President of the Board of Trade

==First Lords of Trade, 1695-1782==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party	Notes
The Earl of Bridgwater 	16 December 1695 	9 June 1699 	Whig 	
The Earl of Stamford 	9 June 1699 	8 January 1702 	Whig 	
The Viscount Weymouth 	8 January 1702 	1705 	Tory 	
The Earl of Stamford 	1705 	12 June 1711 	Whig 	
The Earl of Winchilsea 	12 June 1711 	15 September 1713	Tory 	
The Lord Guilford 	15 September 1713	September 1714 	Tory 	
The Lord Berkeley 	September 1714 	12 May 1715 	Whig 	
The Earl of Suffolk 	12 May 1715 	31 January 1718 	Whig 	
The Earl of Holdernesse 	31 January 1718 	11 May 1719 	Whig 	
The Earl of Westmorland 	11 May 1719 	May 1735 	Whig 	
The Earl Fitzwalter 	May 1735 	June 1737 	Whig 	
The Lord Monson 	June 1737 	1 November 1748 	Whig 	
The Earl of Halifax 	1 November 1748 	21 March 1761 	Whig 	
The Lord Sandys 	21 March 1761 	1 March 1763 	Whig 	
Charles Townshend 	1 March 1763 	20 April 1763 	Whig 	
The Earl of Shelburne 	20 April 1763 	9 September 1763 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hillsborough	9 September 1763 	20 July 1765 	Whig 	
The Earl of Dartmouth 	20 July 1765 	16 August 1766 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hillsborough	16 August 1766 	December 1766 	Whig 	
The Viscount Nugent 	December 1766 	20 January 1768 	Whig 	
The Earl of Hillsborough	20 January 1768 	31 August 1772 	Tory 	also Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Earl of Dartmouth 	31 August 1772 	10 November 1775 	Tory 	also Secretary of State for the Colonies
Lord George Germain 	10 November 1775 	6 November 1779 	Tory 	also Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Earl of Carlisle 	6 November 1779 	9 December 1780 	Tory 	
The Lord Grantham 	9 December 1780 	11 July 1782 	 	
==Presidents of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations, 1784-1786==
Name 	Entered office	Left office 	Party	Notes
The Lord Sydney	5 March 1784 	23 August 1786	Tory 	also Secretary of State for the Home Department
==Presidents of the Board of Trade, 1786-1963==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
The Lord Hawkesburyfrom 1796, the Earl of Liverpool 	23 August 1786 	7 June 1804 	Tory 	also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Duke of Montrose 	7 June 1804 	5 February 1806 	Tory 	also Postmaster-General
The Lord Auckland 	5 February 1806 	31 March 1807 	Whig 	
The Earl Bathurst 	31 March 1807 	29 September 1812	Tory 	also Master of the Mint, 1807-1812, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1809, and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies from June 1812
The Earl of Clancarty 	29 September 1812	24 January 1818 	Tory 	also Master of the Mint
Frederick Robinson 	24 January 1818 	21 February 1823 	Tory 	also Treasurer of the Navy
William Huskisson 	21 February 1823 	4 September 1827 	Tory 	also Treasurer of the Navy
Charles Grant 	4 September 1827 	11 June 1828 	Tory 	also Treasurer of the Navy
William Vesey Fitzgerald 	11 June 1828 	2 February 1830 	Tory 	also Treasurer of the Navy
John Herries 	2 February 1830 	22 November 1830 	Tory 	also Master of the Mint
The Lord Auckland 	22 November 1830 	5 June 1834 	Whig 	also Master of the Mint
Charles Poulett Thomson 	5 June 1834 	14 November 1834 	Whig 	also Treasurer of the Navy
Alexander Baring 	15 December 1834 	8 April 1835 	Tory 	also Master of the Mint
Charles Poulett Thomson 	18 April 1835 	29 August 1839 	Whig 	
Henry Labouchere 	29 August 1839 	30 August 1841 	Whig 	also Master of the Mint
The Earl of Ripon 	3 September 1841 	15 May 1843 	Conservative 	
William Gladstone 	15 May 1843 	5 February 1845 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Dalhousie 	5 February 1845 	27 June 1846 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Clarendon 	6 July 1846 	22 July 1847 	Whig 	
Henry Labouchere 	22 July 1847 	21 February 1852 	Whig 	
Joseph Warner Henley 	27 February 1852 	17 December 1852 	Conservative 	
Edward Cardwell 	28 December 1852 	31 March 1855 	Peelite 	
The Lord Stanley of Alderley 	31 March 1855 	21 February 1858 	Whig 	
Joseph Warner Henley 	26 February 1858 	3 March 1859 	Conservative 	
The Earl of Donoughmore 	3 March 1859 	11 June 1859 	Conservative 	
Thomas Milner Gibson 	6 July 1859 	26 June 1866 	Liberal 	
Sir Stafford Northcote 	6 July 1866 	8 March 1867 	Conservative 	
The Duke of Richmond 	8 March 1867 	1 December 1868 	Conservative 	
John Bright 	9 December 1868 	14 January 1871 	Liberal 	
Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue 	14 January 1871 	17 February 1874 	Liberal 	
Sir Charles Adderley 	21 February 1874 	4 April 1878 	Conservative 	
Viscount Sandon 	4 April 1878 	21 April 1880 	Conservative 	
Joseph Chamberlain 	3 May 1880 	9 June 1885 	Liberal 	
The Duke of Richmond 	24 June 1885 	19 August 1885 	Conservative 	
Edward Stanhope 	19 August 1885 	28 January 1886 	Conservative 	
Anthony Mundella 	17 February 1886 	20 July 1886 	Liberal 	
The Lord Stanley of Preston 	3 August 1886 	21 February 1888 	Conservative 	
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach 	21 February 1888 	11 August 1892 	Conservative 	
Anthony Mundella 	18 August 1892 	28 May 1894 	Liberal 	
James Bryce 	28 May 1894 	21 June 1895 	Liberal 	
