The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom.
Oliver Dowden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 25 October 2022.
| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Henry de Haydock | 1361 | 1373 |
| Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400) [Note 1] | 1373 | 16 April 1377 |
| Thomas de Thelwall (–1382) | 16 April 1377 | 1378 |
| Sir John De Yerborough | 1378 | 10 November 1382 |
| Sir Thomas Stanley pro temp. | 10 November 1382 | 29 November 1382 |
| Sir Thomas Scarle | 29 November 1382 | October 1383 |
| Sir William Okey | October 1383 | 1400 |
| John de Wakering | 1400 | 1400 |
| William Burgoyne | 1400 | 15 May 1404 |
| Sir Thomas Stanley | 15 May 1404 | 30 March 1410 |
| John Springthorpe | 30 March 1410 | 4 April 1413 |
| John Wodehouse | 4 April 1413 | 10 June 1424 |
| William Troutbecke | 10 June 1424 | 16 February 1431 |
| Walter Sherington | 16 February 1431 | 3 July 1442 |
| William Tresham MP for Northamptonshire (1404–1450) | 3 July 1442 | 10 June 1449 |
| John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) | 10 June 1449 | 10 June 1462 |
| Sir Richard Fowler Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1425–1477) [Note 2] | 10 June 1462 | 3 November 1477 |
| Sir John Say MP for Cambridgeshire (–1478) | 3 November 1477 | 2 April 1478 |
| Thomas Thwaites Chancellor of the Exchequer (c. 1435–1503) | 2 April 1478 | 7 July 1483 |
| Thomas Metcalfe (–c. 1504) | 7 July 1483 | 13 September 1486 |
| Sir Reginald Bray (c. 1440–1503) | 13 September 1486 | 24 June 1503 |
| Sir John Mordaunt (–c. 1505) | 24 June 1503 | 3 October 1505 |
| Sir Richard Empson (c. 1450–1510) | 3 October 1505 | 14 May 1509 |
| Sir Henry Marney (c. 1447–1523) | 14 May 1509 | 14 April 1523 |
| Sir Richard Wingfield (c. 1469–1525) | 14 April 1523 | 31 December 1525 |
| Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) | 31 December 1525 | 3 November 1529 |
| Sir William Fitzwilliam (c. 1490–1542) | 3 November 1529 | 10 May 1533 |
| Sir John Gage (1479–1556) | 10 May 1533 | 1 July 1547 |
| William Paget 1st Baron Paget Secretary of State (1506–1563) [Note 3] | 1 July 1547 | 7 July 1552 |
| Sir John Gates MP for Essex (1504–1553) | 7 July 1552 | 1553 |
| Sir Robert Rochester MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561) | 1553 | 1557 |
| Sir Edward Waldegrave MP for Essex (c. 1516–1561) | 22 June 1558 | 1559 |
| Sir Ambrose Cave MP for Warwickshire (–1568) | 1559 | 16 May 1568 |
| Sir Ralph Sadler MP for Hertfordshire (1507–1587) | 16 May 1568 | 15 June 1587 |
| Sir Francis Walsingham Secretary of State (c. 1532–1590) | 15 June 1587 | 1590 |
| Sir Thomas Heneage MP for Essex (1532–1595) | 1590 | 7 October 1595 |
| Seal in commission | 1595 | 1597 |
| Sir Robert Cecil Secretary of State Lord Privy Seal (1563–1612) [Note 4] | 8 October 1597 | 1599 |
| Seal in commission | 1599 | 16 September 1601 |
| Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex (c. 1531–1607) [Note 5] | 16 September 1601 | 23 December 1607 |
| Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616) [Note 6] | December 1607 | May 1616 |
| Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618) | 27 May 1616 | January 1618 |
| Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630) [Note 7] | 23 March 1618 | 16 April 1629 |
| Edward Barrett 1st Baron Barrett of Newburgh (1581–1645) | 16 April 1629 | 10 February 1644 |
| Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) [Note 8] | 1644 | 1645 |
| William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke & William Lenthall (commission) |  (Lenthall) | 10 February 1644 | 1648 |
| Gilbert Gerard | 1648 | 1 August 1649 | |
| John Bradshaw |  | 1 August 1649 | 1653 |
| John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners) | (Bradshaw) | 1653 | 1654 |
| Thomas Fell | 1654 | 1658 | |
| John Bradshaw | | 1658 | 1659 |
| William Lenthall | | 1659 | 1659 |
| Gilbert Gerard | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) | 9 July 1660 | 21 July 1664 |
 | Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672) | 21 July 1664 | 22 February 1672 |
 | Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire (c. 1637–1682) | 22 February 1672 | 21 November 1682 |
 | Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699) | 21 November 1682 | 1687 |
| | Robert Phelips (1619–1707) | May 1687 | March 1689 |
 | Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723) | 21 March 1689 | 4 May 1697 |
 | Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford (c. 1654–1720) | 4 May 1697 | 12 May 1702 |
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) [Note 9] | 12 May 1702 | 10 June 1706 | Tory | |
 | James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) | 10 June 1706 | 21 September 1710 | — | |
| | William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741) | 21 September 1710 | 6 November 1714 | — | |
 | Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford (c. 1649–1719) | 6 November 1714 | 12 March 1716 | Tory | |
 | Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721) | 12 March 1716 | 19 June 1717 | — | |
| | Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) [Note 10] | 19 June 1717 | 17 July 1727 | — | |
 | John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779) | 17 July 1727 | 21 May 1735 | Whig | |
| | George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770) | 21 May 1735 | 22 December 1742 | Whig | |
 | Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758) | 22 December 1742 | 5 December 1758 | — | |
 | Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787) | 27 February 1759 | 13 December 1762 | Whig | |
 | James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) [Note 11] | 13 December 1762 | 14 June 1771 | — | |
 | Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) [Note 12] | 14 June 1771 | 17 April 1782 | Whig | |
 | John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) | 17 April 1782 | 29 August 1783 | Whig | |
 | Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) | 29 August 1783 | 31 December 1783 | Whig | |
| | Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) | 31 December 1783 | 6 September 1786 | Whig | |
 | Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834) [Note 13] | 6 September 1786 | 11 November 1803 | — | |
| Minister in the House of Commons | Minister in the House of Lords | ||
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Concurrent office(s) | Party | Prime Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826) | 11 November 1803 | 6 June 1804 | — | Whig | Henry Addington | ||
 | Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) | 6 June 1804 | 14 January 1805 | — | Tory | William Pitt the Younger | ||
 | Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) | 14 January 1805 | 10 July 1805 | — | Tory | |||
 | Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) | 10 July 1805 | 12 February 1806 | — | Tory | |||
| | Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) | 12 February 1806 | 30 March 1807 | — | Whig | William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents) | ||
 | Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812) | 30 March 1807 | 11 May 1812 | Chancellor of the Exchequer | Tory | William Cavendish-Bentinck,3rd Duke of Portland | ||
| Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) | Himself | |||||||
| | Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) | 23 May 1812 | 23 June 1812 | President of the Board of Control | Tory | Robert Jenkinson,2nd Earl of Liverpool | ||
| | Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) [Note 14] | 23 June 1812 | 13 February 1823 | President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) | — | |||
 | Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) | 13 February 1823 | 26 January 1828 | Tory | ||||
| George Canning (April–August 1827) | ||||||||
| F. J. Robinson,1st Viscount Goderich | ||||||||
 | George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) | 26 January 1828 | 2 June 1828 | — | Tory | Arthur Wellesley,1st Duke of Wellington | ||
 | Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850) | 2 June 1828 | 25 November 1830 | — | Tory | |||
 | Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) | 25 November 1830 | 14 November 1834 | Whig | Charles Grey | |||
| William Lamb,2nd Viscount Melbourne | ||||||||
| vacant | 14 November 1834 | 26 December 1834 | Arthur Wellesley,1st Duke of Wellington (Caretaker) | |||||
 | Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850) | 26 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | — | Conservative | Robert Peel | ||
| | Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) | 23 April 1835 | 31 October 1840 | — | Whig | William Lamb,2nd Viscount Melbourne | ||
 | George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) | 31 October 1840 | 23 June 1841 | Lord Privy Seal | Whig | |||
 | Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882) | 23 June 1841 | 30 August 1841 | — | Whig | |||
 | Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848) | 3 September 1841 | 27 June 1846 | — | Conservative | Robert Peel | ||
 | John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861) | 6 July 1846 | 6 March 1850 | — | Whig | John Russell | ||
 | George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864) | 6 March 1850 | 21 February 1852 | First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) | Whig | |||
| | Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887) | 1 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 | — | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley,14th Earl of Derby | ||
| | Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880) | 3 January 1853 | 21 June 1854 | — | Whig / Radical | George Hamilton-Gordon,4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) | ||
 | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891) | 21 June 1854 | 30 January 1855 | — | Whig | |||
| vacant | February 1855 | March 1855 | ||||||
 | Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) | 31 March 1855 | 7 December 1855 | — | — | Henry John Temple,3rd Viscount Palmerston | ||
 | Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860) | 7 December 1855 | 21 February 1858 | — | Whig | |||
 | James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874) | 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 | — | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley,14th Earl of Derby | ||
| | Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882) | 22 June 1859 | 25 July 1861 | — | Whig / Liberal | Henry John Temple,3rd Viscount Palmerston | ||
 | Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886) | 25 July 1861 | 7 April 1864 | — | Liberal | |||
| | George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) | 7 April 1864 | 3 November 1865 | — | Liberal | |||
| vacant | 3 November 1865 | 26 January 1866 | John Russell | |||||
 | George Goschen MP for City of London (1831–1907) | 26 January 1866 | 26 June 1866 | Vice-President of the Board of Trade (until March 1866) | Liberal | |||
