Secretary of State for the Northern Departmentedit

From British Offices and Honours

Name	Entered office	Left office	Party	Notes
Sir William Morice	27 June 1660	29 September 1668
Sir John Trevor	29 September 1668	8 July 1672
Henry Coventry	8 July 1672	11 September 1674
Sir Joseph Williamson	11 September 1674	20 February 1679
The Earl of Sunderland	20 February 1679	26 April 1680	Tory
Sir Leoline Jenkins	26 April 1680	2 February 1681	Tory
The Earl of Conway	2 February 1681	31 January 1683	Tory
The Earl of Sunderland	31 January 1683	14 April 1684	Tory
The Lord Godolphin	14 April 1684	24 August 1684	Tory
The Earl of Middleton	24 August 1684	28 October 1688	Tory
The Viscount Preston	28 October 1688	2 December 1688	Tory
The Earl of Nottingham	5 March 1689	26 December 1690	Tory
The Viscount Sydney	26 December 1690	3 March 1692	Whig
The Earl of Nottingham	3 March 1692	23 March 1693	Tory
Sir John Trenchard	23 March 1693	2 March 1694	Whig
The Earl of Shrewsbury from April 1694, Duke of Shrewsbury	2 March 1694	3 May 1695	Whig
Sir William Trumbull	3 May 1695	2 December 1697	Tory
James Vernon	2 December 1697	5 November 1700	Whig
Sir Charles Hedges	5 November 1700	29 December 1701	Tory
James Vernon	4 January 1702	1 May 1702	Whig
Sir Charles Hedges	2 May 1702	18 May 1704	Tory
Robert Harley	18 May 1704	13 February 1708	Whig
Henry Boyle	13 February 1708	21 September 1710	Whig
Henry St John from 1712, the Viscount Bolingbroke	21 September 1710	17 August 1713	Tory
William Bromley	17 August 1713	17 September 1714	Tory
The Viscount Townshend	17 September 1714	12 December 1716	Whig
James Stanhope	12 December 1716	12 April 1717	Whig
The Earl of Sunderland	12 April 1717	2 March 1718	Whig
The Viscount Stanhope 1718, the Earl Stanhope	16 March 1718	4 February 1721	Whig
The Lord Carteret	5 February 1721	21 February 1721	Whig
The Viscount Townshend	21 February 1721	16 May 1730	Whig
The Lord Harrington	19 June 1730	12 February 1742	Whig
The Lord Carteret from 1744, the Earl Granville	12 February 1742	24 November 1744	Whig
The Earl of Harrington	24 November 1744	28 October 1746	Whig
The Earl of Chesterfield	29 October 1746	6 February 1748	Whig
The Duke of Newcastle	6 February 1748	23 March 1754	Whig
The Earl of Holdernesse	23 March 1754	25 March 1761	Whig
The Earl of Bute	25 March 1761	27 May 1762	Tory
George Grenville	27 May 1762	9 October 1762	Whig
The Earl of Halifax	14 October 1762	9 September 1763	Whig
The Earl of Sandwich	9 September 1763	10 July 1765	Bedford Whig
The Duke of Grafton	12 July 1765	14 May 1766	Whig
Henry Seymour Conway	23 May 1766	20 January 1768	Whig
The Viscount Weymouth	20 January 1768	21 October 1768	Bedford Whig
The Earl of Rochford	21 October 1768	19 December 1770
The Earl of Sandwich	19 December 1770	12 January 1771	Tory
The Earl of Halifax	19 January 1771	6 June 1771	Tory
The Earl of Suffolk	12 June 1771	7 March 1779	Tory
The Viscount Weymouth	7 March 1779	27 October 1779	Tory
The Viscount Stormont	27 October 1779	27 March 1782	Tory