Hampshires...

    • Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Harry Gourlay
      Harry Gourlay
      Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay was a Scottish Labour Party politician.Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner...

    • Brian O'Malley
      Brian O'Malley
      Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....

  • 28 July 1967
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Brian O'Malley
      Brian O'Malley
      Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....

    • Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Harry Gourlay
      Harry Gourlay
      Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay was a Scottish Labour Party politician.Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

  • 28 July 1967
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Brian O'Malley
      Brian O'Malley
      Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....

    • Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Harry Gourlay
      Harry Gourlay
      Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay was a Scottish Labour Party politician.Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

  • 29 November 1967
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Roy Jenkins
      Roy Jenkins
      Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Brian O'Malley
      Brian O'Malley
      Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....

    • Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Harry Gourlay
      Harry Gourlay
      Harry Philip Heggie Gourlay was a Scottish Labour Party politician.Gourlay was educated at Kirkcaldy High School and was a vehicles examiner...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

  • 29 October 1968
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Roy Jenkins
      Roy Jenkins
      Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Brian O'Malley
      Brian O'Malley
      Brian Kevin O'Malley was a British Labour Party politician.O'Malley was educated at Mexborough Grammar School and Manchester University. He was a teacher and lecturer and a trade union branch official....

    • Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch
      Alan Fitch was a British Labour Party politician.Fitch was educated at Kingswood School, Bath , and was a mineworker...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Jack McCann
      Jack McCann
      John "Jack" McCann was a British politician, who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Rochdale....

    • Walter Harrison
      Walter Harrison
      Walter Harrison is a British Labour politician.Harrison was educated at Dewsbury Technical College and School of Art. He was a foreman electrician and was active in the Electricians' Trade Union...

  • 13 October 1969
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Roy Jenkins
      Roy Jenkins
      Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead OM, PC was a British politician.The son of a Welsh coal miner who later became a union official and Labour MP, Roy Jenkins served with distinction in World War II. Elected to Parliament as a Labour member in 1948, he served in several major posts in...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Walter Harrison
      Walter Harrison
      Walter Harrison is a British Labour politician.Harrison was educated at Dewsbury Technical College and School of Art. He was a foreman electrician and was active in the Electricians' Trade Union...

    • Joseph Harper
      Joseph Harper (English politician)
      Joseph Harper was a Labour Party politician in Great Britain.He was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for Pontefract at a by-election in 1962. He was MP for the constituency and then Pontefract and Castleford until he died in office aged 64...

    • Neil McBride
      Neil McBride
      Neil McBride was a British Labour Party politician.He was Member of Parliament for Swansea East from a by-election in 1963 until his death shortly before the October 1974 general election...

    • Ernest Armstrong
      Ernest Armstrong
      Ernest Armstrong was a British Labour Party politician.Armstrong was educated at Wolsingham Grammar School and City of Leeds Teacher Training College, and ultimately became a headmaster...

    • Ernest Perry

Heath ministry (1970–1974)

  • June 1970
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Iain Macleod
      Iain Macleod
      Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Reginald Eyre
      Reginald Eyre
      Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959....

    • Hector Monro
      Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm
      Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....

    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • David Howell
      David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford
      David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...

  • July 1970
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Reginald Eyre
      Reginald Eyre
      Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959....

    • Hector Monro
      Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm
      Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....

    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • David Howell
      David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford
      David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...

  • September 1970
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hector Monro
      Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm
      Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....

    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • David Howell
      David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford
      David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...

  • October 1970
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hector Monro
      Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm
      Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....

    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • David Howell
      David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford
      David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office...

    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

  • January 1971
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hector Monro
      Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm
      Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords....

    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

  • July 1971
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Bernard Weatherill
      Bernard Weatherill
      Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:...

    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

  • October 1971
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Walter Clegg
      Walter Clegg
      Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and...

    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

    • Tim Fortescue
      Tim Fortescue
      Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE was a British politician, known as Tim Fortescue. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston from 1966 to 1974....

    • Keith Speed
      Keith Speed
      Sir Herbert "Keith" Speed, RD, DL is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and former Member of Parliament. He is a descendant of cartographer and historian John Speed....

  • April 1972
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

    • Tim Fortescue
      Tim Fortescue
      Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE was a British politician, known as Tim Fortescue. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston from 1966 to 1974....

    • Hugh Rossi
      Hugh Rossi
      Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...

