| Trevor Alec Jones | October 1974 | June 1975 |
| Lynda Chalker | 7 May 1979 | 5 March 1982 |
| Michael Andrew Foster Jude Kerr Ancram, Earl of Ancram | 1983 | May 1987 |
| Raymond William Whitney | September 1984 | 1985 |
| John Roy Major | September 1985 | September 1986 |
| Sir Peter Robert Cable Lloyd | 1988 | 1989 |
| Gillian Patricia Shephard | July 1989 | 28 November 1990 |
| John Michael Jack | 1990 | 11 April 1992 |
| Ann Noreen Widdecombe | 1990 | 1993 |
| Alistair James Hendrie Burt | 11 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 |
| William Waldorf Astor, Viscount Astor of Hever Castle | 1993 | 1995 |
| William Jefferson Hague | May 1993 | July 1994 |
| Roger Kenneth Evans | 1994 | 2 May 1997 |
| Oliver Heald | 7 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 |
| Joan Mary Ruddock | May 1997 | 27 July 1998 |
| Dr Patricia Lesley Hollis, Baroness Hollis of Heigham | May 1997 | 11 June 2001 |
| Keith John Charles Bradley | 5 May 1997 | |
| John Yorke Denham | 5 May 1997 | 1998 |
| Stephen Cresswell Timms | July 1998 | January 1999 |
| Hugh Bayley | 1999 | 2001 |