Lord President of the Council

==Lord Presidents of the Council, 1530-1553==
Name 	Entered office	Left office 	Notes
The Duke of Suffolk 	1530 	14 August 1545	                                        
The Lord St John later The Earl of Wiltshire 	January 1546 	February 1550 	
The Earl of Warwick later The Duke of Northumberland	February 1550 	July 1553 	
==Lord Presidents of the Council, 1621-1631==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Notes
The Viscount Mandeville later The Earl of Manchester	September 1621 	July 1628 	                                
The Earl of Marlborough 	July 1628 	14 December 1628	
The Viscount Conway 	14 December 1628	3 January 1631 	
==Lord Presidents of the Council, 1679-present==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Earl of Shaftesbury 	21 April 1679 	15 October 1679 	Whig 	
The Earl of Radnor 	24 October 1679 	24 August 1684 	Tory 	
The Earl of Rochester 	24 August 1684 	18 February 1685 	Tory 	
The Marquess of Halifax 	18 February 1685 	4 December 1685 	Tory 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	4 December 1685 	28 October 1688 	Tory 	
The Earl of Danby later The Marquess of Carmarthen later The Duke of Leeds	14 February 1689 	18 May 1699 	Tory 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	18 May 1699 	29 January 1702 	Tory 	
The Duke of Somerset 	29 January 1702 	13 July 1702 	Whig 	
The Earl of Pembroke 	13 July 1702 	25 November 1708 	Tory 	
The Lord Somers 	25 November 1708 	21 September 1710	Whig 	
The Earl of Rochester 	21 September 1710	13 June 1711 	Tory 	
The Duke of Buckingham 	13 June 1711 	23 September 1714	Tory 	
The Earl of Nottingham 	23 September 1714	6 July 1716 	Tory 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	6 July 1716 	16 March 1718 	Whig 	
The Earl of Sunderland 	16 March 1718 	6 February 1719 	Whig 	
The Duke of Kingston 	6 February 1719 	11 June 1720 	Whig 	
The Viscount Townshend 	11 June 1720 	25 June 1721 	Whig 	
The Lord Carleton 	25 June 1721 	27 March 1725 	Whig 	
The Duke of Devonshire 	27 March 1725 	8 May 1730 	Whig 	
The Lord Trevor 	8 May 1730 	19 June 1730 	Whig 	
The Earl of Wilmington 	31 December 1730 	13 February 1742 	Whig 	
The Earl of Harrington 	13 February 1742 	3 January 1745 	Whig 	
The Duke of Dorset 	3 January 1745 	17 June 1751 	Whig 	
The Earl Granville 	17 June 1751 	2 January 1763 	Whig 	
The Duke of Bedford 	9 September 1763 	12 July 1765 	Whig 	
The Earl of Winchilsea 	12 July 1765 	30 July 1766 	Whig 	
The Earl of Northington 	30 July 1766 	22 December 1767 	Whig 	
The Earl Gower 	22 December 1767 	24 November 1779 	Tory 	
The Earl Bathurst 	24 November 1779 	27 March 1782 	Tory 	
The Earl Camden 	27 March 1782 	2 April 1783 	Whig 	
The Viscount Stormont 	2 April 1783 	19 December 1783 	Tory 	
The Earl Gower 	19 December 1783 	1 December 1784 	Tory 	
The Earl Camden 	1 December 1784 	18 April 1794 	Tory 	
The Earl Fitzwilliam 	1 July 1794 	17 December 1794 	Portland Whig 	
The Earl of Mansfield 	17 December 1794 	21 September 1796	Portland Whig 	
The Earl of Chatham 	21 September 1796	30 July 1801 	Tory 	
The Duke of Portland 	30 July 1801 	14 January 1805 	Tory 	
The Viscount Sidmouth 	14 January 1805 	10 July 1805 	Tory 	
The Earl Camden 	10 July 1805 	19 February 1806 	Tory 	
The Earl Fitzwilliam 	19 February 1806 	8 October 1806 	Whig 	
The Viscount Sidmouth 	8 October 1806 	25 March 1807 	Tory 	
The Earl Camden 	26 March 1807 	8 April 1812 	Tory 	
The Viscount Sidmouth 	8 April 1812 	11 June 1812 	Tory 	
The Earl of Harrowby 	11 June 1812 	17 August 1827 	Tory 	
The Duke of Portland 	17 August 1827 	28 January 1828 	Tory 	
The Earl Bathurst 	28 January 1828 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	22 November 1830 	15 November 1834 	Whig 	
The Earl of Rosslyn 	15 December 1834 	18 April 1835 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	18 April 1835 	3 September 1841 	Whig 	
The Lord Wharncliffe 	3 September 1841 	19 December 1845 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Buccleuch 	21 January 1846 	6 July 1846 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Lansdowne 	6 July 1846 	27 February 1852 	Whig 	
The Earl of Lonsdale 	27 February 1852 	28 December 1852 	Conservative 	
The Earl Granville 	28 December 1852 	12 June 1854 	Whig 	
Lord John Russell 	12 June 1854 	8 February 1855 	Whig 	
The Earl Granville 	8 February 1855 	26 February 1858 	Whig 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	26 February 1858 	18 June 1859 	Conservative 	
The Earl Granville 	18 June 1859 	6 July 1866 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Buckingham 	6 July 1866 	8 March 1867 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Marlborough 	8 March 1867 	9 December 1868 	Conservative 	
The Earl de Grey later The Marquess of Ripon 	9 December 1868 	9 August 1873 	Liberal 	