 | William Courtenay 11th Earl of Devon (1807–1888) | 10 July 1866 | 26 June 1867 | President of the Poor Law Board (from May 1867) | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley,14th Earl of Derby | ||
 | John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) | 26 June 1867 | 7 November 1868 | — | Conservative | |||
| Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) | Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) | |||||||
 | Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) | 7 November 1868 | 1 December 1868 | — | Conservative | |||
 | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) [Note 15] | 12 December 1868 | 9 August 1872 | Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | ||
 | Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896) | 9 August 1872 | 30 September 1873 | Liberal | ||||
 | John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) | 30 September 1873 | 17 February 1874 | — | Liberal | |||
| | Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) | 2 March 1874 | 21 April 1880 | — | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876) | ||
| | John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) | 28 April 1880 | 25 July 1882 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | ||
 | John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) | 25 July 1882 | 28 December 1882 | Colonial Secretary | Liberal | |||
 | John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897) | 28 December 1882 | 29 October 1884 | — | Liberal | |||
 | George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928) | 29 October 1884 | 9 June 1885 | — | Liberal | |||
 | Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) | 24 June 1885 | 28 January 1886 | — | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,3rd Marquess of Salisbury | ||
 | Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922) | 6 February 1886 | 16 April 1886 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone | ||
 | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939) | 16 April 1886 | 20 July 1886 | — | Liberal | |||
 | Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy 1st Viscount Cranbrook (1814–1906) | 3 August 1886 | 16 August 1886 | Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,3rd Marquess of Salisbury | ||
 | John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) [Note 16] | 16 August 1886 | 11 August 1892 | — | Conservative | |||
 | James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894) | |||
| Archibald Primrose,5th Earl of Rosebery | ||||||||
 | Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909) | 28 May 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Lord Privy Seal | Liberal | |||
 | R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914) | 29 June 1895 | 4 July 1895 | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil,3rd Marquess of Salisbury | |||
 | Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) | 4 July 1895 | 11 August 1902 | Liberal Unionist | ||||
| Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902) | ||||||||
 | Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925) | 11 August 1902 | 4 December 1905 | — | Conservative | Arthur Balfour Coalition | ||
 | Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) | 10 December 1905 | 13 October 1908 | Liberal | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | |||
| H. H. Asquith | ||||||||
 | Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935) | 13 October 1908 | 25 June 1909 | — | ||||
 | Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) | 25 June 1909 | 14 February 1910 | — | ||||
 | Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943) | 14 February 1910 | 23 October 1911 | — | ||||
 | Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941) | 23 October 1911 | 11 February 1914 | — | ||||
 | Charles Masterman (1873–1927) [Note 17] | 11 February 1914 | 3 February 1915 | — | ||||
 | Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) | 3 February 1915 | 25 May 1915 | — | ||||
 | Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965) | 25 May 1915 | 25 November 1915 | — | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) | |||
 | Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) | 25 November 1915 | 11 January 1916 | Postmaster-General | ||||
| | Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) | 11 January 1916 | 9 July 1916 | — | ||||
 | Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927) | 9 July 1916 | 10 December 1916 | Financial Secretary to the Treasury | ||||
 | Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937) | 10 December 1916 | 10 February 1918 | — | David Lloyd George (Coalition) | |||
 | Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) | 10 February 1918 | 4 November 1918 | Minister of Information | Conservative | |||
 | William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920) | 4 November 1918 | 10 January 1919 | Conservative | ||||
 | David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940) | 10 January 1919 | 1 April 1921 | — | ||||
 | William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) | 1 April 1921 | 7 April 1922 | Minister of Transport | ||||
 | Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) | 7 April 1922 | 9 October 1922 | — | Liberal | |||
 | James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO CB PC DL (1861–1947) | 24 October 1922 | 25 May 1923 | Lord President of the Council | Conservative | Bonar Law | ||
