List of office-holders of the United Kingdom and predecessor states
Overview of current and former British office-holders
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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
Heads of government
Ministers
- 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
Northern Ireland
- Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1171–1922)
- Governor of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) (Abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973)
- Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972)
- Secretaries of state for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007)
- First Minister and Deputy First Minister [1998–2002, 2007–present]
- Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1998–2002, 2007–present]
Scotland
Wales
Heads of colonies and overseas territories
- British Crown dependencies
- Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Crown dependencies
Isle of Man
Channel Islands
Overseas territories
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands
Saint Helena
Turks and Caicos Islands
Nobility
Mayors
Heads of former states
- Roman governors of Britannia
- Historical Kings of the Britons
- Bretwalda (Overlord of the English kingdoms)
- Kings of East Anglia
- Kings of Essex
- Kings of Hwicce
- Kings of Kent
- Kings of Lindsey
- Kings of Mercia
- Kings of Northumbria
- Kings of Sussex
- Kings of Wessex
- Kings of Jorvik
- Earls of York
- Earls of Northumbria
- Kings of Dál Riata
- Kings of the Picts
- Lords of Galloway
- Rulers of Wales
- Kings of Gwynedd
- Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
- Kings of the Isle of Man