The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom.
Oliver Dowden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 25 October 2022.
Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|
Sir Henry de Haydock | 1361 | 1373 |
Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400) [Note 1] |
1373 | 16 April 1377 |
Thomas de Thelwall (–1382) |
16 April 1377 |
1378 |
Sir John De Yerborough | 1378 | 10 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Stanley pro temp. |
10 November 1382 |
29 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Scarle | 29 November 1382 |
October 1383 |
Sir William Okey | October 1383 |
1400 |
John de Wakering | 1400 | 1400 |
William Burgoyne | 1400 | 15 May 1404 |
Sir Thomas Stanley | 15 May 1404 |
30 March 1410 |
John Springthorpe | 30 March 1410 |
4 April 1413 |
John Wodehouse | 4 April 1413 |
10 June 1424 |
William Troutbecke | 10 June 1424 |
16 February 1431 |
Walter Sherington | 16 February 1431 |
3 July 1442 |
William Tresham MP for Northamptonshire (1404–1450) |
3 July 1442 |
10 June 1449 |
John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
10 June 1449 |
10 June 1462 |
Sir Richard Fowler Chancellor of the Exchequer ( c. 1425–1477) [Note 2] |
10 June 1462 |
3 November 1477 |
Sir John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
3 November 1477 |
2 April 1478 |
Thomas Thwaites Chancellor of the Exchequer ( c. 1435–1503) |
2 April 1478 |
7 July 1483 |
Thomas Metcalfe (– c. 1504) |
7 July 1483 |
13 September 1486 |
Sir Reginald Bray ( c. 1440–1503) |
13 September 1486 |
24 June 1503 |
Sir John Mordaunt (– c. 1505) |
24 June 1503 |
3 October 1505 |
Sir Richard Empson ( c. 1450–1510) |
3 October 1505 |
14 May 1509 |
Sir Henry Marney ( c. 1447–1523) |
14 May 1509 |
14 April 1523 |
Sir Richard Wingfield ( c. 1469–1525) |
14 April 1523 |
31 December 1525 |
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) |
31 December 1525 |
3 November 1529 |
Sir William Fitzwilliam ( c. 1490–1542) |
3 November 1529 |
10 May 1533 |
Sir John Gage (1479–1556) |
10 May 1533 |
1 July 1547 |
William Paget 1st Baron Paget Secretary of State (1506–1563) [Note 3] |
1 July 1547 |
7 July 1552 |
Sir John Gates MP for Essex (1504–1553) |
7 July 1552 |
1553 |
Sir Robert Rochester MP for Essex ( c. 1516–1561) |
1553 | 1557 |
Sir Edward Waldegrave MP for Essex ( c. 1516–1561) |
22 June 1558 |
1559 |
Sir Ambrose Cave MP for Warwickshire (–1568) |
1559 | 16 May 1568 |
Sir Ralph Sadler MP for Hertfordshire (1507–1587) |
16 May 1568 |
15 June 1587 |
Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State ( c. 1532–1590) |
15 June 1587 |
1590 |
Sir Thomas Heneage MP for Essex (1532–1595) |
1590 | 7 October 1595 |
Seal in commission | 1595 | 1597 |
Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State Lord Privy Seal (1563–1612) [Note 4] |
8 October 1597 |
1599 |
Seal in commission | 1599 | 16 September 1601 |
Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex ( c. 1531–1607) [Note 5] |
16 September 1601 |
23 December 1607 |
Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616) [Note 6] |
December 1607 |
May 1616 |
Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618) |
27 May 1616 |
January 1618 |
Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630) [Note 7] |
23 March 1618 |
16 April 1629 |
Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1645) |
16 April 1629 |
10 February 1644 |
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge ( c. 1590–1664) [Note 8] |
1644 | 1645 |
William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke & William Lenthall (commission) |
(Lenthall) | 10 February 1644 | 1648 |
Gilbert Gerard | 1648 | 1 August 1649 | |
John Bradshaw | 1 August 1649 | 1653 | |
John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners) |
(Bradshaw) | 1653 | 1654 |
Thomas Fell | 1654 | 1658 | |
John Bradshaw | 1658 | 1659 | |
William Lenthall | 1659 | 1659 | |
Gilbert Gerard | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge ( c. 1590–1664) |
9 July 1660 |
21 July 1664 | |
Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672) |
21 July 1664 |
22 February 1672 | |
Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire ( c. 1637–1682) |
22 February 1672 |
21 November 1682 | |
Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699) |
21 November 1682 |
1687 | |
Robert Phelips (1619–1707) |
May 1687 |
March 1689 | |
Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723) |
21 March 1689 |
4 May 1697 | |
Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford ( c. 1654–1720) |
4 May 1697 |
12 May 1702 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9] |
12 May 1702 |
10 June 1706 |
Tory | ||
James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) |
10 June 1706 |
21 September 1710 |
— | ||
William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton ( c. 1692–1741) |
21 September 1710 |
6 November 1714 |
— | ||
Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford ( c. 1649–1719) |
6 November 1714 |
12 March 1716 |
Tory | ||
Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721) |
12 March 1716 |
19 June 1717 |
— | ||
Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) [Note 10] |
19 June 1717 |
17 July 1727 |
— | ||
John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779) |
17 July 1727 |
21 May 1735 |
Whig | ||
George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770) |
21 May 1735 |
22 December 1742 |
Whig | ||
Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758) |
22 December 1742 |
5 December 1758 |
— | ||
Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787) |
27 February 1759 |
13 December 1762 |
Whig | ||
James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) [Note 11] |
13 December 1762 |
14 June 1771 |
— | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12] |
14 June 1771 |
17 April 1782 |
Whig | ||
John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) |
17 April 1782 |
29 August 1783 |
Whig | ||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
29 August 1783 |
31 December 1783 |
Whig | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) |
31 December 1783 |
6 September 1786 |
Whig | ||
Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834) [Note 13] |
6 September 1786 |
