List of chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster

The chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom. Pat McFadden has been chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since 5 July 2024.

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1361–1644)

Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
Sir Henry de Haydock	1361	1373
Ralph de Ergham Bishop of Sarum (–1400)	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)	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)	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)	8 October 1597	1599
Seal in commission	1599	16 September 1601
Sir John Fortescue Chancellor of the Exchequer MP for Middlesex (c. 1531–1607)	16 September 1601	23 December 1607
Sir Thomas Parry MP for Berkshire (1541–1616)	December 1607	May 1616
Sir John Dacombe (1570–1618)	27 May 1616	January 1618
Sir Humphrey May MP for Leicester (1573–1630)	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)	1644	1645

Chancellors serving Parliament and the Commonwealth

William Grey, 1st Baron Grey of Werke & William Lenthall (commission)	File:WilliamLenthall.jpg (Lenthall)	10 February 1644	1648
Gilbert Gerard		1648	1 August 1649
John Bradshaw	File:JohnBradshaw.jpg	1 August 1649	1653
John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners)	File:JohnBradshaw.jpg (Bradshaw)	1653	1654
Thomas Fell		1654	1658
John Bradshaw	File:JohnBradshaw.jpg	1658	1659
William Lenthall	File:WilliamLenthall.jpg	1659	1659
Gilbert Gerard		14 May 1659	9 July 1659

Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660–present)

17th century

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
File:FrancisSeymour 1stBaronSeymour OfTrowbridge Died 1664 PetworthHouse.jpg	Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664)	9 July 1660	21 July 1664
File:No image.svg	Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672)	21 July 1664	22 February 1672
File:Sir Robert Carr, 3rd Bt (1637–1682).jpg	Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire (c. 1637–1682)	22 February 1672	21 November 1682
File:SirThomasChicheley.jpg	Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699)	21 November 1682	1687
File:No image.svg	Robert Phelips (1619–1707)	May 1687	March 1689
File:Dukeancaster.jpg	Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723)	21 March 1689	4 May 1697
File:Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford.jpg	Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford (c. 1654–1720)	4 May 1697	12 May 1702

18th century

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Party
	File:No image.svg	John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709)	12 May 1702	10 June 1706	Tory
	File:Portrait of James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby (1664-1736) - Mw12646.jpg	James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736)	10 June 1706	21 September 1710	—
	File:No image.svg	William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741)	21 September 1710	6 November 1714	—
	File:Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford.jpg	Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford (c. 1649–1719)	6 November 1714	12 March 1716	Tory
	File:Richard lumley.jpg	Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721)	12 March 1716	19 June 1717	—
	File:No image.svg	Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727)	19 June 1717	17 July 1727	—
	File:John Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland2.jpg	John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779)	17 July 1727	21 May 1735	Whig
	File:No image.svg	George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770)	21 May 1735	22 December 1742	Whig
	File:Lordedgcumbe.jpg	Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758)	22 December 1742	5 December 1758	—
	File:Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull.jpg	Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787)	27 February 1759	13 December 1762	Whig
	File:James Stanley lord Strange.JPG	James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771)	13 December 1762	14 June 1771	—
	File:ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg	Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786)	14 June 1771	17 April 1782	Whig
	File:JohnDunning 1774 (LaterBaronAshburton) BySirJoshuaReynolds NPG London.jpg	John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783)	17 April 1782	29 August 1783	Whig
	File:Lord-derby.jpg	Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834)	29 August 1783	31 December 1783	Whig
	File:ThomasVilliersEarlClarendon.jpg	Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786)	31 December 1783	6 September 1786	Whig
	File:Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool by George Romney.jpg	Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool (1752–1834)	6 September 1786	11 November 1803	—

