# Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie

De minister van Defensie (Engels: Secretary of State for Defence) leidt het Britse ministerie van Defensie.

## Ministers voor de Luchtmacht van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1919-1964)

| Minister voor de Luchtmacht Secretary of State for Air | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 14 januari 1919 | 1 april 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | Minister voor Oorlog |
| Freddie Guest (1875–1937) | 1 april 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald | MacDonald I | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 3 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | |
| Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930) | 5 juni 1929 | 5 oktober 1930 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| Baron Amulree William Mackenzie (1860–1942) | 15 oktober 1930 | 5 november 1931 | Labour Party (1930–1931) | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| Baron Amulree William Mackenzie (1860–1942) | 15 oktober 1930 | 5 november 1931 | National Labour (1931) | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1878–1949) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972) | 7 juni 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972) | 7 juni 1935 | 16 mei 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 16 mei 1938 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 16 mei 1938 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 3 april 1940 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Sir Archibald Sinclair (1890–1970) | 10 mei 1940 | 23 mei 1945 | Liberal Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) | 23 mei 1945 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | |
| Air Commodore Burggraaf Stansgate William Wedgwood Benn (1877–1960) | 26 juli 1945 | 4 oktober 1946 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) | 4 oktober 1946 | 7 oktober 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Arthur Henderson II (1893–1968) | 7 oktober 1947 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Arthur Henderson II (1893–1968) | 7 oktober 1947 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| Major Burggraaf De L'Isle William Sidney (1909–1991) | 26 oktober 1951 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| Major Burggraaf De L'Isle William Sidney (1909–1991) | 26 oktober 1951 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| Nigel Birch (1906–1981) | 20 december 1955 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| George Ward (1907–1988) | 10 januari 1957 | 28 oktober 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| George Ward (1907–1988) | 10 januari 1957 | 28 oktober 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Julian Amery (1932–2010) | 28 oktober 1960 | 16 juli 1962 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Hugh Fraser (1918–1984) | 16 juli 1962 | 1 april 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Hugh Fraser (1918–1984) | 16 juli 1962 | 1 april 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |

## Ministers voor de Marine van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1858–1964)

| Minister voor de Marine First Lord of the Admiralty | Minister voor de Marine First Lord of the Admiralty | Minister voor de Marine First Lord of the Admiralty | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij(en) | Premier(s) | Kabinet(ten) |
| | | Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith- Stanley II |
| | | Hertog van Somerset Edward Seymour (1804–1885) | 12 juni 1859 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II |
| | | Hertog van Somerset Edward Seymour (1804–1885) | 12 juni 1859 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II |
| | | Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) | 28 juni 1866 | 8 maart 1867 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith- Stanley III |
| | | Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith- Stanley III |
| | | Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I |
| | | Hugh Childers (1827–1896) | 3 december 1868 | 11 maart 1871 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | George Goschen (1831–1907) | 11 maart 1871 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | George Ward Hunt (1825–1877) | 20 februari 1874 | 29 juli 1877 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II |
| | | William Henry Smith (1825–1891) | 1 augustus 1877 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II |
| | | Graaf van Northbrook Thomas Baring (1826–1904) | 23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II |
| | | Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne- Cecil I |
| | | Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III |
| | | Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927) | 20 juli 1886 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne- Cecil II |
