# Lijst van Britse ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken

Dit is een lijst van Foreign Secretaries van het Verenigd Koninkrijk sinds 1846.

## Ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1846–heden)

| Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Ambtstermijn | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | | Burggraaf Palmerston Henry John Temple (1784–1865) | 30 juni 1846 | 25 december 1851 | Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) | Russell I | |
| | | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 25 december 1851 | 22 februari 1852 | Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) | Russell I | |
| | | Graaf van Malmesbury James Harris (1807–1889) | 22 februari 1852 | 28 december 1852 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1852) | Smith-Stanley I | |
| | | Graaf Russell John Russell (1792–1878) | 28 december 1852 | 20 februari 1853 | Whig Party | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon | |
| | | Graaf van Clarendon George Villiers (1800–1870) | 20 februari 1853 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon | |
| | | Graaf van Clarendon George Villiers (1800–1870) | 20 februari 1853 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | | Graaf van Malmesbury James Harris (1807–1889) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| | | Graaf Russell John Russell (1792–1878) | 12 juni 1859 | 18 oktober 1865 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
| | | Graaf van Clarendon George Villiers (1800–1870) | 18 oktober 1865 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | |
| | | Heer Stanley Edward Stanley (1823–1893) | 28 juni 1866 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
| | | Heer Stanley Edward Stanley (1823–1893) | 28 juni 1866 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | |
| | | Graaf van Clarendon George Villiers (1800–1870) | 3 december 1868 | 27 juni 1870 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| | | | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | | | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I |
| | | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 1 juli 1870 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1823–1893) | 20 februari 1874 | 2 april 1878 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 2 april 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | Premier |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Graaf van Rosebery Archibald Primrose (1847–1929) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | |
| | | Graaf van Iddesleigh Stafford Northcote (1818–1887) | 20 juli 1886 | 12 januari 1887 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 12 januari 1887 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | Premier |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 12 januari 1887 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Graaf van Rosebery Archibald Primrose (1847–1929) | 15 augustus 1892 | 5 maart 1894 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) | Gladstone IV | |
| | | Graaf Kimberley John Wodehouse (1826–1902) | 5 maart 1894 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil III | Premier |
| | | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil III | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1845–1927) | 10 november 1900 | 5 december 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne- Cecil IV | |
| | | Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1845–1927) | 10 november 1900 | 5 december 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | Leader of the House of Lords (1903–1905) |
| | | Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | |
| | | Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I | |
| | | Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith II | |
| | | Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith III | |
| | | Sir Edward Grey (1862–1933) | 5 december 1905 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith IV | |
| | | Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) | 7 december 1916 | 23 oktober 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
| | | Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) | 7 december 1916 | 23 oktober 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II | |
| | | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 23 oktober 1919 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 23 oktober 1919 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 23 oktober 1919 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) | MacDonald I | Premier |
| | | Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | |
| | | Arthur Henderson (1863–1935) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| | | Markies van Reading Rufus Isaacs (1860–1935) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Liberal Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | | Sir John Simon (1873–1954) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | National Liberal Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| | | Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 7 juni 1935 | 22 december 1935 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 22 december 1935 | 20 februari 1938 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | |
| | | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 22 december 1935 | 20 februari 1938 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 20 februari 1938 | 22 december 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 20 februari 1938 | 22 december 1940 | Conservative Party | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain II | |
| | | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 20 februari 1938 | 22 december 1940 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Lords (1940) |
| | | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 22 december 1940 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | Leader of the House of Commons (1942–1945) |
| | | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 22 december 1940 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill II | Leader of the House of Commons (1942–1945) |
| | | Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) | 26 juli 1945 | 9 maart 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | |
| | | Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) | 26 juli 1945 | 9 maart 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | |
| | | Herbert Morrison (1888–1965) | 9 maart 1951 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee II | Vicepremier |
