User:WilliamF1two/Great offices of state

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Date Prime Minister Chancellor Home Secretary Foreign Secretary
13 Nov 2023 Rishi Sunak Jeremy Hunt James Cleverly David Cameron
25 Oct 2022 Suella Braverman James Cleverly
19 Oct 2022 Liz Truss Grant Shapps
14 Oct 2022 Suella Braverman
6 Sep 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng
5 Jul 2022 Boris Johnson Nadhim Zahawi Priti Patel Liz Truss
15 Sep 2021 Rishi Sunak
13 Feb 2020 Dominic Raab
24 Jul 2019 Sajid Javid
30 Jul 2018 Theresa May Philip Hammond Sajid Javid Jeremy Hunt
30 Apr 2018 Boris Johnson
13 Jul 2016 Amber Rudd
15 Jul 2014 David Cameron George Osborne Theresa May Philip Hammond
11 May 2010 William Hague
5 Jun 2009 Gordon Brown Alistair Darling Alan Johnson David Miliband
27 Jun 2007 Jacqui Smith
5 May 2006 Tony Blair Gordon Brown John Reid Margaret Beckett
15 Dec 2004 Charles Clarke Jack Straw
8 Jun 2001 David Blunkett
2 May 1997 Jack Straw Robin Cook
5 Jul 1995 John Major Kenneth Clarke Michael Howard Malcolm Rifkind
27 May 1993 Douglas Hurd
10 Apr 1992 Norman Lamont Kenneth Clarke
28 Nov 1990 Kenneth Baker
26 Oct 1989 Margaret Thatcher John Major David Waddington
24 Jul 1989 Nigel Lawson Douglas Hurd John Major
2 Sep 1985 Geoffrey Howe
11 Jun 1983 Leon Brittan
6 Apr 1982 Geoffrey Howe William Whitelaw Francis Pym
4 May 1979 Lord Carrington
21 Feb 1977 James Callaghan Denis Healey Merlyn Rees David Owen
10 Sep 1976 Anthony Crosland
5 Apr 1976 Roy Jenkins
4 Mar 1974 Harold Wilson James Callaghan
18 Jul 1972 Edward Heath Anthony Barber Robert Carr Alec Douglas-Home
25 Jul 1970 Reginald Maudling
19 Jun 1970 Iain Macleod
16 Mar 1968 Harold Wilson Roy Jenkins James Callaghan Michael Stewart
30 Nov 1967 George Brown
11 Aug 1966 James Callaghan Roy Jenkins
23 Dec 1965 Michael Stewart
22 Jan 1965 Frank Soskice
16 Oct 1964 Patrick Gordon Walker
19 Oct 1963 Alec Douglas-Home Reginald Maudling Henry Brooke Rab Butler
13 Jul 1962 Harold Macmillan Alec Douglas-Home
27 Jul 1960 Selwyn Lloyd Rab Butler
6 Jan 1958 Derick Heathcoat-Amory Selwyn Lloyd
10 Jan 1957 Peter Thorneycroft
20 Dec 1955 Anthony Eden Harold Macmillan Gwilym Lloyd George
6 Apr 1955 Rab Butler Harold Macmillan
19 Oct 1954 Winston Churchill Anthony Eden
26 Oct 1951 David Maxwell Fyfe
9 Mar 1951 Clement Attlee Hugh Gaitskell Chuter Ede Herbert Morrison
19 Oct 1950 Ernest Bevin
13 Nov 1947 Stafford Cripps
26 Jul 1945 Hugh Dalton
25 May 1945 Winston Churchill John Anderson Donald Somervell Anthony Eden
24 Sep 1943 Herbert Morrison
22 Dec 1940 Kingsley Wood
4 Oct 1940 Viscount Halifax
10 May 1940 John Anderson
4 Sep 1939 Neville Chamberlain John Simon
21 Feb 1938 Samuel Hoare
28 May 1937 Anthony Eden
22 Dec 1935 Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain John Simon
7 Jun 1935 Samuel Hoare
1 Oct 1932 Ramsay MacDonald John Gilmour John Simon
5 Nov 1931 Herbert Samuel
25 Aug 1931 Philip Snowden Marquess of Reading
5 Jun 1929 J. R. Clynes Arthur Henderson
4 Nov 1924 Stanley Baldwin Winston Churchill William Joynson-Hicks Austen Chamberlain
22 Jan 1924 Ramsay MacDonald Philip Snowden Arthur Henderson Ramsay MacDonald
22 May 1923 Stanley Baldwin Neville Chamberlain William Bridgeman Marquess Curzon
23 Oct 1922 Bonar Law Stanley Baldwin
1 Apr 1921 David Lloyd George Robert Horne Edward Shortt
23 Oct 1919 Austen Chamberlain
10 Jan 1919 Arthur Balfour
6 Dec 1916 Bonar Law George Cave
12 Jan 1916 H. H. Asquith Reginald McKenna Herbert Samuel Edward Grey
27 May 1915 John Simon
23 Oct 1911 David Lloyd George Reginald McKenna
19 Feb 1910 Winston Churchill
5 Apr 1908 Herbert Gladstone
5 Dec 1905 Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith
9 Oct 1903 Arthur Balfour Austen Chamberlain Aretas Akers-Douglas Marquess of Lansdowne
12 Jul 1902 Charles Ritchie
12 Nov 1900 Marquess of Salisbury Michael Hicks Beach Charles Ritchie
29 Jun 1895 Matthew White Ridley Marquess of Salisbury
5 Mar 1894 Earl of Rosebery William Harcourt H. H. Asquith Earl of Kimberley
15 Aug 1892 William Ewart Gladstone Earl of Rosebery
14 Jan 1887 Marquess of Salisbury George Goschen Henry Matthews Marquess of Salisbury
25 Jul 1886 Randolph Churchill Earl of Iddesleigh
1 Feb 1886 William Ewart Gladstone William Harcourt Hugh Childers Earl of Rosebery
23 Jun 1885 Marquess of Salisbury Michael Hicks Beach R. A. Cross Marquess of Salisbury
16 Dec 1882 William Ewart Gladstone Hugh Childers William Harcourt Earl Granville
23 Apr 1880 William Ewart Gladstone
2 Apr 1878 Benjamin Disraeli Stafford Northcote R. A. Cross Marquess of Salisbury
20 Feb 1874 15th Earl of Derby
11 Aug 1873 William Ewart Gladstone William Ewart Gladstone Robert Lowe Earl Granville
6 Jul 1870 Robert Lowe Henry Bruce
3 Dec 1868 Earl of Clarendon
27 Feb 1868 Benjamin Disraeli George Ward Hunt Gathorne Hardy Edward Stanley
17 May 1867 14th Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli
28 Jun 1866 Spencer Horatio Walpole
29 Oct 1865 Earl Russell William Ewart Gladstone George Grey Earl of Clarendon
25 Jul 1861 Viscount Palmerston Earl Russell
12 Jun 1859 George Cornewall Lewis
3 Mar 1859 14th Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt Earl of Malmesbury
20 Feb 1858 Spencer Horatio Walpole
6 Feb 1855 Viscount Palmerston George Cornewall Lewis George Grey Earl of Clarendon
21 Feb 1853 Earl of Aberdeen William Ewart Gladstone Viscount Palmerston
19 Dec 1852 John Russell
23 Feb 1852 14th Earl of Derby Benjamin Disraeli Spencer Horatio Walpole Earl of Malmesbury
26 Dec 1851 John Russell Charles Wood George Grey Earl Granville
30 Jun 1846 Viscount Palmerston
30 Aug 1841 Robert Peel Henry Goulburn James Graham Earl of Aberdeen
26 Aug 1839 Viscount Melbourne Francis Baring Marquess of Normanby Viscount Palmerston
18 Apr 1835 Thomas Spring Rice John Russell
10 Dec 1834 Robert Peel Robert Peel Henry Goulburn Duke of Wellington
17 Nov 1834 Duke of Wellington Lord Denman Duke of Wellington
16 Jul 1834 Viscount Melbourne John Spencer Viscount Duncannon Viscount Palmerston
22 Nov 1830 Earl Grey Viscount Melbourne
2 Jun 1828 Duke of Wellington Henry Goulburn Robert Peel Earl of Aberdeen
22 Jan 1828 Earl of Dudley
31 Aug 1827 Viscount Goderich John Charles Herries 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
8 Aug 1827 Lord Tenterden
16 Jul 1827 George Canning George Canning
12 Apr 1827 William Sturges Bourne
31 Jan 1823 Earl of Liverpool F. J. Robinson Robert Peel George Canning
13 Sep 1822 Nicholas Vansittart
17 Jan 1822 Robert Stewart
12 May 1812 Viscount Sidmouth
6 Dec 1809 Spencer Perceval Spencer Perceval Richard Ryder Marquess Wellesley
4 Oct 1809 Earl Bathurst
25 Mar 1807 Duke of Portland Earl of Liverpool George Canning
