Leader of the House of Lords
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The leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. ("Government" here means the controlling faction of the parliament, headed by the Prime Minister.) The post is also the leader of the governing party in the House of Lords who acts as the government party chairperson in the house. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Unless the Leader is also a departmental minister, being Leader constitutes the bulk of their government responsibilities, but it has never been an independent salaried office. The Office of the Leader of the House of Lords is a ministerial department.[1]
Though the leader of the House is a member of the cabinet and remains a partisan figure, the leader also has responsibilities to the House as a whole. In contrast to the House of Commons, where proceedings are controlled by the speaker, proceedings in the Lords are controlled by peers themselves, under the rules set out in the Standing Orders. The leader of the House has the responsibility of reminding the House of these rules and facilitating the Lords' self-regulation, though any member may draw attention to breaches of order or failure to observe customs. The Leader is often called upon to advise on procedures and points of order and is required to determine the order of speakers on Supplementary Questions, subject to the wishes of the House. However, like the Lord Speaker, the Leader of the House has no power to rule on points of order or to intervene during an inappropriate speech.
Until the election of the first Lord Speaker on 4 July 2006, the Leader of the House had responsibility for making preliminary decisions on requests for Private Notice Questions and for waiving the sub judice rule in certain cases. Those functions were transferred to the Lord Speaker.
History
The title seems to have come into use some time after 1800, as a formal way of referring to the peer who managed government business in the upper House, irrespective of which salaried position they held in the cabinet. However, it may have been used as early as 1689, applied to George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, when he was Speaker of the House of Lords during the Convention Parliament of that year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The role developed during the first quarter of the eighteenth century, at the same time as the role of Prime Minister and the system of Cabinet government. In the wake of the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution and the succession of the Hanoverians to the throne, Britain evolved a system of government where ministers were sustained in office by their ability to carry legislation through Parliament. It was therefore necessary for a member of the government to take responsibility for steering government legislation through each House.
The Earl of Sunderland initiated aspects of the role during the Whig Junto under Queen Anne. Sunderland and the other Whigs were dismissed from office in reaction to their co-ordination of government matters, which was taken as a threat to the power of the monarch. Sunderland returned to power under George I, as Lord Privy Seal. The first documentary evidence of the existence of the role comes from 1717, when Sunderland became Secretary of State for the Northern Department: in the form of lists of peers invited to the office of the Northern Secretary immediately before sessions of Parliament.
When the Prime Minister sat in the House of Lords, which was common until the beginning of the twentieth century, he usually held the position of Leader of the House of Lords. When the Prime Minister sat in the Commons, the position of Leader of the Lords was often held by the Foreign Secretary or Colonial Secretary. In some coalition governments, it was held by the party leader who was not Prime Minister.
Since the end of the Marquess of Salisbury's last government, in 1902, the position clearly exists in its own right as a member of the cabinet. Since 1966 it has only been combined with sinecure positions and the holder has not been a departmental minister though some have held additional responsibilities such as Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham also being designated "Minister for Science" or Margaret Baroness Jay also being "Minister for Women". The first female Leader of the Lords was Janet Young, Baroness Young in 1981–1983. Lord Peart, The Viscount Whitelaw and Lord Wakeham served as Leader of the Lords having previously been Leader of the House of Commons.
Families
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader of the House of Lords from 1885 to 1886, from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1902. His son James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader from 1925 to 1929. His son in turn, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader first from 1942 to 1945 as Viscount Cranborne by means of a writ of acceleration, and as the Marquess of Salisbury from 1951 to 1957. His grandson, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, served as Leader from 1994 to 1997, as Viscount Cranborne, again by means of a writ of acceleration.
- Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham served as Leader of the House of Lords from 1931 to 1935. His son Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham served as Leader from 1960 to 1963.
Responsibilities
- Management and delivery of the Government's legislative programme (through the House of Lords) and facilitating the passage of individual bills.
- Leading the House (in the Chamber and as a key member of domestic committees to do with procedure, conduct, and the internal governance of the House).
