| Charles James Fox |
27 March 1782 | 5 July 1782 |
| Rt Hon Thomas Robinson, Baron Grantham |
13 July 1782 | 2 April 1783 |
| Charles James Fox |
2 April 1783 | 19 December 1793 |
| George Grenville, Earl Temple |
19 December 1783 | 23 December 1783 |
| Rt Hon Francis Godolphin Osborne, Baron Osborne |
23 December 1783 | May 1791 |
| Rt Hon William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville |
8 June 1791 | 20 February 1801 |
| Robert Banks Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury |
20 February 1801 | 14 May 1804 |
| Rt Hon Dudley Ryder, Baron Harrowby |
14 May 1804 | 11 January 1805 |
| Rt Hon Henry Phipps, Baron Mulgrave |
11 January 1805 | 7 February 1806 |
| Charles James Fox |
7 February 1806 | 13 September 1806 |
| Charles Grey, Viscount Howick |
24 September 1806 | 25 March 1807 |
| Rt Hon George Canning |
25 March 1807 | 11 October 1809 |
| Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst |
11 October 1809 | 6 December 1809 |
| Rt Hon Sir Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Richard Colley Wesley, Marquess Wellesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Sir Richard Colley Wellesley, Baron Wellesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Richard Colley Wesley, Baron Wellesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Sir Richard Colley Wellesley, Earl of Mornington |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Richard Colley Wesley, Earl of Mornington |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Richard Colley Wellesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Rt Hon Richard Colley Wesley |
6 December 1809 | 4 March 1812 |
| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh |
4 March 1812 | 12 August 1822 |
| Rt Hon George Canning |
16 September 1822 | 30 April 1827 |
| Rt Hon John William Ward, Viscount Dudley and Ward of Dudley |
30 April 1827 | 2 June 1828 |
| Sir George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen |
2 June 1828 | 22 November 1830 |
| Rt Hon Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston |
22 November 1830 | 15 November 1834 |
| Rt Hon Sir Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
15 November 1834 | 18 April 1835 |
| Rt Hon Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston |
18 April 1835 | 2 September 1841 |
| Sir George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen |
2 September 1841 | 6 July 1846 |
| Rt Hon Henry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston |
6 July 1846 | 26 December 1851 |
| Rt Hon Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville |
26 December 1851 | 27 February 1852 |
| Rt Hon James Howard Harris, Earl of Malmesbury |
27 February 1852 | 28 December 1852 |
| Rt Hon John Russell |
28 December 1852 | 21 February 1853 |
| Sir George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon |
21 February 1853 | 26 February 1858 |
| Rt Hon James Howard Harris, Earl of Malmesbury |
26 February 1858 | 18 June 1859 |
| Rt Hon John Russell |
18 June 1859 | 3 November 1865 |
| Rt Hon Sir George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon |
3 November 1865 | 6 July 1866 |
| Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley |
6 July 1866 | 9 December 1868 |
| Sir George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon |
9 December 1868 | 6 July 1870 |
| Rt Hon Sir Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville |
6 July 1870 | 21 February 1874 |
| Rt Hon Edward Henry Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby |
21 February 1874 | 2 April 1878 |
| Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
2 April 1878 | 28 April 1880 |
| Rt Hon Sir Granville George Leveson-Gower, Earl Granville |
28 April 1880 | 24 June 1885 |
| Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
24 June 1885 | 6 February 1886 |
| Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery |
6 February 1886 | 20 July 1886 |
| Rt Hon Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh |
3 August 1886 | 12 January 1887 |
| Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
14 January 1887 | 11 August 1892 |
| Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery |
18 August 1892 | 11 March 1894 |
| Rt Hon Sir John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley |
11 March 1894 | 21 June 1895 |
| Rt Hon Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
29 June 1895 | 12 November 1900 |
| Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of Lansdowne |
12 November 1900 | 4 December 1905 |
| Rt Hon Sir Edward Grey, bt |
10 December 1905 | 10 December 1916 |
| Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour |
10 December 1916 | 23 October 1919 |
| Rt Hon George Nathaniel Curzon, Baron Ravensdale |
23 October 1919 | 22 January 1924 |
| Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald |
22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 |
| Rt Hon Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 |
| Rt Hon Arthur Henderson |
7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 |
| Rt Hon Sir Rufus Daniel Isaacs, Marquess of Reading |
25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 |
| Rt Hon Sir John Allsebrook Simon |
5 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 |
| Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, bt |
7 June 1935 | 18 December 1935 |
| Rt Hon Robert Anthony Eden |
22 December 1935 | 20 February 1938 |
| Rt Hon Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax |
21 February 1938 | 22 December 1940 |
| Rt Hon Robert Anthony Eden |
22 December 1940 | 26 July 1945 |
| Rt Hon Ernest Bevin |
27 July 1945 | 9 March 1951 |
| Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison |
9 March 1951 | 26 October 1951 |
| Rt Hon Robert Anthony Eden |
28 October 1951 | 7 April 1955 |
| Rt Hon Maurice Harold Macmillan |
7 April 1955 | 20 December 1955 |
| Rt Hon John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd |
20 December 1955 | 27 July 1960 |
| Rt Hon Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Douglas |
27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 |
| Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler |
20 October 1963 | 15 October 1964 |
| Rt Hon Patrick Chrestien Gordon-Walker |
16 October 1964 | 22 January 1965 |
| Rt Hon Robert Michael Maitland Stewart |
22 January 1965 | 11 August 1966 |
| Rt Hon George Alfred Brown |
11 August 1966 | 16 March 1968 |
| Rt Hon Robert Michael Maitland Stewart |
16 March 1968 | 17 October 1968 |