| Rt Hon Reginald Ernest Prentice | 7 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 |
| Dr Rhodes Boyson | 1983 | 1984 |
| James Norwich Arbuthnot | 1994 | 5 July 1995 |
| William Jefferson Hague | July 1994 | 5 July 1995 |
| Alistair James Hendrie Burt | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 |
| John Jackson Mackay, Baron Mackay of Ardbrecknish | 5 July 1995 | 4 May 1997 |
| Rt Hon Frank Ernest Field | 3 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 |
| John Yorke Denham | 1998 | 1999 |
| Rt Hon Jeffrey William Rooker | 29 July 1999 | 11 June 2001 |