List of office-holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states explained
This is a list of rulers and office-holders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and predecessor states.
Heads of state
See also: Succession to the British throne and List of legendary kings of Britain.
Heads of government
Ministers
See main article: List of government ministers of the United Kingdom.
- Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present)
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present)
- Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782; 1794–1801; 1854–1966)
- Secretary of State for India (1858–1947)
- Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660–1782)
- Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782–present)
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)
- Secretary of State for War (1794–1801; 1854–1964)
- Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)
- Secretary of State for Air (1918–1964)
- Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present)
- Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–1947)
- Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1966)
- Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966–1968)
- Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–present)
- Secretary of State for Wales (1964–present)
- Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1969)
- Secretary of State for International Development (1970–1979, 1997–2020)
- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970–present)
- Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902–present)
- Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916–present)
- Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924–present)
- Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992–present)
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
- Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997)
- Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present)
- Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020)
- Lord Chancellor (1068–present)
- Lord President of the Council (1678–present)
- Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present)
- Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001)
- Minister of Technology (1964–1970)
- First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964)
- Paymaster General (1834–present)
- Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
- President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present)
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413–present)
- Postmaster General (1823–1968)
- Paymaster of the Forces (1661–1836)
- Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
- Master of the Mint (1572–1869)
- Treasurer of the Navy (1544–1836)
- Secretary at War (1661–1863)
- First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810–1851)
- First Commissioner of Works (1851–1937)
- President of the Poor Law Board (1834–1871)
- President of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)
- Secretary for Scotland (1885–1926)
- HM Treasury
- Lord treasurers (1126–1714)
- First Lord of the Treasury (1714–1905)
- Commissioners of the Treasury (1714–present)
Parliament office-holders
State office-holders
Great Officers of State
Officers of the Royal Household
Legal officers
Court office-holders
Heads of devolved governments
Heads of colonies and overseas territories
Bailiffs of Guernsey
Bailiffs of Jersey
Seigneurs of Sark
- Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
- Governors of the Cayman Islands
- Governors of the Falkland Islands
- Governors of Saint Helena
- Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Nobility
See also: List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland.
Mayors
Heads of former states
See also
