Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie

De minister van Defensie (Engels: Secretary of State for Defence) leidt het Britse ministerie van Defensie.[1]

Ministers voor de Luchtmacht van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1919-1964)

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Minister voor de Luchtmacht
Secretary of State for Air
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
   
Colonel
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965)
14 januari 1919 1 april 1921 Liberal Party David
Lloyd George

(1919–1922)
Lloyd George II Minister voor
Oorlog
  Freddie Guest
(1875–1937)
1 april 1921 23 oktober 1922 Liberal Party
  Lieutenant
Colonel

Sir
Samuel Hoare
(1880–1959)
23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)
Law
Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)
Baldwin I
  Baron Thomson
Christopher
Thomson

(1875–1930)
22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald
MacDonald I
  Lieutenant
Colonel

Sir
Samuel Hoare
(1880–1959)
3 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)
Baldwin II
  Baron Thomson
Christopher
Thomson

(1875–1930)
5 juni 1929 5 oktober 1930
[2]
Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1929–1935)
MacDonald II
Vacant
  Baron Amulree
William
Mackenzie

(1860–1942)
15 oktober 1930 5 november 1931 Labour Party
(1930–1931)
National
Labour

(1931)
MacDonald III
(Nationaal Kabinet I)
  Lieutenant
Colonel

Markies van
Londonderry

Charles Vane-
Tempest-
Stewart

(1878–1949)
5 november 1931 7 juni 1935 Conservative Party MacDonald IV
(Nationaal Kabinet II)
  Graaf Swinton
Philip
Cunliffe-Lister

(1884–1972)
7 juni 1935 16 mei 1938 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)
Baldwin III
(Nationaal Kabinet III)
Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
Chamberlain I
(Nationaal Kabinet IV)
  Sir
Kingsley Wood
(1881–1943)
16 mei 1938 3 april 1940 Conservative Party
Chamberlain II
  Lieutenant
Colonel

Sir
Samuel Hoare
(1880–1959)
3 april 1940 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party
  Sir
Archibald
Sinclair

(1890–1970)
10 mei 1940 23 mei 1945 Liberal Party Winston Churchill
(1940–1945)
Churchill I
  Harold Macmillan
(1894–1986)
23 mei 1945 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Churchill II
  Air Commodore
Burggraaf
Stansgate

William
Wedgwood
Benn

(1877–1960)
26 juli 1945 4 oktober 1946 Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I
   
Philip
Noel-Baker

(1889–1982)
4 oktober 1946 7 oktober 1947 Labour Party
  Arthur
Henderson II

(1893–1968)
7 oktober 1947 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party
Attlee II
  Major
Burggraaf
De L'Isle

William Sidney
(1909–1991)
26 oktober 1951 20 december 1955 Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1951–1955)
Churchill III
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)
Eden
  Nigel Birch
(1906–1981)
20 december 1955 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party
  George Ward
(1907–1988)
10 januari 1957 28 oktober 1960 Conservative Party Harold Macmillan
(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
Macmillan II
  Julian Amery
(1932–2010)
28 oktober 1960 16 juli 1962 Conservative Party
  Hugh Fraser
(1918–1984)
16 juli 1962 1 april 1964 Conservative Party
Alec
Douglas-Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home

Ministers voor de Marine van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1858–1964)

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Minister voor de Marine
First Lord of the Admiralty
Ambtstermijn Partij(en) Premier(s) Kabinet(ten) Overige
functie(s)
  Sir
John Pakington
(1799–1800)
20 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1858–1859)
Smith-
Stanley II
  Hertog van
Somerset

Edward
Seymour

(1804–1885)
12 juni 1859 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party Henry
John Temple

(1859–1865)
Temple II
John Russell
(1865–1866)
Russell II
  Sir
John Pakington
(1799–1800)
28 juni 1866 8 maart 1867
[3]
Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1866–1868)
Smith-
Stanley III
  Henry
Lowry-Corry

(1803–1873)
8 maart 1867 3 december 1868 Conservative Party
Conservative Party Benjamin
Disraeli

(1868)
Disraeli I
  Hugh Childers
(1827–1896)
3 december 1868 11 maart 1871
[4]
Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1868–1874)
Gladstone I
  George
Goschen

(1831–1907)
11 maart 1871 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party
  George
Ward Hunt

(1825–1877)
20 februari 1874 29 juli 1877
[2]
Conservative Party Benjamin
Disraeli

(1874–1880)
Disraeli II
Vacant
  William
Henry Smith

(1825–1891)
1 augustus 1877 23 april 1880 Conservative Party
  Graaf van
Northbrook