- Issues connected to the House of Lords and its governance.
- Speaking for the Government in the Chamber on a range of issues, including repeating in the House of Lords statements made to the Commons by the Prime Minister.
- Ceremonial and other duties as the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.
List
Because the post is a parliamentary one and not a ministerial office in its own right, it is not always included in official lists of government offices, especially for earlier periods. This can make it difficult to determine who the Leader of the House of Lords was in a particular ministry.
| Leader | Term of office | Other ministerial offices held as Leader of the House of LordsScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Political party | Prime Minister | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland.jpg | Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland[2] |
AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1717 |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1718 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | No such office | |||
| File:James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg | James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope[2] Viscount Stanhope until April 1718Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1718 |
5 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1721 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | No such office | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (2).jpg | Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend[2] |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1721 |
MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1730 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | Whig | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Robert Walpole |
| File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg | William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington[2] Lord Harrington until 1742Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1730 |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1742 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | ||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville by William Hoare.jpg | John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville Baron Carteret until 1744Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
12 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1742 |
24 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1744 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (until July 1743) |
| rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Henry Pelham (from 27 August 1743) | |||||||
| File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg | William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington[2] |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1744 |
OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1746 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield by Allan Ramsay.jpg | Philip Dormer Stanhope 4th Earl of Chesterfield[2] |
OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1746 |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1748 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | Whig | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg | Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1748 |
16 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1756 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department until March 1754Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".– Prime Minister from March 1754Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Whig | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:4th Duke of Devonshire after Hudson.jpg | William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire |
16 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1756 |
25 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg | Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle |
2 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1757 |
26 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1762 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| File:Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont by William Hoare lowres color.jpg | Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl of Egremont[2] |
MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1762 |
21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1763 |
– Secretary of State for the Southern Department | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (until April 1763) | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | George Grenville (from 16 April 1763) | |||||||
| File:2ndEarlofHalifaxByJoshuaReynoldsNSArtGallery.jpg | George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax[2] |
AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1763 |
JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1765 |
– Secretary of State for the Southern Department | ||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:2nd Marquess of Rockingham cropped.jpg | Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham |
13 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1765 |
30 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1766 |
– Prime Minister | Whig (Rockingham)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.jpg | Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton |
1766 | 28 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1770 |
– First Lord of the Treasury
– Prime Minister from October 1768Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Whig (Chathamite)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) (until October 1768) |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself (from 14 October 1768) | |||||||
| File:PORTRAIT OF THOMAS THYNNE, 1ST MARQUESS OF BATH.webp | Thomas Thynne 3rd Viscount Weymouth[2] |
JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1770 |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1770 |
– Secretary of State for the Southern Department | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Lord North | ||
| File:4thEarlRochford.jpg | William Nassau de Zuylestein 4th Earl of Rochford[2] |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1770 |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1775 |
– Secretary of State for the Southern Department | ||||
| File:Sir Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of Henry Howard.jpg | Henry Howard 12th Earl of Suffolk[2] |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1775 |
6 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1779 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | ||||
| File:PORTRAIT OF THOMAS THYNNE, 1ST MARQUESS OF BATH.webp | Thomas Thynne 3rd Viscount Weymouth[2] |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1779 |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1779 |
– Secretary of State until October 1779Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - Secretary of State for the Southern Department from October 1779Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| File:Portrait of David Murray 2nd Earl of Mansfield by Sylvester Harding.jpg | David Murray 7th Viscount Stormont[2] |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1779 |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782 |
– Secretary of State for the Northern Department | ||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by JL Mosnier crop.jpg | William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1782 |
AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
– Secretary of State for the Home Department until July 1782Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Prime Minister from July 1782Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Whig (Rockingham)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (until 1 July 1782) |
| Himself (from 4 July 1782) | ||||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:3rd Duke of Portland crop.jpg | William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland |
2 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
– Prime Minister | Whig (Foxite)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself (figurehead)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| File:1stMarquessOfBuckingham.jpg | George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple[3] |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
– Home Secretary | – | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Pitt the Younger | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg | Thomas Townshend 1st Baron Sydney[3] |
DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1783 |
JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1789 |
– Home Secretary | Whig | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Francis Osborne cropped.jpg | Francis Osborne 5th Duke of Leeds[3] |
1789 | 1790 | – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Tory | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg | William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville[3] |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1790 |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
– Secretary of State for the Home Department until June 1791Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from June 1791Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Tory | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg | Robert Hobart Baron Hobart[4] |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
– Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | Tory | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Henry Addington |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg | Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham[3] |
OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1801 |
AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1803 |
– Secretary of State for the Home Department | Tory | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Earl jenkinson.jpg | Robert Jenkinson Baron Hawkesbury[3] |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1803 |
FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806 |
– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until May 1804Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for the Home Department from May 1804Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Tory | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Pitt the Younger | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg | William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville[3] |
11 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1806 |
MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself (Ministry of All the Talents)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Earl jenkinson.jpg | Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool[3] Baron HawkesburyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". until 1808Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Earl of Liverpool from 1808Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
25 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1807 |
AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
– Secretary of State for the Home Department until November 1809Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies November 1809 – June 1812Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Prime Minister from June 1812Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Tory | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | 3rd Duke of Portland |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Spencer Perceval | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself | |||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence cropped.jpg | F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich[3] |
30 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1827 |
JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828 |
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies until September 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Prime Minister from August 1827Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Tory | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | George Canning |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg | Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington[3] |
JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1828 |
NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830 |
– Prime Minister | Tory | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence copy.jpg | Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey |
22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1830 |
9 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg | William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
16 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" rowspan=2 | | File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg | Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington |
17 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1834 |
8 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835 |
– Prime Minister until December 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for the Home Department until December 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies until December 1834Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
Tory | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself (Caretaker)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Robert Peel | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg | William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne |
18 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1835 |
30 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841 |
– Prime Minister | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg | Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington |
3 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1841 |
27 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846 |
– Minister without portfolio | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Robert Peel |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne |
6 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1846 |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
– Lord President of the Council | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Lord John Russell |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg | Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby |
23 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
17 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
– Prime Minister | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Earlofaberdeen.jpg | George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen |
19 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1852 |
30 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1855 |
– Prime Minister | Peelite | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself (Coalition)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Second Earl Granville.jpg | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville |
8 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1855 |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1858 |
– Lord President of the Council | Whig | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg | Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1858 |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1859 |
– Prime Minister | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Second Earl Granville.jpg | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville |
18 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1859 |
29 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1865 |
– Lord President of the Council | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Viscount Palmerston |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord john russell.jpg | John Russell 1st Earl Russell |
29 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1865 |
26 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866 |
– Prime Minister | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg | Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby |
28 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1866 |
25 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868 |
– Prime Minister | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:JH Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury by JG Middleton crop.jpg | James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury |
27 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868 |
1 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Benjamin Disraeli |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Second Earl Granville.jpg | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville |
9 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1868 |
17 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1874 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies until July 1870Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from July 1870Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Ewart Gladstone |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon.jpg | Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1874 |
21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1876 |
– Lord President of the Council | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Benjamin Disraeli |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Disraeli.jpg | Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield |
21 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1876 |
21 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1880 |
– Prime Minister
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from August 1876 until February 1878Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Second Earl Granville.jpg | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville |
28 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1880 |
9 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1885 |
– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Ewart Gladstone |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
23 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1885 |
28 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886 |
– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Second Earl Granville.jpg | Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville |
6 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886 |
20 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Ewart Gladstone |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury |
25 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1886 |
11 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1892 |
– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from January 1887Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:1st Earl of Kimberley 1897 (cropped).jpg | John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley |
18 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1892 |
5 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1894 |
– Lord President of the Council | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Ewart Gladstone |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Archibald-Philip-Primrose-5th-Earl-of-Rosebery (cropped).jpg | Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery |
5 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1894 |
21 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1895 |
– Prime Minister | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury |
25 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1895 |
11 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1902 |
– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs until November 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from 12 November 1900Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Himself |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Picture of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire.jpg | Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire |
12 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1902 |
13 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1903 |
– Lord President of the Council | Liberal Unionist | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Arthur Balfour (Conservative)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Marquess of Lansdowne crop.jpg | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne |
13 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1903 |
4 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1905 |
– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Liberal Unionist | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon.jpg | George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon |
10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1905 |
14 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1908 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Portrait of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.jpg | Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe Earl of CreweScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". until 1911Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Marquess of Crewe from 1911Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1908 |
10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies May 1908– November 1910Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Keeper of the Privy SealOctober 1908 – October 1911; February 1912 – May 1915Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for India November 1910 – March 1911; May 1911 – May 1915Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council from May 1915Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – President of the Board of Education from August 1916Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Liberal | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | H. H. Asquith |
| rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:George Curzon2.jpg | George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Earl Curzon of KedlestonScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". until 1921Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Marquess Curzon of Kedleston from 1921Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1916 |
22 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
– Lord President of the Council until October 1919Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from October 1919Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | David Lloyd George (Liberal)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Bonar Law | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Stanley Baldwin | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Portrait of Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane.jpg | Richard Haldane 1st Viscount Haldane |
22 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
3 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
– Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Ramsay MacDonald |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:George Curzon2.jpg | George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
3 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1924 |
20 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1925 |
– Lord President of the Council | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Stanley Baldwin |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury.jpg | James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury |
27 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1925 |
4 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1929 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Parmoor - 19221128.jpg | Charles Cripps 1st Baron Parmoor |
7 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1929 |
24 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
– Lord President of the Council | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Ramsay MacDonald |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Rufus Isaacs.jpg | Rufus Isaacs 1st Marquess of Reading |
24 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
5 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Liberal | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Ramsay MacDonald |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Hailsham1.JPG | Douglas Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham |
5 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1931 |
7 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935 |
– Secretary of State for War | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Charles (Charlie) Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry.jpg | Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry |
7 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935 |
22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Stanley Baldwin |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Halifax 1937.jpg | Edward Wood 1st Viscount Halifax |
22 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1935 |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1938 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal until May 1937Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council from 28 May 1937Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Neville Chamberlain | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Stanhope7.JPG | James Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1938 |
14 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
– President of the Board of Education until October 1938Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – First Lord of the Admiralty October 1938 to September 1939Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council September 1939 to May 1940Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Thomas Inskip.jpg | Thomas Inskip 1st Viscount Caldecote |
14 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
3 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
– Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Conservative | rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Winston Churchill |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Halifax 1937.jpg | Edward Wood 1st Viscount Halifax |
3 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
22 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Lloyd.JPG | George Lloyd 1st Baron Lloyd |
22 DecemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1940 |
4 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1941 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne.jpg | Walter Guinness 1st Baron Moyne |
8 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1941 |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne |
21 FebruaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1942 |
26 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1945 |
– Secretary of State for the Colonies to November 1942Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal November 1942 to September 1943Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs September 1943 to 1945Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg | Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison |
3 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1945 |
26 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951 |
– Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs until July 1947Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations July 1947 – October 1947Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal October 1947 – March 1951Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Paymaster General July 1948– April 1949Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council from March 1951Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Clement Attlee |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury |
28 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1951 |
29 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1957 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal until May 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations March 1952– November 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council from November 1952Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Winston Churchill |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Anthony Eden | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg | Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home |
29 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1957 |
27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1960 |
– Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations – Lord President of the Council until September 1957; from October 1959Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Harold Macmillan |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg | Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham |
27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1960 |
