| Rt Hon Quintin McGarel Hogg | 1 April 1964 | 16 October 1964 |
| Rt Hon Robert Michael Maitland Stewart | October 1964 | January 1965 |
| Rt Hon Charles Anthony Raven Crosland | January 1965 | August 1967 |
| Rt Hon Patrick Chrestien Gordon-Walker | 29 August 1967 | 6 April 1968 |
| Rt Hon Edward Watson Short | April 1968 | June 1970 |
| Margaret Hilda Thatcher | 20 June 1970 | 4 March 1974 |
| Rt Hon Reginald Ernest Prentice | 5 March 1974 | 10 June 1975 |
| Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley | 5 March 1975 | 10 September 1976 |
| Rt Hon Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams | 10 September 1976 | 4 May 1979 |
| Rt Hon Mark Carlisle | May 1979 | 14 September 1981 |
| Rt Hon Sir Keith Sinjohn Joseph, bt | 14 September 1981 | 21 May 1986 |
| Rt Hon Kenneth Wilfrid Baker | 21 May 1986 | 24 July 1989 |
| Rt Hon John Roddick Russell MacGregor | July 1989 | 2 November 1990 |
| Rt Hon Kenneth Harry Clarke | 2 November 1990 | 10 April 1992 |