President of the Board of Trade
From British Offices and Honours
[edit] First Lords of Trade, 1695-1782
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Earl of Bridgwater | 16 December 1695 | 9 June 1699 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Stamford | 9 June 1699 | 8 January 1702 | Whig | |
| The Viscount Weymouth | 8 January 1702 | 1705 | Tory | |
| The Earl of Stamford | 1705 | 12 June 1711 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Winchilsea | 12 June 1711 | 15 September 1713 | Tory | |
| The Lord Guilford | 15 September 1713 | September 1714 | Tory | |
| The Lord Berkeley | September 1714 | 12 May 1715 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Suffolk | 12 May 1715 | 31 January 1718 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Holdernesse | 31 January 1718 | 11 May 1719 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Westmorland | 11 May 1719 | May 1735 | Whig | |
| The Earl Fitzwalter | May 1735 | June 1737 | Whig | |
| The Lord Monson | June 1737 | 1 November 1748 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Halifax | 1 November 1748 | 21 March 1761 | Whig | |
| The Lord Sandys | 21 March 1761 | 1 March 1763 | Whig | |
| Charles Townshend | 1 March 1763 | 20 April 1763 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Shelburne | 20 April 1763 | 9 September 1763 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Hillsborough | 9 September 1763 | 20 July 1765 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Dartmouth | 20 July 1765 | 16 August 1766 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Hillsborough | 16 August 1766 | December 1766 | Whig | |
| The Viscount Nugent | December 1766 | 20 January 1768 | Whig | |
| The Earl of Hillsborough | 20 January 1768 | 31 August 1772 | Tory | also Secretary of State for the Colonies |
| The Earl of Dartmouth | 31 August 1772 | 10 November 1775 | Tory | also Secretary of State for the Colonies |
| Lord George Germain | 10 November 1775 | 6 November 1779 | Tory | also Secretary of State for the Colonies |
| The Earl of Carlisle | 6 November 1779 | 9 December 1780 | Tory | |
| The Lord Grantham | 9 December 1780 | 11 July 1782 |
[edit] Presidents of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1784-1786
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Sydney | 5 March 1784 | 23 August 1786 | Tory | also Secretary of State for the Home Department |
[edit] Presidents of the Board of Trade, 1786-1963
| Name | Entered office | Left office | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord Hawkesbury from 1796, the Earl of Liverpool | 23 August 1786 | 7 June 1804 | Tory | also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster |
| The Duke of Montrose | 7 June 1804 | 5 February 1806 | Tory | also Postmaster-General |
| The Lord Auckland | 5 February 1806 | 31 March 1807 | Whig | |
| The Earl Bathurst | 31 March 1807 | 29 September 1812 | Tory | also Master of the Mint, 1807-1812, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1809, and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from June 1812 |
| The Earl of Clancarty | 29 September 1812 | 24 January 1818 | Tory | also Master of the Mint |
| Frederick Robinson | 24 January 1818 | 21 February 1823 | Tory | also Treasurer of the Navy |
| William Huskisson | 21 February 1823 | 4 September 1827 | Tory | also Treasurer of the Navy |
| Charles Grant | 4 September 1827 | 11 June 1828 | Tory | also Treasurer of the Navy |
| William Vesey Fitzgerald | 11 June 1828 | 2 February 1830 | Tory | also Treasurer of the Navy |
| John Herries | 2 February 1830 | 22 November 1830 | Tory | also Master of the Mint |
| The Lord Auckland | 22 November 1830 | 5 June 1834 | Whig | also Master of the Mint |
| Charles Poulett Thomson | 5 June 1834 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | also Treasurer of the Navy |
| Alexander Baring | 15 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | Tory | also Master of the Mint |
| Charles Poulett Thomson | 18 April 1835 | 29 August 1839 | Whig | |
| Henry Labouchere | 29 August 1839 | 30 August 1841 | Whig | also Master of the Mint |
| The Earl of Ripon | 3 September 1841 | 15 May 1843 | Conservative | |
| William Gladstone | 15 May 1843 | 5 February 1845 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Dalhousie | 5 February 1845 | 27 June 1846 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Clarendon | 6 July 1846 | 22 July 1847 | Whig | |
| Henry Labouchere | 22 July 1847 | 21 February 1852 | Whig | |
| Joseph Warner Henley | 27 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 | Conservative | |
| Edward Cardwell | 28 December 1852 | 31 March 1855 | Peelite | |
| The Lord Stanley of Alderley | 31 March 1855 | 21 February 1858 | Whig | |
| Joseph Warner Henley | 26 February 1858 | 3 March 1859 | Conservative | |
| The Earl of Donoughmore | 3 March 1859 | 11 June 1859 | Conservative | |
| Thomas Milner Gibson | 6 July 1859 | 26 June 1866 | Liberal | |
| Sir Stafford Northcote | 6 July 1866 | 8 March 1867 | Conservative | |
| The Duke of Richmond | 8 March 1867 | 1 December 1868 | Conservative | |
| John Bright | 9 December 1868 | 14 January 1871 | Liberal | |
| Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue | 14 January 1871 | 17 February 1874 | Liberal | |