11 November 1803 |
— |
Minister in the House of Commons | Minister in the House of Lords |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Concurrent office(s) | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826) |
11 November 1803 |
6 June 1804 |
— | Whig | Henry Addington | |||
Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) |
6 June 1804 |
14 January 1805 |
— | Tory | William Pitt the Younger | |||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
14 January 1805 |
10 July 1805 |
— | Tory | ||||
Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) |
10 July 1805 |
12 February 1806 |
— | Tory | ||||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
12 February 1806 |
30 March 1807 |
— | Whig |
William Grenville ( Ministry of All the Talents) | |||
Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812) |
30 March 1807 |
11 May 1812 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Tory | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | |||
Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) |
Himself | |||||||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
23 May 1812 |
23 June 1812 |
President of the Board of Control | Tory | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | |||
Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) [Note 14] |
23 June 1812 |
13 February 1823 |
President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) | — | ||||
Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) |
13 February 1823 |
26 January 1828 |
Tory | |||||
George Canning (April–August 1827) | ||||||||
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | ||||||||
George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
26 January 1828 |
2 June 1828 |
— | Tory | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | |||
Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850) |
2 June 1828 |
25 November 1830 |
— | Tory | ||||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
25 November 1830 |
14 November 1834 |
Whig | Charles Grey | ||||
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | ||||||||
vacant | 14 November 1834 |
26 December 1834 |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( Caretaker) | |||||
Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850) |
26 December 1834 |
8 April 1835 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
23 April 1835 |
31 October 1840 |
— | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | |||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
31 October 1840 |
23 June 1841 |
Lord Privy Seal | Whig | ||||
Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882) |
23 June 1841 |
30 August 1841 |
— | Whig | ||||
Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848) |
3 September 1841 |
27 June 1846 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861) |
6 July 1846 |
6 March 1850 |
— | Whig | John Russell | |||
George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864) |
6 March 1850 |
21 February 1852 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) | Whig | ||||
Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887) |
1 March 1852 |
17 December 1852 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880) |
3 January 1853 |
21 June 1854 |
— | Whig / Radical | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( Coalition) | |||
Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
21 June 1854 |
30 January 1855 |
— | Whig | ||||
vacant | February 1855 |
March 1855 |
||||||
Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) |
31 March 1855 |
7 December 1855 |
— | — | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860) |
7 December 1855 |
21 February 1858 |
— | Whig | ||||
James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874) |
26 February 1858 |
11 June 1859 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882) |
22 June 1859 |
25 July 1861 |
— | Whig / Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886) |
25 July 1861 |
7 April 1864 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
7 April 1864 |
3 November 1865 |
— | Liberal | ||||
vacant | 3 November 1865 |
26 January 1866 |
John Russell | |||||
George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907) |
26 January 1866 |
26 June 1866 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) | Liberal | ||||
William Courtenay 11th Earl of Devon (1807–1888) |
10 July 1866 |
26 June 1867 |
President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) |
26 June 1867 |
7 November 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) |
Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) | |||||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
7 November 1868 |
1 December 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) [Note 15] |
12 December 1868 |
9 August 1872 |
Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896) |
9 August 1872 |
30 September 1873 |
Liberal | |||||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
30 September 1873 |
17 February 1874 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
2 March 1874 |
21 April 1880 |
— | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876) | |||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
28 April 1880 |
25 July 1882 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) |
25 July 1882 |
28 December 1882 |
Colonial Secretary | Liberal | ||||
John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897) |
28 December 1882 |
29 October 1884 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928) |
29 October 1884 |
9 June 1885 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) |
24 June 1885 |
28 January 1886 |
— | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922) |
6 February 1886 |
16 April 1886 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939) |
16 April 1886 |
20 July 1886 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook (1814–1906) |
3 August 1886 |
16 August 1886 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) [Note 16] |
16 August 1886 |
11 August 1892 |
— | Conservative | ||||
James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) |
18 August 1892 |
28 May 1894 |
Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894) | ||||
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||||||
Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909) |
28 May 1894 |
21 June 1895 |
Lord Privy Seal | Liberal | ||||
R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914) |
29 June 1895 |
4 July 1895 |
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | ||||
Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) |
4 July 1895 |
11 August 1902 |
Liberal Unionist | |||||
Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902) | ||||||||
Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925) |
11 August 1902 |
4 December 1905 |
— | Conservative |
Arthur Balfour Coalition | |||
Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) |
10 December 1905 |
13 October 1908 |
Liberal | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | ||||
H. H. Asquith | ||||||||
Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935) |
13 October 1908 |
25 June 1909 |
— | |||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 June 1909 |
14 February 1910 |
— | |||||
Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943) |
14 February 1910 |
23 October 1911 |
— | |||||
Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941) |
23 October 1911 |
11 February 1914 |
— | |||||
Charles Masterman (1873–1927) [Note 17] |
11 February 1914 |
3 February 1915 |
— | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
3 February 1915 |
25 May 1915 |
— | |||||
Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965) |
25 May 1915 |
25 November 1915 |
— | H. H. Asquith ( War coalition) | ||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 November 1915 |
11 January 1916 |
Postmaster-General | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
11 January 1916 |
9 July 1916 |
— | |||||
Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927) |
9 July 1916 |
10 December 1916 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |||||
Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937) |
10 December 1916 |
10 February 1918 |
— |
David Lloyd George ( Coalition) | ||||
Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) |
10 February 1918 |
4 November 1918 |
Minister of Information | Conservative | ||||
William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920) |
4 November 1918 |
10 January 1919 |
Conservative | |||||
David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940) |
10 January 1919 |
1 April 1921 |
— | |||||
William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) |
1 April 1921 |
7 April 1922 |
Minister of Transport | |||||
Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) |
7 April 1922 |
9 October 1922 |
— | Liberal | ||||
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) |
24 October 1922 |
25 May 1923 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Bonar Law | |||
J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
25 May 1923 |
22 January 1924 |
— | Stanley Baldwin | ||||
Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943) |
22 January 1924 |
3 November 1924 |
— | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958) |
10 November 1924 |
19 October 1927 |
— | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin | |||
Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934) |
19 October 1927 |
4 June 1929 |
— | |||||
Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980) |
7 June 1929 |
19 May 1930 |
responsibility for unemployment | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) |
23 May 1930 |
13 March 1931 |
— | |||||
Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946) |
13 March 1931 |
24 August 1931 |
— | |||||
Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940) |
25 August 1931 |
10 November 1931 |
— | Liberal | Ramsay MacDonald ( 1st Nat. coalition) | |||
Sir
John Davidson GCVO CH CB PC MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
10 November 1931 |
28 May 1937 |
sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry | Conservative | Ramsay MacDonald ( 2nd Nat. coalition) | |||
Stanley Baldwin ( 3rd Nat. coalition) | ||||||||
Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962) |
28 May 1937 |
29 January 1939 |
Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) |
Neville Chamberlain ( 4th Nat. coalition) | ||||
William Morrison MC PC KC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961) |
29 January 1939 |
3 April 1940 |
— | |||||
Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) | Neville Chamberlain ( War coalition) | |||||||
George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940) |
3 April 1940 |
14 May 1940 |
— | |||||
Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963) |
14 May 1940 |
20 July 1941 |
— | National |
Winston Churchill ( War coalition) | |||
Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954) |
20 July 1941 |
11 November 1943 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962) |
11 November 1943 |
25 May 1945 |
— | National Liberal | ||||
Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975) |
25 May 1945 |
26 July 1945 |
— | Conservative | Winston Churchill ( Caretaker coalition) | |||
John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971) |
4 August 1945 |
17 April 1947 |
Minister for Germany and Austria | Labour | Clement Attlee | |||
Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001) |
17 April 1947 |
31 May 1948 |
deputy
Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany) | |||||
Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962) |
31 May 1948 |
28 February 1950 |
— | |||||
A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965) |
28 February 1950 |
26 October 1951 |
— | Labour Co-operative | ||||
Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972) |
31 October 1951 |
24 November 1952 |
Minister of Materials | Conservative | Winston Churchill | |||
Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) [Note 18] |
24 November 1952 |
20 December 1955 |
Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) | |||||
Anthony Eden | ||||||||
George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994) |
20 December 1955 |
13 January 1957 |
— | |||||
Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989) |
13 January 1957 |
9 October 1961 |
— | Harold Macmillan | ||||
Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970) |
