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Postmaster-General
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Frowde | 1687 | December 1688 | ||
| John Wildman | 1689 | 1690 | Whig | |
| Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Frankland | 1690 | 1708 | ||
| Sir Thomas Frankland and Sir John Evelyn | 1708 | 1715 | ||
| The Lord Cornwallis and James Craggs | 1715 | 1720 | Whig | |
| Edward Carteret and Galfridus Walpole | 1720 | 1725 | Whig | |
| Edward Carteret and Edward Harrison | 1725 | December 1732 | Whig | |
| Edward Carteret | December 1732 | June 1733 | Whig | |
| Edward Carteret and The Lord Lovel | June 1733 | 1739 | ||
| Sir John Eyles and The Lord Lovel from 1744, the Earl of Leicester | 1739 | 1744 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Leicester | 1744 | 1745 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Leicester and Sir Everard Fawkener | 1745 | November 1758 | ||
| The Earl of Leicester | November 1758 | April 1759 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Bessborough and Robert Hampden | 2 June 1759 | 27 November 1762 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Egmont and Robert Hampden | 27 November 1762 | 23 September 1763 | ||
| The Lord Hyde and Robert Hampden]] | 23 September 1763 | 19 July 1765 | ||
| The Earl of Bessborough and The Lord Grantham | 19 July 1765 | 29 December 1766 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Hillsborough and The Lord Le Despencer | 29 December 1766 | 26 April 1768 | ||
| The Earl of Sandwich and The Lord Le Despencer | 26 April 1768 | 16 January 1771 | ||
| The Lord Le Despencer and Henry Thynne from 1776, Henry Carteret | 16 January 1771 | 11 December 1781 | ||
| Henry Carteret | 11 December 1781 | 24 January 1782 | ||
| The Viscount Barrington and Henry Carteret | 24 January 1782 | 25 April 1782 | ||
| The Earl of Tankerville and Henry Carteret | 25 April 1782 | 1 May 1783 | ||
| The Lord Foley and Henry Carteret | 1 May 1783 | 7 January 1784 | ||
| The Earl of Tankerville and Henry Carteret from 1784, the Lord Carteret | 7 January 1784 | 19 September 1786 | ||
| The Earl of Clarendon and The Lord Carteret | 19 September 1786 | 10 December 1786 | Tory | |
| The Lord Carteret | 10 December 1786 | 6 July 1787 | Tory | |
| The Lord Carteret and The Lord Walsingham | 6 July 1787 | 19 September 1789 | Tory | |
| The Lord Walsingham and The Earl of Westmorland | 19 September 1789 | 13 March 1790 | Tory | |
| The Lord Walsingham and The Earl of Chesterfield | 13 March 1790 | 28 July 1794 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Chesterfield and Earl of Leicester | 28 July 1794 | 1 March 1798 | Tory | |
| Earl of Leicester and The Lord Auckland | 1 March 1798 | 27 February 1799 | Tory | |
| The Lord Auckland and Earl Gower | 27 February 1799 | 31 March 1801 | Tory | |
| The Lord Auckland and Lord Charles Spencer | 31 March 1801 | 19 July 1804 | Tory | |
| Lord Charles Spencer and The Duke of Montrose | 19 July 1804 | 20 February 1806 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Buckinghamshire and The Earl of Carysfort | 20 February 1806 | 5 May 1807 | Sidmouthite and Grenvillite, respectively | |
| The Earl of Sandwich and The Earl of Chichester | 5 May 1807 | 6 June 1814 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Chichester | 6 June 1814 | 30 September 1814 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Chichester and The Earl of Clancarty | 30 September 1814 | 6 April 1816 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Chichester and The Marquess of Salisbury | 6 April 1816 | 13 June 1823 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Chichester | 27 November 1823 | 4 July 1826 | Tory | |
| Lord Frederick Montagu | 18 August 1826 | 17 September 1827 | Tory | |
| The Duke of Manchester | 27 September 1827 | 22 November 1830 | Tory | |
| The Duke of Richmond | 11 December 1830 | 5 July 1834 | Whig | |
| The Marquess Conyngham | 5 July 1834 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | |
| The Lord Maryborough | 23 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | Conservative | |
| The Marquess Conyngham | 30 April 1835 | 22 May 1835 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Lichfield | 22 May 1835 | 30 August 1841 | Whig | |