    • Oscar Murton
      Oscar Murton
      Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC was a British Conservative Party politician.Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1934. He was promoted to Lieutenant in...

  • September 1973
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Victor Goodhew
      Victor Goodhew
      Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club...

    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

    • Hugh Rossi
      Hugh Rossi
      Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...

    • Oscar Murton
      Oscar Murton
      Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC was a British Conservative Party politician.Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1934. He was promoted to Lieutenant in...

  • 9 October 1973
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

    • Hugh Rossi
      Hugh Rossi
      Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...

    • Oscar Murton
      Oscar Murton
      Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC was a British Conservative Party politician.Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1934. He was promoted to Lieutenant in...

  • 30 October 1973
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Paul Hawkins
      Paul Hawkins (politician)
      Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45...

    • Hugh Rossi
      Hugh Rossi
      Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...

    • Michael Jopling
      Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling
      Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....

    • John Stradling Thomas
      John Stradling Thomas
      Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and...

    • Hamish Gray
  • December 1973
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Hugh Rossi
      Hugh Rossi
      Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London...

    • Michael Jopling
      Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling
      Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....

    • John Stradling Thomas
      John Stradling Thomas
      Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and...

    • Hamish Gray
    • Marcus Fox
      Marcus Fox
      Sir John Marcus Fox MBE was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee and he directly oversaw candidate selection for the Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election.-Early life:Fox had...

  • January 1974
    • Edward Heath
      Edward Heath
      Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party ....

       (First Lord)
    • Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Jopling
      Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling
      Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party....

    • John Stradling Thomas
      John Stradling Thomas
      Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and...

    • Hamish Gray
    • Marcus Fox
      Marcus Fox
      Sir John Marcus Fox MBE was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee and he directly oversaw candidate selection for the Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election.-Early life:Fox had...

    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...


Second Wilson ministry (1974–1976)

  • March 1974
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • James Dunn
    • John Golding
      John Golding (British politician)
      John Golding was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Chester Grammar School, Keele University and the London School of Economics...

    • James Hamilton
    • Thomas Pendry
  • June 1974
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • James Dunn
    • John Golding
      John Golding (British politician)
      John Golding was a Labour Party politician and Trade Union leader in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Chester Grammar School, Keele University and the London School of Economics...

    • Thomas Pendry
    • Michael Cocks
      Michael Cocks
      Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher....

  • October 1974
    • Harold Wilson
      Harold Wilson
      James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, FRS, FSS, PC was a British Labour Member of Parliament, Leader of the Labour Party. He was twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s, winning four general elections, including a minority government after the...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • James Dunn
    • Thomas Pendry
    • Michael Cocks
      Michael Cocks
      Michael Francis Lovell Cocks, Baron Cocks of Hartcliffe was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.Cocks was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield and Bristol University and became a teacher....

    • Jack Dormand

Callaghan ministry (1976–1979)

  • April 1976
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • Thomas Pendry
    • Jack Dormand
    • Edward Graham
    • David Stoddart
  • January 1977
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • Jack Dormand
    • Edward Graham
    • David Stoddart
    • Tom Cox
      Tom Cox
      Thomas Michael Cox is a retired Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.Cox was educated at state schools and the London School of Economics after which, according to his entry in Who's Who, he became an "electrical worker"...

  • November 1977
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Coleman
      Donald Coleman
      Donald Richard Coleman, CBE, JP, DL was the Labour Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom for Neath from 1964 until his death in 1991....

    • Jack Dormand
    • Edward Graham
    • Tom Cox
      Tom Cox
      Thomas Michael Cox is a retired Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.Cox was educated at state schools and the London School of Economics after which, according to his entry in Who's Who, he became an "electrical worker"...

    • Peter Snape
      Peter Snape, Baron Snape
      Peter Charles Snape, Baron Snape is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East until he stood down in the 2001 election...

  • July 1978
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Jack Dormand
    • Edward Graham
    • Tom Cox
      Tom Cox
      Thomas Michael Cox is a retired Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.Cox was educated at state schools and the London School of Economics after which, according to his entry in Who's Who, he became an "electrical worker"...

    • Peter Snape
      Peter Snape, Baron Snape
      Peter Charles Snape, Baron Snape is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East until he stood down in the 2001 election...

    • Albert Stallard
  • January 1979
    • James Callaghan
      James Callaghan
      Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, KG, PC , was a British Labour politician, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980...