9 October 1961 |
20 October 1963 |
Leader of the House of Commons | |||||
John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham OBE PC DL (1911–1982) |
20 October 1963 |
16 October 1964 |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party |
Alec Douglas-Home | ||||
Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996) |
18 October 1964 |
6 April 1966 |
special responsibility for Social Services | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 April 1966 |
7 January 1967 |
— | |||||
Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996) |
7 January 1967 |
6 October 1969 |
— | |||||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 October 1969 |
20 June 1970 |
— | |||||
Anthony Barber TD MP for Altrincham and Sale (1920–2005) |
20 June 1970 |
25 July 1970 |
responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) |
Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997) |
28 July 1970 |
5 November 1972 | ||||||
John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979) |
5 November 1972 |
4 March 1974 | ||||||
Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) |
5 March 1974 |
4 May 1979 |
Labour | Harold Wilson | ||||
James Callaghan | ||||||||
Norman St John-Stevas MP for Cambridgeshire (1929–2012) |
5 May 1979 |
5 January 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Minister for the Arts |
Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008) |
5 January 1981 |
14 September 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General | |||||
Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002) |
14 September 1981 |
6 April 1982 |
Leader of the House of Lords | |||||
Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016) |
6 April 1982 |
11 June 1983 |
Paymaster-General | |||||
Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007) |
11 June 1983 |
11 September 1984 |
— | |||||
Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021) |
11 September 1984 |
3 September 1985 |
Minister for the Arts | |||||
Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–) |
3 September 1985 |
13 June 1987 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–) |
13 June 1987 |
25 July 1988 |
Minister for Inner Cities ( DTI) | |||||
Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012) |
25 July 1988 |
24 July 1989 |
Minister of State at DTI | |||||
Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–) |
24 July 1989 |
28 November 1990 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–) |
28 November 1990 |
10 April 1992 | ||||||
William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–) |
10 April 1992 |
20 July 1994 |
responsibility for public services and science | John Major | ||||
David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–) |
20 July 1994 |
5 July 1995 |
Minister for Public Services | |||||
Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–) |
5 July 1995 |
2 May 1997 | ||||||
David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–) |
2 May 1997 |
27 July 1998 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–) |
27 July 1998 |
11 October 1999 |
Labour | |||||
Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005) |
11 October 1999 |
11 June 2001 |
Labour | |||||
Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–) |
11 June 2001 |
13 June 2003 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–) |
13 June 2003 |
8 September 2004 |
Labour | |||||
Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–) |
8 September 2004 |
6 May 2005 |
Labour | |||||
John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–) |
6 May 2005 |
2 November 2005 |
Labour | |||||
Vacant | 2 November 2005 |
5 May 2006 | ||||||
Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–) |
5 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion |
Labour | ||||
Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–) |
28 June 2007 |
3 October 2008 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–) |
3 October 2008 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | |||||
Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–) |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Leader of the House of Lords | Labour | ||||
Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–) |
12 May 2010 |
7 January 2013 |
Conservative |
David Cameron ( Coalition) | ||||
Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–) |
7 January 2013 |
14 July 2014 |
Conservative | |||||
Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) |
14 July 2014 |
14 July 2016 |
Minister of State for Government Policy | Conservative | ||||
in charge of the Cabinet Office |
David Cameron ( II) | |||||||
Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) |
14 July 2016 |
8 January 2018 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative |
Theresa May ( I) | |||
Theresa May ( II) | ||||||||
David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–) |
8 January 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Conservative | ||||
Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) |
24 July 2019 |
15 September 2021 |
Conservative |
Boris Johnson ( I) | ||||
Boris Johnson ( II) | ||||||||
Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021) | ||||||||
Steve Barclay MP for North East Cambridgeshire (1972–) |
16 September 2021 |
5 July 2022 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office (16 September 2021 – 8 February 2022) Downing Street Chief of Staff (8 February 2022 – 5 July 2022) |
Conservative | ||||
Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–) |
7 July 2022 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative | |||||
Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–) |
6 September 2022 |
25 October 2022 |
Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |
Conservative | Liz Truss | |||
Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere (1978–) |
25 October 2022 |
Incumbent |
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (from 9 February 2023) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 21 April 2023) |
Conservative | Rishi Sunak |
The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom.
Oliver Dowden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 25 October 2022.
Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|
Sir Henry de Haydock | 1361 | 1373 |
Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400) [Note 1] |
1373 | 16 April 1377 |
Thomas de Thelwall (–1382) |
16 April 1377 |
1378 |
Sir John De Yerborough | 1378 | 10 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Stanley pro temp. |
10 November 1382 |
29 November 1382 |
Sir Thomas Scarle | 29 November 1382 |
October 1383 |
Sir William Okey | October 1383 |
1400 |
John de Wakering | 1400 | 1400 |
William Burgoyne | 1400 | 15 May 1404 |
Sir Thomas Stanley | 15 May 1404 |
30 March 1410 |
John Springthorpe | 30 March 1410 |
4 April 1413 |
John Wodehouse | 4 April 1413 |
10 June 1424 |
William Troutbecke | 10 June 1424 |
16 February 1431 |
Walter Sherington | 16 February 1431 |
3 July 1442 |
William Tresham MP for Northamptonshire (1404–1450) |
3 July 1442 |
10 June 1449 |
John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
10 June 1449 |
10 June 1462 |
Sir Richard Fowler Chancellor of the Exchequer ( c. 1425–1477) [Note 2] |
10 June 1462 |
3 November 1477 |
Sir John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) |
3 November 1477 |
2 April 1478 |
Thomas Thwaites Chancellor of the Exchequer ( c. 1435–1503) |
2 April 1478 |
7 July 1483 |
Thomas Metcalfe (– c. 1504) |
7 July 1483 |
13 September 1486 |
Sir Reginald Bray ( c. 1440–1503) |
13 September 1486 |
24 June 1503 |
Sir John Mordaunt (– c. 1505) |
24 June 1503 |
3 October 1505 |
Sir Richard Empson ( c. 1450–1510) |
3 October 1505 |
14 May 1509 |
Sir Henry Marney ( c. 1447–1523) |
14 May 1509 |
14 April 1523 |
Sir Richard Wingfield ( c. 1469–1525) |
14 April 1523 |
31 December 1525 |
Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) |
31 December 1525 |
3 November 1529 |
Sir William Fitzwilliam ( c. 1490–1542) |
3 November 1529 |
10 May 1533 |
Sir John Gage (1479–1556) |
10 May 1533 |
1 July 1547 |
William Paget 1st Baron Paget Secretary of State (1506–1563) [Note 3] |
1 July 1547 |
7 July 1552 |
Sir John Gates MP for Essex (1504–1553) |
7 July 1552 |
1553 |
Sir Robert Rochester MP for Essex ( c. 1516–1561) |
1553 | 1557 |
Sir Edward Waldegrave MP for Essex ( c. 1516–1561) |
22 June 1558 |
1559 |
Sir Ambrose Cave MP for Warwickshire (–1568) |
1559 | 16 May 1568 |
Sir Ralph Sadler MP for Hertfordshire (1507–1587) |
16 May 1568 |
15 June 1587 |
Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State ( c. 1532–1590) |
15 June 1587 |
1590 |
Sir Thomas Heneage MP for Essex (1532–1595) |
1590 | 7 October 1595 |
Seal in commission | 1595 | 1597 |
Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State Lord Privy Seal (1563–1612) [Note 4] |
8 October 1597 |
1599 |
Seal in commission | 1599 | 16 September 1601 |
Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex ( c. 1531–1607) [Note 5] |
16 September 1601 |
23 December 1607 |
Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616) [Note 6] |
December 1607 |
May 1616 |
Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618) |
27 May 1616 |
January 1618 |
Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630) [Note 7] |
23 March 1618 |
16 April 1629 |
Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1645) |
16 April 1629 |
10 February 1644 |
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge ( c. 1590–1664) [Note 8] |
1644 | 1645 |
William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke & William Lenthall (commission) |
(Lenthall) | 10 February 1644 | 1648 |
Gilbert Gerard | 1648 | 1 August 1649 | |
John Bradshaw | 1 August 1649 | 1653 | |
John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners) |
(Bradshaw) | 1653 | 1654 |
Thomas Fell | 1654 | 1658 | |
John Bradshaw | 1658 | 1659 | |
William Lenthall | 1659 | 1659 | |
Gilbert Gerard | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
---|---|---|---|
Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge ( c. 1590–1664) |
9 July 1660 |
21 July 1664 | |
Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672) |
21 July 1664 |
22 February 1672 | |
Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire ( c. 1637–1682) |
22 February 1672 |
21 November 1682 | |
Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699) |
21 November 1682 |
1687 | |
Robert Phelips (1619–1707) |
May 1687 |
March 1689 | |
Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723) |
21 March 1689 |
4 May 1697 | |
Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford ( c. 1654–1720) |
4 May 1697 |
12 May 1702 |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9] |
12 May 1702 |
10 June 1706 |
Tory | ||
James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) |
10 June 1706 |
21 September 1710 |
— | ||
William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton ( c. 1692–1741) |
21 September 1710 |
6 November 1714 |
— | ||
Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford ( c. 1649–1719) |
6 November 1714 |
12 March 1716 |
Tory | ||
Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721) |
12 March 1716 |
19 June 1717 |
— | ||
Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) [Note 10] |
19 June 1717 |
17 July 1727 |
— | ||
John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779) |
17 July 1727 |
21 May 1735 |
Whig | ||
George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770) |
21 May 1735 |
22 December 1742 |
Whig | ||
Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758) |
22 December 1742 |
5 December 1758 |
— | ||
Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787) |
27 February 1759 |
13 December 1762 |
Whig | ||
James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) [Note 11] |
13 December 1762 |
14 June 1771 |
— | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12] |
14 June 1771 |
17 April 1782 |
Whig | ||
John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) |
17 April 1782 |
29 August 1783 |
Whig | ||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
29 August 1783 |
31 December 1783 |
Whig | ||
Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) |
31 December 1783 |
6 September 1786 |
Whig | ||
Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834) [Note 13] |
6 September 1786 |
11 November 1803 |
— |
Minister in the House of Commons | Minister in the House of Lords |
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Concurrent office(s) | Party | Prime Minister | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826) |