19th–21st centuries

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
	File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg	Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826)	11 November 1803	6 June 1804	—	Whig		Henry Addington
	File:Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave by Sir William Beechey.jpg	Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792)	6 June 1804	14 January 1805	—	Tory		William Pitt the Younger
	File:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg	Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816)	14 January 1805	10 July 1805	—	Tory
	File:1stEarlOfHarrowby.jpg	Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847)	10 July 1805	12 February 1806	—	Tory
	File:Lord-derby.jpg	Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834)	12 February 1806	30 March 1807	—	Whig		William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents)
	File:Spencerperceval.jpg	Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812)	30 March 1807	11 May 1812	Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons	Tory		William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
					Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809)			Himself
	File:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg	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
	File:No image.svg	Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831)	23 June 1812	13 February 1823	President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822)	—
	File:Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley.jpg	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
	File:4th Earl of Aberdeen.jpg	George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860)	26 January 1828	2 June 1828	—	Tory		Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
	File:Rt Hon Charles Arbuthnot 2.jpg	Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850)	2 June 1828	25 November 1830	—	Tory
	File:Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1795).jpg	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)
	File:Charles Watkin Williams-Wynn.JPG	Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850)	26 December 1834	8 April 1835	—	Conservative		Robert Peel
	File:Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1795).jpg	Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840)	23 April 1835	31 October 1840	—	Whig		William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
	File:4thEarlOfClarendon.jpg	George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870)	31 October 1840	23 June 1841	Lord Privy Seal	Whig
	File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg	Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882)	23 June 1841	30 August 1841	—	Whig
	File:Lord Granville Somerset.JPG	Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848)	3 September 1841	27 June 1846	—	Conservative		Robert Peel
	File:John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell of St Andrews by Thomas Woolnoth.jpg	John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861)	6 July 1846	6 March 1850	—	Whig		John Russell
	File:7th Earl of Carlisle.jpg	George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864)	6 March 1850	21 February 1852	First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850)	Whig
	File:No image.svg	Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887)	1 March 1852	17 December 1852	—	Conservative		Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	File:No image.svg	Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880)	3 January 1853	21 June 1854	—	Whig / Radical		George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891)	21 June 1854	30 January 1855	—	Whig
	vacant		February 1855	March 1855
	File:Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby.jpg	Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882)	31 March 1855	7 December 1855	—	—		Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
	File:Matthew Talbot Baines.jpg	Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860)	7 December 1855	21 February 1858	—	Whig
	File:James-Graham-4th-Duke-of-Montrose.jpg	James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874)	26 February 1858	11 June 1859	—	Conservative		Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
	File:Sir George Grey, 2nd Bt.jpg	Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882)	22 June 1859	25 July 1861	—	Whig / Liberal		Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
	File:1stViscountCardwell.jpg	Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886)	25 July 1861	7 April 1864	—	Liberal
	File:4thEarlOfClarendon.jpg	George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870)	7 April 1864	3 November 1865	—	Liberal
	vacant		3 November 1865	26 January 1866				John Russell
	File:George Goschen by Bassano.jpg	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
	File:WilliamCourtenay 11thEarlOfDevon.png	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
	File:John Wilson-Patten.jpg	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)
	File:Taylor dublin UniMag1875.JPG	Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883)	7 November 1868	1 December 1868	—	Conservative
	File:Lord Dufferin.jpg	Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902)	12 December 1868	9 August 1872	Paymaster General	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	File:Hugh Childers, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-83 crop.jpg	Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896)	9 August 1872	30 September 1873		Liberal
	File:John Bright 1882.jpg	John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889)	30 September 1873	17 February 1874	—	Liberal
	File:Taylor dublin UniMag1875.JPG	Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883)	2 March 1874	21 April 1880	—	Conservative		Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876)
	File:John Bright 1882.jpg	John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889)	28 April 1880	25 July 1882	—	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	File:1st Earl of Kimberley 1868.jpg	John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902)	25 July 1882	28 December 1882	Colonial Secretary	Liberal
	File:John George Dodson, 1st Baron Monk Bretton.jpg	John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897)	28 December 1882	29 October 1884	—	Liberal
	File:George Otto Trevelyan portrait early career.jpg	George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928)	29 October 1884	9 June 1885	—	Liberal
	File:Young1stViscountChaplin.jpg	Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923)	24 June 1885	28 January 1886	—	Conservative		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	File:Edward Heneage Vanity Fair 17 December 1887.JPG	Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922)	6 February 1886	16 April 1886	—	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	File:Portrait of Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth. Wellcome L0004476.jpg	Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939)	16 April 1886	20 July 1886	—	Liberal