       (First Lord)
    • Denis Healey
      Denis Healey
      Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey CH, MBE, PC is a British Labour politician, who served as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970 and Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979.-Early life:...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Jack Dormand
    • Edward Graham
    • Tom Cox
      Tom Cox
      Thomas Michael Cox is a retired Labour party politician in the United Kingdom.Cox was educated at state schools and the London School of Economics after which, according to his entry in Who's Who, he became an "electrical worker"...

    • Peter Snape
      Peter Snape, Baron Snape
      Peter Charles Snape, Baron Snape is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East until he stood down in the 2001 election...

    • Alfred Bates
      Alfred Bates
      Alfred Bates is a British Labour Party politician.Bates was first elected to the House of Commons in the February 1974 general election, as Member of Parliament for Bebington and Ellesmere Port. He was re-elected at the October 1974 election, but lost his seat at the 1979 general election to the...


Thatcher ministry (1979–1990)

  • May 1979
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Geoffrey Howe
      Geoffrey Howe
      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Carol Mather
      Carol Mather
      Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC , known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip....

    • Peter Morrison
      Peter Morrison
      Sir Peter Hugh Morrison PC was a British Conservative politician, MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992, and Parliamentary Private Secretary to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.-Education:...

    • Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
      James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
      James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...

    • John MacGregor
    • David Waddington
      David Waddington, Baron Waddington
      David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington, GCVO, DL, QC, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons from 1968 to 1990, and was then made a life peer...

  • January 1981
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Geoffrey Howe
      Geoffrey Howe
      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Carol Mather
      Carol Mather
      Sir David Carol MacDonnell Mather MC , known as Carol Mather, was a British Army officer and Conservative MP, and senior government whip....

    • Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
      James Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas
      James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, QC , briefly The 11th Earl of Selkirk and styled Lord James Douglas-Hamilton until 1997, is a Scottish Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh West then Member of the Scottish Parliament for the...

    • The Hon. Robert Boscawen
      Robert Boscawen
      Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...

    • John Wakeham
    • John Cope
      John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley
      John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...

  • September 1981
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Geoffrey Howe
      Geoffrey Howe
      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Boscawen
      Robert Boscawen
      Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...

    • John Cope
      John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley
      John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...

    • Anthony Newton
    • Peter Brooke
      Peter Brooke
      Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parliament representing the Cities of London and Westminster from...

    • John Gummer
      John Gummer
      John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water...

  • March 1982
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Geoffrey Howe
      Geoffrey Howe
      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • The Hon. Robert Boscawen
      Robert Boscawen
      Robert Thomas Boscawen is a retired British Conservative politician.-Background and education:The son of Evelyn Hugh John Boscawen, eighth Viscount Falmouth, of Tregothnan, near Truro, and a member of a very old Cornish family, Boscawen was educated at West Downs School and Eton College...

    • John Cope
      John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley
      John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...

    • Peter Brooke
      Peter Brooke
      Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parliament representing the Cities of London and Westminster from...

    • John Gummer
      John Gummer
      John Selwyn Gummer, Baron Deben, PC is a British Conservative Party politician, formerly Member of Parliament for Suffolk Coastal, now a member of the House of Lords. He is Chairman of the environmental consultancy company Sancroft International and Chairman of Veolia Water...

    • Alastair Goodlad
  • January 1983
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Sir Geoffrey Howe
      Geoffrey Howe
      Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Cope
      John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley
      John Ambrose Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley, PC is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.He was educated at Oakham School before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire from 1974 to 1983...

    • Peter Brooke
      Peter Brooke
      Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, CH, PC , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parliament representing the Cities of London and Westminster from...

    • Alastair Goodlad
    • Donald Thompson
      Donald Thompson
      Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...

    • David Hunt
  • June 1983
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Alastair Goodlad
    • Donald Thompson
      Donald Thompson
      Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...

    • David Hunt
    • Ian Lang
      Ian Lang
      Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton PC is a former British Conservative MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997....

    • Tristan Garel-Jones
      Tristan Garel-Jones
      William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1979–97, before being made a life peer in 1997....

  • September 1984
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Thompson
      Donald Thompson
      Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...

    • Ian Lang
      Ian Lang
      Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton PC is a former British Conservative MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997....

    • Tristan Garel-Jones
      Tristan Garel-Jones
      William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1979–97, before being made a life peer in 1997....