Thomas Baring
(1826–1904)
23 april 1880 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1880–1885)
Gladstone II
  Heer
George
Hamilton

(1845–1927)
23 juni 1885 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1885–1886)
Gascoyne-
Cecil I
  Markies
van Ripon

George
Robinson

(1827–1909)
28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1886)
Gladstone III
  Heer
George
Hamilton

(1845–1927)
20 juli 1886 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1886–1892)
Gascoyne-
Cecil II
  Graaf Spencer
John Spencer
(1835–1910)
15 augustus 1892 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1892–1894)
Gladstone IV
Archibald
Primrose

(1894–1895)
Primrose
  George
Goschen

(1831–1907)
25 juni 1895 10 november 1900 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1895–1902)
Gascoyne-
Cecil III
  Graaf van
Selborne

William
Palmer

(1859–1942)
10 november 1900 15 maart 1905 Liberal
Unionist Party
Gascoyne-
Cecil IV
Arthur Balfour
(1902–1905)
Balfour
  Graaf
Cawdor

Frederick
Campbell

(1847–1911)
15 maart 1905 5 december 1905 Conservative Party
  Baron
Tweedmouth

Edward
Marjoribanks

(1849–1909)
5 december 1905 8 april 1908 Liberal Party Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1905–1908)
Campbell-
Bannerman
  Reginald
McKenna

(1863–1943)
8 april 1908 24 oktober 1911 Liberal Party Herbert
Henry Asquith

(1908–1916)
Asquith I
Asquith II
Asquith III
   
Winston
Churchill

(1874–1965)
24 oktober 1911 25 mei 1915 Liberal Party
  Arthur Balfour
(1848–1930)
25 mei 1915 7 december 1916 Conservative Party Asquith IV
  Sir
Edward
Carson

(1854-1935)
7 december 1916 17 juli 1917 Conservative Party David
Lloyd George

(1916–1922)
Lloyd George I
  Sir
Eric Geddes
(1875-1937)
17 juli 1917 14 januari 1919 Conservative Party
Conservative Party Lloyd George II
  Walter Long
(1854-1924)
14 januari 1919 13 februari 1921 Conservative Party
  Burggraaf Lee
van Fareham

Arthur Lee
(1868-1947)
13 februari 1921 23 oktober 1922 Conservative Party
  Leo Amery
(1873–1955)
23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)
Law
Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)
Baldwin I
  Burggraaf
Chelmsford

Frederic
Thesiger

(1868–1933)
22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1924)
MacDonald I
  William
Bridgeman

(1864–1935)
4 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)
Baldwin II
  Captain
Albert
Alexander

(1885–1965)
5 juni 1929 26 augustus 1931 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1929–1935)
MacDonald II
  Sir
Austen
Chamberlain

(1863–1937)
26 augustus 1931 5 november 1931 Conservative Party Nationale
Kabinetten
  Commander
Burggraaf
Monsell

Bolton
Eyres-Monsell

(1881–1963)
5 november 1931 22 mei 1936 Conservative Party
Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)
  Lieutenant
Colonel

Sir
Samuel Hoare
(1880–1959)
22 mei 1936 28 mei 1937 Conservative Party
  Lieutenant
Duff Cooper
(1890–1954)
28 mei 1937 27 oktober 1938 Conservative Party Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
  Second
Lieutenant

Graaf
Stanhope

James
Stanhope

(1880–1967)
27 oktober 1938 3 september 1939 Conservative Party
   
Colonel
Winston
Churchill

(1874–1965)
3 september 1939 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party Chamberlain II
  Captain
Albert
Alexander

(1885–1965)
10 mei 1940 23 mei 1945 Labour Party Winston
Churchill

(1951–1955)
Churchill I
  Brendan
Bracken

(1901–1958)
23 mei 1945 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Churchill II
  Captain
Albert
Alexander

(1885–1965)
26 juli 1945 4 oktober 1946 Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I
  Burggraaf
Hall

George Hall
(1881–1965)
4 oktober 1946 24 mei 1951 Labour Party
Labour Party Attlee II
  Graaf van
Longford

Frank
Pakenham

(1905–2001)
24 mei 1951 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party
  Sub Lieutenant
Burggraaf
Cilcennin

James Thomas
(1903–1960)
26 oktober 1951 2 september 1956 Conservative Party Winston
Churchill

(1951–1955)
Churchill III
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)
Eden
  Major
Burggraaf
Hailsham

