President of the Board of Health (1848–1858)
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Name
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Portrait
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
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As First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
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rowspan=5 style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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Lord John Russell
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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The Earl of Carlisle
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1848
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17 April 1849
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Whig
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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Lord Seymour
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17 April 1849
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1 August 1851
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Whig
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As First Commissioner of Works
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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Lord Seymour
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1 August 1851
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21 February 1852
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Whig
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Lord John Manners
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4 March 1852
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17 December 1852
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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The Earl of Derby
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style="background-color: Template:Radicals (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir William Molesworth, Bt
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5 January 1853
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14 October 1854
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Radical
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" |
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The Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
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President of the Board of Health
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt
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14 October 1854
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13 August 1855
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Whig
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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William Cowper
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13 August 1855
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9 February 1857
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Whig
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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The Viscount Palmerston
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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William Monsell
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9 February 1857
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24 September 1857
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Whig
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style="background-color: Template:Whig (British political party)/meta/color" |
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William Cowper
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24 September 1857
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21 February 1858
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Whig
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Charles Adderley
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8 March 1858
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1 September 1858
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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The Earl of Derby
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Board of Health abolished in 1858; responsibilities transferred to the Privy Council (1858–1871), then the Local Government Board (1871–1919).
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Minister of Health (1919–1968)
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Name
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Portrait
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Dr Christopher Addison
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24 June 1919
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1 April 1921
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Liberal
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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David Lloyd George (Coalition)
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style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Alfred Mond, Bt
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1 April 1921
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19 October 1922
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Liberal
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
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24 October 1922
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7 March 1923 (Lost seat 1922)
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" |
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Bonar Law
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Neville Chamberlain
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File:Neville chamberlain1921.jpg
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7 March 1923
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27 August 1923
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Stanley Baldwin
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt
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27 August 1923
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22 January 1924
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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John Wheatley
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22 January 1924
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3 November 1924
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Ramsay MacDonald
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Neville Chamberlain
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File:Neville chamberlain1921.jpg
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6 November 1924
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4 June 1929
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Stanley Baldwin
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Arthur Greenwood
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File:ArthurGreenwood2.jpg
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7 June 1929
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24 August 1931
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Ramsay MacDonald
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Neville Chamberlain
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File:Neville chamberlain1921.jpg
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25 August 1931
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5 November 1931
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:National Labour Organisation/meta/color" |
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Ramsay MacDonald (1st National Min.; 2nd National Min.)
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Hilton Young
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5 November 1931
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7 June 1935
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Kingsley Wood
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7 June 1935
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16 May 1938
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Stanley Baldwin (3rd National Min.)
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Neville Chamberlain (4th National Min.; War Coalition)
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" |
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Dr Walter Elliot
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16 May 1938
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13 May 1940
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Unionist
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style="background-color: Template:National Labour Organisation/meta/color" |
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Malcolm MacDonald
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13 May 1940
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8 February 1941
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National Labour
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
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style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" |
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Ernest Brown
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8 February 1941
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11 November 1943
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National Liberal
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Henry Willink
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File:Henry Wilink MP.jpg
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11 November 1943
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26 July 1945
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Aneurin Bevan
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3 August 1945
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17 January 1951
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Labour
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Clement Attlee
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Hilary Marquand
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17 January 1951
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26 October 1951
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Harry Crookshank
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30 October 1951
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7 May 1952
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Winston Churchill
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Iain Macleod
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7 May 1952
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20 December 1955
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Anthony Eden
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Robin Turton
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20 December 1955
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16 January 1957
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Dennis Vosper
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16 January 1957
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17 September 1957
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Conservative
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Harold Macmillan
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Derek Walker-Smith
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17 September 1957
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27 July 1960
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Enoch Powell
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27 July 1960
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20 October 1963
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Anthony Barber
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20 October 1963
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16 October 1964
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Scottish Unionist Party/meta/color" |
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Sir Alec Douglas-Home
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Kenneth Robinson
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18 October 1964
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1 November 1968
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Harold Wilson
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Post merged with Ministry for Social Security in 1968.
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Services (1968–1988)
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Name
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Portrait
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Richard Crossman
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1 November 1968
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19 June 1970
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Harold Wilson
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Sir Keith Joseph
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20 June 1970
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4 March 1974
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Edward Heath
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Barbara Castle
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5 March 1974
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8 April 1976
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Harold Wilson
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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David Ennals
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8 April 1976
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4 May 1979
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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James Callaghan
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Patrick Jenkin
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5 May 1979
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14 September 1981
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Conservative
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Margaret Thatcher
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Norman Fowler
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14 September 1981
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13 June 1987
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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John Moore
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13 June 1987
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25 July 1988
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Conservative
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Post split into Secretary of State for Social Security and Secretary of State for Health in 1988.
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Secretary of State for Health (1988–2018)
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Name
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Portrait
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Kenneth Clarke
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25 July 1988
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2 November 1990
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Margaret Thatcher
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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William Waldegrave
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2 November 1990
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10 April 1992
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Conservative
|
rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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John Major
|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Virginia Bottomley
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10 April 1992
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5 July 1995
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Stephen Dorrell
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5 July 1995
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2 May 1997
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Conservative
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Frank Dobson
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3 May 1997
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11 October 1999
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Labour
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rowspan=4 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Tony Blair
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Alan Milburn
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11 October 1999
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13 June 2003
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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John Reid
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13 June 2003
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6 May 2005
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Patricia Hewitt
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6 May 2005
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27 June 2007
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Labour
|
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Alan Johnson
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28 June 2007
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5 June 2009
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Labour
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Gordon Brown
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Andy Burnham
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5 June 2009
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11 May 2010
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Labour
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Andrew Lansley
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11 May 2010
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4 September 2012
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Conservative
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rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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David Cameron (Coalition)
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rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Jeremy Hunt
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|
4 September 2012
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8 January 2018
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Conservative
|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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David Cameron (II)
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style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Theresa May (I·II)
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Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (2018-present)
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Name
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Portrait
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Term of office
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Political party
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Prime Minister
|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Jeremy Hunt
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|
8 January 2018
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9 July 2018
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Conservative
|
rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Theresa May
|
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" |
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Matt Hancock
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9 July 2018
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Incumbent
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Conservative
|