Secretary of State for Scotland

==Secretaries of State for Scotland, 1707-1746==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party	Notes
The Earl of Mar 	1707 	3 February 1709 	 	
The Duke of Queensberry 	3 February 1709 	6 July 1711 	 	
vacant 	6 July 1711 	30 September 1713	 	
The Earl of Mar 	30 September 1713	24 September 1714	 	
The Duke of Montrose 	24 September 1714	August 1715 	 	
vacant 	August 1715 	13 December 1716 	 	
The Duke of Roxburghe 	13 December 1716 	August 1725 	 	
vacant 	August 1725 	16 February 1742 	 	
The Marquess of Tweeddale	16 February 1742 	3 January 1746 	 	
==Secretaries of State for Scotland, 1926-present==
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Sir John Gilmour 	15 July 1926 	4 June 1929 	Conservative 	
William Adamson 	7 June 1929 	24 August 1931 	Labour 	
Sir Archibald Sinclair	25 August 1931 	28 September 1932	Liberal 	
Sir Godfrey Collins 	28 September 1932	29 October 1936 	National Liberal	
Walter Elliot 	29 October 1936 	16 May 1938 	Conservative 	
John Colville 	16 May 1938 	10 May 1940 	Conservative 	
Ernest Brown 	14 May 1940 	8 February 1941 	National Liberal	
Thomas Johnston 	8 February 1941 	23 May 1945 	Labour 	
The Earl of Rosebery 	23 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	National Liberal	
Joseph Westwood 	3 August 1945 	7 October 1947 	Labour 	
Arthur Woodburn 	7 October 1947 	28 February 1950 	Labour 	
Hector McNeil 	28 February 1950 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
James Stuart 	30 October 1951 	13 January 1957 	Conservative 	
John Maclay 	13 January 1957 	13 July 1962 	Conservative 	
Michael Noble 	13 July 1962 	16 October 1964 	Conservative 	
Willie Ross 	16 October 1964 	19 June 1970 	Labour 	
Gordon Campbell 	19 June 1970 	4 March 1974 	Conservative 	
Willie Ross 	4 March 1974 	8 April 1976 	Labour 	
Bruce Millan 	8 April 1976 	4 May 1979 	Labour 	
George Younger 	5 May 1979 	11 January 1986 	Conservative 	
Malcolm Rifkind 	11 January 1986 	28 November 1990 	Conservative 	
Ian Lang 	28 November 1990 	5 July 1995 	Conservative 	
Michael Forsyth 	5 July 1995 	2 May 1997 	Conservative 	
Donald Dewar 	3 May 1997 	17 May 1999 	Labour 	
John Reid 	17 May 1999 	25 January 2001 	Labour 	
Helen Liddell 	25 January 2001 	13 June 2003 	Labour 	
Alistair Darling 	13 June 2003 	current incumbent	Labour