Secretary of State for Defence

Rt Hon George Edward Peter Thorneycroft 1 April 196416 October 1964
Rt Hon Denis Winston Healey 16 October 196419 June 1970
Rt Hon Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, Baron Carrington 20 June 19708 January 1974
Rt Hon Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 8 January 19744 March 1974
Rt Hon Roy Mason 4 March 197410 September 1976
Rt Hon Frederick William Mulley 10 September 19764 May 1979
Rt Hon Francis Leslie Pym May 197914 September 1981
Rt Hon John William Frederic Nott 5 January 19816 January 1983
Rt Hon Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine 6 January 19837 January 1986
Rt Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger 9 January 198624 July 1989
Rt Hon Thomas Jeremy King 24 July 198911 April 1992
Rt Hon Malcolm Leslie Rifkind 11 April 19925 July 1995
Rt Hon Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo 5 July 19952 May 1997
Rt Hon George Islay Macneill Robertson 3 May 199711 October 1999
Rt Hon Geoffrey William Hoon 11 October 19996 May 2005
Rt Hon Dr John Reid 6 May 20055 May 2006
Rt Hon Desmond Henry Browne 5 May 20063 October 2008
Rt Hon John Matthew Patrick Hutton 3 October 20085 June 2009
Rt Hon Robert William Ainsworth 5 June 200911 May 2010
Dr Liam Fox 11 May 201014 October 2011
Rt Hon Philip Hammond 14 October 201115 July 2014
Rt Hon Michael Cathel Fallon 15 July 2014
Gavin Alexander Williamson 2 November 20171 May 2019
Rt Hon Penelope Mary Mordaunt 1 May 201924 July 2019
Rt Hon Robert Ben Lobban Wallace 24 July 201931 August 2023
Rt Hon Grant V Shapps 31 August 2023
Rt Hon John Healey 5 July 2024