    • The Hon. Archie Hamilton
      Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom
      Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, PC is a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...

    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

  • September 1985
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Thompson
      Donald Thompson
      Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...

    • Ian Lang
      Ian Lang
      Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton PC is a former British Conservative MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997....

    • Tristan Garel-Jones
      Tristan Garel-Jones
      William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1979–97, before being made a life peer in 1997....

    • The Hon. Archie Hamilton
      Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom
      Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, PC is a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...

    • Tim Sainsbury
      Tim Sainsbury
      Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Sainsbury is the youngest son of Lord Sainsbury and his wife Doreen...

  • January 1986
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Donald Thompson
      Donald Thompson
      Sir Donald Thompson was a British Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament from 1979 until 1997.Thompson attended Holy Trinity School, Halifax, and Hipperholme Grammar School...

    • Tristan Garel-Jones
      Tristan Garel-Jones
      William Armand Thomas Tristan Garel-Jones, Baron Garel-Jones, PC is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Watford from 1979–97, before being made a life peer in 1997....

    • The Hon. Archie Hamilton
      Archie Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom
      Archibald Gavin Hamilton, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, PC is a British Conservative Party politician.-Background and education:...

    • Tim Sainsbury
      Tim Sainsbury
      Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Sainsbury is the youngest son of Lord Sainsbury and his wife Doreen...

    • Michael Neubert
      Michael Neubert
      Sir Michael Jon Neubert was Conservative MP for Romford from 1974 until 1997. His loss in the election that year was considered something of surprise....

  • September 1986
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Tim Sainsbury
      Tim Sainsbury
      Sir Timothy Alan Davan Sainsbury is a politician and businessman in the United Kingdom.-Early life:Sainsbury is the youngest son of Lord Sainsbury and his wife Doreen...

    • Michael Neubert
      Michael Neubert
      Sir Michael Jon Neubert was Conservative MP for Romford from 1974 until 1997. His loss in the election that year was considered something of surprise....

    • Tony Durant
      Tony Durant
      Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant , also known as Tony Durant, was a member of the Conservative Party, and was Member of Parliament for Reading North from 1974–83. After Reading's constituencies were reshuffled, he was Member of Parliament for Reading West from 1983–97. He retired from politics...

    • Peter Lloyd
      Peter Lloyd (politician)
      Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd, is a retired English Conservative Party politician.Sir Peter was Member of Parliament for Fareham in the south of England from 1979 to 2001, when he retired and was succeeded by Mark Hoban....

    • Mark Lennox-Boyd
      Mark Lennox-Boyd
      Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd is a British Conservative politician and a son of the 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton.Lennox-Boyd was MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale from 1979 to 1983, and the Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1983 until his defeat by Labour's Geraldine Smith in 1997...

  • June 1987
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Neubert
      Michael Neubert
      Sir Michael Jon Neubert was Conservative MP for Romford from 1974 until 1997. His loss in the election that year was considered something of surprise....

    • Tony Durant
      Tony Durant
      Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant , also known as Tony Durant, was a member of the Conservative Party, and was Member of Parliament for Reading North from 1974–83. After Reading's constituencies were reshuffled, he was Member of Parliament for Reading West from 1983–97. He retired from politics...

    • Peter Lloyd
      Peter Lloyd (politician)
      Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd, is a retired English Conservative Party politician.Sir Peter was Member of Parliament for Fareham in the south of England from 1979 to 2001, when he retired and was succeeded by Mark Hoban....

    • Mark Lennox-Boyd
      Mark Lennox-Boyd
      Sir Mark Alexander Lennox-Boyd is a British Conservative politician and a son of the 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton.Lennox-Boyd was MP for Morecambe and Lonsdale from 1979 to 1983, and the Morecambe and Lunesdale from 1983 until his defeat by Labour's Geraldine Smith in 1997...

    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

  • July 1988
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Tony Durant
      Tony Durant
      Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant , also known as Tony Durant, was a member of the Conservative Party, and was Member of Parliament for Reading North from 1974–83. After Reading's constituencies were reshuffled, he was Member of Parliament for Reading West from 1983–97. He retired from politics...

    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

    • Alan Howarth
    • David Maclean
      David Maclean
      David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.-Biography:...

    • Kenneth Carlisle
      Kenneth Carlisle
      Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...