24 Sep 1806 Lord Grenville Henry Petty Earl Spencer Viscount Howick
11 Feb 1806 Charles James Fox
11 Jan 1805 William Pitt William Pitt Lord Hawkesbury Lord Mulgrave
10 May 1804 Lord Harrowby
17 Aug 1803 Henry Addington Henry Addington Charles Philip Yorke Lord Hawkesbury
17 Mar 1801 Lord Pelham
1 Jan 1801 William Pitt William Pitt Duke of Portland Lord Grenville
Name Office Tenure Subsequent
Boris Johnson Foreign Secretary 2016–18
Amber Rudd Home Secretary 2016–18 Work and Pensions (2018–)
George Osborne Chancellor 2010–16
David Cameron Prime Minister 2010–16
William Hague Foreign Secretary 2010–14 Leader of the House (2014–15)
David Miliband Foreign Secretary 2007–10 Shadow Foreign Secretary (2010)
Alan Johnson Home Secretary 2009–10 Shadow Chancellor (2010–11)
Shadow Home Secretary (2010)
Alistair Darling Chancellor 2007–10
Gordon Brown Prime Minister
Chancellor
2007–10
1997–07
Jacqui Smith Home Secretary 2007–09
Margaret Beckett Foreign Secretary 2006–07 Housing and Planning (2008–09)
John Reid Home Secretary 2006–07
Tony Blair Prime Minister 1997–07
Jack Straw Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
2001–06
1997–01
Shadow Justice Secretary (2010)
Justice Secretary (2007–10)
Leader of the House (2006–07)
Charles Clarke Home Secretary 2004–06
David Blunkett Home Secretary 2001–04 Work and Pensions (2005)
Robin Cook Foreign Secretary 1997–01 Leader of the House (2001–03)
Malcolm Rifkind Foreign Secretary 1995–97 Shadow Work and Pensions (2005)
Michael Howard Home Secretary 1993–97 Leader of the Opposition (2003–05)
Shadow Chancellor (2001–03)
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1997–99)
Shadow Home Secretary (1997)
Kenneth Clarke Chancellor
Home Secretary
1993–97
1992–93
Minister without Portfolio (2012–14)
Justice Secretary (2010–12)
Shadow Business Secretary (2009–10)
Shadow Chancellor (1997)
John Major Prime Minister
Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
1990–97
1989–90
1989
Leader of the Opposition (1997)
Douglas Hurd Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
1989–95
1985–89
Norman Lamont Chancellor 1990–93
Kenneth Baker Home Secretary 1990–92
David Waddington Home Secretary 1989–90 Leader of the House (1990–92)
Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister 1979–90
Nigel Lawson Chancellor 1983–89
Geoffrey Howe Foreign Secretary
Chancellor
1983–89
1979–83
Leader of the House (1989–90)
Leon Brittan Home Secretary 1983–85 Trade and Industry (1985–86)
Francis Pym Foreign Secretary 1982–83
William Whitelaw Home Secretary 1979–83 Leader of the Lords (1983–88)
Lord Carrington Foreign Secretary 1979–82
David Owen Foreign Secretary 1977–79 Shadow Energy Secretary (1979–80)
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1979)
Merlyn Rees Home Secretary 1976–79 Shadow Energy Secretary (1980–82)
Shadow Home Secretary (1979–80)
Denis Healey Chancellor 1974–79 Shadow Foreign Secretary (1980–87)
Shadow Chancellor (1979–80)
James Callaghan Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
Chancellor
1976–79
1974–76
1967–70
1964–67
Leader of the Opposition (1979–80)
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1972–74)
Shadow Employment Secretary (1971–72)
Shadow Home Secretary (1970–71)
Anthony Crosland Foreign Secretary 1976–77
Roy Jenkins Home Secretary
Chancellor
Home Secretary
1974–76
1967–70
1965–67
Shadow Home Secretary (1973–74)
Shadow Chancellor (1970–72)
Harold Wilson Prime Minister 1974–76
1964–70
Leader of the Opposition (1970–74)
Alec Douglas-Home Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
1970–74
1963–64
1960–63
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1966–70)
Leader of the Opposition (1964–65)
Robert Carr Home Secretary 1972–74 Shadow Chancellor (1974–75)
Anthony Barber Chancellor 1970–74
Edward Heath Prime Minister 1970–74 Leader of the Opposition (1974–75)
Reginald Maudling Home Secretary
Chancellor
1970–72
1962–64
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1965, 1975–76)
Shadow Defence Secretary (1968–69)
Shadow Chancellor (1964–65)
Iain Macleod Chancellor 1970
Michael Stewart Foreign Secretary 1968–70
1965–66
First Secretary of State (1966–68)
George Brown Foreign Secretary 1966–68
Frank Soskice Home Secretary 1964–65 Lord Privy Seal (1965–66)
Patrick Gordon Walker Foreign Secretary 1964–65 Education and Science (1967–68)
Minister without Portfolio (1966–67)
Rab Butler Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
Chancellor
1963–64
1957–62
1951–55
Shadow Foreign Secretary (1964–65)
Deputy Prime Minister (1962–63)
Leader of the House (1955–61)
Henry Brooke Home Secretary 1962–64
Harold Macmillan Prime Minister
Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
1957–63
1955–57
1955
Selwyn Lloyd Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
1960–62
1955–60
Shadow Leader of the House (1964–65)
Leader of the House (1963–64)
Derick Heathcoat-Amory Chancellor 1958–60
Peter Thorneycroft Chancellor 1957–58 Shadow Home Secretary (1965–66)
Shadow Defence Secretary (1964–65)
Defence Secretary (1962–64)
Aviation Minister (1962–64)
Gwilym Lloyd George Home Secretary 1954–57
Anthony Eden Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1955–57
1951–55
1940–45
1935–38
War Secretary (1940)
Dominion Affairs (1939–40)
Winston Churchill Prime Minister
Prime Minister
Chancellor
1951–55
1940–45
1924–29
Leader of the Opposition (1945–51)
First Lord of the Admiralty (1939–40)
Home Secretary 1910–11 Colonies Secretary (1921–22)
War Secretary (1919–21)
Munitions Minister (1917–19)
Duchy of Lancaster (1915)
First Lord of the Admiralty (1911–15)
David Maxwell Fyfe Home Secretary 1951–54 Lord High Chancellor (1954–61)
Herbert Morrison Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
1951
1940–45
Deputy Prime Minister (1945–51)
Chuter Ede Home Secretary 1945–51
Hugh Gaitskell Chancellor 1950–51 Leader of the Opposition (1955–63)
Shadow Chancellor (1951–55)
Clement Attlee Prime Minister 1945–51 Leader of the Opposition (1951–55)
Ernest Bevin Foreign Secretary 1945–51 Lord Privy Seal (1951)
Stafford Cripps Chancellor 1947–50
Hugh Dalton Chancellor 1945–47 Duchy of Lancaster (1948–50)
Donald Somervell Home Secretary 1945
John Anderson Chancellor
Home Secretary
1943–45
1939–40
Lord President of the Council (1940–43)
Kingsley Wood Chancellor 1940–43
Viscount Halifax Foreign Secretary 1938–40
John Simon Chancellor
Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
1937–40
1935–37
1931–35
1915–16
Lord High Chancellor (1940–45)
Neville Chamberlain Prime Minister
Chancellor
Chancellor
1937–40
1931–37
1923–24
Health Minister (1924–29, 1931)
Samuel Hoare Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1937–39
1935
Air Secretary (1940)
Lord Privy Seal (1939–40)
Stanley Baldwin
Prime Minister

