Name
|
Entered office
|
Left office
|
Party
|
Notes
|
The Earl of Shelburne
|
27 March 1782
|
10 July 1782
|
Whig
|
|
Thomas Townshend later The Lord Sydney
|
10 July 1782
|
2 April 1783
|
Whig
|
|
Lord North
|
2 April 1783
|
19 December 1783
|
Tory
|
|
The Earl Temple
|
19 December 1783
|
23 December 1783
|
Pittite
|
|
The Lord Sydney
|
23 December 1783
|
5 June 1789
|
Pittite/Tory
|
|
William Wyndham Grenville later The Lord Grenville
|
5 June 1789
|
8 June 1791
|
Tory
|
|
Henry Dundas
|
8 June 1791
|
11 July 1794
|
Tory
|
|
The Duke of Portland
|
11 July 1794
|
30 July 1801
|
Portlandite Whig/Tory
|
|
The Lord Pelham
|
30 July 1801
|
17 August 1803
|
Tory
|
|
Charles Philip Yorke
|
17 August 1803
|
12 May 1804
|
Tory
|
|
The Lord Hawkesbury
|
12 May 1804
|
5 February 1806
|
Tory
|
|
The Earl Spencer
|
5 February 1806
|
25 March 1807
|
Whig
|
|
The Lord Hawkesbury later The Earl of Liverpool
|
25 March 1807
|
1 November 1809
|
Tory
|
|
Richard Ryder
|
1 November 1809
|
8 June 1812
|
Tory
|
|
The Viscount Sidmouth
|
11 June 1812
|
17 January 1822
|
Tory
|
|
Robert Peel
|
17 January 1822
|
10 April 1827
|
Tory
|
|
William Sturges Bourne
|
30 April 1827
|
16 July 1827
|
Tory
|
|
The Marquess of Lansdowne
|
16 July 1827
|
22 January 1828
|
Whig
|
|
Robert Peel later Sir Robert Peel, Bt.
|
26 January 1828
|
22 November 1830
|
Tory
|
|
The Viscount Melbourne
|
22 November 1830
|
16 July 1834
|
Whig
|
|
Viscount Duncannon
|
19 July 1834
|
15 November 1834
|
Whig
|
|
The Duke of Wellington
|
15 November 1834
|
15 December 1834
|
Conservative
|
Wellington served as caretaker Secretary of State
|
Henry Goulburn
|
15 December 1834
|
18 April 1835
|
Conservative
|
|
Lord John Russell
|
18 April 1835
|
30 August 1839
|
Whig
|
|
The Marquess of Normanby
|
30 August 1839
|
30 August 1841
|
Whig
|
|
Sir James Robert George Graham, Bt.
|
6 September 1841
|
30 June 1846
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir George Grey, Bt.
|
6 July 1846
|
23 February 1852
|
Whig
|
|
Spencer Horatio Walpole
|
27 February 1852
|
19 December 1852
|
Conservative
|
|
The Viscount Palmerston
|
28 December 1852
|
6 February 1855
|
Whig
|
|
Sir George Grey, Bt.
|
8 February 1855
|
26 February 1858
|
Whig
|
|
Spencer Walpole
|
26 February 1858
|
3 March 1859
|
Conservative
|
|
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron Estcourt
|
3 March 1859
|
18 June 1859
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt.
|
18 June 1859
|
25 July 1861
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir George Grey, Bt.
|
25 July 1861
|
28 June 1866
|
Liberal
|
|
Spencer Horatio Walpole
|
6 July 1866
|
17 May 1867
|
Conservative
|
|
Gathorne Hardy
|
17 May 1867
|
3 December 1868
|
Conservative
|
|
Henry Austin Bruce
|
9 December 1868
|
9 August 1873
|
Liberal
|
|
Robert Lowe
|
9 August 1873
|
20 February 1874
|
Liberal
|
|
Richard Assheton Cross
|
21 February 1874
|
23 April 1880
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt
|
28 April 1880
|
23 June 1885
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir Richard Assheton Cross
|
24 June 1885
|
1 February 1886
|
Conservative
|
|
Hugh Culling Eardley Childers
|
6 February 1886
|
25 July 1886
|
Liberal
|
|
Henry Matthews
|
3 August 1886
|
15 August 1892
|
Conservative
|
|
Herbert Henry Asquith
|
18 August 1892
|
25 June 1895
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt.