	File:1st Earl of Cranbrook.jpg	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
	File:Lord John Manners.jpg	John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906)	16 August 1886	11 August 1892	—	Conservative
	File:1st Viscount Bryce 1902b.jpg	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
	File:Lord Tweedmouth, Naval Secretary, portrait bust.jpg	Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909)	28 May 1894	21 June 1895	Lord Privy Seal	Liberal
	File:Portrait of Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross.jpg	R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914)	29 June 1895	4 July 1895		Conservative		Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
	File:BaronJames Bassano1882.jpg	Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911)	4 July 1895	11 August 1902		Liberal Unionist
								Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902)
	File:WhWalrond.jpeg	Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925)	11 August 1902	4 December 1905	—	Conservative		Arthur Balfour Coalition
	File:Henry Fowler.jpg	Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911)	10 December 1905	13 October 1908		Liberal		Henry Campbell-Bannerman
								H. H. Asquith
	File:Lord Fitzmaurice.JPG	Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935)	13 October 1908	25 June 1909	—
	File:Gws samuel 01.jpg	Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963)	25 June 1909	14 February 1910	—
	File:1910 Jack Pease.jpg	Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943)	14 February 1910	23 October 1911	—
	File:Charles Hobhouse 2.jpg	Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941)	23 October 1911	11 February 1914	—
	File:1923 CFG Masterman.jpg	Charles Masterman (1873–1927)	11 February 1914	3 February 1915	—
	File:Edwin Samuel Montagu.jpg	Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924)	3 February 1915	25 May 1915	—
	File:Churchill 1904 Q 42037.jpg	Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965)	25 May 1915	25 November 1915	—			H. H. Asquith (War coalition)
	File:Herbert Samuel.jpg	Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963)	25 November 1915	11 January 1916	Postmaster-General
	File:Edwin Samuel Montagu.jpg	Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924)	11 January 1916	9 July 1916	—
	File:Thomas McKinnon Wood.jpg	Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927)	9 July 1916	10 December 1916	Financial Secretary to the Treasury
	File:1918 Frederick Cawley.jpg	Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937)	10 December 1916	10 February 1918	—			David Lloyd George (Coalition)
	File:Lord Beaverbrook 1947b.jpg	Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964)	10 February 1918	4 November 1918	Minister of Information	Conservative
	File:William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham.jpg	William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920)	4 November 1918	10 January 1919		Conservative
	File:Crawford27.JPG	David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940)	10 January 1919	1 April 1921	—
	File:Earl Peel cropped.jpg	William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937)	1 April 1921	7 April 1922	Minister of Transport
	File:1920 William Sutherland.jpg	Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949)	7 April 1922	9 October 1922	—	Liberal
	File:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury.jpg	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
	File:Viscount Davidson.jpg	J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970)	25 May 1923	22 January 1924	—			Stanley Baldwin
	File:1915 Josiah Wedgwood.jpg	Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943)	22 January 1924	3 November 1924	—	Labour		Ramsay MacDonald
	File:Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood looking right circa 1915.jpg	Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958)	10 November 1924	19 October 1927	—	Conservative		Stanley Baldwin
	File:Ronald McNeill, 1st Baron Cushendun.jpg	Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934)	19 October 1927	4 June 1929	—
	File:Oswald mosley MP.jpg	Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980)	7 June 1929	19 May 1930	responsibility for unemployment	Labour		Ramsay MacDonald
	File:Attlee BW cropped.jpg	Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967)	23 May 1930	13 March 1931	—
	File:Lord Ponsonby.jpg	Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946)	13 March 1931	24 August 1931	—
	File:Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian.png	Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940)	25 August 1931	10 November 1931	—	Liberal		Ramsay MacDonald (1st Nat. coalition)
	File:Viscount Davidson.jpg	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)
	File:Earl Winterton LCCN2014698871.jpg	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)
	File:Lord Dunrossil.jpg	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)
	File:Lord Tyron.jpg	George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940)	3 April 1940	14 May 1940	—
	File:Maurice Pascal Alers Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey by Sir William Orpen.jpg	Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963)	14 May 1940	20 July 1941	—	National		Winston Churchill (War coalition)
	File:Duff Cooper MP (cropped).jpg	Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954)	20 July 1941	11 November 1943	—	Conservative
	File:BrownErnest.jpg	Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962)	11 November 1943	25 May 1945	—	National Liberal
	File:Baron Salter.jpg	Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975)	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	—	Conservative		Winston Churchill (Caretaker coalition)
	File:No image.svg	John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971)	4 August 1945	17 April 1947	Minister for Germany and Austria	Labour		Clement Attlee
	File:Lord Longford 4 Allan Warren.jpg	Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001)	17 April 1947	31 May 1948	deputy Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany)
	File:Hugh Dalton HU 059487 crop.jpg	Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962)	31 May 1948	28 February 1950	—
	File:INF3-62 A V Alexander Artist's signature E A B.jpg	A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965)	28 February 1950	26 October 1951	—	Labour Co-operative
	File:Lord Swinton.jpg	Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972)	31 October 1951	24 November 1952	Minister of Materials	Conservative		Winston Churchill
	File:1st Earl of Woolton 1947.jpg	Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965)	24 November 1952	20 December 1955	Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954)
								Anthony Eden
	File:10thEarl of Selkirk.jpg	George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994)	20 December 1955	13 January 1957	—
	File:No image.svg	Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989)	13 January 1957	9 October 1961	—			Harold Macmillan
