Under Secretary of State for Defence

James Gerald Douglas Howarth 4 September 2012
Edward Richard Assheton Penn Curzon, Earl Howe 19721974
John Robert Louis Lee 19831986
Kenneth Melville Carlisle 199011 April 1992
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 1992July 1994
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, Earl Howe 5 July 19952 May 1997
John Francis Spellar May 199729 July 1999
Peter Kilfoyle 29 July 199930 January 2000
Dr Lewis George Moonie 31 January 200013 June 2003
Ivor Keith Caplin 13 June 2003
Thomas Anthony Watson 20062006
Kevan David Jones 200811 May 2010
John Jacob Astor, Baron Astor of Hever May 2010
Peter James Luff May 2010
Andrew Robert George Robathan 13 May 20104 September 2012
Philip Martin Dunne 4 September 201211 May 2015
Dr Andrew William Murrison 5 September 201214 July 2014
John Mark Lancaster 12 May 201513 June 2017
Rt Hon Tobias Martin Ellwood 14 June 201724 July 2019
John Luther Mercer 28 July 201920 April 2021
James Stephen Heappey 16 December 201913 February 2020
Leo Docherty 21 April 20217 July 2022
Sarah Elizabeth Atherton 20 September 2022
Rt Hon Dr Andrew William Murrison 28 October 2022