 | J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) | 25 May 1923 | 22 January 1924 | — | Stanley Baldwin | |||
 | Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943) | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | — | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | ||
 | Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958) | 10 November 1924 | 19 October 1927 | — | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin | ||
 | Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934) | 19 October 1927 | 4 June 1929 | — | ||||
 | Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980) | 7 June 1929 | 19 May 1930 | responsibility for unemployment | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald | ||
 | Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) | 23 May 1930 | 13 March 1931 | — | ||||
 | Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946) | 13 March 1931 | 24 August 1931 | — | ||||
 | Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940) | 25 August 1931 | 10 November 1931 | — | Liberal | Ramsay MacDonald (1st Nat. coalition) | ||
| | Sir John Davidson GCVO CH CB PC MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) | 10 November 1931 | 28 May 1937 | sometime chairman of the Indian States inquiry | Conservative | Ramsay MacDonald (2nd Nat. coalition) | ||
| Stanley Baldwin (3rd Nat. coalition) | ||||||||
 | Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962) | 28 May 1937 | 29 January 1939 | Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) | Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition) | |||
 | William Morrison MC PC KC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961) | 29 January 1939 | 3 April 1940 | — | ||||
| Minister of Food (from 4 September 1939) | Neville Chamberlain (War coalition) | |||||||
 | George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940) | 3 April 1940 | 14 May 1940 | — | ||||
 | Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963) | 14 May 1940 | 20 July 1941 | — | National | Winston Churchill (War coalition) | ||
 | Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954) | 20 July 1941 | 11 November 1943 | — | Conservative | |||
 | Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962) | 11 November 1943 | 25 May 1945 | — | National Liberal | |||
 | Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975) | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | — | Conservative | Winston Churchill (Caretaker coalition) | ||
| | John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971) | 4 August 1945 | 17 April 1947 | Minister for Germany and Austria | Labour | Clement Attlee | ||
 | Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001) | 17 April 1947 | 31 May 1948 | deputy Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany) | ||||
 | Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962) | 31 May 1948 | 28 February 1950 | — | ||||
 | A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965) | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | — | Labour Co-operative | |||
 | Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972) | 31 October 1951 | 24 November 1952 | Minister of Materials | Conservative | Winston Churchill | ||
 | Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) [Note 18] | 24 November 1952 | 20 December 1955 | Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) | ||||
| Anthony Eden | ||||||||
 | George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994) | 20 December 1955 | 13 January 1957 | — | ||||
| | Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989) | 13 January 1957 | 9 October 1961 | — | Harold Macmillan | |||
 | Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970) | 9 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | Leader of the House of Commons | ||||
 | John Hare 1st Viscount Blakenham OBE PC DL (1911–1982) | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords Chairman of the Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home | |||
| | Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996) | 18 October 1964 | 6 April 1966 | special responsibility for Social Services | Labour | Harold Wilson | ||
 | George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) | 6 April 1966 | 7 January 1967 | — | ||||
| | Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996) | 7 January 1967 | 6 October 1969 | — | ||||
| | George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) | 6 October 1969 | 20 June 1970 | — | ||||
| | Anthony Barber TD MP for Altrincham and Sale (1920–2005) | 20 June 1970 | 25 July 1970 | responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
 | Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997) | 28 July 1970 | 5 November 1972 | |||||
| | John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979) | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | |||||
| | Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) | 5 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||
| James Callaghan | ||||||||
| | Norman St John-Stevas MP for Cambridgeshire (1929–2012) | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Leader of the House of Commons Minister for the Arts | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
 | Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008) | 5 January 1981 | 14 September 1981 | Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General | ||||
| | Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002) | 14 September 1981 | 6 April 1982 | Leader of the House of Lords | ||||
| | Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016) | 6 April 1982 | 11 June 1983 | Paymaster-General | ||||
| | Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007) | 11 June 1983 | 11 September 1984 | — | ||||
| | Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021) | 11 September 1984 | 3 September 1985 | Minister for the Arts | ||||
 | Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–) | 3 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | ||||
 | Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–) | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Minister for Inner Cities (DTI) | ||||
| | Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012) | 25 July 1988 | 24 July 1989 | Minister of State at DTI | ||||
 | Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–) | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | ||||
 | Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–) | 28 November 1990 | 10 April 1992 | |||||
 | William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–) | 10 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | responsibility for public services and science | John Major | |||
 | David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–) | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Minister for Public Services | ||||
 | Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–) | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | |||||
 | David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–) | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
| | Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–) | 27 July 1998 | 11 October 1999 | Labour | ||||
 | Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005) | 11 October 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Labour | ||||
 | Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–) | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
 | Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–) | 13 June 2003 | 8 September 2004 | Labour | ||||
 | Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–) | 8 September 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Labour | ||||
 | John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–) | 6 May 2005 | 2 November 2005 | Labour | ||||
| Vacant | 2 November 2005 | 5 May 2006 | ||||||
 | Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–) | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion | Labour | |||
 | Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–) | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown | ||
 | Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–) | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | ||||
 | Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–) | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Leader of the House of Lords | Labour | |||
 | Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–) | 12 May 2010 | 7 January 2013 | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) | |||
 | Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–) | 7 January 2013 | 14 July 2014 | Conservative | ||||
 | Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) | 14 July 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Minister of State for Government Policy | Conservative | |||
| in charge of the Cabinet Office | David Cameron (II) | |||||||
 | Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) | 14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Theresa May (I) | ||
| Theresa May (II) | ||||||||
 | David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–) | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Conservative | |||
 | Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson (I) | |||
| Boris Johnson (II) | ||||||||
| Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021) | ||||||||
 | Steve Barclay MP for North East Cambridgeshire (1972–) | 16 September 2021 | 5 July 2022 | Minister for the Cabinet Office (16 September 2021 – 8 February 2022) Downing Street Chief of Staff (8 February 2022 – 5 July 2022) | Conservative | |||
 | Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–) | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | Conservative | ||||
 | Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–) | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
 | Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere (1978–) | 25 October 2022 | Incumbent | Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (from 9 February 2023) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (from 21 April 2023) | Conservative | Rishi Sunak | ||
Peerages in the United Kingdom form a legal system comprising both hereditary and lifetime titles, composed of various ranks, and within the framework of the Constitution of the United Kingdom form a constituent part of the legislative process and the British honours system. The British monarch is considered the fount of honour and is notionally the only person who can grant peerages, though there are many conventions about how this power is used, especially at the request of the British government. The term peerage can be used both collectively to refer to the entire body of titled nobility, and individually to refer to a specific title. British peerage title holders are termed peers of the Realm.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the chancellor is a high-ranking member of the British Cabinet.
