Postmaster-General

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Philip Frowde 	1687 	December 1688 	 	
John Wildman 	1689 	1690 	Whig 	
Sir Robert Cotton and Thomas Frankland 	1690 	1708 	 	
Sir Thomas Frankland and Sir John Evelyn 	1708 	1715 	 	
The Lord Cornwallis and James Craggs 	1715 	1720 	Whig 	
Edward Carteret and Galfridus Walpole 	1720 	1725 	Whig 	
Edward Carteret and Edward Harrison 	1725 	December 1732 	Whig 	
Edward Carteret 	December 1732 	June 1733 	Whig 	
Edward Carteret and The Lord Lovel 	June 1733 	1739 	 	
Sir John Eyles and The Lord Lovelfrom 1744, the Earl of Leicester 	1739 	1744 	Whig 	
The Earl of Leicester 	1744 	1745 	Whig 	
The Earl of Leicester and Sir Everard Fawkener 	1745 	November 1758 	 	
The Earl of Leicester 	November 1758 	April 1759 	Whig 	
The Earl of Bessborough and Robert Hampden 	2 June 1759 	27 November 1762 	Whig 	
The Earl of Egmont and Robert Hampden 	27 November 1762 	23 September 1763	 	
The Lord Hyde and Robert Hampden]] 	23 September 1763	19 July 1765 	 	
The Earl of Bessborough and The Lord Grantham 	19 July 1765 	29 December 1766 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hillsborough and The Lord Le Despencer 	29 December 1766 	26 April 1768 	 	
The Earl of Sandwich and The Lord Le Despencer 	26 April 1768 	16 January 1771 	 	
The Lord Le Despencer and Henry Thynnefrom 1776, Henry Carteret 	16 January 1771 	11 December 1781 	 	
Henry Carteret 	11 December 1781 	24 January 1782 	 	
The Viscount Barrington and Henry Carteret 	24 January 1782 	25 April 1782 	 	
The Earl of Tankerville and Henry Carteret 	25 April 1782 	1 May 1783 	 	
The Lord Foley and Henry Carteret 	1 May 1783 	7 January 1784 	 	
The Earl of Tankerville and Henry Carteretfrom 1784, the Lord Carteret	7 January 1784 	19 September 1786	 	
The Earl of Clarendon and The Lord Carteret 	19 September 1786	10 December 1786 	Tory 	
The Lord Carteret 	10 December 1786 	6 July 1787 	Tory 	
The Lord Carteret and The Lord Walsingham 	6 July 1787 	19 September 1789	Tory 	
The Lord Walsingham and The Earl of Westmorland 	19 September 1789	13 March 1790 	Tory 	
The Lord Walsingham and The Earl of Chesterfield 	13 March 1790 	28 July 1794 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chesterfield and Earl of Leicester 	28 July 1794 	1 March 1798 	Tory 	
Earl of Leicester and The Lord Auckland 	1 March 1798 	27 February 1799 	Tory 	
The Lord Auckland and Earl Gower 	27 February 1799 	31 March 1801 	Tory 	
The Lord Auckland and Lord Charles Spencer 	31 March 1801 	19 July 1804 	Tory 	
Lord Charles Spencer and The Duke of Montrose 	19 July 1804 	20 February 1806 	Tory 	
The Earl of Buckinghamshire and The Earl of Carysfort 	20 February 1806 	5 May 1807 	Sidmouthite and Grenvillite, respectively	
The Earl of Sandwich and The Earl of Chichester 	5 May 1807 	6 June 1814 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chichester 	6 June 1814 	30 September 1814	Tory 	
The Earl of Chichester and The Earl of Clancarty 	30 September 1814	6 April 1816 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chichester and The Marquess of Salisbury 	6 April 1816 	13 June 1823 	Tory 	
The Earl of Chichester 	27 November 1823 	4 July 1826 	Tory 	
Lord Frederick Montagu 	18 August 1826 	17 September 1827	Tory 	
The Duke of Manchester 	27 September 1827	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
The Duke of Richmond 	11 December 1830 	5 July 1834 	Whig 	
The Marquess Conyngham 	5 July 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	
The Lord Maryborough 	23 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Conservative 	
The Marquess Conyngham 	30 April 1835 	22 May 1835 	Whig 	
The Earl of Lichfield 	22 May 1835 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	
Viscount Lowtherfrom 1844, the Earl of Lonsdale 	9 September 1841 	30 December 1845 	Conservative 	
