List of English chief ministers
House of Stuart

List of English chief ministers

Section Title: House of Stuart
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Minister	Birth	Death	Formal office(s)	Monarch

Robert Cecil, Baron Cecil then (1605) 1st Earl of Salisbury 1603 – 1612	-	1 June 1563, Westminster Son of William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley and Mildred Cooke	24 May 1612, Marlborough Aged 48	Lord High TreasurerLord Privy Seal	James I (1603–1625)

Henry Howard, 1st Earl of Northampton 1612 – 1614	-	25 February 1540, Shotesham Son of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey and Frances de Vere	15 June 1614, Westminster Aged 74	First Lord of the TreasuryLord Privy Seal

Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset 1614 – 1615	Robert-Carr-Somerset.JPG	c. 1587, Wrington Son of Sir Thomas Kerr (Carr) and Janet Scott	17 July 1645, Dorset Aged 57–58	Lord Warden of the Cinque PortsLord ChamberlainLord Privy Seal

No informal holder; personal rule of king James I (1515–1517)

Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam (1618) 1617 – 1621	-	22 January 1561, Strand, London Son of Sir Nicholas Bacon and Anne Cooke	9 April 1626, Highgate Aged 65	Lord Chancellor

George Villiers, arosed (1623) 1st Duke of Buckingham 1621 – 1628	-	28 August 1592, Brooksby Son of Sir George Villiers and Mary Beaumont	23 August 1628, Portsmouth Assassinated by John Felton Aged 35	Lord Warden of the Cinque PortsLord High AdmiralMaster of the Horse

Charles I (1625–1649) Since 1642 in status of civil war

Richard Weston, Baron Weston then (1633) 1st Earl of Portland 1628 – 1634/35	-	1 March 1577, Essex Son of Sir Jerome Weston and Mary Cave	13 March 1634/35, prob. Westminster Aged 57/58	Lord High TreasurerFirst Lord of the Admiralty

No informal holder; personal rule of king Charles I (1635–1640)

Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford 1640 – 1641	-	13 April 1593, London Son of Sir William Wentworth and Anne Atkins	12 May 1641, Tower Hill Executed for conspiracy Aged 48	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey 1641 – 1642	-	16 December 1582, England Son of Sir Peregrine Bertie and Mary de Vere	24 October 1642, Edge Hill Aged 59	Lord Great Chamberlain

Prince Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine 1642 – 1646	Portret van Prins Ruprecht (1619-82), paltsgraaf aan de Rijn Rijksmuseum SK-A-3927.jpeg	17 December 1619, Prague Son of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and Elizabeth Stuart	29 November 1682, Westminster Aged 62	N/A

Imprisonment of king Charles I until his execution (1646–1649)

Sentence(s)

Robert Cecil became the leading minister serving King James.

final_sentence: Robert Cecil became the leading minister serving King James.