20 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1963 |
– Lord President of the Council – Minister for Science |
Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Peter Carington 1984.jpg | Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington[5] |
20 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1963 |
16 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1964 |
– Minister without portfolio | Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Alec Douglas-Home |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Lord Longford 4 Allan Warren.jpg | Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford[5] |
18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1964 |
16 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Sealuntil December 1965; from April 1966Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Secretary of State for the Colonies December 1965 – April 1966Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Harold Wilson |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton[5] |
16 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1968 |
19 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal until April 1968; from October 1968Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Paymaster General April 1968 – November 1968Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labour | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe.jpg | George Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe[5] |
20 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1970 |
23 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1973 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Edward Heath |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | David Hennessy 3rd Baron Windlesham[5] |
5 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1973 |
4 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | |||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd[5] |
7 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
10 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1976 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Harold Wilson | |
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | James Callaghan | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Fred Peart Baron Peart[5] |
10 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1976 |
4 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Labour | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Christopher Soames.jpg | Christopher Soames Baron Soames[5] |
5 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979 |
14 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981 |
– Lord President of the Council | Conservative | rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Margaret Thatcher |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Janet Young Baroness Young[5] |
14 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981 |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1983 |
– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster until April 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal from April 1982Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Conservative | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw[5] |
11 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1983 |
10 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1988 |
– Lord President of the Council | Conservative | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | John Ganzoni 2nd Baron Belstead[5] |
10 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1988 |
28 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1990 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | |||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | David Waddington Baron Waddington[5] |
28 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1990 |
11 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | John Major | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Lord Wakeham crop 2.jpg | John Wakeham Baron Wakeham[5] |
11 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992 |
20 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1994 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 2013.JPG | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne[5] |
20 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1994 |
2 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1997 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Ivor Richard Baron Richard[5] |
2 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1997 |
27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1998 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Tony Blair | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Baroness Jay of Paddington crop 2, 2019.jpg | Margaret Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington[5] |
27 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1998 |
8 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2001 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Labour | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn[5] |
8 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2001 |
20 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal until June 2003Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Lord President of the Council from June 2003Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Baroness Valerie Ann Amos.jpg | Valerie Amos Baroness Amos[5] |
6 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2003 |
27 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007 |
– Lord President of the Council | Labour | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Baroness Ashton of Upholland crop 2, 2024.jpg | Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland[5] |
28 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2007 |
2 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2008 |
– Lord President of the Council | Labour | rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Gordon Brown |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Baroness Royall of Blaisdon crop 2, 2024.jpg | Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon[5] |
2 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2008 |
11 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2010 |
– Lord President of the Council until June 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from June 2009Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Labour | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2, 2023.jpg | Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde[5] |
12 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2010 |
7 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2013 |
– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Conservative | rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | David Cameron |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Jonathan Hill 2015.jpg | Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford[5] |
7 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2013 |
15 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2014 |
– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Conservative | ||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Baroness Stowell of Beeston crop 2, 2022.jpg | Tina Stowell Baroness Stowell of Beeston[5] |
15 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2014 |
14 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2016 |
– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | Conservative | ||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | File:Official portrait of Baroness Evans of Bowes Park crop 2, 2023.jpg | Natalie Evans Baroness Evans of Bowes Park[5] |
14 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2016 |
6 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2022 |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Theresa May | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Boris Johnson | |||||||
| rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | File:Official portrait of Lord True crop 2.jpg | Nicholas True Baron True[6] |
6 SeptemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2022 |
5 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
Conservative | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Liz Truss | |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Rishi Sunak | |||||||
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | File:Official portrait of Baroness Smith of Basildon 2020 crop 2.jpg | Angela Smith Baroness Smith of Basildon |
5 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2024 |
Incumbent | Labour | style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | Keir Starmer | |
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Deputy Leaders
The following peers have served as Deputy Leaders of the House of Lords since 1963:[7]
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m J. C. Sainty, "List of peers responsible for the management of the House of Lords 1717–1803" in Clyve Jones and David L. Jones eds, Peers, Politics and Power: The House of Lords 1603–1911 (Hambledon, 1986) pp. 221–227.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830 (1980) pp. 50–51.
- ↑ M. W. McCahill, The House of Lords in the Age of George III (1760–1811) (2009) p. 242.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Matthew Purvis, Leader of the House of Lords: Holders of the Post. House of Lords Library, 15 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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External links
- Leader of the House of Lords Official site
- UK Parliamentary Archives, Records of the Leader of the House of Lords
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