The Earl of St Germans 	30 December 1845 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Clanricarde 	7 July 1846 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hardwicke 	1 March 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Canning 	5 January 1853 	30 November 1855 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Argyll 	30 November 1855 	21 February 1858 	Liberal 	
The Lord Colchester 	13 March 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Elgin 	24 June 1859 	11 May 1860 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Argyll 	11 May 1860 	17 August 1860 	Liberal 	
The Lord Stanley of Alderley 	17 August 1860 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Montrose 	19 July 1866 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
Marquess of Hartington 	9 December 1868 	14 January 1871 	Liberal 	
William Monsell 	14 January 1871 	18 November 1873 	Liberal 	
Lyon Playfair 	18 November 1873 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
Lord John Manners 	21 February 1874 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
Henry Fawcett 	3 May 1880 	7 November 1884 	Liberal 	
George Shaw-Lefevre 	7 November 1884 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
Lord John Manners 	24 June 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
The Lord Wolverton 	17 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
Henry Raikes 	19 August 1886 	21 September 1891	Conservative 	
Sir James Fergusson 	21 September 1891	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
Arnold Morley 	18 August 1892 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Norfolk 	6 July 1895 	10 April 1900 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Londonderry 	10 April 1900 	11 August 1902 	Conservative 	
Austen Chamberlain 	11 August 1902 	9 October 1903 	Liberal Unionist 	
Lord Stanley 	9 October 1903 	4 December 1905 	Conservative 	
Sydney Buxton 	10 December 1905 	14 February 1910 	Liberal 	
Herbert Samuel 	14 February 1910 	11 February 1914 	Liberal 	
Charles Hobhouse 	11 February 1914 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
Herbert Samuel 	26 May 1915 	18 January 1916 	Liberal 	
Joseph Pease 	18 January 1916 	5 December 1916 	Liberal 	
Albert Illingworth 	10 December 1916 	1 April 1921 	Liberal 	
Frederick Kellaway 	1 April 1921 	19 October 1922 	Liberal 	
Neville Chamberlain 	31 October 1922 	7 March 1923 	Conservative 	
Sir William Joynson-Hicks 	7 March 1923 	28 May 1923 	Conservative 	
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans 	28 May 1923 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
Vernon Hartshorn 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson 	11 November 1924 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
Hastings Lees-Smith 	7 June 1929 	2 March 1931 	Labour 	
Clement Attlee 	2 March 1931 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
William Ormsby-Gore 	3 September 1931 	10 November 1931 	Conservative 	
Sir Kingsley Wood 	10 November 1931 	7 June 1935 	Conservative 	
George Tryon 	7 June 1935 	3 April 1940 	Conservative 	
William Morrison 	3 April 1940 	7 February 1943 	Conservative 	
Harry Crookshank 	7 February 1943 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Listowel 	4 August 1945 	17 April 1947 	Labour 	
Wilfrid Paling 	17 April 1947 	28 February 1950 	Labour 	
Ness Edwards 	28 February 1950 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
The Earl De La Warr 	5 November 1951 	7 April 1955 	Conservative 	
Charles Hill 	7 April 1955 	16 January 1957 	Conservative 	
Ernest Marples 	16 January 1957 	22 October 1959 	Conservative 	
Reginald Bevins 	22 October 1959 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	
Tony Benn 	19 October 1964 	4 July 1966 	Labour 	
Edward Short 	4 July 1966 	6 April 1968 	Labour 	
Roy Mason 	6 April 1968 	1 July 1968 	Labour 	
John Stonehouse 	1 July 1968 	1 October 1969 	Labour