The Lord Aberdare 	9 August 1873 	21 February 1874 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Richmond 	21 February 1874 	28 April 1880 	Conservative 	
The Earl Spencer 	28 April 1880 	19 March 1883 	Liberal 	
The Lord Carlingford 	19 March 1883 	24 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Cranbrook 	24 June 1885 	6 February 1886 	Conservative 	
The Earl Spencer 	6 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Cranbrook 	3 August 1886 	18 August 1892 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Kimberley 	18 August 1892 	10 March 1894 	Liberal 	
The Earl of Rosebery 	10 March 1894 	29 June 1895 	Liberal 	also First Lord of the Treasury
The Duke of Devonshire 	29 June 1895 	19 October 1903 	Liberal Unionist	
The Marquess of Londonderry 	19 October 1903 	5 December 1905 	Unionist 	
The Earl of Crewe 	11 December 1905 	16 April 1908 	Liberal 	
The Lord Tweedmouth 	16 April 1908 	19 October 1908 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Wolverhampton 	19 October 1908 	21 June 1910 	Liberal 	
The Earl Beauchamp 	21 June 1910 	7 November 1910 	Liberal 	
The Viscount Morley of Blackburn 	7 November 1910 	5 August 1914 	Liberal 	
The Earl Beauchamp 	5 August 1914 	25 May 1915 	Liberal 	
The Marquess of Crewe 	25 May 1915 	10 December 1916 	Liberal 	
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston 	10 December 1916 	23 October 1919 	Unionist 	
Arthur Balfour later The Earl of Balfour 	23 October 1919 	19 October 1922 	Unionist 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	24 October 1922 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
The Lord Parmoor 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 	6 November 1924 	27 April 1925 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Balfour 	27 April 1925 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
The Lord Parmoor 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Stanley Baldwin 	25 August 1931 	7 June 1935 	Conservative 	
Ramsay MacDonald 	7 June 1935 	28 May 1937 	National Labour 	
The Viscount Halifax 	28 May 1937 	9 March 1938 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Hailsham 	9 March 1938 	31 October 1938 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Runciman 	31 October 1938 	3 September 1939 	National Liberal	
The Earl Stanhope 	3 September 1939 	11 May 1940 	Conservative 	
Neville Chamberlain 	11 May 1940 	3 October 1940 	Conservative 	
Sir John Anderson 	3 October 1940 	24 September 1943	Non-party 	
Clement Attlee 	24 September 1943	23 May 1945 	Labour 	
The Lord Woolton 	25 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	Non-party 	
Herbert Morrison 	27 July 1945 	9 March 1951 	Labour 	
The Viscount Addison 	9 March 1951 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
The Lord Woolton 	28 October 1951 	25 November 1952 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	25 November 1952 	29 March 1957 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Home 	29 March 1957 	17 September 1957	Conservative 	
The Viscount Hailsham 	17 September 1957	14 October 1959 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Home 	14 October 1959 	27 July 1960 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Hailsham 	27 July 1960 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	
Herbert Bowden 	16 October 1964 	11 August 1966 	Labour 	
Richard Crossman 	11 August 1966 	18 October 1968 	Labour 	
Fred Peart 	18 October 1968 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	
William Whitelaw 	20 June 1970 	7 April 1972 	Conservative 	
Robert Carr 	7 April 1972 	5 November 1972 	Conservative 	
James Prior 	5 November 1972 	4 March 1974 	Conservative 	
Edward Short 	5 March 1974 	8 April 1976 	Labour 	
Michael Foot 	8 April 1976 	4 May 1979 	Labour 	
The Lord Soames 	5 May 1979 	14 September 1981	Conservative 	
Francis Pym 	14 September 1981	7 April 1982 	Conservative 	
John Biffen 	7 April 1982 	11 June 1983 	Conservative 	
The Viscount Whitelaw 	11 June 1983 	10 January 1988 	Conservative 	
John Wakeham 	10 January 1988 	24 July 1989 	Conservative 	
Sir Geoffrey Howe 	24 July 1989 	1 November 1990 	Conservative 	
John MacGregor 	2 November 1990 	10 April 1992 	Conservative 	
Tony Newton 	10 April 1992 	2 May 1997 	Conservative 	
Ann Taylor 	3 May 1997 	27 July 1998 	Labour 	
Margaret Beckett 	27 July 1998 	8 June 2001 	Labour 	
Robin Cook 	8 June 2001 	18 March 2003 	Labour 	
John Reid 	4 April 2003 	13 June 2003 	Labour 	
The Lord Williams of Mostyn 	13 June 2003 	20 September 2003	Labour 	
The Baroness Amos 	6 October 2003 	27 June 2007 	Labour 	
The Baroness Ashton of Upholland 	28 June 2007 	3 October 2008 	Labour 	
The Baroness Royall of Blaisdon 	3 October 2008 	5 June 2009 	Labour 	
The Lord Mandelson 	5 June 2009 	11 May 2010 	Labour 	
Nick Clegg 	11 May 2010 	8 May 2015 	Liberal Democrat	
Chris Grayling 	8 May 2015 	 	Conservative