  • December 1988
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

    • Kenneth Carlisle
      Kenneth Carlisle
      Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...

    • Alan Howarth
    • David Maclean
      David Maclean
      David John Maclean, Baron Blencathra is a Conservative Party life peer. He was the Member of Parliament for Penrith and The Border from 1983 to 2010.-Biography:...

    • Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...

  • July 1989
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson
      Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC , is a British Conservative politician and journalist. He was a Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Blaby from 1974–92, and served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government of Margaret Thatcher from June 1983 to October 1989...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

    • Kenneth Carlisle
      Kenneth Carlisle
      Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...

    • Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...

    • John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor is a solicitor and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Solihull from 1983 to 2005, before losing his seat to Lorely Burt of the Liberal Democrats by a margin of 279 votes in the 2005 general election...

    • David Heathcoat-Amory
      David Heathcoat-Amory
      David Philip Heathcoat-Amory is a British politician, accountant and farmer. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wells from 1983 until he lost his seat in the 2010 general election.-Education and professional life:...

  • October 1989
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

    • Kenneth Carlisle
      Kenneth Carlisle
      Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...

    • Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen Dorrell
      Stephen James Dorrell is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage and Secretary of State for Health...

    • John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor is a solicitor and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Solihull from 1983 to 2005, before losing his seat to Lorely Burt of the Liberal Democrats by a margin of 279 votes in the 2005 general election...

    • The Hon. Tom Sackville
  • May 1990
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Lightbown
      David Lightbown
      Sir David Lincoln Lightbown was the Conservative Member of Parliament for South East Staffordshire from 1983 until he died in office in 1995...

    • Kenneth Carlisle
      Kenneth Carlisle
      Sir Kenneth Melville Carlisle is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1979 to 1997.-Early life:...

    • John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor is a solicitor and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Solihull from 1983 to 2005, before losing his seat to Lorely Burt of the Liberal Democrats by a margin of 279 votes in the 2005 general election...

    • The Hon. Tom Sackville
    • Michael Fallon
      Michael Fallon
      For the American Physician / Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives see Mike FallonMichael Cathel Fallon is a British Conservative Party politician. He is the Member of Parliament for Sevenoaks, and as of September 2010 the deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.-Early life:Michael Fallon...

  • July 1990
    • Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Thatcher
      Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...

       (First Lord)
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor
      John Mark Taylor is a solicitor and former politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Solihull from 1983 to 2005, before losing his seat to Lorely Burt of the Liberal Democrats by a margin of 279 votes in the 2005 general election...

    • The Hon. Tom Sackville
    • Sydney Chapman
      Sydney Chapman (politician)
      Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman is an English politician and architect. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet from 1979 until he stepped down at the 2005 general election....

    • Greg Knight
      Greg Knight
      Gregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...

    • Irvine Patnick
      Irvine Patnick
      Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....


Major ministry (1990–1997)

  • November 1990
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • The Hon. Tom Sackville
    • Sydney Chapman
      Sydney Chapman (politician)
      Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman is an English politician and architect. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet from 1979 until he stepped down at the 2005 general election....

    • Greg Knight
      Greg Knight
      Gregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...

    • Irvine Patnick
      Irvine Patnick
      Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....

    • Nicholas Baker
  • April 1992
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Greg Knight
      Greg Knight
      Gregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...

    • Irvine Patnick
      Irvine Patnick
      Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....

    • Nicholas Baker
    • Timothy Wood
      Timothy Wood
      Timothy John Rogerson Wood, known as Tim Wood, is a British politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election....

    • Tim Boswell
      Tim Boswell
      Timothy Eric "Tim" Boswell, Baron Boswell of Aynho is an English Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Daventry from 1987 until he retired at the 2010 general election.-Education:...

  • December 1992
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Greg Knight
      Greg Knight
      Gregory Knight is a British politician and author. He is Conservative Member of Parliament for East Yorkshire.-Education and professional life:...

    • Irvine Patnick
      Irvine Patnick
      Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....

    • Nicholas Baker
    • Timothy Wood
      Timothy Wood
      Timothy John Rogerson Wood, known as Tim Wood, is a British politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election....

    • Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy John Robert Kirkhope is a British lawyer and politician, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East, he was first elected to the European Parliament...

  • 1993
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Irvine Patnick
      Irvine Patnick
      Sir Cyril Irvine Patnick, known as Irvine Patnick OBE is a British businessman and former Conservative Party politician....