Quintin Hogg
(1907–2001)
2 september 1956 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party
  Squadron
Leader

Graaf van
Selkirk

George
Douglas-
Hamilton

(1904–1994)
10 januari 1957 14 oktober 1959 Conservative Party Harold
Macmillan

(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
  Major
Baron
Carrington

Peter
Carington

(1919–2018)
14 oktober 1959 19 oktober 1963 Conservative Party Macmillan II
  Brigadier
Graaf Jellicoe
George
Jellicoe

(1918–2007)
19 oktober 1963 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party Alec
Douglas-Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home

Ministers voor Oorlog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1852–1964)

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Minister voor Oorlog
Secretary of State for War
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
  Sidney Herbert
(1810–1861)
28 december 1852 6 februari 1855 Peelite George
Hamilton-
Gordon

(1852–1855)
Hamilton-
Gordon
  Heer Panmure
Fox Maule-
Ramsay

(1801–1874)
6 februari 1855 20 februari 1858 Whig Party Henry
John Temple

(1855–1858)
Temple I
  Jonathan Peel
(1799–1879)
20 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1858–1859)
Smith-Stanley II
  Baron Herbert
van Lea

Sidney Herbert
(1810–1861)
12 juni 1859 25 juli 1861
[4]
Liberal Party Henry
John Temple

(1859–1865)
Temple II
  Sir
George
Cornewall Lewis

(1805–1863)
25 juli 1861 28 april 1863
[4]
Liberal Party
  Graaf de Grey
en Ripon

George
Robinson

(1827–1909)
28 april 1863 16 februari 1866
[5]
Liberal Party
Liberal Party John Russell
(1865–1866)
Russell II
  Markies van
Hartington

Spencer
Cavendish

(1833–1908)
16 februari 1866 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party
  Jonathan Peel
(1799–1879)
28 juni 1866 8 maart 1867
[4]
Conservative Party Edward
Smith-
Stanley

(1866–1868)
Smith-Stanley III
  Sir
John Pakington
(1799–1800)
8 maart 1867 3 december 1868 Conservative Party
Conservative Party Benjamin
Disraeli

(1868)
Disraeli I
  Edward
Cardwell

(1813–1886)
3 december 1868 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party William
Ewart
Gladstone

(1868–1874)
Gladstone I
  Burggraaf
Cranbrook

Gathorne
Gathorne-Hardy

(1814–1906)
[6]
20 februari 1874 2 april 1878 Conservative Party Benjamin
Disraeli

(1874–1880)
Disraeli II
  Sir
Frederick
Arthur Stanley

(1841–1908)
2 april 1878 23 april 1880 Conservative Party
  Hugh Childers
(1827–1896)
23 april 1880 16 december 1882
[7]
Liberal Party William
Ewart
Gladstone

(1880–1885)
Gladstone II
  Markies van
Hartington

Spencer
Cavendish

(1833–1908)
16 december 1882 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party
  William
Henry Smith

(1825–1891)
23 juni 1885 20 januari 1886
[4]
Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1885–1886)
Gascoyne-
Cecil I
  Burggraaf
Cranbrook

Gathorne
Gathorne-Hardy

(1814–1906)
20 januari 1886 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party
  Sir
Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1836–1908)
28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William
Ewart
Gladstone

(1886)
Gladstone III
  William
Henry Smith

(1825–1891)
20 juli 1886 14 januari 1887
[8]
Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1886–1892)
Gascoyne-
Cecil II
  Edward
Stanhope

(1840–1893)
14 januari 1887 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party
  Sir
Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1836–1908)
15 augustus 1892 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party William
Ewart
Gladstone

(1892–1894)
Gladstone IV
Archibald
Primrose

(1894–1895)
Primrose
  Markies van
Lansdowne

Henry Petty-
Fitzmaurice

(1845–1927)
25 juni 1895 10 november 1900 Liberal
Unionist Party
Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1895–1902)
Gascoyne-
Cecil III
  St John
Brodrick

(1856–1942)
10 november 1900 19 oktober 1903
[4]
Irish
Unionist Party
Gascoyne-
Cecil IV
Arthur Balfour
(1902–1905)
Balfour
  Hugh
Arnold-Forster

(1855–1909)
19 oktober 1903 5 december 1905 Liberal
Unionist Party
  Burggraaf
Haldane

Richard
Haldane

(1856–1928)
5 december 1905 10 juni 1912
[9]
Liberal Party Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1905–1908)
Campbell-
Bannerman
Herbert
Henry Asquith
Asquith I
Asquith II
Asquith III
  Major General
Jack Seely
(1868–1947)
12 juni 1912 30 maart 1914
[4]
Liberal Party
  Herbert
Henry Asquith