Chancellor
1935–37
1924–29
1923–24
1922–23
Lord President of the Council (1931–35)
Leader of the Opposition (1924, 1929–31)
John Gilmour Home Secretary 1932–35
Ramsay MacDonald Prime Minister 1929–35 Lord President of the Council (1935–37)
1924
1924
Leader of the Opposition (1924–29)
Foreign Secretary
Herbert Samuel Home Secretary 1931–32
1916
Marquess of Reading Foreign Secretary 1931
Philip Snowden Chancellor 1929–31
1924
Arthur Henderson Foreign Secretary
Home Secretary
1929–31
1924
Leader of the Opposition (1931–32)
J. R. Clynes Home Secretary 1929–31
Austen Chamberlain Foreign Secretary
Chancellor
Chancellor
1924–29
1919–21
1903–05
First Lord of the Admiralty (1931)
Leader of the House (1921–22)
India Secretary (1915–17)
William Joynson-Hicks Home Secretary 1924–29
Marquess Curzon Foreign Secretary 1919–24 Leader of the House of Lords (1924–25)
William Bridgeman Home Secretary 1922–24
Bonar Law Prime Minister
Chancellor
1922–23
1916–19
Lord Privy Seal (1919–21)
Edward Shortt Home Secretary 1919–22
Robert Horne Chancellor 1921–22
David Lloyd George Prime Minister
Chancellor
1916–22
1908–15
War Secretary (1916)
Munitions Minister (1915–16)
Arthur Balfour Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
1916–19
1902–05
Lord President of the Council (1919–22, 1925–29)
First Lord of the Admiralty (1915–16)
Leader of the Opposition (1905–11)
George Cave Home Secretary 1916–19 Lord High Chancellor (1922–24, 1924–28)
Edward Grey Foreign Secretary 1905–16
Reginald McKenna Chancellor
Home Secretary
1915–16
1911–15
H. H. Asquith Prime Minister
Chancellor
Home Secretary
1908–16
1905–08
1892–95
Leader of the Opposition (1916–18, 1920–22)
Herbert Gladstone Home Secretary 1905–10
Henry Campbell-Bannerman Prime Minister 1905–08
5th Marquess of Lansdowne Foreign Secretary 1900–05
Aretas Akers-Douglas Home Secretary 1902–05
Charles Ritchie Chancellor
Home Secretary
1902–03
1900–02
Michael Hicks Beach Chancellor 1895–02
1885–86
President of the Board of Trade (1888–92)
Marquess of Salisbury Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1895–02
1895–00
1886–92
1887–92
1885–86
1885–86
1878–80
Leader of the Opposition (1892–95, 1886, 1881–85)
Matthew White Ridley Home Secretary 1895–00
Earl of Kimberley Foreign Secretary 1894–95
William Harcourt Chancellor
Chancellor
Home Secretary
1892–95
1886
1880–85
Leader of the Opposition (1896–98)
Earl of Rosebery Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1894–95
1892–94
1886
Leader of the Opposition (1895–96)
William Ewart Gladstone
Prime Minister