    • Nicholas Baker
    • Timothy Wood
      Timothy Wood
      Timothy John Rogerson Wood, known as Tim Wood, is a British politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election....

    • Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy John Robert Kirkhope is a British lawyer and politician, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East, he was first elected to the European Parliament...

    • Andrew MacKay
  • 1994
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Timothy Wood
      Timothy Wood
      Timothy John Rogerson Wood, known as Tim Wood, is a British politician. He was the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Stevenage, which he won at the 1983 general election....

    • Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy Kirkhope
      Timothy John Robert Kirkhope is a British lawyer and politician, currently serving as Member of the European Parliament for Yorkshire and the Humber for the Conservative Party. After serving for ten years as Member of Parliament for Leeds North East, he was first elected to the European Parliament...

    • Andrew MacKay
    • Derek Conway
      Derek Conway
      Derek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....

    • Andrew Mitchell
      Andrew Mitchell
      The Right Honourable Andrew John Bower Mitchell MP is a British Conservative Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sutton Coldfield...

  • July 1995
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Andrew MacKay
    • Derek Conway
      Derek Conway
      Derek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....

    • Bowen Wells
      Bowen Wells
      Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells; is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Education:Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.-Member of Parliament:...

    • Simon Burns
      Simon Burns
      Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Member of Parliament for Chelmsford since the 1987 general election...

    • David Willetts
      David Willetts
      David Linsay Willetts is a British Conservative Party politician and the Minister of State for Universities and Science. He is the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire.-Education:...

  • October 1995
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Derek Conway
      Derek Conway
      Derek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....

    • Bowen Wells
      Bowen Wells
      Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells; is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Education:Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.-Member of Parliament:...

    • Simon Burns
      Simon Burns
      Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Member of Parliament for Chelmsford since the 1987 general election...

    • David Willetts
      David Willetts
      David Linsay Willetts is a British Conservative Party politician and the Minister of State for Universities and Science. He is the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Havant in Hampshire.-Education:...

    • Michael Bates
  • November 1995
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Derek Conway
      Derek Conway
      Derek Leslie Conway TD is an English politician and television presenter. A member of the centre-right Conservative Party, Conway served as a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Old Bexley and Sidcup from 2001 to 2010....

    • Bowen Wells
      Bowen Wells
      Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells; is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Education:Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.-Member of Parliament:...

    • Simon Burns
      Simon Burns
      Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He has been Member of Parliament for Chelmsford since the 1987 general election...

    • Michael Bates
    • Liam Fox
      Liam Fox
      Liam Fox MP is a British Conservative politician, Member of Parliament for North Somerset, and former Secretary of State for Defence....

  • July 1996
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Bowen Wells
      Bowen Wells
      Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells; is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Education:Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.-Member of Parliament:...

    • Michael Bates
    • Patrick McLoughlin
      Patrick McLoughlin
      Patrick Allen McLoughlin is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1986, initially for West Derbyshire and since 2010 for its successor, the Derbyshire Dales constituency...

    • Roger Knapman
      Roger Knapman
      Roger Maurice Knapman is a British politician and the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party ....

    • Richard Ottaway
      Richard Ottaway
      Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway is a British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament for Croydon South.-Early life:...

  • December 1996
    • John Major
      John Major
      Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

       (First Lord)
    • Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Clarke
      Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Bowen Wells
      Bowen Wells
      Petrie Bowen Wells, known as Bowen Wells; is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.-Education:Wells was educated at St Paul's, the University of Exeter, and Regent Street Polytechnic.-Member of Parliament:...

    • Patrick McLoughlin
      Patrick McLoughlin
      Patrick Allen McLoughlin is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been a Member of Parliament since 1986, initially for West Derbyshire and since 2010 for its successor, the Derbyshire Dales constituency...

    • Roger Knapman
      Roger Knapman
      Roger Maurice Knapman is a British politician and the former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party ....

    • Richard Ottaway
      Richard Ottaway
      Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway is a British Conservative politician, and Member of Parliament for Croydon South.-Early life:...

    • Gyles Brandreth
      Gyles Brandreth
      Gyles Daubeney Brandreth is a British writer, broadcaster and former Conservative Member of Parliament and junior minister.-Early life:...


Blair ministry (1997–2007)

  • 2 May 1997
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Ainsworth
    • Graham Allen
    • Jim Dowd
      Jim Dowd (politician)
      James Patrick Dowd is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.-Early life:...

