Lord President of the Council

From British Offices and Honours

[edit] Lord Presidents of the Council, 1530-1553

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes
The Duke of Suffolk	1530	14 August 1545
The Lord St John from 1550, the Earl of Wiltshire	January 1546	February 1550
The Earl of Warwick from 1551, the Duke of Northumberland	February 1550	July 1553

[edit] Lord Presidents of the Council, 1621-1631

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes
The Viscount Mandeville from 1626, the Earl of Manchester	September 1621	July 1628
The Earl of Marlborough	July 1628	14 December 1628
The Viscount Conway	14 December 1628	3 January 1631

[edit] Lord Presidents of the Council, 1679-present

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
The Earl of Shaftesbury	21 April 1679	15 October 1679	Whig
The Earl of Radnor	24 October 1679	24 August 1684	Tory
The Earl of Rochester	24 August 1684	18 February 1685	Tory
The Marquess of Halifax	18 February 1685	4 December 1685	Tory
The Earl of Sunderland	4 December 1685	28 October 1688	Tory
The Earl of Danby from 1689, the Marquess of Carmarthen; from 1694, the Duke of Leeds	14 February 1689	18 May 1699	Tory
The Earl of Pembroke	18 May 1699	29 January 1702	Tory
The Duke of Somerset	29 January 1702	13 July 1702	Whig
The Earl of Pembroke	13 July 1702	25 November 1708	Tory
The Lord Somers	25 November 1708	21 September 1710	Whig
The Earl of Rochester	21 September 1710	13 June 1711	Tory
The Duke of Buckingham	13 June 1711	23 September 1714	Tory
The Earl of Nottingham	23 September 1714	6 July 1716	Tory
The Duke of Devonshire	6 July 1716	16 March 1718	Whig
The Earl of Sunderland	16 March 1718	6 February 1719	Whig
The Duke of Kingston	6 February 1719	11 June 1720	Whig
The Viscount Townshend	11 June 1720	25 June 1721	Whig
The Lord Carleton	25 June 1721	27 March 1725	Whig
The Duke of Devonshire	27 March 1725	8 May 1730	Whig
The Lord Trevor	8 May 1730	19 June 1730	Whig
The Earl of Wilmington	31 December 1730	13 February 1742	Whig
The Earl of Harrington	13 February 1742	3 January 1745	Whig
The Duke of Dorset	3 January 1745	17 June 1751	Whig
The Earl Granville	17 June 1751	9 September 1763	Whig
The Duke of Bedford	9 September 1763	12 July 1765	Whig
The Earl of Winchilsea	12 July 1765	30 July 1766	Whig
The Earl of Northington	30 July 1766	22 December 1767	Whig
The Earl Gower	22 December 1767	24 November 1779	Tory
The Earl Bathurst	24 November 1779	27 March 1782	Tory
The Earl Camden	27 March 1782	2 April 1783	Whig
The Viscount Stormont	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Tory
The Earl Gower	19 December 1783	1 December 1784	Tory
The Earl Camden	1 December 1784	18 April 1794	Tory
The Earl Fitzwilliam	1 July 1794	17 December 1794	Portland Whig
The Earl of Mansfield	17 December 1794	21 September 1796	Portland Whig
The Earl of Chatham	21 September 1796	30 July 1801	Tory
The Duke of Portland	30 July 1801	14 January 1805	Tory
The Viscount Sidmouth	14 January 1805	10 July 1805	Tory
The Earl Camden	10 July 1805	19 February 1806	Tory
The Earl Fitzwilliam	19 February 1806	8 October 1806	Whig
The Viscount Sidmouth	8 October 1806	25 March 1807	Tory
The Earl Camden	26 March 1807	8 April 1812	Tory
The Viscount Sidmouth	8 April 1812	11 June 1812	Tory
The Earl of Harrowby	11 June 1812	17 August 1827	Tory
The Duke of Portland	17 August 1827	28 January 1828	Tory
The Earl Bathurst	28 January 1828	22 November 1830	Tory
The Marquess of Lansdowne	22 November 1830	15 November 1834	Whig
The Earl of Rosslyn	15 December 1834	18 April 1835	Conservative
The Marquess of Lansdowne	18 April 1835	3 September 1841	Whig
The Lord Wharncliffe	3 September 1841	19 December 1845	Conservative
The Duke of Buccleuch	21 January 1846	6 July 1846	Conservative
The Marquess of Lansdowne	6 July 1846	27 February 1852	Whig
The Earl of Lonsdale	27 February 1852	28 December 1852	Conservative
The Earl Granville	28 December 1852	12 June 1854	Whig
Lord John Russell	12 June 1854	8 February 1855	Whig
The Earl Granville	8 February 1855	26 February 1858	Whig
The Marquess of Salisbury	26 February 1858	18 June 1859	Conservative
The Earl Granville	18 June 1859	6 July 1866	Liberal
The Duke of Buckingham	6 July 1866	8 March 1867	Conservative