(1852–1928)
[10]
30 maart 1914 4 augustus 1914 Liberal Party Premier
  Field Marshal
Graaf Kitchener
Herbert
Kitchener

(1850–1916)
4 augustus 1914 5 juni 1916
[11]
Onafhankelijk
[12]
Asquith IV
  David
Lloyd George

(1863–1945)
5 juni 1916 7 december 1916 Liberal Party
  Graaf van Derby
Edward Stanley
(1865–1948)
7 december 1916 18 april 1918
[4]
Conservative Party David
Lloyd George

(1919–1922)
Lloyd George I
  Burggraaf Milner
Alfred Milner
(1865–1948)
18 april 1918 14 januari 1919
[13]
Conservative Party
Lloyd George II
   
Colonel
Winston Churchill
(1874–1965)
14 januari 1919 13 februari 1921
[13]
Liberal Party Minister voor
de Luchtmacht
  Sir
Laming
Worthington-
Evans

(1868–1931)
13 februari 1921 23 oktober 1922 Conservative Party
  Graaf van Derby
Edward Stanley
(1865–1948)
23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)
Law
Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)
Baldwin I
  Stephen Walsh
(1859–1929)
22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1924)
MacDonald I
  Sir
Laming
Worthington-
Evans

(1868–1931)
4 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)
Baldwin II
  Tom Shaw
(1872–1938)
5 juni 1929 26 augustus 1931 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1929–1935)
MacDonald II
  Markies van
Crewe

Robert
Crewe-Milnes

(1858–1945)
26 augustus 1931 5 november 1931 Liberal Party MacDonald III
(Nationaal Kabinet I)
  Burggraaf
Hailsham

Douglas Hogg
(1872–1950)
5 november 1931 7 juni 1935 Conservative Party MacDonald IV
(Nationaal Kabinet II)
Leader of the
House of Lords
  Burggraaf
Halifax

Edward Wood
(1881–1959)
7 juni 1935 22 november 1935
[14]
Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)
Baldwin III
(Nationaal Kabinet III)
  Duff Cooper
(1890–1954)
22 november 1935 28 mei 1937 Conservative Party
  Leslie
Hore-Belisha

(1893–1957)
28 mei 1937 5 januari 1940
[4]
National
Liberal Party
Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
Chamberlain I
(Nationaal Kabinet IV)
Chamberlain II
  Oliver Stanley
(1896–1950)
5 januari 1940 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party
  Major
Anthony Eden
(1897–1977)
10 mei 1940 22 december 1940
[15]
Conservative Party Winston
Churchill

(1951–1955)
Churchill I
  First
Lieutenant

David
Margesson

(1890–1965)
22 december 1940 19 februari 1942
[4]
Conservative Party
  Second
Lieutenant

Sir
James Grigg
(1890–1964)
19 februari 1942 26 juli 1945 Onafhankelijk
[16]
Churchill II
  Sub Lieutenant
Jack Lawson
(1881–1965)
26 juli 1945 4 oktober 1946
[4]
Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I
  Second
Lieutenant

Frederick
Bellenger

(1894–1968)
4 oktober 1946 7 oktober 1947
[4]
Labour Party
  Manny Shinwell
(1884–1986)
7 oktober 1947 28 februari 1950 Labour Party
  Wing Commander
John Strachey
(1901–1963)
28 februari 1950 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party Attlee II
  Brigadier
Antony Head
(1906–1983)
26 oktober 1951 18 oktober 1956
[17]
Conservative Party Winston
Churchill

(1951–1955)
Churchill III
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)
Eden
  First
Lieutenant

John Hare
(1911–1982)
18 oktober 1956 6 januari 1958
[18]
Conservative Party
Harold
Macmillan

(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
  Major
Christopher
Soames

(1920–1987)
6 januari 1958 27 juli 1960
[18]
Conservative Party
Macmillan II
  Brigadier
John Profumo
(1915–2006)
27 juli 1960 5 juni 1963
[4]
Conservative Party
  Joseph Godber
(1914–1980)
5 juni 1963 19 oktober 1963 Conservative Party
  First
Lieutenant

James
Ramsden

(1923–2020)
19 oktober 1963 1 april 1964 Conservative Party Alec
Douglas-
Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home

Ministers van Defensie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1936–heden)

