# List of office-holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states

This is a list of rulers and office-holders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and predecessor states.

## Heads of state

* List of English monarchs
* List of Scottish monarchs
* List of rulers of Wales
* List of British monarchs

## Heads of government

* Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721–present)
** List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

## Ministers

* Cabinet of the United Kingdom
* Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present)
* Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
* Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present)
* Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782; 1794–1801; 1854–1966)
* Secretary of State for India (1858–1947)
* Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660–1782)
* Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
* Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782–present)
* Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)
* Secretary of State for War (1794–1801; 1854–1964)
* Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)
* Secretary of State for Air (1918–1964)
* Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present)
* Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–1947)
* Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1966)
* Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966–1968)
* Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–present)
* Secretary of State for Wales (1964–present)
* Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1969)
* Secretary of State for International Development (1970–1979, 1997–2020)
* Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970–present)
* Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902–present)
* Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916–present)
* Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924–present)
* Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992–present)
* Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
* Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997)
* Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)
* Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present)
* Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020)
* Lord Chancellor (1068–present)
* Lord President of the Council (1678–present)
* Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present)
* Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001)
* Minister of Technology (1964–1970)
* First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) See also Admiralty.
* Paymaster General (1834–present)
* Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
* President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present)
* Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413–present)
* Postmaster General (1823–1968)
* Paymaster of the Forces (1661–1836)
* Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
* Master of the Mint (1572–1869)
* Treasurer of the Navy (1544–1836)
* Secretary at War (1661–1863)
* First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810–1851)
* First Commissioner of Works (1851–1937)
* President of the Poor Law Board (1834–1871)
* President of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)
* Secretary for Scotland (1885–1926)
* HM Treasury
* Lord treasurers (1126–1714)
* First Lord of the Treasury (1714–1905)
* Commissioners of the Treasury (1714–present)

## Parliament office-holders

* Leader of the House of Commons (1721–present)
* Members of Parliament elected in 2001
* Members of Parliament elected in 2005
* Members of Parliament elected in 2010
* Members of the House of Lords

## State office-holders
### Great Officers of State

* Lord High Steward
* Lord High Constable
* Lord Great Chamberlain
* Earl Marshal
* Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
* Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
* Lord Clerk Register
* Lord Lyon King of Arms

### Officers of the Royal Household

* Lord Steward
* Lord Chamberlain
* Historiographer Royal
* Astronomer Royal for Scotland
* Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland
* HM Painter and Limner for Scotland
* Her Majesty's Botanist

### Legal officers

* Attorney General for England and Wales
* Solicitor General for England and Wales
* Lord Advocate
* Solicitor General for Scotland
* Advocate General for Scotland
* Counsel General for Wales
* Attorney General for Northern Ireland

## Court office-holders

* Lord Chief Justice
* Master of the Rolls
* Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (to 1873)
* Chief Baron of the Exchequer (to 1873)
* Lord Justice General
* Lord Justice Clerk
* Lords justice of appeal of England and Wales
* Lords justice of appeal of Northern Ireland
* Senators of the College of Justice

## Heads of devolved governments
### Northern Ireland

* Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1171–1922)
* Governor of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) (Abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973)
* Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972)
* Secretaries of state for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007)
* First Minister and Deputy First Minister [1998–2002, 2007–present]
* Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1998–2002, 2007–present]

### Scotland

* Members of the Scottish Parliament
* First Minister of Scotland
* List of Scottish governments

### Wales

* Members of the Senedd
* Welsh Government
* First Minister for Wales

## Heads of colonies and overseas territories

* British Crown dependencies
* Overseas territories of the United Kingdom

### Crown dependencies
#### Isle of Man

* King of Mann
* Lord of Mann
* Governor of the Isle of Man
* Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man

#### Channel Islands

* Guernsey: Bailiffs of Guernsey
* Jersey: Bailiffs of Jersey
* Sark: Seigneurs of Sark

### Overseas territories
#### Anguilla

* Governors of Anguilla

#### Bermuda

* Governors of Bermuda

#### British Antarctic Territory

* Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory

#### British Virgin Islands

* Colonial governors of the British Virgin Islands
* Presidents of the British Virgin Islands
* Governors of the British Virgin Islands

#### Cayman Islands

* Governors of the Cayman Islands

#### Falkland Islands

* Governors of the Falkland Islands

#### Gibraltar

* Governors of Gibraltar
* Chief ministers of Gibraltar

#### Montserrat

* Governors of Montserrat

#### Pitcairn Islands

* Rulers of the Pitcairn Islands
* Governors of Fiji
* High commissioners from the United Kingdom to New Zealand

#### Saint Helena

* Governors of Saint Helena

#### Turks and Caicos Islands

* Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands

## Nobility

* Duke of Devonshire
* Tenants of Herm
* Duke of Norfolk
* Seigneurs of Sark
* Tenants of Brecqhou
* Rulers of Wales
* Prince of Wales
* Duke of York

## Mayors

* Heads of London government
** List of lord mayors of London

## Heads of former states

* Roman governors of Britannia
* Historical Kings of the Britons
* Bretwalda (Overlord of the English kingdoms)
* Kings of East Anglia
* Kings of Essex
* Kings of Hwicce
* Kings of Kent
* Kings of Lindsey
* Kings of Mercia
* Kings of Northumbria
* Kings of Sussex
* Kings of Wessex
* Kings of Jorvik
* Earls of York
* Earls of Northumbria
* Kings of Dál Riata
* Kings of the Picts
* Lords of Galloway
* Rulers of Wales
* Kings of Gwynedd
* Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
* Kings of the Isle of Man