Chancellor
Prime Minister
Chancellor
Chancellor
1892–94
1886
1880–85
1880–82
1868–74
1873–74
1859–66
Chancellor 1852–55
Henry Matthews Home Secretary 1886–92
George Goschen Chancellor 1887–92
Earl of Iddesleigh
Stafford Northcote
Foreign Secretary
Chancellor
1886–87
1874–80
Randolph Churchill Chancellor 1886–87
Hugh Childers Home Secretary
Chancellor
1886
1882–85
R. A. Cross Home Secretary 1885–86
1874–80
Duchy of Lancaster (1895)
Earl Granville Foreign Secretary 1880–85
1870–74
1851–52
Lord President of the Council (1852–54, 1855–58, 1859–66)
Benjamin Disraeli Prime Minister
Prime Minister

Chancellor
1874–80
1868
1866–68
1858–59
1852
Leader of the Opposition (1868–74, 1880–81)
15th Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley
Foreign Secretary 1874–78
1866–68
Robert Lowe Home Secretary
Chancellor
1873–74
1868–73
Henry Bruce Home Secretary 1868–73 Lord President of the Council (1973–74)
Earl of Clarendon Foreign Secretary 1868–70
1865–66
1853–58
Duchy of Lancaster (1864–65)
Gathorne Hardy Home Secretary 1867–68 Duchy of Lancaster (1886)
Lord President of the Council (1885–86, 1886–92)
George Ward Hunt Chancellor 1868
14th Earl of Derby Prime Minister 1866–68
1858–59
1852
Leader of the Opposition (1859–66, 1852–58)
Spencer Horatio Walpole Home Secretary 1866–67
1858–59
1852
George Grey Home Secretary 1861–66
1855–58
Duchy of Lancaster (1859–61)
1846–52
Earl Russell
John Russell
Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
1865–66
1859–65
Leader of the Opposition (1866–68)
Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
Home Secretary
1852–53
1846–52
1835–39
Colonies Secretary (1855, 1839–41)
Lord President of the Council (1854–55)
Leader of the Opposition (1852)
Viscount Palmerston Prime Minister 1859–65
1855–58
1852–55
1846–51
1835–41
1830–34
Leader of the Opposition (1858–59)
Home Secretary

