Secretary of State for Scotland
Rt Hon James Johnston
1692
1696
Rt Hon Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, Duke of Gordon
1885
1886
Schomberg Henry Kerr, Marquis of Lothian
1887
1892
John Sinclair
10 December 1905
13 February 1912
Rt Hon Robert Munro
10 December 1916
19 October 1922
Rt Hon Ronald Crauford Munro Ferguson, Viscount Novar
24 October 1922
22 January 1924
Rt Hon William Adamson
1924
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, bt
1926
1929
Rt Hon Sir Archibald Henry MacDonald Sinclair, bt
October 1931
1932
Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins
1932
1936
Rt Hon Walter Elliot Elliot
October 1936
November 1938
Rt Hon David John Colville
1938
1940
Rt Hon Alfred Ernest Brown
14 May 1940
8 February 1941
Rt Hon Thomas Johnston
8 February 1941
23 May 1945
Rt Hon Robert Edward Harry Meyer Archibald Primrose, Earl of Rosebery
23 May 1945
26 July 1945
Rt Hon Joseph C Westwood
3 August 1945
7 October 1947
Arthur Woodburn
October 1947
February 1950
Rt Hon Hector McNeil
February 1950
October 1951
Rt Hon James Gray Stuart
30 October 1951
9 January 1957
Rt Hon Sir John Scott Maclay
13 January 1957
13 July 1962
Rt Hon Michael Antony Christobal Noble
July 1962
October 1964
William Ross
October 1964
June 1970
Rt Hon Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell
June 1970
February 1974
Rt Hon William Ross
March 1974
April 1976
Rt Hon Bruce Millan
April 1976
May 1979
George Kenneth Hotson Younger
4 May 1979
9 January 1986
Malcolm Leslie Rifkind
9 January 1986
November 1990
Rt Hon Ian Bruce Lang
November 1990
5 July 1995
Rt Hon Michael Bruce Forsyth
5 July 1995
2 May 1997
Rt Hon Donald Campbell Dewar
3 May 1997
17 May 1999
Rt Hon Dr John Reid
17 May 1999
24 January 2001
Rt Hon Helen Lawrie Liddell
24 January 2001
12 June 2003
Rt Hon Alistair Maclean Darling
13 June 2003
5 May 2006
Rt Hon Douglas Garven Alexander
5 May 2006
28 June 2007
Rt Hon Desmond Henry Browne
28 June 2007
3 October 2008
Rt Hon Daniel Grian Alexander
12 May 2010
29 May 2010
Rt Hon Michael Kevin Moore
30 May 2010
7 October 2013
Rt Hon Alexander Morrison Carmichael
7 October 2013
8 May 2015
Rt Hon David Gordon Mundell
11 May 2015
24 July 2019
Alister William Jack
24 July 2019