Charles Ritchie 	29 June 1895 	7 November 1900 	Conservative 	
Gerald Balfour 	7 November 1900 	12 March 1905 	Conservative 	
The Marquess of Salisbury 	12 March 1905 	4 December 1905 	Conservative 	
David Lloyd George 	10 December 1905 	12 April 1908 	Liberal 	
Winston Churchill 	12 April 1908 	14 February 1910 	Liberal 	
Sydney Buxton 	14 February 1910 	11 February 1914 	Liberal 	
John Burns 	11 February 1914 	5 August 1914 	Liberal 	
Walter Runciman 	5 August 1914 	5 December 1916 	Liberal 	
Sir Albert Stanley 	10 December 1916 	26 May 1919 	Liberal 	
Sir Auckland Geddes 	26 May 1919 	19 March 1920 	Conservative 	
Sir Robert Horne 	19 March 1920 	1 April 1921 	Conservative 	
Stanley Baldwin 	1 April 1921 	19 October 1922 	Conservative 	
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame 	24 October 1922 	22 January 1924 	Conservative 	
Sidney Webb 	22 January 1924 	3 November 1924 	Labour 	
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greamefrom 1924, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister	6 November 1924 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
William Graham 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister 	25 August 1931 	5 November 1931 	Conservative 	
Walter Runciman 	5 November 1931 	28 May 1937 	National Liberal 	
Oliver Stanley 	28 May 1937 	5 January 1940 	Conservative 	
Sir Andrew Duncan 	5 January 1940 	3 October 1940 	National Liberal 	
Oliver Lyttelton 	3 October 1940 	29 June 1941 	Conservative 	
Sir Andrew Duncan 	29 June 1941 	4 February 1942 	National Liberal 	
John Llewellin 	4 February 1942 	22 February 1942 	Conservative 	
Hugh Dalton 	22 February 1942 	23 May 1945 	Labour 	
Oliver Lyttelton 	23 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	Conservative 	
Sir Stafford Cripps 	27 July 1945 	29 September 1947	Labour 	
Harold Wilson 	29 September 1947	23 April 1951 	Labour 	
Sir Hartley Shawcross 	23 April 1951 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
Peter Thorneycroft 	30 October 1951 	13 January 1957 	Conservative 	
Sir David Eccles 	13 January 1957 	14 October 1959 	Conservative 	
Reginald Maudling 	14 October 1959 	9 October 1961 	Conservative 	
Fred Erroll 	9 October 1961 	20 October 1963 	Conservative 	
Edward Heath 	20 October 1963 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development
Douglas Jay 	18 October 1964 	29 August 1967 	Labour 	
Anthony Crosland 	29 August 1967 	6 October 1969 	Labour 	
Roy Mason 	6 October 1969 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	
Michael Noble 	19 June 1970 	15 October 1970 	Conservative 	
John Davies 	15 October 1970 	5 November 1972 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Peter Walker 	5 November 1972 	4 March 1974 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Peter Shore 	5 March 1974 	8 April 1976 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade
Edmund Dell 	8 April 1976 	11 November 1978 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade
John Smith 	11 November 1978 	4 May 1979 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade
John Nott 	5 May 1979 	5 January 1981 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade
John Biffen 	5 January 1981 	6 April 1982 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade
The Lord Cockfield 	6 April 1982 	12 June 1983 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade
Cecil Parkinson 	12 June 1983 	11 October 1983 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Norman Tebbit 	16 October 1983 	2 September 1985 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Leon Brittan 	2 September 1985 	22 January 1986 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Paul Channon 	24 January 1986 	13 June 1987 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
The Lord Young of Graffham 	13 June 1987 	24 July 1989 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Nicholas Ridley 	24 July 1989 	13 July 1990 	Conservative 	
also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Peter Lilley 	13 July 1990 	10 April 1992 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Michael Heseltine 	10 April 1992 	5 July 1995 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Ian Lang 	5 July 1995 	2 May 1997 	Conservative 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Margaret Beckett 	2 May 1997 	27 July 1998 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Peter Mandelson 	27 July 1998 	23 December 1998 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Stephen Byers 	23 December 1998 	8 June 2001 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Patricia Hewitt 	8 June 2001 	6 May 2005 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Alan Johnson 	6 May 2005 	5 May 2006 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
Alistair Darling 	5 May 2006 	27 June 2007 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
John Hutton 	28 June 2007 	3 October 2008 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
The Lord Mandelson 	3 October 2008 	11 May 2010 	Labour 	also Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to 5 June 2009; then Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Vince Cable 	12 May 2010 	 	Liberal Democrats	also Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills