# 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 | 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) | (Lenthall) | 10 February 1644 | 1648 |
| Gilbert Gerard | | 1648 | 1 August 1649 |
| John Bradshaw | | 1 August 1649 | 1653 |
| John Bradshaw & Thomas Fell (commissioners) | (Bradshaw) | 1653 | 1654 |
| Thomas Fell | | 1654 | 1658 |
| John Bradshaw | | 1658 | 1659 |
| William Lenthall | | 1659 | 1659 |
| Gilbert Gerard | | 14 May 1659 | 9 July 1659 |

## Chancellors of the Duchy of Lancaster (1660–present)
### 17th century

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office |
| Francis Seymour 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (c. 1590–1664) | 9 July 1660 | 21 July 1664 |
| Sir Thomas Ingram MP for Thirsk (1614–1672) | 21 July 1664 | 22 February 1672 |
| Sir Robert Carr MP for Lincolnshire (c. 1637–1682) | 22 February 1672 | 21 November 1682 |
| Sir Thomas Chicheley (1614–1699) | 21 November 1682 | 1687 |
| Robert Phelips (1619–1707) | May 1687 | March 1689 |
| Robert Bertie Baron Willoughby de Eresby (1660–1723) | 21 March 1689 | 4 May 1697 |
| Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford (c. 1654–1720) | 4 May 1697 | 12 May 1702 |

### 18th century

| Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Party |
| John Leveson-Gower 1st Baron Gower (1675–1709) | 12 May 1702 | 10 June 1706 | Tory |
| James Stanley 10th Earl of Derby (1664–1736) | 10 June 1706 | 21 September 1710 | — |
| William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton (c. 1692–1741) | 21 September 1710 | 6 November 1714 | — |
| Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Aylesford (c. 1649–1719) | 6 November 1714 | 12 March 1716 | Tory |
| Richard Lumley 1st Earl of Scarbrough (1650–1721) | 12 March 1716 | 19 June 1717 | — |
| Nicholas Lechmere 1st Baron Lechmere (1675–1727) | 19 June 1717 | 17 July 1727 | — |
| John Manners 3rd Duke of Rutland (1696–1779) | 17 July 1727 | 21 May 1735 | Whig |
| George Cholmondeley 3rd Earl of Cholmondeley (1703–1770) | 21 May 1735 | 22 December 1742 | Whig |
| Richard Edgcumbe 1st Baron Edgcumbe (1680–1758) | 22 December 1742 | 5 December 1758 | — |
| Thomas Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoull (1710–1787) | 27 February 1759 | 13 December 1762 | Whig |
| James Smith-Stanley MP for Lancashire (1716–1771) | 13 December 1762 | 14 June 1771 | — |
| Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) | 14 June 1771 | 17 April 1782 | Whig |
| John Dunning 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783) | 17 April 1782 | 29 August 1783 | Whig |
| Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) | 29 August 1783 | 31 December 1783 | Whig |
| Thomas Villiers 1st Earl of Clarendon (1709–1786) | 31 December 1783 | 6 September 1786 | Whig |
| 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 | Term of office | Concurrent office(s) | Party | Prime Minister |
| | Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham (1756–1826) | 11 November 1803 | 6 June 1804 | — | Whig | Henry Addington |
| | Henry Phipps 3rd Baron Mulgrave (1744–1792) | 6 June 1804 | 14 January 1805 | — | Tory | William Pitt the Younger |
| | Robert Hobart 4th Earl of Buckinghamshire (1760–1816) | 14 January 1805 | 10 July 1805 | — | Tory | William Pitt the Younger |
| | Dudley Ryder 2nd Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) | 10 July 1805 | 12 February 1806 | — | Tory | William Pitt the Younger |
| | Edward Smith-Stanley 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834) | 12 February 1806 | 30 March 1807 | — | Whig | William Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents) |
| | 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 |
| | Spencer Perceval MP for Northampton (1762–1812) | 30 March 1807 | 11 May 1812 | Prime Minister Chancellor of the Exchequer Leader of the House of Commons (from October 1809) | Tory | Himself |
| | 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 |
| | Charles Bathurst MP for Harwich (1754–1831) | 23 June 1812 | 13 February 1823 | President of the Board of Control (January 1821 – February 1822) | — | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool |
| | Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) | 13 February 1823 | 26 January 1828 | | Tory | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool |
| | Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) | 13 February 1823 | 26 January 1828 | | Tory | George Canning (April–August 1827) |
| | Nicholas Vansittart 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851) | 13 February 1823 | 26 January 1828 | | Tory | F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich |
| | George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) | 26 January 1828 | 2 June 1828 | — | Tory | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
| | Charles Arbuthnot MP for St Ives (1767–1850) | 2 June 1828 | 25 November 1830 | — | Tory | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington |
| | Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) | 25 November 1830 | 14 November 1834 | | Whig | Charles Grey |
| | Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) | 25 November 1830 | 14 November 1834 | | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