| | | Graaf Spencer John Spencer (1835–1910) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) | Gladstone IV |
| | | Graaf Spencer John Spencer (1835–1910) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose |
| | | George Goschen (1831–1907) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil III |
| | | Graaf van Selborne William Palmer (1859–1942) | 10 november 1900 | 15 maart 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil IV |
| | | Graaf van Selborne William Palmer (1859–1942) | 10 november 1900 | 15 maart 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour |
| | | Graaf Cawdor Frederick Campbell (1847–1911) | 15 maart 1905 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour |
| | | Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks (1849–1909) | 5 december 1905 | 8 april 1908 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman |
| | | Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I |
| | | Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II |
| | | Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) | 8 april 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III |
| | | Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 24 oktober 1911 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III |
| | | Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) | 25 mei 1915 | 7 december 1916 | Conservative Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV |
| | | Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935) | 7 december 1916 | 17 juli 1917 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I |
| | | Sir Eric Geddes (1875-1937) | 17 juli 1917 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I |
| | | Sir Eric Geddes (1875-1937) | 17 juli 1917 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II |
| | | Walter Long (1854-1924) | 14 januari 1919 | 13 februari 1921 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II |
| | | Burggraaf Lee van Fareham Arthur Lee (1868-1947) | 13 februari 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II |
| | | Leo Amery (1873–1955) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law |
| | | Leo Amery (1873–1955) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I |
| | | Burggraaf Chelmsford Frederic Thesiger (1868–1933) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) | MacDonald I |
| | | William Bridgeman (1864–1935) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II |
| | | Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II |
| | | Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Commander Burggraaf Monsell Bolton Eyres-Monsell (1881–1963) | 5 november 1931 | 22 mei 1936 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Commander Burggraaf Monsell Bolton Eyres-Monsell (1881–1963) | 5 november 1931 | 22 mei 1936 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 22 mei 1936 | 28 mei 1937 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Lieutenant Duff Cooper (1890–1954) | 28 mei 1937 | 27 oktober 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Second Lieutenant Graaf Stanhope James Stanhope (1880–1967) | 27 oktober 1938 | 3 september 1939 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Nationale Kabinetten |
| | | Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 3 september 1939 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II |
| | | Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) | 10 mei 1940 | 23 mei 1945 | Labour Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I |
| | | Brendan Bracken (1901–1958) | 23 mei 1945 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill II |
| | | Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) | 26 juli 1945 | 4 oktober 1946 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I |
| | | Burggraaf Hall George Hall (1881–1965) | 4 oktober 1946 | 24 mei 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I |
| | | Burggraaf Hall George Hall (1881–1965) | 4 oktober 1946 | 24 mei 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II |
| | | Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) | 24 mei 1951 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II |
| | | Sub Lieutenant Burggraaf Cilcennin James Thomas (1903–1960) | 26 oktober 1951 | 2 september 1956 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III |
| | | Sub Lieutenant Burggraaf Cilcennin James Thomas (1903–1960) | 26 oktober 1951 | 2 september 1956 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden |
| | | Major Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) | 2 september 1956 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden |
| | | Squadron Leader Graaf van Selkirk George Douglas- Hamilton (1904–1994) | 10 januari 1957 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I |
| | | Major Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) | 14 oktober 1959 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II |
| | | Brigadier Graaf Jellicoe George Jellicoe (1918–2007) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home |