    • John McFall
    • Jon Owen Jones
      Jon Owen Jones
      Jon Owen Jones is a Welsh politician. He was Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central from 1992 to 2005.-Early life:...

  • 28 July 1998
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Ainsworth
    • Jim Dowd
      Jim Dowd (politician)
      James Patrick Dowd is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.-Early life:...

    • Clive Betts
      Clive Betts
      Clive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.- Early life :...

    • David Jamieson
      David Jamieson
      David Charles Jamieson is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Devonport constituency. He stood for Plymouth Drake in 1987, gaining 24% of the vote and losing to a Conservative candidate who received 41% of the vote. He was first elected in the...

    • Jane Kennedy
      Jane Kennedy (politician)
      Jane Elizabeth Kennedy is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree from 1992 until she stood down in 2010...

  • 11 October 1999
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Robert Ainsworth
    • Jim Dowd
      Jim Dowd (politician)
      James Patrick Dowd is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.-Early life:...

    • Clive Betts
      Clive Betts
      Clive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.- Early life :...

    • David Jamieson
      David Jamieson
      David Charles Jamieson is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Devonport constituency. He stood for Plymouth Drake in 1987, gaining 24% of the vote and losing to a Conservative candidate who received 41% of the vote. He was first elected in the...

  • 26 January 2001
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Jim Dowd
      Jim Dowd (politician)
      James Patrick Dowd is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.-Early life:...

    • Clive Betts
      Clive Betts
      Clive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.- Early life :...

    • David Jamieson
      David Jamieson
      David Charles Jamieson is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Devonport constituency. He stood for Plymouth Drake in 1987, gaining 24% of the vote and losing to a Conservative candidate who received 41% of the vote. He was first elected in the...

  • 6 February 2001
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Jim Dowd
      Jim Dowd (politician)
      James Patrick Dowd is a British Labour Party politician, who has been a Member of Parliament since 1992, first for Lewisham West and since 2010 for Lewisham West and Penge.-Early life:...

    • Clive Betts
      Clive Betts
      Clive James Charles Betts is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1992 to 2010, when he became Member of Parliament for Sheffield South East.- Early life :...

    • David Jamieson
      David Jamieson
      David Charles Jamieson is a British politician, formerly the Labour Party Member of Parliament for the Plymouth Devonport constituency. He stood for Plymouth Drake in 1987, gaining 24% of the vote and losing to a Conservative candidate who received 41% of the vote. He was first elected in the...

    • David Clelland
      David Clelland
      David Gordon Clelland is a British Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Tyne Bridge from 1985 until 2010.-Early life:...

  • 12 June 2001
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Anne McGuire
      Anne McGuire
      Anne Catherine McGuire is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Stirling since 1997.-Early life:...

    • Tony McNulty
      Tony McNulty
      Anthony "Tony" James McNulty is a former British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Harrow East from 1997 to 2010 and was a government minister from 2002 to 2009. He was Minister for London and Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform at the Department for...

    • Graham Stringer
      Graham Stringer
      Graham Eric Stringer is a British Labour Party politician who is the current Member of Parliament for Blackley and Broughton having previously represented Manchester Blackley from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:...

  • 29 May 2002
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Fitzpatrick
      Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
      James Fitzpatrick is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the member for Poplar and Canning Town...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Ian Pearson
      Ian Pearson
      Ian Phares Pearson is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election...

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Derek Twigg
      Derek Twigg
      John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...

    • Phil Woolas
      Phil Woolas
      Philip James Woolas was a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Oldham East and Saddleworth from his election in 1997 to 2010. He was the Minister of State for Borders and Immigration in the Home Office, as well as being the Minister of State for the Treasury...

  • 14 June 2002
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Fitzpatrick
      Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
      James Fitzpatrick is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the member for Poplar and Canning Town...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Ian Pearson
      Ian Pearson
      Ian Phares Pearson is a British Labour Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1994 until 2010, representing Dudley West from 1994 until 1997, and then Dudley South from 1997 until his retirement from the House of Commons at the 2010 general election...

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Derek Twigg
      Derek Twigg
      John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...

  • 14 October 2002
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Fitzpatrick
      Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
      James Fitzpatrick is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the member for Poplar and Canning Town...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Derek Twigg
      Derek Twigg
      John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...

