Leader of the House of Lords

Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Lord Hawkesbury 	1803 	February 1806 	Tory 	Foreign Secretary to 1804; then Home Secretary
The Lord Grenville 	February 1806 	31 March 1807 	Whig 	Prime Minister
The Lord Hawkesburyfrom 1808, the Earl of Liverpool' 	31 March 1807 	8 April 1827 	Tory 	Home Secretary to 1809; Colonial Secretary 1809-1812; then Prime Minister
The Viscount Goderich 	April 1827 	January 1828 	Tory 	Colonial Secretary to August 1827; then Prime Minister
The Duke of Wellington 	January 1828 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	Prime Minister
The Earl Grey 	22 November 1830 	16 July 1834 	Whig 	Prime Minister
The Viscount Melbourne 	16 July 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	Prime Minister
The Duke of Wellington 	17 November 1834 	8 April 1835 	Tory 	Prime Minister November-December 1834; then Foreign Secretary
The Viscount Melbourne 	18 April 1835 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	Prime Minister
The Duke of Wellington 	3 September 1841 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	Minister without Portfolio
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	6 July 1846 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	Lord President
The Earl of Derby 	23 February 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl of Aberdeen 	19 December 1852 	30 January 1855 	Peelite 	Prime Minister
The Earl Granville 	8 February 1855 	21 February 1858 	Liberal 	Lord President
The Earl of Derby 	21 February 1858 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl Granville 	18 June 1859 	29 October 1865 	Liberal 	Lord President
The Earl Russell 	29 October 1865 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	Prime Minister
The Earl of Derby 	28 June 1866 	25 February 1868 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl of Malmesbury 	27 February 1868 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Earl Granville 	9 December 1868 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	Colonial Secretary to 1870; then Foreign Secretary
The Duke of Richmond 	21 February 1874 	21 August 1876 	Conservative 	Lord President
The Earl of Beaconsfield 	21 August 1876 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl Granville 	28 April 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	Foreign Secretary
The Marquess of Salisbury 	23 June 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl Granville 	6 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	Colonial Secretary
The Marquess of Salisbury 	25 July 1886 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Earl of Kimberley 	18 August 1892 	5 March 1894 	Liberal 	Secretary of State for India
The Earl of Rosebery 	5 March 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	Prime Minister
The Marquess of Salisbury 	25 June 1895 	11 July 1902 	Conservative 	Prime Minister
The Duke of Devonshire 	12 July 1902 	13 October 1903 	Liberal Unionist	Lord President
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	13 October 1903 	4 December 1905 	Liberal Unionist	Foreign Secretary
The Marquess of Ripon 	10 December 1905 	14 April 1908 	Liberal 	Lord Privy Seal
The Earl of Crewefrom 1911, the Marquess of Crewe 	14 April 1908 	10 December 1916 	Liberal 	Colonial Secretary to 1910; Secretary of State for India 1910-1915; Lord President from 1915
The Earl Curzon of Kedlestonfrom 1921, the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	10 December 1916 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	Lord President to 1919, then Foreign Secretary
The Viscount Haldane 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	Lord Chancellor
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 	6 November 1924 	27 April 1925 	Conservative 	Lord President
The Marquess of Salisbury 	27 April 1925 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Parmoor 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	Lord President
The Marquess of Reading 	25 August 1931 	5 November 1931 	Liberal 	Foreign Secretary
The Viscount Hailsham 	5 November 1931 	7 June 1935 	Conservative 	Secretary of State for War
The Marquess of Londonderry 	7 June 1935 	22 November 1935 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Viscount Halifax 	22 November 1935 	27 October 1938 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal to 1937; Lord President to March 1938; Foreign Secretary from March 1938
The Earl Stanhope 	27 October 1938 	14 May 1940 	Conservative 	First Lord of the Admiralty to 1939, then Lord President
The Viscount Caldecote 	14 May 1940 	3 October 1940 	Conservative 	Dominions Secretary
The Viscount Halifax 	3 October 1940 	22 December 1940 	Conservative 	Foreign Secretary
The Lord Lloyd 	22 December 1940 	4 February 1941 	Conservative 	Colonial Secretary
The Lord Moyne 	8 February 1941 	21 February 1942 	Conservative 	Colonial Secretary
Viscount Cranborne 	21 February 1942 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	Colonial Secretary to November 1942; Lord Privy Seal November 1942-1943; Dominions Secretary 1943-1945
The Viscount Addison 	3 August 1945 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	Dominions Secretary 1945-1947; Commonwealth Relations Secretary 1947; Lord Privy Seal 1947-1951; Lord President 1951
The Marquess of Salisbury 	28 October 1951 	29 March 1957 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal 1951-1952; Commonwealth Relations Secretary 1952; Lord President 1952-1957
The Earl of Home 	29 March 1957 	27 July 1960 	Conservative 	Commonwealth Relations Secretary
The Viscount Hailsham 	27 July 1960 	20 October 1963 	Conservative 	Lord President of the Council
The Lord Carrington 	20 October 1963 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	Minister without Portfolio
The Earl of Longford 	18 October 1964 	16 January 1968 	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal 1964-1965 and 1966-1968; Colonial Secretary 1965-1966
The Lord Shackleton 	16 January 1968 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal January-April 1968 and October 1968-1970; Paymaster General April-October 1968
The Earl Jellicoe 	20 June 1970 	5 June 1973 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Windlesham 	5 June 1973 	4 March 1974 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Shepherd 	4 March 1974 	10 September 1976	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Peart 	10 September 1976	4 May 1979 	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Soames 	5 May 1979 	14 September 1981	Conservative 	Lord President
The Baroness Young 	14 September 1981	11 June 1983 	Conservative 	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to 1982; then Lord Privy Seal
The Viscount Whitelaw 	11 June 1983 	10 January 1988 	Conservative 	Lord President
The Lord Belstead 	10 January 1988 	28 November 1990 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Waddington 	28 November 1990 	11 April 1992 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Wakeham 	11 April 1992 	20 July 1994 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
Viscount Cranborne 	20 July 1994 	2 May 1997 	Conservative 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Richard 	2 May 1997 	27 July 1998 	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal
The Baroness Jay of Paddington 	27 July 1998 	8 June 2001 	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Williams of Mostyn 	8 June 2001 	20 September 2003	Labour 	Lord Privy Seal to June 2003; then Lord President
The Baroness Amos 	6 October 2003 	current incumbent	Labour 	Lord President