The Duke of Marlborough	8 March 1867	9 December 1868	Conservative
The Earl de Grey from 1873, the Marquess of Ripon	9 December 1868	9 August 1873	Liberal
The Lord Aberdare	9 August 1873	21 February 1874	Liberal
The Duke of Richmond	21 February 1874	28 April 1880	Conservative
The Earl Spencer	28 April 1880	19 March 1883	Liberal
The Lord Carlingford	19 March 1883	24 June 1885	Liberal
The Viscount Cranbrook	24 June 1885	6 February 1886	Conservative
The Earl Spencer	6 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal
The Viscount Cranbrook	3 August 1886	18 August 1892	Conservative
The Earl of Kimberley	18 August 1892	10 March 1894	Liberal
The Earl of Rosebery	10 March 1894	29 June 1895	Liberal	also First Lord of the Treasury
The Duke of Devonshire	29 June 1895	19 October 1903	Liberal Unionist
The Marquess of Londonderry	19 October 1903	5 December 1905	Unionist
The Earl of Crewe	11 December 1905	16 April 1908	Liberal
The Lord Tweedmouth	16 April 1908	19 October 1908	Liberal
The Viscount Wolverhampton	19 October 1908	21 June 1910	Liberal
The Earl Beauchamp	21 June 1910	7 November 1910	Liberal
The Viscount Morley of Blackburn	7 November 1910	5 August 1914	Liberal
The Earl Beauchamp	5 August 1914	25 May 1915	Liberal
The Marquess of Crewe	25 May 1915	10 December 1916	Liberal
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston	10 December 1916	23 October 1919	Unionist
Arthur Balfour from 1922, the Earl of Balfour	23 October 1919	19 October 1922	Unionist
The Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative
The Lord Parmoor	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	6 November 1924	27 April 1925	Conservative
The Earl of Balfour	27 April 1925	4 June 1929	Conservative
The Lord Parmoor	7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour
Stanley Baldwin	25 August 1931	7 June 1935	Conservative
Ramsay MacDonald	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	National Labour
The Viscount Halifax	28 May 1937	9 March 1938	Conservative
The Viscount Hailsham	9 March 1938	31 October 1938	Conservative
The Viscount Runciman	31 October 1938	3 September 1939	National Liberal
The Earl Stanhope	3 September 1939	11 May 1940	Conservative
Neville Chamberlain	11 May 1940	3 October 1940	Conservative
Sir John Anderson	3 October 1940	24 September 1943	Non-party
Clement Attlee	24 September 1943	23 May 1945	Labour
The Lord Woolton	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	Non-party
Herbert Morrison	27 July 1945	9 March 1951	Labour
The Viscount Addison	9 March 1951	26 October 1951	Labour
The Lord Woolton	28 October 1951	25 November 1952	Conservative
The Marquess of Salisbury	25 November 1952	29 March 1957	Conservative
The Earl of Home	29 March 1957	17 September 1957	Conservative
The Viscount Hailsham	17 September 1957	14 October 1959	Conservative
The Earl of Home	14 October 1959	27 July 1960	Conservative
The Viscount Hailsham	27 July 1960	16 October 1964	Conservative
Herbert Bowden	16 October 1964	11 August 1966	Labour
Richard Crossman	11 August 1966	18 October 1968	Labour
Fred Peart	18 October 1968	19 June 1970	Labour
William Whitelaw	20 June 1970	7 April 1972	Conservative
Robert Carr	7 April 1972	5 November 1972	Conservative
James Prior	5 November 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative
Edward Short	5 March 1974	8 April 1976	Labour
Michael Foot	8 April 1976	4 May 1979	Labour
The Lord Soames	5 May 1979	14 September 1981	Conservative
Francis Pym	14 September 1981	7 April 1982	Conservative
John Biffen	7 April 1982	11 June 1983	Conservative
The Viscount Whitelaw	11 June 1983	10 January 1988	Conservative
John Wakeham	10 January 1988	24 July 1989	Conservative
Sir Geoffrey Howe	24 July 1989	1 November 1990	Conservative
John MacGregor	2 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative
Tony Newton	10 April 1992	2 May 1997	Conservative
Ann Taylor	3 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour
Margaret Beckett	27 July 1998	8 June 2001	Labour
Robin Cook	8 June 2001	18 March 2003	Labour
John Reid	4 April 2003	13 June 2003	Labour
The Lord Williams of Mostyn	13 June 2003	20 September 2003	Labour
The Baroness Amos	6 October 2003	current incumbent	Labour