|
29 June 1895
|
12 November 1900
|
Conservative
|
|
Charles Thomson Ritchie
|
12 November 1900
|
12 July 1902
|
Conservative/Unionist
|
|
Aretas Akers-Douglas
|
12 July 1902
|
5 December 1905
|
Unionist
|
|
Herbert John Gladstone
|
11 December 1905
|
19 February 1910
|
Liberal
|
|
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
|
19 February 1910
|
24 October 1911
|
Liberal
|
|
Reginald McKenna
|
24 October 1911
|
27 May 1915
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir John Allsebrook Simon
|
27 May 1915
|
12 January 1916
|
Liberal
|
|
Herbert Louis Samuel
|
12 January 1916
|
7 December 1916
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir George Cave later The Viscount Cave
|
11 December 1916
|
14 January 1919
|
Unionist
|
|
Edward Shortt
|
14 January 1919
|
23 October 1922
|
Liberal
|
|
William Clive Bridgeman
|
25 October 1922
|
22 January 1924
|
Conservative
|
|
Arthur Henderson
|
23 January 1924
|
4 November 1924
|
Labour
|
|
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
|
7 November 1924
|
5 June 1929
|
Conservative
|
|
John Robert Clynes
|
8 June 1929
|
26 August 1931
|
Labour
|
|
Sir Herbert Louis Samuel
|
26 August 1931
|
1 October 1932
|
Liberal
|
|
Sir John Gilmour, Bt.
|
1 October 1932
|
7 June 1935
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir John Allsebrook Simon
|
7 June 1935
|
28 May 1937
|
National Liberal
|
|
Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Bt.
|
28 May 1937
|
3 September 1939
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir John Anderson
|
4 September 1939
|
4 October 1940
|
Non-party
|
|
Herbert Stanley Morrison
|
4 October 1940
|
23 May 1945
|
Labour
|
|
Sir Donald Bradley Somervell
|
25 May 1945
|
26 July 1945
|
Conservative
|
|
James Chuter Ede
|
3 August 1945
|
26 October 1951
|
Labour
|
|
Sir David Patrick Maxwell-Fyfe
|
27 October 1951
|
19 October 1954
|
Conservative
|
|
Gwilym Lloyd George
|
19 October 1954
|
14 January 1957
|
Conservative
|
|
Richard Austen Butler
|
14 January 1957
|
13 July 1962
|
Conservative
|
|
Henry Brooke
|
13 July 1962
|
16 October 1964
|
Conservative
|
|
Sir Frank Soskice
|
18 October 1964
|
23 December 1965
|
Labour
|
|
Roy Harris Jenkins
|
23 December 1965
|
30 November 1967
|
Labour
|
|
James Callaghan
|
30 November 1967
|
19 June 1970
|
Labour
|
|
Reginald Maudling
|
20 June 1970
|
18 July 1972
|
Conservative
|
|
Robert Carr
|
18 July 1972
|
5 March 1974
|
Conservative
|
|
Roy Harris Jenkins
|
5 March 1974
|
10 September 1976
|
Labour
|
|
Merlyn Rees
|
10 September 1976
|
4 May 1979
|
Labour
|
|
William Whitelaw
|
5 May 1979
|
11 June 1983
|
Conservative
|
|
Leon Brittan
|
11 June 1983
|
2 September 1985
|
Conservative
|
|
Douglas Hurd
|
2 September 1985
|
26 October 1989
|
Conservative
|
|
David Waddington
|
26 October 1989
|
28 November 1990
|
Conservative
|
|
Kenneth Baker
|
28 November 1990
|
10 April 1992
|
Conservative
|
|
Kenneth Clarke
|
10 April 1992
|
27 May 1993
|
Conservative
|
|
Michael Howard
|
27 May 1993
|
2 May 1997
|
Conservative
|
|
Jack Straw
|
2 May 1997
|
8 June 2001
|
Labour
|
|
David Blunkett
|
8 June 2001
|
15 December 2004
|
Labour
|
|
Charles Clarke
|
15 December 2004
|
5 May 2006
|
Labour
|
|
John Reid
|
5 May 2006
|
27 June 2007
|
Labour
|
|
Jacqui Smith
|
28 June 2007
|
5 June 2009
|
Labour
|
|
Alan Johnson
|
5 June 2009
|
11 May 2010
|
Labour
|
|
Theresa May
|
11 May 2010
|
|
Conservative
|
|