UK Home Secretary

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UK Home Secretary

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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