Foreign Secretary
George Cornewall Lewis Home Secretary
Chancellor
1859–61
1855–58
Earl of Malmesbury Foreign Secretary 1858–59
1852
T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt Home Secretary 1859
Earl of Aberdeen Prime Minister 1852–55
Foreign Secretary 1841–46 War and the Colonies (1834–35)
1828–30
Charles Wood Chancellor 1846–52
James Graham Home Secretary 1841–46 First Lord of the Admiralty (1852–55)
Henry Goulburn Chancellor
Home Secretary
1841–46
1834–35
Chancellor 1828–30
Robert Peel Prime Minister
Prime Minister
Chancellor
1841–46
1834–35
1834–35
Leader of the Opposition (1835–41)
Home Secretary 1828–30
1822–27
Marquess of Normanby Home Secretary 1839–41
Francis Baring Chancellor 1839–41 First Lord of the Admiralty (1849–52)
Viscount Melbourne Prime Minister
Prime Minister
Home Secretary
1835–41
1834
1830–34
Leader of the Opposition (1841–42, 1834–35)
Thomas Spring Rice Chancellor 1835–39
Duke of Wellington Foreign Secretary
Prime Minister
Home Secretary
1834–35
1834
1834
Leader of the House of Lords (1841–46)
Prime Minister 1828–30
Lord Denman Chancellor 1834
Viscount Duncannon Home Secretary 1834
John Spencer Chancellor 1830–34
Earl Grey
Viscount Howick
Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
1830–34
1806–07
Earl of Dudley Foreign Secretary 1827–28
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty
Home Secretary
Chancellor
1827–28
1806–07
Lord President of the Council (1830–34, 1835–41, 1846–52)
John Charles Herries Chancellor 1827–28 President of the Board of Trade (1830)
Viscount Goderich
F. J. Robinson
Prime Minister
Chancellor
1827–28
1823–27
President of the Board of Trade (1841–43)
Lord Tenterden Chancellor 1827
George Canning Prime Minister
Chancellor
Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1827
1827
1822–27
1807–09
President of the Board of Control (1816–21)
William Sturges Bourne Home Secretary 1827 First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1827–28)
Earl of Liverpool
Lord Hawkesbury
Prime Minister
Home Secretary
Home Secretary
Foreign Secretary
1812–27
1807–09
1804–06
1801–04
War and the Colonies (1809–12)
Nicholas Vansittart Chancellor 1812–23 Duchy of Lancaster (1823–28)
Robert Stewart Foreign Secretary 1812–22
Viscount Sidmouth Home Secretary
Prime Minister
Chancellor
1812–22
1801–04
1801–04
Lord President of the Council (1805, 1806–07, 1812)
Marquess Wellesley Foreign Secretary 1809–12
Richard Ryder Home Secretary 1809–12
Spencer Perceval Prime Minister
Chancellor
1809–12
1807–12
Earl Bathurst Foreign Secretary 1809 Lord President of the Council (1828–30)
War and the Colonies (1812–27)
President of the Board of Trade (1807–12)
Duke of Portland Prime Minister
Home Secretary
1807–09
1801
Lord President of the Council (1801–05)
Earl Spencer Home Secretary 1806–07
Lord Grenville Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary
1806–07
1801
Charles James Fox Foreign Secretary 1806
Lord Mulgrave Foreign Secretary 1805–06
William Pitt Prime Minister
Chancellor
Prime Minister
Chancellor
1804–06
1804–06
1801
1801
Lord Harrowby Foreign Secretary 1804–05 Lord President of the Council (1812–27)
Charles Philip Yorke Home Secretary 1803–04
Lord Pelham Home Secretary 1801–03

Great Britain[edit]

Date Prime Minister Chancellor Home Secretary Foreign Secretary
11 Jul 1794 William Pitt William Pitt Duke of Portland Lord Grenville
8 Jun 1791 Henry Dundas
15 Jun 1789 Lord Grenville Marquess of Carmarthen
23 Dec 1783 Lord Sydney
19 Dec 1783 Earl Temple
2 Apr 1783 Duke of Portland John Cavendish Lord North Charles James Fox
4 Jul 1782 Earl of Shelburne William Pitt Thomas Townshend Lord Grantham
27 Mar 1782 Marquess of Rockingham John Cavendish Earl of Shelburne Charles James Fox
28 Jan 1770 Lord North Lord North
14 Oct 1768 Duke of Grafton
11 Sep 1767 Earl of Chatham
30 Jul 1766 Charles Townshend
13 Jul 1765 Marquess of Rockingham William Dowdeswell
16 Apr 1763 George Grenville George Grenville
26 May 1762 Earl of Bute Francis Dashwood
19 Mar 1761 Duke of Newcastle Viscount Barrington
29 Jun 1757 Henry Bilson-Legge
5 Apr 1757 Duke of Devonshire Lord Mansfield
16 Nov 1756 Henry Bilson-Legge
25 Nov 1755 Duke of Newcastle George Lyttelton
6 Apr 1754 Henry Bilson-Legge
16 Mar 1754 William Lee
12 Dec 1743 Henry Pelham Henry Pelham
27 Aug 1743 Samuel Sandys
16 Feb 1742 Earl of Wilmington
3 Apr 1721 Robert Walpole Robert Walpole

Chancellors before 1721

Shadow Cabinet[edit]

