UK GOVERNMENT OFFICE

27-Mar-1782	10-Jul-1782	William Petty	2nd Earl of Shelburne
10-Jul-1782	2-Apr-1783	Thomas Townshend
19-Dec-1783	23-Dec-1783	George Nugent-Temple-Grenville	3rd Earl Temple
23-Dec-1783	5-Jun-1789	Thomas Townshend	1st Lord Sydney
5-Jun-1789	8-Jun-1791	William Wyndham Grenville	1st Lord Grenville
8-Jun-1791	11-Jul-1794	Henry Dundas
11-Jul-1794	30-Jul-1801	William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck	3rd Duke of Portland
30-Jul-1801	17-Aug-1803	Thomas Pelham	1st Lord Pelham
17-Aug-1803	12-May-1804	Charles Philip Yorke
12-May-1804	5-Feb-1806	Robert Banks Jenkinson	Lord Hawkesbury
5-Feb-1806	25-Mar-1807	George John Spencer	2nd Earl Spencer
25-Mar-1807	1-Nov-1809	Robert Banks Jenkinson	2nd Earl of Liverpool
1-Nov-1809	8-Jun-1812	Richard Ryder
11-Jun-1812	17-Jan-1822	Henry Addington	1st Viscount Sidmouth
17-Jan-1822	10-Apr-1827	Robert Peel
30-Apr-1827	16-Jul-1827	William Sturges-Bourne
16-Jul-1827	22-Jan-1828	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice	3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
26-Jan-1828	22-Nov-1830	Robert Peel
22-Nov-1830	16-Jul-1834	William Lamb	2nd Viscount Melbourne
19-Jul-1834	15-Nov-1834	John Ponsonby	Viscount Duncannon
15-Nov-1834	15-Dec-1834	The Duke of Wellington	Secretary of State pro tem
15-Dec-1834	18-Apr-1835	Henry Goulburn
18-Apr-1835	30-Aug-1839	Lord John Russell
30-Aug-1839	30-Aug-1841	Constantine Henry Phipps	1st Marquess of Normanby
6-Sep-1841	30-Jun-1846	Sir James Graham
6-Jul-1846	23-Feb-1852	Sir George Grey
27-Feb-1852	19-Dec-1852	Spencer Horatio Walpole
28-Dec-1852	6-Feb-1855	Henry John Temple	3rd Viscount Palmerston
8-Feb-1855	26-Feb-1858	Sir George Grey
26-Feb-1858	3-Mar-1859	Spencer Horatio Walpole
3-Mar-1859	18-Jun-1859	Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt
18-Jun-1859	25-Jul-1861	Sir George Cornewall Lewis
25-Jul-1861	28-Jun-1866	Sir George Grey
6-Jul-1866	17-May-1867	Spencer Horatio Walpole
17-May-1867	3-Dec-1868	Gathorne Hardy
9-Dec-1868	9-Aug-1873	Henry Austin Bruce
9-Aug-1873	20-Feb-1874	Robert Lowe
21-Feb-1874	23-Apr-1880	Sir Richard Assheton Cross
28-Apr-1880	23-Jun-1885	Sir William Vernon Harcourt
24-Jun-1885	1-Feb-1886	Sir Richard Assheton Cross
6-Feb-1886	25-Jul-1886	Hugh Childers
3-Aug-1886	15-Aug-1892	Henry Matthews
18-Aug-1892	25-Jun-1895	Herbert Henry Asquith
29-Jun-1895	12-Nov-1900	Sir Matthew White Ridley
12-Nov-1900	12-Jul-1902	Charles Thomson Ritchie
12-Jul-1902	5-Dec-1905	Aretas Akers-Douglas
11-Dec-1905	19-Feb-1910	Herbert Gladstone
19-Feb-1910	24-Oct-1911	Winston Churchill
24-Oct-1911	27-May-1915	Reginald McKenna
27-May-1915	12-Jan-1916	John Simon
12-Jan-1916	7-Dec-1916	Herbert Samuel
11-Dec-1916	14-Jan-1919	George Cave
14-Jan-1919	23-Oct-1922	Edward Shortt
25-Oct-1922	22-Jan-1924	William Bridgeman
23-Jan-1924	4-Nov-1924	Arthur Henderson
7-Nov-1924	5-Jun-1929	William Joynson-Hicks
8-Jun-1929	26-Aug-1931	John Robert Clynes
26-Aug-1931	1-Oct-1932	Herbert Samuel
1-Oct-1932	7-Jun-1935	John Gilmour
7-Jun-1935	28-May-1937	John Simon
28-May-1937	3-Sep-1939	Samuel Hoare
4-Sep-1939	4-Oct-1940	John Anderson
4-Oct-1940	23-May-1945	Herbert Morrison
25-May-1945	26-Jul-1945	Donald Somervell
3-Aug-1945	26-Oct-1951	James Chuter Ede
27-Oct-1951	19-Oct-1954	David Maxwell Fyfe
19-Oct-1954	14-Jan-1957	Gwilym Lloyd George
14-Jan-1957	13-Jul-1962	Rab Butler
13-Jul-1962	16-Oct-1964	Henry Brooke
18-Oct-1964	23-Dec-1965	Frank Soskice
23-Dec-1965	30-Nov-1967	Roy Jenkins
30-Nov-1967	19-Jun-1970	James Callaghan
20-Jun-1970	18-Jul-1972	Reginald Maudling
18-Jul-1972	4-Mar-1974	Robert Carr
5-Mar-1974	10-Sep-1976	Roy Jenkins
10-Sep-1976	4-May-1979	Merlyn Rees
5-May-1979	11-Jun-1983	William Whitelaw
11-Jun-1983	2-Sep-1985	Leon Brittan
2-Sep-1985	26-Oct-1989	Douglas Hurd
26-Oct-1989	28-Nov-1990	David Waddington
28-Nov-1990	10-Apr-1992	Kenneth Baker
10-Apr-1992	27-May-1993	Kenneth Clarke
27-May-1993	2-May-1997	Michael Howard
2-May-1997	8-Jun-2001	Jack Straw
8-Jun-2001	15-Dec-2004	David Blunkett
15-Dec-2004	5-May-2006	Charles Clarke
5-May-2006	27-Jun-2007	John Reid
28-Jun-2007	5-Jun-2009	Jacqui Smith
5-Jun-2009	11-May-2010	Alan Johnson
12-May-2010	13-Jul-2016	Theresa May
13-Jul-2016	--	Amber Rudd

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