Office Name Dates Notes Margaret Thatcher June 1983 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw June 1983 – June 1987 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone June 1983 William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw 11 June 1983 also Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Minister of State for the Privy Council Office Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie 11 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 Richard Luce 2 September 1985 – June 1987 John Biffen 11 June 1983 Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson 11 June 1983 Chief Secretary to the Treasury Peter Rees 11 June 1983 John MacGregor 2 September 1985 Minister of State for Treasury Barney Hayhoe June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Ian Gow 2 September 1985 – 19 November 1985 Peter Brooke 19 November 1985 – 13 June 1987 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury John Wakeham 11 June 1983 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Nicholas Ridley 13 June 1983 John Moore 18 October 1983 Norman Lamont 21 May 1986 Economic Secretary to the Treasury John Moore 13 June 1983 Ian Stewart 19 October 1983 Lords Commissioners of the Treasury Alastair Goodlad June 1983 – 10 September 1984 Donald Thompson June 1983 – 10 September 1986 David Hunt June 1983 – 10 September 1984 Ian Lang 11 June 1983 – 1 February 1986 Tristan Garel-Jones 11 June 1983 – 16 October 1986 John Major 3 October 1984 – 1 November 1985 Archie Hamilton 3 October 1984 – 10 September 1986 Tim Sainsbury 7 October 1985 – 23 June 1987 Michael Neubert 10 February 1986 – June 1987 Peter Lloyd 16 October 1986 – June 1987 Mark Lennox-Boyd 16 October 1986 – June 1987 Tony Durant 16 October 1986 – June 1987 Assistant Whips Archie Hamilton June 1983 – October 1984 John Major January 1983 – October 1984 Douglas Hogg February 1983 – October 1984 Michael Neubert June 1983 – February 1986 Tim Sainsbury June 1983 – October 1985 Tony Durant October 1984 – October 1986 Peter Lloyd October 1984 – October 1986 Mark Lennox-Boyd October 1984 – October 1986 Francis Maude October 1985 – June 1987 Gerald Malone February 1986 – June 1987 David Lightbown October 1986 – June 1987 Michael Portillo October 1986 – June 1987 Richard Ryder October 1986 – June 1987 Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe 11 June 1983 Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Timothy Raison June 1983 – 10 September 1986 also Minister of Overseas Development Richard Luce 11 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Malcolm Rifkind 13 June 1983 – 11 January 1986 Janet Young, Baroness Young 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 Tim Renton 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 Lynda Chalker 11 January 1986 – June 1987 Chris Patten 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Ray Whitney 13 June 1983 Tim Renton 11 September 1984 Timothy Eggar 2 September 1985 Minister for Overseas Development Timothy Raison June 1983 Chris Patten 10 September 1986 also Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Home Secretary Leon Brittan 11 June 1983 Douglas Hurd 2 September 1985 Minister of State for Home Affairs David Waddington June 1983 – 13 June 1987 Douglas Hurd June 1983 – September 1984 Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton 11 September 1984 – 25 March 1985 Giles Shaw 11 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 David Mellor 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton June 1983 – 11 September 1984 David Mellor June 1983 – 10 September 1986 Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur 27 March 1984 – 10 September 1986 Douglas Hogg 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Michael Jopling 11 June 1983 Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food John MacGregor 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead 13 June 1983 – 13 June 1987 John Gummer 2 September 1985 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Peggy Fenner June 1983 – 10 September 1986 Donald Thompson 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Minister for the Arts Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie 13 June 1983 Richard Luce 2 September 1985 Secretary of State for Defence Michael Heseltine June 1983 George Younger 9 January 1986 Minister of State for the Armed Forces John Stanley 13 June 1983 Minister of State for Defence Procurement Geoffrey Pattie 13 June 1983 Hon. Adam Butler 11 September 1984 Norman Lamont 2 September 1985 David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne 21 May 1986 Minister of State for Defence Support David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne 2 September 1985 – 21 May 1986 Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces David Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne 13 June 1983 – 1 September 1985 Roger Freeman 21 May 1986 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Ian Stewart June 1983 – 18 October 1983 John Lee 18 October 1983 – 10 September 1986 Archie Hamilton 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for Education Sir Keith Joseph , 2nd Baronet June 1983 Kenneth Baker 21 May 1986 Minister of State, Education and Science Chris Patten 5 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Angela Rumbold 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science Peter Brooke 13 June 1983 – 19 November 1985 Bob Dunn 13 June 1983 – June 1987 George Walden 19 November 1985 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for Employment Norman Tebbit June 1983 Tom King 16 October 1983 David Young, Baron Young of Graffham 2 September 1985 Minister of State, Employment Peter Morrison 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 John Gummer 18 October 1983 – 11 September 1984 Kenneth Clarke 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 Also Paymaster General Under-Secretary of State, Employment John Gummer June 1983 – 18 October 1983 Alan Clark 13 June 1983 – 24 January 1986 Peter Bottomley 11 September 1984 – 23 January 1986 David Trippier 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 Ian Lang 31 January 1986 – 10 September 1986 John Lee 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Secretary of State for Energy Peter Walker 11 June 1983 Minister of State, Energy Alick Buchanan-Smith 13 June 1983 Under-Secretary of State, Energy Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon June 1983 – 11 September 1984 Giles Shaw 13 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 David Hunt 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987 Alastair Goodlad 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for the Environment Patrick Jenkin 11 June 1983 Kenneth Baker 23 September 1985 Nicholas Ridley 21 May 1986 Minister of State for Local Government Irwin Bellow, Baron Bellwin June 1983 Kenneth Baker 11 September 1984 William Waldegrave 2 September 1985 Rhodes Boyson 10 September 1986 Minister