President of the Board of Education

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Duke of Devonshire 	1 April 1900 	8 August 1902 	Liberal Unionist	also Lord President of the Council
The Marquess of Londonderry 	8 August 1902 	4 December 1905 	Conservative 	also Lord President of the Council from 1903
Augustine Birrell 	10 December 1905	23 January 1907 	Liberal 	
Reginald McKenna 	23 January 1907 	12 April 1908 	Liberal 	
Walter Runciman 	12 April 1908 	23 October 1911 	Liberal 	
Joseph Pease 	23 October 1911 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
Arthur Henderson 	25 May 1915 	18 August 1916 	Labour 	
The Marquess of Crewe 	18 August 1916 	10 December 1916	Liberal 	also Lord President of the Council
Herbert Fisher 	10 December 1916	24 October 1922 	Liberal 	
Edward Wood 	24 October 1922 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
Charles Trevelyan 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
Lord Eustace Percy 	6 November 1924 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Sir Charles Trevelyan 	7 June 1929 	2 March 1931 	Labour 	
Hastings Lees-Smith 	2 March 1931 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Sir Donald Maclean 	25 August 1931 	15 June 1932 	Liberal 	
The Lord Irwinfrom 1934, the Viscount Halifax	15 June 1932 	7 June 1935 	Conservative 	
Oliver Stanley 	7 June 1935 	28 May 1937 	Conservative 	
The Earl Stanhope 	28 May 1937 	27 October 1938 	Conservative 	
The Earl De La Warr 	27 October 1938 	3 April 1940 	National Labour 	
Herwald Ramsbotham 	3 April 1940 	20 July 1941 	Conservative 	
Rab Butler 	20 July 1941 	3 August 1944 	Conservative 	
Succeeded by the Minister of Education