Date Leader of the Opposition Shadow Chancellor Shadow Home Secretary Shadow Foreign Secretary
29 Nov 2021 Keir Starmer Rachel Reeves Yvette Cooper David Lammy
9 May 2021 Nick Thomas-Symonds Lisa Nandy
4 Apr 2020 Anneliese Dodds
6 Oct 2016 Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Diane Abbott Emily Thornberry
27 Jun 2016 Andy Burnham
12 Sep 2015 Hilary Benn
8 May 2015 Harriet Harman Chris Leslie Yvette Cooper
20 Jan 2011 Ed Miliband Ed Balls Douglas Alexander
8 Oct 2010 Alan Johnson Ed Balls Yvette Cooper
25 Sep 2010 Alistair Darling Alan Johnson David Miliband
11 May 2010 Harriet Harman
19 Jan 2009 David Cameron George Osborne Chris Grayling William Hague
12 Jun 2008 Dominic Grieve
6 Dec 2005 David Davis
5 May 2005 Michael Howard Liam Fox
6 Nov 2003 Oliver Letwin Michael Ancram
13 Sep 2001 Iain Duncan Smith Michael Howard Oliver Letwin
1 Feb 2000 William Hague Michael Portillo Ann Widdecombe Francis Maude
13 Jun 1999 Francis Maude John Maples
2 Jun 1998 Norman Fowler Michael Howard
19 Jun 1997 Peter Lilley Brian Mawhinney
2 May 1997 John Major Kenneth Clarke Michael Howard John Major
20 Oct 1994 Tony Blair Gordon Brown Jack Straw Robin Cook
21 Jul 1994 Tony Blair Jack Cunningham
12 May 1994 Margaret Beckett
18 Jul 1992 John Smith
13 Jul 1987 Neil Kinnock John Smith Roy Hattersley Gerald Kaufman
2 Oct 1983 Roy Hattersley Gerald Kaufman Denis Healey
10 Nov 1980 Michael Foot Peter Shore Roy Hattersley
4 May 1979 James Callaghan Denis Healey Merlyn Rees Peter Shore
6 Nov 1978 Margaret Thatcher Geoffrey Howe William Whitelaw Francis Pym
11 Apr 1976 John Davies
11 Feb 1975 Ian Gilmour Reginald Maudling
13 Jun 1974 Edward Heath Robert Carr Keith Joseph Geoffrey Rippon
4 Mar 1974 Jim Prior
25 Nov 1973 Harold Wilson Denis Healey Roy Jenkins James Callaghan
19 Apr 1972 Shirley Williams
19 Oct 1971 Roy Jenkins Denis Healey
19 Jun 1970 James Callaghan
13 Apr 1966 Edward Heath Iain Macleod Quintin Hogg Alec Douglas-Home
11 Nov 1965 Peter Thorneycroft Christopher Soames
28 Jul 1965 Edward Heath Reginald Maudling
16 Feb 1965 Alec Douglas-Home Edward Boyle Rab Butler
16 Oct 1964 Reginald Maudling
14 Feb 1963 Harold Wilson James Callaghan Frank Soskice Patrick Gordon Walker
18 Jan 1963 George Brown George Brown Harold Wilson
12 Mar 1962 Hugh Gaitskell
2 Nov 1961 Patrick Gordon Walker
11 Oct 1959 Harold Wilson Denis Healey
13 May 1957 Aneurin Bevan
22 Jul 1956 Kenneth Younger
14 Dec 1955 Alfred Robens
26 Oct 1951 Clement Attlee Hugh Gaitskell
10 Dec 1950 Winston Churchill Rab Butler
26 Jul 1945 Oliver Stanley

Leaders of the Opposition before 1945

Canada[edit]

