主席医務官
イギリスにおけるCMOは、ビクトリア時代にコレラ伝染病予防のために設置された。
Sir John Simon (1855–1876)
Dr Edward Cator Seaton (1876–1879)
Sir George Buchanan (physician)|George Buchanan (1879–1892)
Sir Richard Thorne Thorne (1892–1899)
Sir William Henry Power (1900–1908)
Sir Arthur Newsholme (1908–1919)
Sir George Newman (doctor)|George Newman (1919–1935)
Sir Arthur MacNalty (1935–1940), also, an acclaimed and still relevant Historian
Sir Wilson Jameson (1940–1950)
Sir John Charles (doctor)|John Charles (1950–1960)
Sir George Godber (1960–1973)
Sir Henry Yellowlees (1973–1984)
Sir Donald Acheson (1984–1991)
Sir Kenneth Calman (1991–1998)
Sir Liam Donaldson (1998–31 May 2010)
Professor Dame Sally Davies (doctor)|Sally Davies (from 1 June 2010)