Secretary of State for the Southern Department

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir Edward Nicholas 	1 June 1660 	20 October 1662 	 	
Sir Henry Bennet later The Lord Arlington later The Earl of Arlington	20 October 1662 	11 September 1674	 	
Henry Coventry 	11 September 1674	26 April 1680 	 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	26 April 1680 	2 February 1681 	Tory 	
Sir Leoline Jenkins 	2 February 1681 	14 April 1684 	Tory 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	14 April 1684 	28 October 1688 	Tory 	
The Earl of Middleton 	28 October 1688 	2 December 1688 	Tory 	
The Earl of Shrewsbury 	14 February 1689 	2 June 1690 	Whig 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	2 June 1690 	November 1693 	Tory 	
Sir John Trenchard 	November 1693 	27 April 1695 	Whig 	
The Duke of Shrewsbury 	27 April 1695 	12 December 1698 	Whig 	
James Vernon 	12 December 1698 	14 May 1699 	Whig 	
The Earl of Jersey 	14 May 1699 	27 June 1700 	Tory 	
James Vernon 	27 June 1700 	4 January 1702 	Whig 	
The Earl of Manchester 	4 January 1702 	1 May 1702 	Whig 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	2 May 1702 	22 April 1704 	Tory 	
Sir Charles Hedges 	18 May 1704 	3 December 1706 	Tory 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	3 December 1706 	13 June 1710 	Whig 	
The Lord Darmouth later The Earl of Dartmouth 	15 June 1710 	6 August 1713 	Tory 	
The Viscount Bolingbroke 	17 August 1713 	31 August 1714 	Tory 	
James Stanhope 	27 September 1714	22 June 1716 	Whig 	
Paul Methuen 	22 June 1716 	10 April 1717 	Whig 	
Joseph Addison 	12 April 1717 	14 March 1718 	Whig 	
James Craggs 	16 March 1718 	16 February 1721 	Whig 	
The Lord Carteret 	4 March 1721 	31 March 1724 	Whig 	
The Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 	6 April 1724 	12 February 1748 	Whig 	
The Duke of Bedford 	12 February 1748 	13 June 1751 	Whig 	
The Earl of Holderness 	18 June 1751 	23 March 1754 	Whig 	
Sir Thomas Robinson 	23 March 1754 	October 1755 	Whig 	
Henry Fox 	14 November 1755 	13 November 1756 	Whig 	
William Pitt 	4 December 1756 	6 April 1757 	Whig 	
The Earl of Holderness 	6 April 1757 	27 June 1757 	Whig 	
William Pitt 	27 June 1757 	5 October 1761 	Whig 	
The Earl of Egremont 	9 October 1761 	21 August 1763 	Whig 	
The Earl of Halifax 	9 September 1763 	10 July 1765 	Whig 	
Henry Seymour Conway 	12 July 1765 	23 May 1766 	Whig 	
The Duke of Richmond 	23 May 1766 	29 July 1766 	Whig 	
The Earl of Shelburne 	30 July 1766 	20 October 1768 	Whig 	
The Viscount Weymouth 	21 October 1768 	12 December 1770 	Bedford Whig/Tory	
The Earl of Rochford 	19 December 1770 	9 November 1775 	Tory 	
The Viscount Weymouth 	9 November 1775 	24 November 1779 	Tory 	
The Earl of Hillsborough 	24 November 1779 	27 March 1782 	Tory