| vacant | vacant | 14 November 1834 | 26 December 1834 | | | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (Caretaker) |
| | Charles Williams-Wynn MP for Montgomeryshire (1775–1850) | 26 December 1834 | 8 April 1835 | — | Conservative | Robert Peel |
| | Henry Vassall-Fox 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840) | 23 April 1835 | 31 October 1840 | — | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
| | George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) | 31 October 1840 | 23 June 1841 | Lord Privy Seal | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
| | Sir George Grey MP for Devonport (1799–1882) | 23 June 1841 | 30 August 1841 | — | Whig | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
| | Lord Granville Somerset MP for Monmouthshire (1792–1848) | 3 September 1841 | 27 June 1846 | — | Conservative | Robert Peel |
| | John Campbell 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861) | 6 July 1846 | 6 March 1850 | — | Whig | John Russell |
| | George Howard 7th Earl of Carlisle (1802–1864) | 6 March 1850 | 21 February 1852 | First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (until July 1850) | Whig | John Russell |
| | Robert Christopher MP for North Lincolnshire (1804–1887) | 1 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 | — | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby |
| | Edward Strutt MP for Nottingham (1801–1880) | 3 January 1853 | 21 June 1854 | — | Whig / Radical | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) |
| | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891) | 21 June 1854 | 30 January 1855 | — | Whig | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) |
| vacant | vacant | February 1855 | March 1855 | | | | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition) |
| | Dudley Ryder 2nd Earl of Harrowby (1798–1882) | 31 March 1855 | 7 December 1855 | — | — | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| | Matthew Talbot Baines MP for Leeds (1799–1860) | 7 December 1855 | 21 February 1858 | — | Whig | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| | James Graham 4th Duke of Montrose (1799–1874) | 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 | — | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby |
| | Sir George Grey MP for Morpeth (1799–1882) | 22 June 1859 | 25 July 1861 | — | Whig / Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| | Edward Cardwell MP for Oxford (1813–1886) | 25 July 1861 | 7 April 1864 | — | Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| | George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) | 7 April 1864 | 3 November 1865 | — | Liberal | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| vacant | vacant | 3 November 1865 | 26 January 1866 | | | John Russell |
| | 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 | John Russell |
| | 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 |
| | John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) | 26 June 1867 | 7 November 1868 | — | Conservative | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby |
| | John Wilson-Patten MP for North Lancashire (1802–1892) | 26 June 1867 | 7 November 1868 | Chief Secretary for Ireland (from September 1868) | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) |
| | Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) | 7 November 1868 | 1 December 1868 | — | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (from February 1868) |
| | Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood 1st Earl of Dufferin (1826–1902) | 12 December 1868 | 9 August 1872 | Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | Hugh Childers MP for Pontefract (1827–1896) | 9 August 1872 | 30 September 1873 | Paymaster General | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) | 30 September 1873 | 17 February 1874 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | Thomas Edward Taylor MP for County Dublin (1811–1883) | 2 March 1874 | 21 April 1880 | — | Conservative | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield from 1876) |
| | John Bright MP for Birmingham (1811–1889) | 28 April 1880 | 25 July 1882 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) | 25 July 1882 | 28 December 1882 | Colonial Secretary | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | John George Dodson MP for Scarborough (1825–1897) | 28 December 1882 | 29 October 1884 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | George Trevelyan MP for Hawick Burghs (1838–1928) | 29 October 1884 | 9 June 1885 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | Henry Chaplin MP for Sleaford (1840–1923) | 24 June 1885 | 28 January 1886 | — | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
| | Edward Heneage MP for Great Grimsby (1840–1922) | 6 February 1886 | 16 April 1886 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | Sir Ughtred Kay-Shuttleworth MP for Clitheroe (1844–1939) | 16 April 1886 | 20 July 1886 | — | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone |
| | 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 |