11 November 1803 |
6 June 1804 |
— | Whig | Henry Addington | |||
Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) |
6 June 1804 |
14 January 1805 |
— | Tory | William Pitt the Younger | |||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
14 January 1805 |
10 July 1805 |
— | Tory | ||||
Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) |
10 July 1805 |
12 February 1806 |
— | Tory | ||||
Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) |
12 February 1806 |
30 March 1807 |
— | Whig |
William Grenville ( Ministry of All the Talents) | |||
Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812) |
30 March 1807 |
11 May 1812 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Tory | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | |||
Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) |
Himself | |||||||
Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) |
23 May 1812 |
23 June 1812 |
President of the Board of Control | Tory | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | |||
Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) [Note 14] |
23 June 1812 |
13 February 1823 |
President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) | — | ||||
Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) |
13 February 1823 |
26 January 1828 |
Tory | |||||
George Canning (April–August 1827) | ||||||||
F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | ||||||||
George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
26 January 1828 |
2 June 1828 |
— | Tory | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | |||
Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850) |
2 June 1828 |
25 November 1830 |
— | Tory | ||||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
25 November 1830 |
14 November 1834 |
Whig | Charles Grey | ||||
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | ||||||||
vacant | 14 November 1834 |
26 December 1834 |
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ( Caretaker) | |||||
Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850) |
26 December 1834 |
8 April 1835 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) |
23 April 1835 |
31 October 1840 |
— | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | |||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
31 October 1840 |
23 June 1841 |
Lord Privy Seal | Whig | ||||
Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882) |
23 June 1841 |
30 August 1841 |
— | Whig | ||||
Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848) |
3 September 1841 |
27 June 1846 |
— | Conservative | Robert Peel | |||
John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861) |
6 July 1846 |
6 March 1850 |
— | Whig | John Russell | |||
George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864) |
6 March 1850 |
21 February 1852 |
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) | Whig | ||||
Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887) |
1 March 1852 |
17 December 1852 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880) |
3 January 1853 |
21 June 1854 |
— | Whig / Radical | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen ( Coalition) | |||
Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
21 June 1854 |
30 January 1855 |
— | Whig | ||||
vacant | February 1855 |
March 1855 |
||||||
Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) |
31 March 1855 |
7 December 1855 |
— | — | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860) |
7 December 1855 |
21 February 1858 |
— | Whig | ||||
James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874) |
26 February 1858 |
11 June 1859 |
— | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882) |
22 June 1859 |
25 July 1861 |
— | Whig / Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | |||
Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886) |
25 July 1861 |
7 April 1864 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
7 April 1864 |
3 November 1865 |
— | Liberal | ||||
vacant | 3 November 1865 |
26 January 1866 |
John Russell | |||||
George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907) |
26 January 1866 |
26 June 1866 |
Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) | Liberal | ||||
William Courtenay 11th Earl of Devon (1807–1888) |
10 July 1866 |
26 June 1867 |
President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | |||
John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) |
26 June 1867 |
7 November 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) |
Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) | |||||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
7 November 1868 |
1 December 1868 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) [Note 15] |
12 December 1868 |
9 August 1872 |
Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896) |
9 August 1872 |
30 September 1873 |
Liberal | |||||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
30 September 1873 |
17 February 1874 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) |
2 March 1874 |
21 April 1880 |
— | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876) | |||
John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) |
28 April 1880 |
25 July 1882 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) |
25 July 1882 |
28 December 1882 |
Colonial Secretary | Liberal | ||||
John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897) |
28 December 1882 |
29 October 1884 |
— | Liberal | ||||
George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928) |
29 October 1884 |
9 June 1885 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) |
24 June 1885 |
28 January 1886 |
— | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922) |
6 February 1886 |
16 April 1886 |
— | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | |||
Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939) |
16 April 1886 |
20 July 1886 |
— | Liberal | ||||
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook (1814–1906) |
3 August 1886 |
16 August 1886 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) [Note 16] |
16 August 1886 |
11 August 1892 |
— | Conservative | ||||
James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) |
18 August 1892 |
28 May 1894 |
Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894) | ||||