Date Prime Minister Finance Minister Emergency Minister1 Foreign Minister2
26 Jul 2023 Justin Trudeau Chrystia Freeland Harjit Sajjan Mélanie Joly
26 Oct 2021 Bill Blair
12 Jan 2021 Marc Garneau
18 Aug 2020 François-Philippe Champagne
20 Nov 2019 Bill Morneau
10 Jan 2017 Ralph Goodale Chrystia Freeland
4 Nov 2015 Stéphane Dion
9 Feb 2015 Stephen Harper Joe Oliver Steven Blaney Rob Nicholson
3 Feb 2015 Ed Fast
19 Mar 2014 John Baird
15 Jul 2013 Jim Flaherty
18 May 2011 Vic Toews
19 Jan 2010 Lawrence Cannon
30 Oct 2008 Peter Van Loan
26 May 2008 Stockwell Day David Emerson
13 Aug 2007 Maxime Bernier
6 Feb 2006 Peter MacKay
20 Jul 2004 Paul Martin Ralph Goodale Anne McLellan Pierre Pettigrew
12 Dec 2003 Bill Graham
22 Oct 2002 Jean Chrétien John Manley Wayne Easter
2 Jun 2002 Lawrence MacAulay
15 Jan 2002 Paul Martin
17 Oct 2000 John Manley
23 Nov 1998 Lloyd Axworthy
11 Jun 1997 Andy Scott
25 Jan 1996 Herb Gray
4 Nov 1993 André Ouellet
25 Jun 1993 Kim Campbell Gilles Loiselle Doug Lewis Perrin Beatty
21 Apr 1991 Brian Mulroney Don Mazankowski Barbara McDougall
23 Feb 1990 Michael Wilson Pierre Cadieux Joe Clark
30 Jan 1989 Pierre Blais
8 Dec 1988 Perrin Beatty
30 Jun 1986 James Kelleher
20 Aug 1985 Perrin Beatty
17 Sep 1984 Elmer MacKay
30 Jun 1984 John Turner Marc Lalonde Bob Kaplan Jean Chrétien
10 Sep 1982 Pierre Trudeau Allan MacEachen
3 Mar 1980 Allan MacEachen Mark MacGuigan
4 Jun 1979 Joe Clark John Crosbie Allan Lawrence Flora MacDonald
2 Feb 1978 Pierre Trudeau Jean Chrétien Jean-Jacques Blais Don Jamieson
28 Jan 1978 Ron Basford
16 Sep 1977 Francis Fox
14 Sep 1976 Donald Stovel Macdonald
26 Sep 1975 Warren Allmand Allan MacEachen
10 Sep 1975 Charles Drury
8 Aug 1974 John Turner
27 Nov 1972 Mitchell Sharp
28 Jan 1972 Jean-Pierre Goyer
22 Dec 1970 Edgar Benson
6 Jul 1968 George McIlraith
20 Apr 1968 John Turner
11 Nov 1965 Lester B. Pearson Mitchell Sharp Lawrence Pennell Paul Martin Sr.
7 Jul 1965 Walter L. Gordon
22 Apr 1963
9 Aug 1962 John Diefenbaker George Nowlan Howard Charles Green
11 Oct 1960 Donald Fleming
17 Mar 1959 John Diefenbaker
13 Sep 1957 Sidney Earle Smith
21 Jun 1957 John Diefenbaker
1 Jul 1954 Louis St. Laurent Walter Edward Harris Lester B. Pearson
12 Jan 1954 Douglas Abbott
10 Sep 1948 William Lyon Mackenzie King
10 Dec 1946 Louis St. Laurent
4 Sep 1946 James Lorimer Ilsley
18 Apr 1945 William Lyon Mackenzie King
6 Sep 1939 James Ralston
23 Oct 1935 Charles Avery Dunning
3 Feb 1932 R. B. Bennett Edgar Nelson Rhodes R. B. Bennett
7 Aug 1930 R. B. Bennett
26 Nov 1929 William Lyon Mackenzie King Charles Avery Dunning William Lyon Mackenzie King
12 Nov 1929 John C. Saunders
25 Sep 1926 James Robb
23 Aug 1926 Arthur Meighen R. B. Bennett Arthur Meighen
29 Jun 1926 Henry Lumley Drayton
5 Sep 1925 William Lyon Mackenzie King James Robb William Lyon Mackenzie King
29 Dec 1921 William Stevens Fielding
10 Jul 1920 Arthur Meighen Henry Lumley Drayton Arthur Meighen
2 Aug 1919 Robert Borden Robert Borden
1 Apr 1912 William Thomas White
10 Oct 1911 William James Roche
19 May 1909 Wilfrid Laurier William Stevens Fielding Charles Murphy
20 Jul 1896
11 Jul 1896 John Mortimer Courtney
1 May 1896 Charles Tupper George Eulas Foster
15 Jan 1896 Mackenzie Bowell
6 Jan 1896 Mackenzie Bowell
21 Dec 1894 George Eulas Foster
5 Dec 1892 John Sparrow David Thompson
16 Jun 1891 John Abbott
29 May 1888 John A. Macdonald
27 Jan 1887 Charles Tupper
10 Dec 1885 Archibald McLelan
11 Nov 1885 John Mortimer Courtney
17 Oct 1878 Samuel Leonard Tilley
7 Nov 1873 Alexander Mackenzie Richard John Cartwright
22 Feb 1873 John A. Macdonald Samuel Leonard Tilley
9 Oct 1869 Francis Hincks
18 Nov 1867 John Rose
1 Jul 1867 Alexander Tilloch Galt

1. 2021–Date: Minister of Emergency Preparedness; 2005–2021 Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; 1965–2005 Solicitor General
2. 1995–Date: Minister of Foreign Affairs; –1995 Secretary of State for External Affairs

France[edit]