## Ministers voor Oorlog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1852–1964)

| Minister voor Oorlog Secretary of State for War | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| Sidney Herbert (1810–1861) | 28 december 1852 | 6 februari 1855 | Peelite | George Hamilton- Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton- Gordon | |
| Heer Panmure Fox Maule- Ramsay (1801–1874) | 6 februari 1855 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| Jonathan Peel (1799–1879) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| Baron Herbert van Lea Sidney Herbert (1810–1861) | 12 juni 1859 | 25 juli 1861 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1805–1863) | 25 juli 1861 | 28 april 1863 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| Graaf de Grey en Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 28 april 1863 | 16 februari 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| Graaf de Grey en Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 28 april 1863 | 16 februari 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II |
| Markies van Hartington Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908) | 16 februari 1866 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | |
| Jonathan Peel (1799–1879) | 28 juni 1866 | 8 maart 1867 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith- Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith- Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) | 8 maart 1867 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | |
| Edward Cardwell (1813–1886) | 3 december 1868 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| Burggraaf Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1814–1906) | 20 februari 1874 | 2 april 1878 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841–1908) | 2 april 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| Hugh Childers (1827–1896) | 23 april 1880 | 16 december 1882 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| Markies van Hartington Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908) | 16 december 1882 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II |
| William Henry Smith (1825–1891) | 23 juni 1885 | 20 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne- Cecil I | |
| Burggraaf Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1814–1906) | 20 januari 1886 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne- Cecil I | |
| Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1836–1908) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | |
| William Henry Smith (1825–1891) | 20 juli 1886 | 14 januari 1887 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne- Cecil II | |
| Edward Stanhope (1840–1893) | 14 januari 1887 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne- Cecil II |
| Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1836–1908) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) | Gladstone IV | |
| Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1836–1908) | 15 augustus 1892 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | |
| Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1845–1927) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil III | |
| St John Brodrick (1856–1942) | 10 november 1900 | 19 oktober 1903 | Irish Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil IV | |
| St John Brodrick (1856–1942) | 10 november 1900 | 19 oktober 1903 | Irish Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| Hugh Arnold-Forster (1855–1909) | 19 oktober 1903 | 5 december 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | |
| Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928) | 5 december 1905 | 10 juni 1912 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | |
| Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928) | 5 december 1905 | 10 juni 1912 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith I | |
| Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928) | 5 december 1905 | 10 juni 1912 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith II | |
| Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928) | 5 december 1905 | 10 juni 1912 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith III | |
| Major General Jack Seely (1868–1947) | 12 juni 1912 | 30 maart 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith III | |
| Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928) | 30 maart 1914 | 4 augustus 1914 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith III | Premier |
| Field Marshal Graaf Kitchener Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916) | 4 augustus 1914 | 5 juni 1916 | Onafhankelijk | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith III | |
| Field Marshal Graaf Kitchener Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916) | 4 augustus 1914 | 5 juni 1916 | Onafhankelijk | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith IV | |
| David Lloyd George (1863–1945) | 5 juni 1916 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith | Asquith IV | |
| Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948) | 7 december 1916 | 18 april 1918 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| Burggraaf Milner Alfred Milner (1865–1948) | 18 april 1918 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| Burggraaf Milner Alfred Milner (1865–1948) | 18 april 1918 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 14 januari 1919 | 13 februari 1921 | Liberal Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | Minister voor de Luchtmacht |
| Sir Laming Worthington- Evans (1868–1931) | 13 februari 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1919–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948) | 23 oktober 1922 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| Stephen Walsh (1859–1929) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) | MacDonald I | |
| Sir Laming Worthington- Evans (1868–1931) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | |
| Tom Shaw (1872–1938) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Liberal Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | |
| Burggraaf Hailsham Douglas Hogg (1872–1950) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | Leader of the House of Lords |
| Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 7 juni 1935 | 22 november 1935 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| Duff Cooper (1890–1954) | 22 november 1935 | 28 mei 1937 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957) | 28 mei 1937 | 5 januari 1940 | National Liberal Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957) | 28 mei 1937 | 5 januari 1940 | National Liberal Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Oliver Stanley (1896–1950) | 5 januari 1940 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Major Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 10 mei 1940 | 22 december 1940 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I | |
| First Lieutenant David Margesson (1890–1965) | 22 december 1940 | 19 februari 1942 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I | |
| Second Lieutenant Sir James Grigg (1890–1964) | 19 februari 1942 | 26 juli 1945 | Onafhankelijk | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I | |
| Second Lieutenant Sir James Grigg (1890–1964) | 19 februari 1942 | 26 juli 1945 | Onafhankelijk | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill II | |
| Sub Lieutenant Jack Lawson (1881–1965) | 26 juli 1945 | 4 oktober 1946 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Second Lieutenant Frederick Bellenger (1894–1968) | 4 oktober 1946 | 7 oktober 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Manny Shinwell (1884–1986) | 7 oktober 1947 | 28 februari 1950 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| Wing Commander John Strachey (1901–1963) | 28 februari 1950 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| Brigadier Antony Head (1906–1983) | 26 oktober 1951 | 18 oktober 1956 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| Brigadier Antony Head (1906–1983) | 26 oktober 1951 | 18 oktober 1956 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| First Lieutenant John Hare (1911–1982) | 18 oktober 1956 | 6 januari 1958 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| First Lieutenant John Hare (1911–1982) | 18 oktober 1956 | 6 januari 1958 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| Major Christopher Soames (1920–1987) | 6 januari 1958 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| Major Christopher Soames (1920–1987) | 6 januari 1958 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Brigadier John Profumo (1915–2006) | 27 juli 1960 | 5 juni 1963 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| Joseph Godber (1914–1980) | 5 juni 1963 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| First Lieutenant James Ramsden (1923–2020) | 19 oktober 1963 | 1 april 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas- Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |

## Ministers van Defensie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1936–heden)

| Minister voor Defensie Beleid Minister for Co-ordination of Defence | Minister voor Defensie Beleid Minister for Co-ordination of Defence | Minister voor Defensie Beleid Minister for Co-ordination of Defence | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Sir Thomas Inskip (1876–1947) | 13 maart 1936 | 29 januari 1939 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1936–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Sir Thomas Inskip (1876–1947) | 13 maart 1936 | 29 januari 1939 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Admiral of the Fleet Baron Chatfield Ernle Chatfield (1873–1967) | 29 januari 1939 | 10 mei 1940 | Onafhankelijk | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Admiral of the Fleet Baron Chatfield Ernle Chatfield (1873–1967) | 29 januari 1939 | 10 mei 1940 | Onafhankelijk | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| Minister van Defensie Secretary of State for Defence | Minister van Defensie Secretary of State for Defence | Minister van Defensie Secretary of State for Defence | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 10 mei 1940 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I | Premier |
| | | Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 10 mei 1940 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill II | Premier |
| | | Clement Attlee (1883–1967) | 26 juli 1945 | 20 december 1946 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | Premier |
| | | Albert Victor Alexander (1885–1965) | 20 december 1946 | 28 februari 1950 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Manny Shinwell (1884–1986) | 28 februari 1950 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | Winston Churchill (1874–1965) | 26 oktober 1951 | 1 maart 1952 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | Premier |
| | | Field Marshal Graaf Alexander van Tunis Harold Alexander (1891–1969) | 1 maart 1952 | 18 oktober 1954 | Onafhankelijk | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) | 18 oktober 1954 | 5 april 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | |
| | | Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978) | 5 april 1955 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Sir Walter Monckton (1891–1965) | 20 december 1955 | 18 oktober 1956 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Brigadier Antony Head (1906–1983) | 18 oktober 1956 | 10 januari 1957 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Duncan Sandys (1908–1987) | 10 januari 1957 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| | | Harold Watkinson (1910–1995) | 14 oktober 1959 | 13 juli 1962 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Peter Thorneycroft (1909–1994) | 13 juli 1962 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Peter Thorneycroft (1909–1994) | 13 juli 1962 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas- Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |
| | | Denis Healey (1917–2015) | 16 oktober 1964 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| | | Denis Healey (1917–2015) | 16 oktober 1964 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| | | Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) | 19 juni 1970 | 8 januari 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | |
| | | Ian Gilmour (1926–2007) | 8 januari 1974 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | |
| | | Roy Mason (1924–2015) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | |
| | | Roy Mason (1924–2015) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson IV | |
| | | Roy Mason (1924–2015) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| | | Fred Mulley (1918–1995) | 10 september 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| | | Francis Pym (1922–2008) | 4 mei 1979 | 5 januari 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | John Nott (1932–2024) | 5 januari 1981 | 5 januari 1983 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Michael Heseltine (1933) | 5 januari 1983 | 7 januari 1986 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Michael Heseltine (1933) | 5 januari 1983 | 7 januari 1986 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| | | George Younger (1931–2003) | 7 januari 1986 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| | | George Younger (1931–2003) | 7 januari 1986 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | Tom King (1933) | 24 juli 1989 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | Tom King (1933) | 24 juli 1989 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| | | Malcolm Rifkind (1946) | 10 april 1992 | 5 juli 1995 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | |
| | | Michael Portillo (1953) | 5 juli 1995 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major II | |
| | | George Robertson (1946) | 2 mei 1997 | 11 oktober 1999 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | |
| | | Geoff Hoon (1953) | 11 oktober 1999 | 5 mei 2005 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | |
| | | Geoff Hoon (1953) | 11 oktober 1999 | 5 mei 2005 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | John Reid (1947) | 5 mei 2005 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | Des Browne (1952) | 6 mei 2006 | 3 oktober 2008 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | Des Browne (1952) | 6 mei 2006 | 3 oktober 2008 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | Minister voor Schotland (2007–2008) |
| | | John Hutton (1955) | 3 oktober 2008 | 5 juni 2009 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| | | Bob Ainsworth (1952) | 5 juni 2009 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| | | Liam Fox (1961) | 11 mei 2010 | 14 oktober 2011 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| | | Philip Hammond (1955) | 14 oktober 2011 | 14 juli 2014 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| | | Sir Michael Fallon (1952) | 14 juli 2014 | 1 november 2017 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| | | Sir Michael Fallon (1952) | 14 juli 2014 | 1 november 2017 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron II | |
| | | Sir Michael Fallon (1952) | 14 juli 2014 | 1 november 2017 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | |
| | | Sir Michael Fallon (1952) | 14 juli 2014 | 1 november 2017 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| | | Gavin Williamson (1976) | 1 november 2017 | 1 mei 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| | | Penny Mordaunt (1973) | 1 mei 2019 | 24 juli 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| | | Ben Wallace (1970) | 24 juli 2019 | 31 augustus 2023 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I | |
| | | Ben Wallace (1970) | 24 juli 2019 | 31 augustus 2023 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | |
| | | Ben Wallace (1970) | 24 juli 2019 | 31 augustus 2023 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | |
| | | Ben Wallace (1970) | 24 juli 2019 | 31 augustus 2023 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | Grant Shapps (1968) | 31 augustus 2023 | 5 juli 2024 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | John Healey (1960) | 5 juli 2024 | heden | Labour Party | Keir Starmer (2024–heden) | Starmer | |
* ↑ "Ben Wallace Named New Defence Secretary", Forces Network, 24 July 2019. Gearchiveerd op 24 juli 2019. Geraadpleegd op 24 July 2019.
* 1 2 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Oorlog
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Afgetreden
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Brits-Indië
* ↑ Werd op 20 mei 1878 benoemd met de adellijke titel van Burggraaf
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Financiën
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Leader of the House of Commons
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord Chancellor
* ↑ Waarnemend als premier
* ↑ Omgekomen tijdens het zinken van de HMS Hampshire
* 1 2 3 Onafhankelijk militair
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Koloniale Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord Privy Seal en Leader of the House of Lords
* 1 2 3 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Buitenlandse Zaken
* ↑ Onafhankelijk Conservatief
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Defensie
* 1 2 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van minister van Landbouw en Visserij
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Leader of the House of Commons, kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster en thesaurier-Generaal
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot secretaris-generaal van de NAVO
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Binnenlandse Zaken