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||||||
Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909) |
28 May 1894 |
21 June 1895 |
Lord Privy Seal | Liberal | ||||
R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914) |
29 June 1895 |
4 July 1895 |
Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | ||||
Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) |
4 July 1895 |
11 August 1902 |
Liberal Unionist | |||||
Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902) | ||||||||
Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925) |
11 August 1902 |
4 December 1905 |
— | Conservative |
Arthur Balfour Coalition | |||
Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) |
10 December 1905 |
13 October 1908 |
Liberal | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | ||||
H. H. Asquith | ||||||||
Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935) |
13 October 1908 |
25 June 1909 |
— | |||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 June 1909 |
14 February 1910 |
— | |||||
Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943) |
14 February 1910 |
23 October 1911 |
— | |||||
Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941) |
23 October 1911 |
11 February 1914 |
— | |||||
Charles Masterman (1873–1927) [Note 17] |
11 February 1914 |
3 February 1915 |
— | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
3 February 1915 |
25 May 1915 |
— | |||||
Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965) |
25 May 1915 |
25 November 1915 |
— | H. H. Asquith ( War coalition) | ||||
Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) |
25 November 1915 |
11 January 1916 |
Postmaster-General | |||||
Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) |
11 January 1916 |
9 July 1916 |
— | |||||
Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927) |
9 July 1916 |
10 December 1916 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | |||||
Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937) |
10 December 1916 |
10 February 1918 |
— |
David Lloyd George ( Coalition) | ||||
Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) |
10 February 1918 |
4 November 1918 |
Minister of Information | Conservative | ||||
William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920) |
4 November 1918 |
10 January 1919 |
Conservative | |||||
David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940) |
10 January 1919 |
1 April 1921 |
— | |||||
William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) |
1 April 1921 |
7 April 1922 |
Minister of Transport | |||||
Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) |
7 April 1922 |
9 October 1922 |
— | Liberal | ||||
James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) |
24 October 1922 |
25 May 1923 |
Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Bonar Law | |||
J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
25 May 1923 |
22 January 1924 |
— | Stanley Baldwin | ||||
Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943) |
22 January 1924 |
3 November 1924 |
— | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958) |
10 November 1924 |
19 October 1927 |
— | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin | |||
Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934) |
19 October 1927 |
4 June 1929 |
— | |||||
Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980) |
7 June 1929 |
19 May 1930 |
responsibility for unemployment | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | |||
Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) |
23 May 1930 |
13 March 1931 |
— | |||||
Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946) |
13 March 1931 |
24 August 1931 |
— | |||||
Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940) |
25 August 1931 |
10 November 1931 |
— | Liberal | Ramsay MacDonald ( 1st Nat. coalition) | |||
Sir
John Davidson GCVO CH CB PC MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) |
10 November 1931 |
28 May 1937 |
sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry | Conservative | Ramsay MacDonald ( 2nd Nat. coalition) | |||
Stanley Baldwin ( 3rd Nat. coalition) | ||||||||
Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962) |
28 May 1937 |
29 January 1939 |
Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) |
Neville Chamberlain ( 4th Nat. coalition) | ||||
William Morrison MC PC KC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961) |
29 January 1939 |
3 April 1940 |
— | |||||
Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) | Neville Chamberlain ( War coalition) | |||||||
George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940) |
3 April 1940 |
14 May 1940 |
— | |||||
Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963) |
14 May 1940 |
20 July 1941 |
— | National |
Winston Churchill ( War coalition) | |||
Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954) |
20 July 1941 |
11 November 1943 |
— | Conservative | ||||
Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962) |
11 November 1943 |
25 May 1945 |
— | National Liberal | ||||
Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975) |
25 May 1945 |
26 July 1945 |
— | Conservative | Winston Churchill ( Caretaker coalition) | |||
John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971) |
4 August 1945 |
17 April 1947 |
Minister for Germany and Austria | Labour | Clement Attlee | |||
Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001) |
17 April 1947 |
31 May 1948 |
deputy
Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany) | |||||
Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962) |
31 May 1948 |
28 February 1950 |
— | |||||
A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965) |
28 February 1950 |
26 October 1951 |
— | Labour Co-operative | ||||
Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972) |
31 October 1951 |
24 November 1952 |
Minister of Materials | Conservative | Winston Churchill | |||
Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) [Note 18] |
24 November 1952 |
20 December 1955 |
Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) | |||||
Anthony Eden | ||||||||
George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994) |
20 December 1955 |
13 January 1957 |
— | |||||
Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989) |
13 January 1957 |
9 October 1961 |
— | Harold Macmillan | ||||
Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970) |