    • Bill Rammell
      Bill Rammell
      William Ernest Rammell is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Harlow from 1997 to 2010, and has served as the Minister of State for the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defence...

  • 28 October 2002
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Fitzpatrick
      Jim Fitzpatrick (politician)
      James Fitzpatrick is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Poplar and Limehouse since the 2010 General Election. From 1997 to the 2010 election he was the member for Poplar and Canning Town...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Derek Twigg
      Derek Twigg
      John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...

  • 13 June 2003
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Derek Twigg
      Derek Twigg
      John Derek Twigg is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Halton since 1997.-Early life:...

  • December, 2004
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Nick Ainger
      Nick Ainger
      Nicholas Richard 'Nick' Ainger is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as the Member of Parliament for Pembrokeshire from 1992 to 1997 and then, following boundary changes, as MP for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 1997 to 2010.-Early life:Ainger was born in...

    • John Heppell
      John Heppell
      John Heppell is a former British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East from 1992 until he stepped down at the 2010 general election...

    • Jim Murphy
      Jim Murphy
      James Francis "Jim" Murphy is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for East Renfrewshire....

    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

    • Gillian Merron
      Gillian Merron
      Gillian Joanna Merron was a British Labour Party politician, who was also the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010 she was Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health at the Department of Health.-Personal life:Merron was born in Ilford, Essex, and...

  • 11 May 2005
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Gillian Merron
      Gillian Merron
      Gillian Joanna Merron was a British Labour Party politician, who was also the Member of Parliament for Lincoln from 1997 to 2010. From 2009 to 2010 she was Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health at the Department of Health.-Personal life:Merron was born in Ilford, Essex, and...

    • Vernon Coaker
      Vernon Coaker
      Vernon Rodney Coaker is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Gedling since 1997; Coaker was appointed Minister of State for Schools and Learners in June 2009, a post he held until Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister on 11 May 2010...

    • Tom Watson
      Tom Watson (politician)
      Thomas Anthony Watson is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East since 2001. Watson was a Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office from 2008 to 2009...

    • David Watts
    • Joan Ryan
      Joan Ryan
      Joan Marie Ryan is a politician in the United Kingdom. She was member of Parliament for Enfield North between 1997 and 2010, and is a member of the Labour Party. She had previously been deputy leader of Barnet Council....

  • 8 May 2006
    • Tony Blair
      Tony Blair
      Anthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Watts
    • Alan Campbell
      Alan Campbell (politician)
      Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth since 1997. He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power...

    • Kevin Brennan
      Kevin Brennan (politician)
      Kevin Denis Brennan is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Cardiff West since 2001, and was a Minister of State at both the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Department for Children, Schools and Families before the 2010 general election...

    • Frank Roy
      Frank Roy
      Frank Roy is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw since 1997...

    • Claire Ward
      Claire Ward
      Claire Margaret Ward is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Watford from 1997 to 2010, and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2010....


Brown ministry (2007–2009)

  • 29 June 2007
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Alistair Darling
      Alistair Darling
      Alistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...

       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • David Watts
    • Alan Campbell
      Alan Campbell (politician)
      Alan Campbell is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Tynemouth since 1997. He served as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office from 2008 until 2010, when the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats came to power...

    • Frank Roy
      Frank Roy
      Frank Roy is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Motherwell and Wishaw since 1997...

    • Claire Ward
      Claire Ward
      Claire Margaret Ward is a British Labour Party politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Watford from 1997 to 2010, and was a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice from 2009 to 2010....

    • Steve McCabe
      Steve McCabe (politician)
      Stephen James McCabe is a British Labour Party politician who was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham Hall Green from 1997 to 2010, when he was elected for Birmingham Selly Oak.-Early life:...


  • 6 October 2008
    • Gordon Brown
      Gordon Brown
      James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...

       (First Lord)
    • Alistair Darling
      Alistair Darling
      Alistair Maclean Darling is a Scottish Labour Party politician who has been a Member of Parliament since 1987, currently for Edinburgh South West. He served as the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2007 to 2010...

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    • Tony Cunningham
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Cameron Ministry (Since 2010)

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    • David Cameron
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    • George Osborne
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       (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
    • Michael Fabricant
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    • Angela Watkinson
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    • Jeremy Wright
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    • Brooks Newmark
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    • James Duddridge
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