| Viscount Lowther from 1844, the Earl of Lonsdale | 9 September 1841 | 30 December 1845 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of St Germans | 30 December 1845 | 27 June 1846 | Conservative | |
| The Marquess of Clanricarde | 7 July 1846 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Hardwicke | 1 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Conservative | |
| The Viscount Canning | 5 January 1853 | 30 November 1855 | Liberal | |
| The Duke of Argyll | 30 November 1855 | 21 February 1858 | Liberal | |
| The Lord Colchester | 13 March 1858 | 11 June 1859 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Elgin | 24 June 1859 | 11 May 1860 | Liberal | |
| The Duke of Argyll | 11 May 1860 | 17 August 1860 | Liberal | |
| The Lord Stanley of Alderley | 17 August 1860 | 26 June 1866 | Liberal | |
| The Duke of Montrose | 19 July 1866 | 1 December 1868 | Conservative | |
| Marquess of Hartington | 9 December 1868 | 14 January 1871 | Liberal | |
| William Monsell | 14 January 1871 | 18 November 1873 | Liberal | |
| Lyon Playfair | 18 November 1873 | 17 February 1874 | Liberal | |
| Lord John Manners | 21 February 1874 | 21 April 1880 | Conservative | |
| Henry Fawcett | 3 May 1880 | 7 November 1884 | Liberal | |
| George Shaw-Lefevre | 7 November 1884 | 9 June 1885 | Liberal | |
| Lord John Manners | 24 June 1885 | 28 January 1886 | Conservative | |
| The Lord Wolverton | 17 February 1886 | 20 July 1886 | Liberal | |
| Henry Raikes | 19 August 1886 | 21 September 1891 | Conservative | |
| Sir James Fergusson | 21 September 1891 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative | |
| Arnold Morley | 18 August 1892 | 21 June 1895 | Liberal | |
| The Duke of Norfolk | 6 July 1895 | 10 April 1900 | Conservative | |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 10 April 1900 | 11 August 1902 | Conservative | |
| Austen Chamberlain | 11 August 1902 | 9 October 1903 | Liberal Unionist | |
| Lord Stanley | 9 October 1903 | 4 December 1905 | Conservative | |
| Sydney Buxton | 10 December 1905 | 14 February 1910 | Liberal | |
| Herbert Samuel | 14 February 1910 | 11 February 1914 | Liberal | |
| Charles Hobhouse | 11 February 1914 | 25 May 1915 | Liberal | |
| Herbert Samuel | 26 May 1915 | 18 January 1916 | Liberal | |
| Joseph Pease | 18 January 1916 | 5 December 1916 | Liberal | |
| Albert Illingworth | 10 December 1916 | 1 April 1921 | Liberal | |
| Frederick Kellaway | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 | Liberal | |
| Neville Chamberlain | 31 October 1922 | 7 March 1923 | Conservative | |
| Sir William Joynson-Hicks | 7 March 1923 | 28 May 1923 | Conservative | |
| Sir Laming Worthington-Evans | 28 May 1923 | 22 January 1924 | Conservative | |
| Vernon Hartshorn | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | Labour | |
| Sir William Mitchell-Thomson | 11 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | Conservative | |
| Hastings Lees-Smith | 7 June 1929 | 2 March 1931 | Labour | |
| Clement Attlee | 2 March 1931 | 24 August 1931 | Labour | |
| William Ormsby-Gore | 3 September 1931 | 10 November 1931 | Conservative | |
| Sir Kingsley Wood | 10 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 | Conservative | |
| George Tryon | 7 June 1935 | 3 April 1940 | Conservative | |
| William Morrison | 3 April 1940 | 7 February 1943 | Conservative | |
| Harry Crookshank | 7 February 1943 | 26 July 1945 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Listowel | 4 August 1945 | 17 April 1947 | Labour | |
| Wilfrid Paling | 17 April 1947 | 28 February 1950 | Labour | |
| Ness Edwards | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | |
| The Earl De La Warr | 5 November 1951 | 7 April 1955 | Conservative | |
| Charles Hill | 7 April 1955 | 16 January 1957 | Conservative | |
| Ernest Marples | 16 January 1957 | 22 October 1959 | Conservative | |
| Reginald Bevins | 22 October 1959 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | |
| Tony Benn | 19 October 1964 | 4 July 1966 | Labour | |
| Edward Short | 4 July 1966 | 6 April 1968 | Labour | |
| Roy Mason | 6 April 1968 | 1 July 1968 | Labour | |
| John Stonehouse | 1 July 1968 | 1 October 1969 | Labour |