	File:Iain Macleod crop.jpg	Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970)	9 October 1961	20 October 1963	Leader of the House of Commons
	File:John Hare 1929.jpg	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
	File:No image.svg	Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996)	18 October 1964	6 April 1966	special responsibility for Social Services	Labour		Harold Wilson
	File:George Morgan Thomson 1970 cropped.png	George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008)	6 April 1966	7 January 1967	—
	File:No image.svg	Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996)	7 January 1967	6 October 1969	—
	File:George Morgan Thomson 1970 cropped.png	George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008)	6 October 1969	20 June 1970	—
	File:No image.svg	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
	File:Geoffrey Rippon (1970).jpg	Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997)	28 July 1970	5 November 1972
	File:No image.svg	John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979)	5 November 1972	4 March 1974
	File:No image.svg	Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995)	5 March 1974	4 May 1979		Labour		Harold Wilson
								James Callaghan
	File:No image.svg	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
	File:Francis Pym (cropped).jpg	Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008)	5 January 1981	14 September 1981	Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General
	File:No image.svg	Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002)	14 September 1981	6 April 1982	Leader of the House of Lords
	File:No image.svg	Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016)	6 April 1982	11 June 1983	Paymaster-General
	File:No image.svg	Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007)	11 June 1983	11 September 1984	—
	File:No image.svg	Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021)	11 September 1984	3 September 1985	Minister for the Arts
	File:Official portrait of Lord Tebbit 2020 crop 2.jpg	Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–)	3 September 1985	13 June 1987	Chairman of the Conservative Party
	File:Official portrait of Mr Kenneth Clarke crop 2.jpg	Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–)	13 June 1987	25 July 1988	Minister for Inner Cities (DTI)
	File:No image.svg	Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012)	25 July 1988	24 July 1989	Minister of State at DTI
	File:Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking 2020 crop 2.jpg	Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–)	24 July 1989	28 November 1990	Chairman of the Conservative Party
	File:Official portrait of Lord Patten of Barnes crop 2.jpg	Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–)	28 November 1990	10 April 1992
	File:Official portrait of Lord Waldegrave of North Hill 2020 crop 2.jpg	William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–)	10 April 1992	20 July 1994	responsibility for public services and science			John Major
	File:Lord Hunt of Wirral, 2023.jpg	David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–)	20 July 1994	5 July 1995	Minister for Public Services
	File:Official portrait of Lord Freeman crop 2, 2019.jpg	Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–)	5 July 1995	2 May 1997
	File:Official portrait of Lord Clark of Windermere crop 2, 2019.jpg	David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–)	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Minister for the Cabinet Office	Labour		Tony Blair
	File:No image.svg	Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–)	27 July 1998	11 October 1999		Labour
	File:Mo Mowlam official portrait 2 (cropped).jpg	Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005)	11 October 1999	11 June 2001		Labour
	File:Khalid Rahim and Gus Macdonald (14680104148) (Macdonald cropped).jpg	Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–)	11 June 2001	13 June 2003	Minister for the Cabinet Office	Labour		Tony Blair
	File:Official portrait of Douglas Alexander MP crop 2, 2024.jpg	Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–)	13 June 2003	8 September 2004		Labour
	File:Alan Milburn 2014.jpg	Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–)	8 September 2004	6 May 2005		Labour
	File:Msc 2009-Sunday, 11.00 - 12.30 Uhr-Zwez 005 Hutton detail.jpg	John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–)	6 May 2005	2 November 2005		Labour
	Vacant		2 November 2005	5 May 2006
	File:Official portrait of Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top crop 2, 2019.jpg	Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–)	5 May 2006	28 June 2007	Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion	Labour
	File:Official portrait of Edward Miliband crop 2 retouch.jpg	Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–)	28 June 2007	3 October 2008	Minister for the Cabinet Office	Labour		Gordon Brown
	File:Official portrait of Liam Byrne crop 2.jpg	Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–)	3 October 2008	5 June 2009		Labour
	File:Official portrait of Baroness Royall of Blaisdon crop 2, 2024.jpg	Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–)	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Leader of the House of Lords	Labour
	File:Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2, 2023.jpg	Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–)	12 May 2010	7 January 2013		Conservative		David Cameron (Coalition)
	File:Jonathan Hill 2015.jpg	Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–)	7 January 2013	14 July 2014		Conservative
	File:Oliver Letwin Official.jpg	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)
	File:Official portrait of Lord McLoughlin, 2022.jpg	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)
	File:Official portrait of Mr David Lidington crop 2.jpg	David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–)	8 January 2018	24 July 2019	Minister for the Cabinet Office	Conservative
	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Michael Gove MP crop 2.jpg	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)
	File:Steve Barclay Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	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
	File:Kit Malthouse Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–)	7 July 2022	6 September 2022		Conservative
	File:Nadhim Zahawi Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–)	6 September 2022	25 October 2022	Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	Conservative		Liz Truss
	File:Oliver Dowden Official Cabinet Portrait, September 2021 (cropped).jpg	Oliver Dowden MP for Hertsmere (1978–)	25 October 2022	5 July 2024	Secretary of State in the Cabinet Office (9 February 2023–5 July 2024) Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (21 April 2023–5 July 2024 )	Conservative		Rishi Sunak
	File:Official portrait of Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP crop 2.jpg	Pat McFadden MP for Wolverhampton South East (1965–)	5 July 2024	Incumbent		Labour		Keir Starmer

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