Secretary of State for the Northern Department

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir William Morice 	27 June 1660 	29 September 1668	 	
Sir John Trevor 	29 September 1668	8 July 1672 	 	
Henry Coventry 	8 July 1672 	11 September 1674	 	
Sir Joseph Williamson 	11 September 1674	20 February 1679 	 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	20 February 1679 	26 April 1680 	Tory 	
Sir Leoline Jenkins 	26 April 1680 	2 February 1681 	Tory 	
The Earl of Conway 	2 February 1681 	31 January 1683 	Tory 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	31 January 1683 	14 April 1684 	Tory 	
The Lord Godolphin 	14 April 1684 	24 August 1684 	Tory 	
The Earl of Middleton 	24 August 1684 	28 October 1688 	Tory 	
The Viscount Preston 	28 October 1688 	2 December 1688 	Tory 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	5 March 1689 	26 December 1690 	Tory 	
The Viscount Sydney 	26 December 1690 	3 March 1692 	Whig 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	3 March 1692 	23 March 1693 	Tory 	
Sir John Trenchard 	23 March 1693 	2 March 1694 	Whig 	
The Earl of Shrewsbury later The Duke of Shrewsbury 	2 March 1694 	3 May 1695 	Whig 	
Sir William Trumbull 	3 May 1695 	2 December 1697 	Tory 	
James Vernon 	2 December 1697 	5 November 1700 	Whig 	
Sir Charles Hedges 	5 November 1700 	29 December 1701 	Tory 	
James Vernon 	4 January 1702 	1 May 1702 	Whig 	
Sir Charles Hedges 	2 May 1702 	18 May 1704 	Tory 	
Robert Harley 	18 May 1704 	13 February 1708 	Whig 	
Henry Boyle 	13 February 1708 	21 September 1710	Whig 	
Henry St John later The Viscount Bolingbroke 	21 September 1710	17 August 1713 	Tory 	
William Bromley 	17 August 1713 	17 September 1714	Tory 	
The Viscount Townshend 	17 September 1714	12 December 1716 	Whig 	
James Stanhope 	12 December 1716 	12 April 1717 	Whig 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	12 April 1717 	2 March 1718 	Whig 	
The Viscount Stanhope of Mahon later The Earl Stanhope	16 March 1718 	4 February 1721 	Whig 	
The Lord Carteret 	5 February 1721 	21 February 1721 	Whig 	
The Viscount Townshend 	21 February 1721 	16 May 1730 	Whig 	
The Lord Harrington 	19 June 1730 	12 February 1742 	Whig 	
The Lord Carteret later The Earl Granville 	12 February 1742 	24 November 1744 	Whig 	
The Earl of Harrington 	24 November 1744 	28 October 1746 	Whig 	
The Earl of Chesterfield 	29 October 1746 	6 February 1748 	Whig 	
The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 	6 February 1748 	23 March 1754 	Whig 	
The Earl of Holderness 	23 March 1754 	25 March 1761 	Whig 	
The Earl of Bute 	25 March 1761 	27 May 1762 	Tory 	
George Grenville 	27 May 1762 	9 October 1762 	Whig 	
The Earl of Halifax 	14 October 1762 	9 September 1763 	Whig 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	9 September 1763 	10 July 1765 	Bedford Whig	
The Duke of Grafton 	12 July 1765 	14 May 1766 	Whig 	
Henry Seymour Conway 	23 May 1766 	20 January 1768 	Whig 	
The Viscount Weymouth 	20 January 1768 	21 October 1768 	Bedford Whig	
The Earl of Rochford 	21 October 1768 	19 December 1770 	 	
The Earl of Sandwich 	19 December 1770 	12 January 1771 	Tory 	
The Earl of Halifax 	19 January 1771 	6 June 1771 	Tory 	
The Earl of Suffolk 	12 June 1771 	7 March 1779 	Tory 	
The Viscount Weymouth 	7 March 1779 	27 October 1779 	Tory 	
The Viscount Stormont 	27 October 1779 	27 March 1782 	Tory