| Sir James Emerson Tennent | 1852 | 1867 |
| George John Shaw-Lefevre | 1868 | January 1871 |
| Thomas Burt | 18 August 1892 | 21 June 1895 |
| William Humble Ward, Earl of Dudley | 1895 | 1902 |
| Andrew Bonar Law | 1902 | 1906 |
| Hudson Ewbanke Kearley | 1903 | |
| George Henry Roberts | 14 December 1916 | 17 August 1917 |
| Sir William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, bt | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 |
| Sir William Joynson-Hicks, bt | October 1922 | March 1923 |
| Albert Victor Alexander | January 1924 | October 1924 |
| Herbert Geraint Williams | 1928 | 1929 |
| Rt Hon David Euan Wallace | 1937 | 1938 |
| Charles Waterhouse | 1941 | 1945 |
| John William Belcher | 12 January 1946 | 13 December 1948 |
| Lewis John Edwards | 1949 | 1950 |
| Donald Kaberry | April 1955 | October 1955 |
| Derek Colclough Walker-Smith | October 1955 | November 1956 |
| Frederick James Erroll | 1956 | 1958 |
| John Charles Rodgers | October 1958 | October 1960 |
| Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson | October 1960 | 19 July 1962 |
| David Ernest Campbell Price | 1962 | October 1964 |
| Gwyneth Patricia Dunwoody | 1967 | April 1970 |
| Sir John Anthony Grant | June 1970 | October 1970 |