| | John Manners 7th Duke of Rutland (1818–1906) | 16 August 1886 | 11 August 1892 | — | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
| | James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | | Liberal | William Ewart Gladstone (until March 1894) |
| | James Bryce MP for Aberdeen South (1838–1922) | 18 August 1892 | 28 May 1894 | | Liberal | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
| | Edward Marjoribanks 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849–1909) | 28 May 1894 | 21 June 1895 | Lord Privy Seal | Liberal | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery |
| | R. A. Cross 1st Viscount Cross (1823–1914) | 29 June 1895 | 4 July 1895 | Lord Privy Seal | Conservative | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
| | Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) | 4 July 1895 | 11 August 1902 | | Liberal Unionist | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
| | Henry James 1st Baron James of Hereford (1828–1911) | 4 July 1895 | 11 August 1902 | | Liberal Unionist | Arthur Balfour (from 12 July 1902) |
| | Sir William Hood Walrond Bt PC MP for Tiverton (1849–1925) | 11 August 1902 | 4 December 1905 | — | Conservative | Arthur Balfour Coalition |
| | Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) | 10 December 1905 | 13 October 1908 | | Liberal | Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| | Sir Henry Fowler GCSI MP for Wolverhampton East (1830–1911) | 10 December 1905 | 13 October 1908 | | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Edmond Fitzmaurice 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935) | 13 October 1908 | 25 June 1909 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) | 25 June 1909 | 14 February 1910 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Jack Pease MP for Rotherham (1860–1943) | 14 February 1910 | 23 October 1911 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Charles Hobhouse TD MP for Bristol East (1862–1941) | 23 October 1911 | 11 February 1914 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Charles Masterman (1873–1927) | 11 February 1914 | 3 February 1915 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) | 3 February 1915 | 25 May 1915 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith |
| | Winston Churchill MP for Dundee (1874–1965) | 25 May 1915 | 25 November 1915 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) |
| | Herbert Samuel MP for Cleveland (1870–1963) | 25 November 1915 | 11 January 1916 | Postmaster-General | Liberal | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) |
| | Edwin Samuel Montagu MP for Chesterton (1879–1924) | 11 January 1916 | 9 July 1916 | — | Liberal | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) |
| | Thomas McKinnon Wood MP for Glasgow St Rollox (1855–1927) | 9 July 1916 | 10 December 1916 | Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Liberal | H. H. Asquith (War coalition) |
| | Frederick Cawley MP for Prestwich (1850–1937) | 10 December 1916 | 10 February 1918 | — | Liberal | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | Max Aitken 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879–1964) | 10 February 1918 | 4 November 1918 | Minister of Information | Conservative | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | William Hayes Fisher 1st Baron Downham (1853–1920) | 4 November 1918 | 10 January 1919 | Minister of Information | Conservative | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | David Lindsay 27th Earl of Crawford KT PC (1871–1940) | 10 January 1919 | 1 April 1921 | — | Conservative | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | William Peel 2nd Viscount Peel GCSI TD PC (1867–1937) | 1 April 1921 | 7 April 1922 | Minister of Transport | Conservative | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | Sir William Sutherland KCB MP for Argyllshire (1880–1949) | 7 April 1922 | 9 October 1922 | — | Liberal | David Lloyd George (Coalition) |
| | 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 |
| | J. C. C. Davidson CH CB MP for Hemel Hempstead (1889–1970) | 25 May 1923 | 22 January 1924 | — | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin |
| | Josiah Wedgwood DSO PC DL MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme (1872–1943) | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 | — | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald |
| | Robert Cecil 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood KC PC (1864–1958) | 10 November 1924 | 19 October 1927 | — | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin |
| | Ronald McNeill 1st Baron Cushendun PC (1861–1934) | 19 October 1927 | 4 June 1929 | — | Conservative | Stanley Baldwin |
| | Sir Oswald Mosley Bt MP for Smethwick (1896–1980) | 7 June 1929 | 19 May 1930 | responsibility for unemployment | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald |
| | Clement Attlee MP for Limehouse (1883–1967) | 23 May 1930 | 13 March 1931 | — | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald |
| | Arthur Ponsonby 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871–1946) | 13 March 1931 | 24 August 1931 | — | Labour | Ramsay MacDonald |