Date President Finance Minister1 Interior Minister Foreign Minister
20 May 2022 Emmanuel Macron Bruno Le Maire Gérald Darmanin Catherine Colonna
6 Jul 2020 Jean-Yves Le Drian
16 Oct 2018 Christophe Castaner
3 Oct 2018 Édouard Philippe
14 May 2017 Gérard Collomb
21 Mar 2017 François Hollande Michel Sapin Matthias Fekl Jean-Marc Ayrault
6 Dec 2016 Bruno Le Roux
30 Aug 2016 Bernard Cazeneuve
26 Aug 2014 Laurent Fabius
2 Apr 2014 Pierre Moscovici
15 May 2012 Manuel Valls
19 Jul 2011 Nicolas Sarkozy François Baroin Claude Guéant Alain Juppé
27 Feb 2011 Christine Lagarde
14 Nov 2010 Brice Hortefeux Michèle Alliot-Marie
23 Jun 2009 Bernard Kouchner
19 Jun 2007 Michèle Alliot-Marie
16 May 2007 Jean-Louis Borloo
26 Mar 2007 Jacques Chirac Thierry Breton François Baroin Philippe Douste-Blazy
2 Jun 2005 Nicolas Sarkozy
25 Feb 2005 Dominique de Villepin Michel Barnier
30 Nov 2004 Hervé Gaymard
31 Mar 2004 Nicolas Sarkozy
7 May 2002 Francis Mer Nicolas Sarkozy Dominique de Villepin
29 Aug 2000 Laurent Fabius Daniel Vaillant Hubert Védrine
28 Mar 2000 Jean-Pierre Chevènement
2 Nov 1999 Christian Sautter
4 Jun 1997 Dominique Strauss-Kahn
26 May 1995 Jean Arthuis Jean-Louis Debré Hervé de Charette
17 May 1995 Alain Madelin
29 Mar 1993 François Mitterrand Edmond Alphandéry Charles Pasqua Alain Juppé
2 Apr 1992 Michel Sapin Paul Quilès Roland Dumas
29 Jan 1991 Pierre Bérégovoy Philippe Marchand
10 May 1988 Pierre Joxe
20 Mar 1986 Édouard Balladur Charles Pasqua Jean-Bernard Raimond
7 Dec 1984 Pierre Bérégovoy Pierre Joxe Roland Dumas
17 Jul 1984 Claude Cheysson
21 May 1981 Jacques Delors Gaston Defferre
29 Nov 1978 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing René Monory Christian Bonnet Jean François-Poncet
31 Mar 1978 Louis de Guiringaud
30 Mar 1977 Raymond Barre
27 Aug 1976 Michel Poniatowski
27 May 1974 Jean-Pierre Fourcade Jean Sauvagnargues
27 Feb 1974 Georges Pompidou Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Jacques Chirac Michel Jobert
4 Apr 1973 Raymond Marcellin
15 Mar 1973 André Bettencourt
20 Jun 1969 Maurice Schumann
10 Jul 1968 Charles de Gaulle François-Xavier Ortoli Michel Debré
30 May 1968 Maurice Couve de Murville
6 Apr 1967 Michel Debré Christian Fouchet Maurice Couve de Murville
8 Jan 1966 Roger Frey
18 Jan 1962 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
6 May 1961 Wilfrid Baumgartner
13 Jan 1960 Pierre Chatenet
28 May 1959 Antoine Pinay
8 Jan 1959 Jean Berthoin
1 Jun 1958 René Coty Émile Pelletier
17 May 1958 Edgar Faure Jules Moch René Pleven
14 May 1958 Maurice Faure
6 Nov 1957 Pierre Pflimlin Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Christian Pineau
13 Jun 1957 Félix Gaillard Jean Gilbert-Jules
14 Feb 1956 Paul Ramadier
1 Feb 1956 Robert Lacoste
1 Dec 1955 Pierre Pflimlin Edgar Faure Antoine Pinay
23 Feb 1955 Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury
20 Jan 1955 Robert Buron François Mitterrand Edgar Faure
19 Jun 1954 Edgar Faure Pierre Mendès France
16 Jan 1954 Léon Martinaud-Déplat Georges Bidault
28 Jun 1953 Vincent Auriol
8 Jan 1953 Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury Charles Brune
8 Mar 1952 Antoine Pinay Robert Schuman
20 Jan 1952 Edgar Faure
11 Aug 1951 René Mayer
7 Feb 1950 Maurice Petsche Henri Queuille
12 Jan 1949 Jules Moch
11 Sep 1948 Henri Queuille
5 Sep 1948 Christian Pineau
26 Jul 1948 Paul Reynaud
24 Nov 1947 René Mayer Georges Bidault
16 Jan 1947 Robert Schuman Édouard Depreux

1. 2017–Date: Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery; 2011–2017 Minister of Finance; 2005–2011 Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry; –2005: Minister of the Economy and Finance
2. 2017–Date: Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs; 2012–2017: Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development; 2007–2012: Minister of Foreign and European Affairs; –2007: Minister of Foreign Affairs

Germany[edit]

Date President Finance Minister Interior Minister Foreign Minister
8 Dec 2021 Olaf Scholz Christian Lindner Nancy Faeser Annalena Baerbock
14 Mar 2018 Angela Merkel Olaf Scholz Horst Seehofer Heiko Maas
24 Oct 2017 Peter Altmaier Thomas de Maizière Sigmar Gabriel
27 Jan 2017 Wolfgang Schäuble
17 Dec 2013 Frank-Walter Steinmeier
3 Mar 2011 Hans-Peter Friedrich Guido Westerwelle
28 Oct 2009 Thomas de Maizière
22 Nov 2005 Peer Steinbrück Wolfgang Schäuble Frank-Walter Steinmeier
12 Apr 1999 Gerhard Schröder Hans Eichel Otto Schily Joschka Fischer
27 Oct 1998 Oskar Lafontaine
7 Jul 1993 Helmut Kohl Theo Waigel Manfred Kanther Klaus Kinkel
18 May 1992 Rudolf Seiters
26 Nov 1991 Hans-Dietrich Genscher
21 Apr 1989 Wolfgang Schäuble
1 Oct 1982 Gerhard Stoltenberg Friedrich Zimmermann
17 Sep 1982 Helmut Schmidt Manfred Lahnstein Jürgen Schmude Helmut Schmidt
28 Apr 1982 Gerhart Baum Hans-Dietrich Genscher
8 Jun 1978 Hans Matthöfer
16 Feb 1978 Werner Maihofer
16 May 1974 Hans Apel
7 Jul 1972 Willy Brandt Helmut Schmidt Hans-Dietrich Genscher Walter Scheel
13 May 1971 Karl Schiller
22 Oct 1969 Alex Möller
2 Apr 1968 Kurt Georg Kiesinger Franz Josef Strauss Ernst Benda Willy Brandt
1 Dec 1966 Paul Lücke
8 Nov 1966 Ludwig Erhard Kurt Schmücker Gerhard Schröder
26 Oct 1965 Rolf Dahlgrün
17 Oct 1963 Hermann Höcherl
14 Dec 1962 Konrad Adenauer
14 Nov 1961 Heinz Starke
29 Oct 1957 Franz Etzel Gerhard Schröder Heinrich von Brentano
6 Jun 1955 Fritz Schäffer
20 Oct 1953 Konrad Adenauer
15 Mar 1951 Robert Lehr
11 Oct 1950
15 Sep 1949 Gustav Heinemann