Lord Privy Seal

John Robartes, Baron Robartes 16611673
Rt Hon Arthur Annesley, Earl of Anglesey 16731682
William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth 1713December 1714
Rt Hon Spencer Compton, Baron Wilmington 17301730
Rt Hon William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire 17311733
James Murray, Duke of Atholl 17331763
Rt Hon John Hervey, Baron Hervey 17401742
John Leveson-Gower, Baron Gower 17421743
Rt Hon George Cholmondeley, Earl of Cholmondeley 17431744
John Leveson-Gower, Baron Gower 17441754
Rt Hon Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower 17551757
Rt Hon Richard Grenville, Earl Temple 17571761
Thomas Pelham Holles Pelham, Earl of Clare 17651765
William Legge, Earl of Dartmouth 17751782
Rt Hon Granville Leveson-Gower, Earl Gower 17841794
Rt Hon George John Spencer, Earl Spencer 19 July 1794December 1794
Henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth 1806
Rt Hon Henry Richard Vassall Fox, Baron Holland 18061807
Rt Hon Sir James St Clair Erskine, Earl of Rosslyn 18291830
Rt Hon Constantine Henry Phipps, Viscount Normanby 18341834
Rt Hon James Archibald Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, Baron Wharncliffe 18341835
Rt Hon John William Ponsonby, Baron Duncannon 18351839
George William Frederick Villiers, Earl of Clarendon 18401841
Rt Hon Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Duke of Buckingham 1841January 1842
Rt Hon Thomas Hamilton, Earl of Haddington January 1846July 1846
Rt Hon Dudley Ryder, Earl of Harrowby 18551857
Rt Hon Charles Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke 18581859
Rt Hon James Howard Harris, Earl of Malmesbury 18661868
Rt Hon John Wodehouse, Earl of Kimberley 1868July 1870
Rt Hon Sir Charles Wood, Viscount Halifax 6 July 187017 February 1874
Rt Hon James Howard Harris, Earl of Malmesbury 18741876
Rt Hon Benjamin Disraeli 12 August 18764 February 1878
Rt Hon Algernon George Percy, Duke of Northumberland 4 February 187821 April 1880
Rt Hon Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford 188124 June 1885
Rt Hon Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery 5 March 18859 June 1885
Rt Hon George Henry Cadogan, Earl Cadogan 18861892
Rt Hon Edward Marjoribanks, Baron Tweedmouth 10 March 189421 June 1895
Rt Hon Sir Richard Assheton Cross, Viscount Cross 4 July 18951900
Rt Hon Arthur James Balfour 11 July 190217 October 1903
Rt Hon James Edward Hubert Gascoyne Cecil, Viscount Cranborne 19031905
Rt Hon Sir George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of Ripon 19051908
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, Earl Carrington 19111912
Rt Hon David Alexander Edward Lindsay, Earl of Crawford 15 December 191610 January 1919
Rt Hon Andrew Bonar Law 10 January 1919March 1921
Rt Hon Joseph Austen Chamberlain 1 April 192123 October 1922
Rt Hon Edgar Algernon Robert Cecil 19231924
Thomas Johnston 24 March 193124 August 1931
Rt Hon William Robert Wellesley Peel, Viscount Clanfield September 1931November 1931
Rt Hon Philip Snowden 5 November 19311932
Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin 29 September 19321933
Rt Hon Robert Anthony Eden 19341935
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry 19351935
Rt Hon Sir Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, Viscount Halifax 19351937
Herbrand Edward Dundonald Brassey Sackville, Earl de la Warr 19371938
Rt Hon Sir John Anderson October 19384 September 1939
Rt Hon Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, bt 3 September 1939April 1940
Rt Hon Sir Howard Kingsley Wood April 194012 May 1940
Rt Hon Sir Richard Stafford Cripps 1942October 1942
Rt Hon Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon 19421943
Rt Hon Sir William Maxwell Aitken, Baron Beaverbrook 19431945
Rt Hon Arthur Greenwood July 1945April 1947
Rt Hon Sir Christopher Addison, Viscount Addison 19471951
Rt Hon Robert Arthur James Gascoyne-Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury 19511952
Rt Hon Ernest Bevin 9 March 195114 April 1951
Rt Hon Richard Rapier Stokes April 1951October 1951
Rt Hon Harry Frederick Comfort Crookshank 19521955
Rt Hon Richard Austin Butler 20 December 1955October 1959
Rt Hon Quintin McGarel Hogg, Viscount Hailsham 14 October 195927 July 1960
Rt Hon Edward Richard George Heath July 1960October 1963
Rt Hon John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd October 1963October 1964
Rt Hon Sir Frank Soskice 23 December 1965April 1966
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart April 1968October 1968
Rt Hon David James George Hennessy, Baron Windlesham 19731974
Rt Hon Thomas Frederick Peart September 1976May 1979
Rt Hon Sir Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour, bt 4 May 197914 September 1981
Rt Hon Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins 14 September 19816 April 1982
Rt Hon William John Biffen 11 June 198313 June 1987
Rt Hon John Wakeham 13 June 198710 January 1988
Rt Hon John Wakeham 10 April 199220 July 1994
Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, Baron Cecil of Essendon July 19942 May 1997
Rt Hon Ivor Seward Richard, Baron Richard May 199727 July 1998
Rt Hon Peter Gerald Hain 12 June 20036 May 2005
Rt Hon Dr Oliver Letwin 15 July 20148 May 2015
Natalie Jessica Evans, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park 14 July 20166 September 2022
Nicholas Edward True, Baron True 6 September 2022