The Lord President of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends and is responsible for chairing the meetings of the Privy Council, presenting business for the approval of the Sovereign. In the modern era, the incumbent is by convention always a member of one of the houses of Parliament, and the office is normally a Cabinet position.
The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the lord president of the Council and above the lord great chamberlain. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal (privy) seal until the use of such a seal became obsolete. Though one of the oldest offices in European governments, it has no particular function today because the use of a privy seal has been obsolete for centuries; it may be regarded as a traditional sinecure, but today, the holder of the office is invariably given a seat in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, and is sometimes referred to as a minister without portfolio.
Earl of Clarendon is a title that has been created twice in British history, in 1661 and 1776.
David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries, and was appointed to the Privy Council in 1990.
The hereditary peers form part of the peerage in the United Kingdom. As of August 2023, there are 805 hereditary peers: 30 dukes, 34 marquesses, 189 earls, 110 viscounts, and 442 barons.
Roger Norman Freeman, Baron Freeman, PC, is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the Cabinet of Prime Minister John Major from 1995 to 1997. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) representing the constituency of Kettering from 1983 to 1997, and was made a life peer in 1997.
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, PC, styled Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 47 years, attaining the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the House of Commons.
John Colin Campbell Davidson, 1st Viscount Davidson,, known before his elevation to the peerage as J. C. C. Davidson, was a British civil servant and Conservative Party politician, best known for his close alliance with Stanley Baldwin. Initially a civil servant, Davidson was private secretary to Bonar Law between 1915 and 1920. After entering parliament in 1920, he served under Baldwin as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1923 and 1924 and as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty between 1924 and 1926. From 1926 to 1930 he was Chairman of the Conservative Party. He was once again Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster between 1931 and 1937, firstly under Ramsay MacDonald and from 1935 onwards under Baldwin. On Baldwin's retirement in 1937, Davidson left the House of Commons and was ennobled as Viscount Davidson. Despite being only 48, he never took any further active part in politics. His wife Frances, Viscountess Davidson, succeeded him as MP for Hemel Hempstead. Lord Davidson died in London in 1970.
The Conservative government under Benjamin Disraeli had been defeated at the 1868 general election, so in December 1868 the victorious William Gladstone formed his first government. He introduced reforms in the British Army, the legal system and the Civil Service, and disestablished the Church of Ireland. In foreign affairs he pursued a peaceful policy. His ministry was defeated in the 1874 election, whereupon Disraeli formed a ministry and Gladstone retired as Leader of the Liberal Party.
John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton, PC, known before 1884 as John George Dodson, was a British Liberal politician. He was Chairman of Ways and Means between 1865 and 1872 and later held office under William Ewart Gladstone as Financial Secretary to the Treasury, President of the Local Government Board and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. In 1884 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Monk Bretton.
Winston Churchill formed the third Churchill ministry in the United Kingdom following the 1951 general election. He was reappointed as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George VI and oversaw the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952 and her coronation.
The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry. They were respectively led by Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home, who were appointed by Queen Elizabeth II.
Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice,, styled Lord Edmond FitzMaurice from 1863 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician. He served as Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from 1883 to 1885 and again from 1905 to 1908, when he entered the cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster under H. H. Asquith. However, illness forced him to resign the following year.
Thomas Villiers, 1st Earl of Clarendon, PC was a British politician and diplomat from the Villiers family.
The Liberal government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that began in 1905 and ended in 1915 consisted of two ministries: the first led by Henry Campbell-Bannerman and the final three by H. H. Asquith.
The Eden ministry was formed following the resignation of Winston Churchill in April 1955. Anthony Eden, then-Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary, took over as Leader of the Conservative Party, and thus became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Upon assuming office, Eden asked Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve parliament and called a general election for May 1955. After winning the general election with a majority of 60 seats in the House of Commons, Eden governed until his resignation on 10 January 1957.
This is a list of members of the government of the United Kingdom in office under the leadership of Lord Liverpool from 1812 to 1827. He was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by the Prince Regent after the assassination of Spencer Perceval.
The order of precedence in Ireland was fixed by Royal Warrant on 2 January 1897 during Ireland's ties to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.