| | Philip Kerr 11th Marquess of Lothian CH (1882–1940) | 25 August 1931 | 10 November 1931 | — | Liberal | Ramsay MacDonald (1st Nat. coalition) |
| | 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) |
| | 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 | Stanley Baldwin (3rd Nat. coalition) |
| | Edward Turnour 6th Earl Winterton PC (1883–1962) | 28 May 1937 | 29 January 1939 | Air Ministry spokesperson in the Commons (March – May 1938) | Conservative | Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition) |
| | William Morrison MC PC KC MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury (1893–1961) | 29 January 1939 | 3 April 1940 | — | Conservative | Neville Chamberlain (4th Nat. coalition) |
| | 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) | Conservative | Neville Chamberlain (War coalition) |
| | George Tryon 1st Baron Tryon PC (1871–1940) | 3 April 1940 | 14 May 1940 | — | Conservative | Neville Chamberlain (War coalition) |
| | Maurice Hankey 1st Baron Hankey GCB GCMG GCVO PC (1877–1963) | 14 May 1940 | 20 July 1941 | — | National | Winston Churchill (War coalition) |
| | Duff Cooper DSO MP for Westminster St George's (1890–1954) | 20 July 1941 | 11 November 1943 | — | Conservative | Winston Churchill (War coalition) |
| | Ernest Brown CH MC MP for Leith (1881–1962) | 11 November 1943 | 25 May 1945 | — | National Liberal | Winston Churchill (War coalition) |
| | Arthur Salter GBE KCB PC MP for Oxford University (1881–1975) | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 | — | Conservative | Winston Churchill (Caretaker coalition) |
| | John Hynd MP for Sheffield Attercliffe (1902–1971) | 4 August 1945 | 17 April 1947 | Minister for Germany and Austria | Labour | Clement Attlee |
| | Frank Pakenham 1st Baron Pakenham PC (1905–2001) | 17 April 1947 | 31 May 1948 | deputy Foreign Secretary (responsibility for the British zone, Germany) | Labour | Clement Attlee |
| | Hugh Dalton MP for Bishop Auckland (1887–1962) | 31 May 1948 | 28 February 1950 | — | Labour | Clement Attlee |
| | A. V. Alexander 1st Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough CH PC (1885–1965) | 28 February 1950 | 26 October 1951 | — | Labour Co-operative | Clement Attlee |
| | Philip Cunliffe-Lister 1st Viscount Swinton GBE CH MC PC (1884–1972) | 31 October 1951 | 24 November 1952 | Minister of Materials | Conservative | Winston Churchill |
| | Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) | 24 November 1952 | 20 December 1955 | Minister of Materials (1 September 1953 – August 1954) | Conservative | Winston Churchill |
| | Frederick Marquis 1st Viscount Woolton CH PC (1883–1965) | 24 November 1952 | 20 December 1955 | | Conservative | Anthony Eden |
| | George Douglas-Hamilton 10th Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC (1906–1994) | 20 December 1955 | 13 January 1957 | — | Conservative | Anthony Eden |
| | Charles Hill MP for Luton (1904–1989) | 13 January 1957 | 9 October 1961 | — | Conservative | Harold Macmillan |
| | Iain Macleod MP for Enfield West (1913–1970) | 9 October 1961 | 20 October 1963 | Leader of the House of Commons | Conservative | Harold Macmillan |
| | 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 | Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home |
| | Douglas Houghton CH MP for Sowerby (1898–1996) | 18 October 1964 | 6 April 1966 | special responsibility for Social Services | Labour | Harold Wilson |
| | George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) | 6 April 1966 | 7 January 1967 | — | Labour | Harold Wilson |
| | Frederick Lee PC MP for Newton (1898–1996) | 7 January 1967 | 6 October 1969 | — | Labour | Harold Wilson |
| | George Thomson MP for Dundee East (1921–2008) | 6 October 1969 | 20 June 1970 | — | Labour | Harold Wilson |
| | 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 |
| | Geoffrey Rippon QC MP for Hexham (1924–1997) | 28 July 1970 | 5 November 1972 | responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) | Conservative | Edward Heath |
| | John Davies MBE MP for Knutsford (1916–1979) | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | responsibility for UK–EEC relations (chiefly, until 1973, negotiating entry) | Conservative | Edward Heath |
| | Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) | 5 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | | Labour | Harold Wilson |
| | Harold Lever MP for Manchester Central (1914–1995) | 5 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | | Labour | James Callaghan |
| | 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 |
| | Francis Pym MC MP for Cambridgeshire (1922–2008) | 5 January 1981 | 14 September 1981 | Leader of the House of Commons Paymaster General | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Janet Young Baroness Young PC DL (1926–2002) | 14 September 1981 | 6 April 1982 | Leader of the House of Lords | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Cecil Parkinson MP for South Hertfordshire (1931–2016) | 6 April 1982 | 11 June 1983 | Paymaster-General | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield PC (1916–2007) | 11 June 1983 | 11 September 1984 | — | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Grey Ruthven 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC (1939–2021) | 11 September 1984 | 3 September 1985 | Minister for the Arts | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Norman Tebbit CH MP for Chingford (1931–) | 3 September 1985 | 13 June 1987 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Kenneth Clarke CH QC MP for Rushcliffe (1940–) | 13 June 1987 | 25 July 1988 | Minister for Inner Cities (DTI) | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Tony Newton OBE MP for Braintree (1937–2012) | 25 July 1988 | 24 July 1989 | Minister of State at DTI | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Kenneth Baker CH MP for Mole Valley (1934–) | 24 July 1989 | 28 November 1990 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | Chris Patten CH MP for Bath (1944–) | 28 November 1990 | 10 April 1992 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher |
| | William Waldegrave MP for Bristol West (1946–) | 10 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | responsibility for public services and science | Conservative | John Major |
| | David Hunt MBE MP for Wirral West (1942–) | 20 July 1994 | 5 July 1995 | Minister for Public Services | Conservative | John Major |
| | Roger Freeman MP for Kettering (1942–) | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | Minister for Public Services | Conservative | John Major |
| | David Clark MP for South Shields (1939–) | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Jack Cunningham MP for Copeland (1939–) | 27 July 1998 | 11 October 1999 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Mo Mowlam MP for Redcar (1949–2005) | 11 October 1999 | 11 June 2001 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Gus Macdonald Baron Macdonald of Tradeston CBE PC (1940–) | 11 June 2001 | 13 June 2003 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Douglas Alexander MP for Paisley South (1967–) | 13 June 2003 | 8 September 2004 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Alan Milburn MP for Darlington (1958–) | 8 September 2004 | 6 May 2005 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | John Hutton MP for Barrow and Furness (1955–) | 6 May 2005 | 2 November 2005 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Tony Blair |
| Vacant | Vacant | 2 November 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | | Tony Blair |
| | Hilary Armstrong MP for North West Durham (1945–) | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | Minister for the Cabinet Office Minister for Social Exclusion | Labour | Tony Blair |
| | Ed Miliband MP for Doncaster North (1969–) | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| | Liam Byrne MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill (1970–) | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| | Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon PC (1955–) | 5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Leader of the House of Lords | Labour | Gordon Brown |
| | Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde CH PC (1960–) | 12 May 2010 | 7 January 2013 | Leader of the House of Lords | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
| | Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford CBE PC (1960–) | 7 January 2013 | 14 July 2014 | Leader of the House of Lords | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
| | Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) | 14 July 2014 | 14 July 2016 | Minister of State for Government Policy | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) |
| | Oliver Letwin MP for West Dorset (1956–) | 14 July 2014 | 14 July 2016 | in charge of the Cabinet Office | Conservative | David Cameron (II) |
| | Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) | 14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Theresa May (I) |
| | Sir Patrick McLoughlin MP for Derbyshire Dales (1957–) | 14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | Chairman of the Conservative Party | Conservative | Theresa May (II) |
| | David Lidington CBE MP for Aylesbury (1956–) | 8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | Minister for the Cabinet Office | Conservative | Theresa May (II) |
| | Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | | Conservative | Boris Johnson (I) |
| | Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | | Conservative | Boris Johnson (II) |
| | Michael Gove MP for Surrey Heath (1967–) | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | Minister for the Cabinet Office (13 February 2020 – 16 September 2021) | Conservative | Boris Johnson (II) |
| | 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 | Boris Johnson (II) |
| | Kit Malthouse MP for North West Hampshire (1966–) | 7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | | Conservative | Boris Johnson (II) |
| | Nadhim Zahawi MP for Stratford on Avon (1967–) | 6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | Minister for Equalities Minister for Intergovernmental Relations | Conservative | Liz Truss |
| | 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 |
| | Pat McFadden MP for Wolverhampton South East (1965–) | 5 July 2024 | Incumbent | | Labour | Keir Starmer |