| | | Sir Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 26 oktober 1951 | 5 april 1955 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | Vicepremier |
| | | Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) | 5 april 1955 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978) | 20 december 1955 | 27 juli 1960 < | Conservative Party | Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden | |
| | | Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978) | 20 december 1955 | 27 juli 1960 < | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | |
| | | Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978) | 20 december 1955 | 27 juli 1960 < | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Graaf van Home Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 27 juli 1960 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan II | |
| | | Rab Butler (1902–1982) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | Vicepremier |
| | | Rab Butler (1902–1982) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | First Secretary of State |
| | | Patrick Gordon Walker (1907–1980) | 16 oktober 1964 | 22 januari 1965 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | |
| | | Michael Stewart (1906–1990) | 22 januari 1965 | 11 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | First Secretary of State |
| | | Michael Stewart (1906–1990) | 22 januari 1965 | 11 augustus 1966 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | First Secretary of State |
| | | George Brown (1914–1985) | 11 augustus 1966 | 16 maart 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| | | Michael Stewart (1906–1990) | 16 maart 1968 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson II | |
| | | Sir Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 19 juni 1970 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | First Secretary of State |
| | | James Callaghan (1912–2005) | 4 maart 1974 | 8 april 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | |
| | | Tony Crosland (1918–1977) | 8 april 1976 | 19 februari 1977 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | Vacant | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| | | David Owen (1938) | 22 februari 1977 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan | |
| | | Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) | 4 mei 1979 | 6 april 1982 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Francis Pym (1922–2008) | 6 april 1982 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | | Sir Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015) | 11 juni 1983 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher II | |
| | | Sir Geoffrey Howe (1926–2015) | 11 juni 1983 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | John Major (1943) | 24 juli 1989 | 26 oktober 1989 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | Douglas Hurd (1930) | 26 oktober 1989 | 5 juli 1995 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher III | |
| | | Douglas Hurd (1930) | 26 oktober 1989 | 5 juli 1995 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| | | Douglas Hurd (1930) | 26 oktober 1989 | 5 juli 1995 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| | | Malcolm Rifkind (1946) | 5 juli 1995 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | |
| | | Robin Cook (1946–2005) | 2 mei 1997 | 8 juni 2001 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | |
| | | Jack Straw (1946) | 8 juni 2001 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair II | |
| | | Jack Straw (1946) | 8 juni 2001 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair III | |
| | | Margaret Beckett (1943) | 6 mei 2006 | 28 juni 2007 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair III | |
| | | David Miliband (1965) | 28 juni 2007 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | |
| | | William Hague (1961) | 11 mei 2010 | 14 juli 2014 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | First Secretary of State |
| | | Philip Hammond (1955) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | |
| | | Philip Hammond (1955) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron II | |
| | | Boris Johnson (1964) | 13 juli 2016 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | |
| | | Boris Johnson (1964) | 13 juli 2016 | 9 juli 2018 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| | | Jeremy Hunt (1966) | 9 juli 2018 | 24 juli 2019 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May II | |
| | | Dominic Raab (1974) | 24 juli 2019 | 15 september 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I | First Secretary of State |
| | | Dominic Raab (1974) | 24 juli 2019 | 15 september 2021 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | First Secretary of State |
| | | Liz Truss (1975) | 15 september 2021 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson II | Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| | | James Cleverly (1969) | 6 september 2022 | 13 november 2023 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | |
| | | James Cleverly (1969) | 6 september 2022 | 13 november 2023 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | Baron Cameron David Cameron (1966) | 13 november 2023 | 5 juli 2024 | Conservative Party | Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak | |
| | | David Lammy (1972) | 5 juli 2024 | heden | Labour Party | Keir Starmer (2024–heden) | Starmer | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Afgetreden
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister zonder portefeuille
* 1 2 3 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot ambassadeur naar de Verenigde Staten
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord Privy Seal
* 1 2 3 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Financiën
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot First Secretary of State en minister van Economische Zaken
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot vicepremier, First Secretary of State, Lord President of the Council en Leader of the House of Commons
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord President of the Council en Leader of the House of Commons
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Lord President of the Council en Lord Privy Seal
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot Leader of the House of Commons
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot vicepremier, minister van Justitie en Lord Chancellor
* ↑ Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister van Binnenlandse Zaken