of State for Housing Ian Gow 13 June 1983 John Patten 2 September 1985 Minister of State, Environment Rodney Elton, 2nd Baron Elton 27 March 1985 – 10 September 1986 William Waldegrave 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Sport Neil Macfarlane June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Richard Tracey 7 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 Under-Secretary of State, Environment Sir George Young, 6th Baronet June 1981 – 10 September 1986 William Waldegrave 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon 11 September 1984 – 27 March 1985 Angela Rumbold 2 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Christopher Chope 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Secretary of State for Social Services Norman Fowler June 1983 Minister of State, Health Kenneth Clarke June 1983 Barney Hayhoe 2 September 1985 Tony Newton 10 September 1986 Under-Secretary of State, Health and Social Security Tony Newton June 1983 – 11 September 1984 John Patten 14 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur 14 June 1983 – 26 March 1985 Ray Whitney 11 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 30 March 1985 – 13 June 1987 John Major 2 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Nicholas Lyell 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Edwina Currie 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Minister of State, Social Security Rhodes Boyson 12 June 1983 – 11 September 1984 Tony Newton 11 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 John Major 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Minister of State, Industry and Information Technology Kenneth Baker June 1983 under Office of Trade and Industry from 12 June 1983 Geoffrey Pattie 11 September 1984 Office abolished 13 June 1987 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield 11 June 1983 Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie 11 September 1984 Norman Tebbit 3 September 1985 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland James Prior June 1983 Douglas Hurd 11 September 1984 Tom King 3 September 1985 Minister of State, Northern Ireland Hon. Adam Butler June 1983 – 11 September 1984 Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie June 1983 – September 1983 William Murray, 8th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield 13 June 1983 – 12 April 1984 Rhodes Boyson 11 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 Nicholas Scott 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Nicholas Scott June 1983 – 11 September 1986 Chris Patten 14 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell 12 April 1984 – June 1987 Richard Needham 3 September 1985 – June 1987 Peter Viggers 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Brian Mawhinney 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Paymaster General Vacant 11 June 1983 John Gummer 11 September 1984 Kenneth Clarke 2 September 1985 also Minister of State, Employment Minister without Portfolio David Young, Baron Young of Graffham 11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985 Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger June 1983 Malcolm Rifkind 11 January 1986 Minister of State for Scotland Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin 13 June 1983 – 11 September 1986 Simon Arthur, 4th Baron Glenarthur 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Allan Stewart June 1983 – 10 September 1986 John MacKay June 1983 – 14 June 1987 Michael Ancram 13 June 1983 – 14 June 1987 Ian Lang 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Minister of State for Trade Paul Channon 13 June 1983 under Office of Trade and Industry Alan Clark 24 January 1986 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Cecil Parkinson 12 June 1983 Norman Tebbit 16 October 1983 Leon Brittan 2 September 1985 Paul Channon 24 January 1986 Minister of State for Trade and Industry Norman Lamont 13 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Peter Morrison 2 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Giles Shaw 10 September 1986 – 13 June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry John Butcher 14 June 1983 – June 1987 Alexander Fletcher 14 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 David Trippier 14 June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987 Michael Howard 2 September 1985 – 13 June 1987 Secretary of State for Transport Tom King 11 June 1983 Nicholas Ridley 16 October 1983 John Moore 21 May 1986 Minister of State, Transport Lynda Chalker 18 October 1983 – 10 January 1986 David Mitchell 23 January 1986 – June 1987 Under-Secretary of State for Transport Lynda Chalker June 1983 – 18 October 1983 David Mitchell 11 June 1983 – 23 January 1986 Michael Spicer 11 September 1984 – 13 June 1987 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness 2 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Peter Bottomley 23 January 1986 – June 1987 Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Secretary of State for Wales Nicholas Edwards June 1983 Minister of State for Wales John Stradling Thomas June 1983 – 2 September 1985 Under-Secretary of State for Wales Wyn Roberts June 1983 – 13 June 1987 Mark Robinson 3 October 1985 – 15 June 1987 Attorney General Michael Havers June 1983 Solicitor General Sir Patrick Mayhew 13 June 1983 Lord Advocate James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern June 1983 Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom 16 May 1984 Solicitor General for Scotland Peter Fraser June 1983 Treasurer of the Household John Cope 11 June 1983 Comptroller of the Household Carol Mather June 1983 Robert Boscawen 16 October 1986 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Robert Boscawen June 1983 Tristan Garel-Jones 16 October 1986 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham June 1983 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard David Cunliffe-Lister, 2nd Earl of Swinton June 1983 Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson 10 September 1986 Lords-in-Waiting Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long June 1983 – 2 May 1997 Charles Lyell, 3rd Baron Lyell June 1983 – 12 April 1984 Roger Bootle-Wilbraham, 7th Baron Skelmersdale June 1983 – 10 September 1986 Michael Lucas, 2nd Baron Lucas of Chilworth June 1983 – 9 September 1984 Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington 11 June 1983 – 25 March 1985 Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness 8 May 1984 – 2 September 1985 Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara 19 September 1984 – 10 September 1986 Caroline Cox, Baroness Cox 3 April 1985 – 2 August 1985 Andrew Davidson, 2nd Viscount Davidson 17 September 1985 – 10 September 1986 Gloria Hooper, Baroness Hooper 17 September 1985 – 14 June 1987 Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook 10 September 1986 – June 1987 Alexander Scrymgeour, 12th Earl of Dundee 3 October 1986 – June 1987 