| Sir Charles Adderley | 21 February 1874 | 4 April 1878 | Conservative | |
| Viscount Sandon | 4 April 1878 | 21 April 1880 | Conservative | |
| Joseph Chamberlain | 3 May 1880 | 9 June 1885 | Liberal | |
| The Duke of Richmond | 24 June 1885 | 19 August 1885 | Conservative | |
| Edward Stanhope | 19 August 1885 | 28 January 1886 | Conservative | |
| Anthony Mundella | 17 February 1886 | 20 July 1886 | Liberal | |
| The Lord Stanley of Preston | 3 August 1886 | 21 February 1888 | Conservative | |
| Sir Michael Hicks-Beach | 21 February 1888 | 11 August 1892 | Conservative | |
| Anthony Mundella | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | Liberal | |
| James Bryce | 28 May 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Liberal | |
| Charles Ritchie | 29 June 1895 | 7 November 1900 | Conservative | |
| Gerald Balfour | 7 November 1900 | 12 March 1905 | Conservative | |
| The Marquess of Salisbury | 12 March 1905 | 4 December 1905 | Conservative | |
| David Lloyd George | 10 December 1905 | 12 April 1908 | Liberal | |
| Winston Churchill | 12 April 1908 | 14 February 1910 | Liberal | |
| Sydney Buxton | 14 February 1910 | 11 February 1914 | Liberal | |
| John Burns | 11 February 1914 | 5 August 1914 | Liberal | |
| Walter Runciman | 5 August 1914 | 5 December 1916 | Liberal | |
| Sir Albert Stanley | 10 December 1916 | 26 May 1919 | Liberal | |
| Sir Auckland Geddes | 26 May 1919 | 19 March 1920 | Conservative | |
| Sir Robert Horne | 19 March 1920 | 1 April 1921 | Conservative | |
| Stanley Baldwin | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 | Conservative | |
| Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame | 24 October 1922 | 22 January 1924 | Conservative | |
| Sidney Webb | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | Labour | |
| Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame from 1924, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 | Conservative | |
| William Graham | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 | Labour | |
| Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 | Conservative | |
| Walter Runciman | 5 November 1931 | 28 May 1937 | National Liberal | |
| Oliver Stanley | 28 May 1937 | 5 January 1940 | Conservative | |
| Sir Andrew Duncan | 5 January 1940 | 3 October 1940 | National Liberal | |
| Oliver Lyttelton | 3 October 1940 | 29 June 1941 | Conservative | |
| Sir Andrew Duncan | 29 June 1941 | 4 February 1942 | National Liberal | |
| John Llewellin | 4 February 1942 | 22 February 1942 | Conservative | |
| Hugh Dalton | 22 February 1942 | 23 May 1945 | Labour | |
| Oliver Lyttelton | 23 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | Conservative | |
| Sir Stafford Cripps | 27 July 1945 | 29 September 1947 | Labour | |
| Harold Wilson | 29 September 1947 | 23 April 1951 | Labour | |
| Sir Hartley Shawcross | 23 April 1951 | 26 October 1951 | Labour | |
| Peter Thorneycroft | 30 October 1951 | 13 January 1957 | Conservative | |
| Sir David Eccles | 13 January 1957 | 14 October 1959 | Conservative | |
| Reginald Maudling | 14 October 1959 | 9 October 1961 | Conservative | |
| Fred Erroll | 9 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | Conservative | |
| Edward Heath | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Conservative | |
| Douglas Jay | 18 October 1964 | 29 August 1967 | Labour | |
| Anthony Crosland | 29 August 1967 | 6 October 1969 | Labour | |
| Roy Mason | 6 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | Labour | |
| Michael Noble | 19 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Conservative | |
| John Davies | 15 October 1970 | 5 November 1972 | Conservative | |
| Peter Walker | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | Conservative | |
| Peter Shore | 5 March 1974 | 8 April 1976 | Labour | |
| Edmund Dell | 8 April 1976 | 11 November 1978 | Labour | |
| John Smith | 11 November 1978 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | |
| John Nott | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | |
| John Biffen | 5 January 1981 | 6 April 1982 | Conservative | |
| The Lord Cockfield | 6 April 1982 | 12 June 1983 | Conservative | |
| Cecil Parkinson | 12 June 1983 | 11 October 1983 | Conservative | |
| Norman Tebbit | 16 October 1983 | 2 September 1985 | Conservative | |
| Leon Brittan | 2 September 1985 | 22 January 1986 | Conservative | |
| Paul Channon | 24 January 1986 | 13 June 1987 | Conservative | |
| The Lord Young of Graffham | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 | Conservative | |
| Nicholas Ridley | 24 July 1989 | 13 July 1990 | Conservative | |
| Peter Lilley | 13 July 1990 | 10 April 1992 | Conservative | |
| Michael Heseltine | 10 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 | Conservative | |
| Ian Lang | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | |
| Margaret Beckett | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | |
| Peter Mandelson | 27 July 1998 | 23 December 1998 | Labour | |
| Stephen Byers | 23 December 1998 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | |
| Patricia Hewitt | 8 June 2001 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | |
| Alan Johnson | 6 May 2005 | incumbent | Labour |