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Minister voor
Defensie Beleid
Minister for
Co-ordination
of Defence
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
  Sir
Thomas
Inskip

(1876–1947)
13 maart 1936 29 januari 1939 Conservative Party Stanley
Baldwin

(1936–1937)
Baldwin III
(Nationaal
Kabinet III
)
Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
Chamberlain I
(Nationaal
Kabinet IV
)
  Admiral of
the Fleet

Baron Chatfield
Ernle
Chatfield

(1873–1967)
29 januari 1939 10 mei 1940 Onafhankelijk
[12]
Chamberlain II
Minister van Defensie
Secretary of State
for Defence
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
   
Winston
Churchill

(1874–1965)
10 mei 1940 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Winston
Churchill
(1951–1955)
Churchill I Premier
Churchill II
  Clement
Attlee

(1883–1967)
26 juli 1945 20 december 1946 Labour Party Clement
Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I Premier
  Albert
Victor
Alexander

(1885–1965)
20 december 1946 28 februari 1950 Labour Party
  Manny
Shinwell

(1884–1986)
28 februari 1950 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party Attlee II
   
Winston
Churchill

(1874–1965)
26 oktober 1951 1 maart 1952 Conservative Party Winston
Churchill
(1951–1955)
Churchill III Premier
  Field Marshal
Graaf Alexander
van Tunis

Harold
Alexander

(1891–1969)
1 maart 1952 18 oktober 1954 Onafhankelijk
[12]
  Harold
Macmillan

(1894–1986)
18 oktober 1954 5 april 1955 Conservative Party
  Selwyn Lloyd
(1904–1978)
5 april 1955 20 december 1955 Conservative Party Anthony
Eden

(1955–1957)
Eden
  Sir
Walter
Monckton

(1891–1965)
20 december 1955 18 oktober 1956 Conservative Party
  Brigadier
Antony Head
(1906–1983)
18 oktober 1956 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party
  Duncan
Sandys

(1908–1987)
10 januari 1957 14 oktober 1959 Conservative Party Harold
Macmillan

(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
  Harold
Watkinson

(1910–1995)
14 oktober 1959 13 juli 1962 Conservative Party Macmillan II
  Peter
Thorneycroft

(1909–1994)
13 juli 1962 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party
Alec
Douglas-
Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home
  Denis Healey
(1917–2015)
16 oktober 1964 19 juni 1970 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1964–1970)
Wilson I
Wilson II
  Baron
Carrington

Peter
Carington

(1919–2018)
19 juni 1970 8 januari 1974
[4]
Conservative Party Edward Heath
(1970–1974)
Heath
  Ian Gilmour
(1926–2007)
8 januari 1974 4 maart 1974 Conservative Party
  Roy Mason
(1924–2015)
4 maart 1974 10 september 1976
[4]
Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1974–1976)
Wilson III
Wilson IV
James
Callaghan

(1976–1979)
Callaghan
  Fred Mulley
(1918–1995)
10 september 1976 4 mei 1979 Labour Party
  Francis Pym
(1922–2008)
4 mei 1979 5 januari 1981
[19]
Conservative Party Margaret
Thatcher

(1979–1990)
Thatcher I
  John Nott
(1932–2024)
5 januari 1981 5 januari 1983
[4]
Conservative Party
  Michael
Heseltine

(1933)
5 januari 1983 7 januari 1986
[4]
Conservative Party
Conservative Party Thatcher II
  George
Younger

(1931–2003)
7 januari 1986 24 juli 1989
[4]
Conservative Party
Conservative Party Thatcher III
  Tom King
(1933)
24 juli 1989 10 april 1992 Conservative Party
Conservative Party John Major
(1990–1997)
Major I
  Malcolm
Rifkind

(1946)
10 april 1992 5 juli 1995
[15]
Conservative Party Major II
  Michael
Portillo

(1953)
5 juli 1995 2 mei 1997 Conservative Party
  George
Robertson

(1946)
2 mei 1997 11 oktober 1999
[20]
Labour Party Tony Blair
(1997–2007)
Blair I
  Geoff Hoon
(1953)
11 oktober 1999 5 mei 2005 Labour Party
Blair II
  John Reid
(1947)
5 mei 2005 6 mei 2006
[21]
Labour Party Blair II
  Des Browne
(1952)
6 mei 2006 3 oktober 2008
[4]
Labour Party
Gordon Brown
(2007–2010)
Brown Minister voor
Schotland

(2007–2008)
  John Hutton
(1955)
3 oktober 2008 5 juni 2009
[4]
Labour Party
  Bob
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