List of office holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states

This is a list of rulers and office-holders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and predecessor states.
== Heads of state ==
*List of English monarchs
*List of Scottish monarchs
*List of rulers of Wales
*List of British monarchs
== Heads of government ==
*Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721–present)
**List of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom
== Ministers ==
*Cabinet of the United Kingdom
*Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present)
*Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
*Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present)
*Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782; 1794–1801; 1854–1966)
*Secretary of State for India (1858–1947)
*Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660–1782)
*Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
*Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782–present)
*Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)
*Secretary of State for War (1794–1801; 1854–1964)
*Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)
*Secretary of State for Air (1918–1964)
*Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present)
*Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–1947)
*Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1966)
*Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966–1968)
*Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–present)
*Secretary of State for Wales (1964–present)
*Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1969)
*Secretary of State for International Development (1970–1979, 1997–2020)
*Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970–present)
*Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902–present)
*Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916–present)
*Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924–present)
*Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992–present)
*Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
*Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997)
*Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)
*Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present)
*Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020)
*Lord Chancellor (1068–present)
*Lord President of the Council (1678–present)
*Lord Privy Seal (1307–present)
*Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001)
*Minister of Technology (1964–1970)
*First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) 
*Paymaster General (1834–present)
*Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
*President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present)
*Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413–present)
*Postmaster General (1823–1968)
*Paymaster of the Forces (1661–1836)
*Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
*Master of the Mint (1572–1869)
*Treasurer of the Navy (1544–1836)
*Secretary at War (1661–1863)
*First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810–1851)
*First Commissioner of Works (1851–1937)
*President of the Poor Law Board (1834–1871)
*President of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)
*Secretary for Scotland (1885–1926)
*HM Treasury
*Lord Treasurers (1126–1714)
*First Lord of the Treasury (1714–1905)
*Commissioners of the Treasury (1714–present)
== Parliament office-holders ==
*Leader of the House of Commons (1721–present)
*Members of Parliament elected in 2001
*Members of Parliament elected in 2005
*Members of Parliament elected in 2010
*Members of the House of Lords
== State office-holders ==
=== Great Officers of State ===
*Lord High Steward
*Lord High Constable
*Lord Great Chamberlain
*Earl Marshal
*Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland
*Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland
*Lord Clerk Register
*Lord Lyon King of Arms
=== Officers of the Royal Household ===
*Lord Steward
*Lord Chamberlain
*Historiographer Royal
*Astronomer Royal for Scotland
*Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland
* HM Painter and Limner for Scotland
*Her Majesty's Botanist
=== Legal Officers ===
*Attorney General for England and Wales
*Solicitor General for England and Wales
*Lord Advocate
*Solicitor General for Scotland
*Advocate General for Scotland
*Counsel General for Wales
* Attorney General for Northern Ireland
== Court office-holders ==
*Lord Chief Justice
*Master of the Rolls
*Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (to 1873)
*Chief Baron of the Exchequer (to 1873)
*Lord Justice General
*Lord Justice Clerk
*Lords Justice of Appeal of England and Wales
*Lords Justice of Appeal of Northern Ireland
*Senators of the College of Justice
== Heads of devolved administrations ==
=== Northern Ireland ===
* Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1171–1922)
*Governors of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) (Abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973)
*Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972)
*Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007)
* First Minister and Deputy First Minister [1998–2002, 2007–present]
*County Court Judges of Northern Ireland
*Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1998–2002, 2007–present]
=== Scotland ===
*Members of the Scottish Parliament
*First Minister of Scotland
*List of Scottish Governments
=== Wales ===
*Members of the Senedd
*Welsh Government
*First Minister for Wales
== Heads of colonies and overseas territories ==
*British Crown dependencies
*Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
=== Crown dependencies ===
==== Isle of Man ====
*King of Mann
*Lord of Mann
*Governor of the Isle of Man
*Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
==== Channel Islands ====
*Guernsey: Bailiffs of Guernsey
*Jersey: Bailiffs of Jersey
*Sark: Seigneurs of Sark
=== Overseas territories ===
==== Anguilla ====
*Governors of Anguilla
==== Bermuda ====
*Governors of Bermuda
==== British Antarctic Territory ====
*Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
==== British Virgin Islands ====
*Colonial Heads of the British Virgin Islands
*Presidents of the British Virgin Islands
*Governors of the British Virgin Islands
==== Cayman Islands ====
*Governors of the Cayman Islands
==== Falkland Islands ====
*Governors of the Falkland Islands
==== Gibraltar ====
*Governors of Gibraltar
*Chief Ministers of Gibraltar
==== Montserrat ====
*Governors of Montserrat
==== Pitcairn Islands ====
*Rulers of the Pitcairn Islands
*Governors of Fiji
*High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to New Zealand
==== Saint Helena ====
*Governors of Saint Helena
==== Turks and Caicos Islands ====
*Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
== Nobility ==
*Duke of Devonshire
*Tenants of Herm
*Duke of Norfolk
*Seigneurs of Sark
*Tenants of Brecqhou
*Rulers of Wales
*Prince of Wales
*Duke of York
== Mayors ==
*Heads of London Government
**List of Lord Mayors of London
== Heads of former states ==
*Roman Governors of Britannia
*Historical Kings of the Britons
*Bretwalda (Overlord of the English kingdoms)
*Kings of East Anglia
*Kings of Essex
*Kings of Hwicce
*Kings of Kent
*Kings of Lindsey
*Kings of Mercia
*Kings of Northumbria
*Kings of Sussex
*Kings of Wessex
*Kings of Jorvik
*Earls of York
*Earls of Northumbria
*Kings of Dál Riata
*Kings of the Picts
*Lords of Galloway
*Rulers of Wales
*Kings of Gwynedd
*Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
*Kings of the Isle of Man
== See also ==
* List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies
* United Kingdom order of precedence
Category:United Kingdom history-related lists
Category:Lists of British people
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