9 October 1961 |
20 October 1963 |
Leader of the House of Commons | |||||
John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham OBE PC DL (1911–1982) |
20 October 1963 |
16 October 1964 |
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party |
Alec Douglas-Home | ||||
Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996) |
18 October 1964 |
6 April 1966 |
special responsibility for Social Services | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 April 1966 |
7 January 1967 |
— | |||||
Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996) |
7 January 1967 |
6 October 1969 |
— | |||||
George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) |
6 October 1969 |
20 June 1970 |
— | |||||
Anthony Barber TD MP for Altrincham and Sale (1920–2005) |
20 June 1970 |
25 July 1970 |
responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) |
Conservative | Edward Heath | |||
Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997) |
28 July 1970 |
5 November 1972 | ||||||
John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979) |
5 November 1972 |
4 March 1974 | ||||||
Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) |
5 March 1974 |
4 May 1979 |
Labour | Harold Wilson | ||||
James Callaghan | ||||||||
Norman St John-Stevas MP for Cambridgeshire (1929–2012) |
5 May 1979 |
5 January 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Minister for the Arts |
Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | |||
Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008) |
5 January 1981 |
14 September 1981 |
Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General | |||||
Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002) |
14 September 1981 |
6 April 1982 |
Leader of the House of Lords | |||||
Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016) |
6 April 1982 |
11 June 1983 |
Paymaster-General | |||||
Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007) |
11 June 1983 |
11 September 1984 |
— | |||||
Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021) |
11 September 1984 |
3 September 1985 |
Minister for the Arts | |||||
Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–) |
3 September 1985 |
13 June 1987 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–) |
13 June 1987 |
25 July 1988 |
Minister for Inner Cities ( DTI) | |||||
Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012) |
25 July 1988 |
24 July 1989 |
Minister of State at DTI | |||||
Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–) |
24 July 1989 |
28 November 1990 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | |||||
Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–) |
28 November 1990 |
10 April 1992 | ||||||
William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–) |
10 April 1992 |
20 July 1994 |
responsibility for public services and science | John Major | ||||
David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–) |
20 July 1994 |
5 July 1995 |
Minister for Public Services | |||||
Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–) |
5 July 1995 |
2 May 1997 | ||||||
David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–) |
2 May 1997 |
27 July 1998 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–) |
27 July 1998 |
11 October 1999 |
Labour | |||||
Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005) |
11 October 1999 |
11 June 2001 |
Labour | |||||
Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–) |
11 June 2001 |
13 June 2003 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | |||
Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–) |
13 June 2003 |
8 September 2004 |
Labour | |||||
Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–) |
8 September 2004 |
6 May 2005 |
Labour | |||||
John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–) |
6 May 2005 |
2 November 2005 |
Labour | |||||
Vacant | 2 November 2005 |
5 May 2006 | ||||||
Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–) |
5 May 2006 |
28 June 2007 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion |
Labour | ||||
Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–) |
28 June 2007 |
3 October 2008 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown | |||
Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–) |
3 October 2008 |
5 June 2009 |
Labour | |||||
Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–) |
5 June 2009 |
11 May 2010 |
Leader of the House of Lords | Labour | ||||
Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–) |
12 May 2010 |
7 January 2013 |
Conservative |
David Cameron ( Coalition) | ||||
Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–) |
7 January 2013 |
14 July 2014 |
Conservative | |||||
Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) |
14 July 2014 |
14 July 2016 |
Minister of State for Government Policy | Conservative | ||||
in charge of the Cabinet Office |
David Cameron ( II) | |||||||
Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) |
14 July 2016 |
8 January 2018 |
Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative |
Theresa May ( I) | |||
Theresa May ( II) | ||||||||
David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–) |
8 January 2018 |
24 July 2019 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office | Conservative | ||||
Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) |
24 July 2019 |
15 September 2021 |
Conservative |
Boris Johnson ( I) | ||||
Boris Johnson ( II) | ||||||||
Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021) | ||||||||
Steve Barclay MP for North East Cambridgeshire (1972–) |
16 September 2021 |
5 July 2022 |
Minister for the Cabinet Office (16 September 2021 – 8 February 2022) Downing Street Chief of Staff (8 February 2022 – 5 July 2022) |
Conservative | ||||
Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–) |
7 July 2022 |
6 September 2022 |
Conservative | |||||
Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–) |
6 September 2022 |
25 October 2022 |
Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations |
Conservative | Liz Truss | |||
Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere (1978–) |
25 October 2022 |
Incumbent |
Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (from 9 February 2023) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 21 April 2023) |
Conservative | Rishi Sunak |