| Charles Wood | 10 August 1832 | 14 November 1834 |
| Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, bt | September 1841 | May 1844 |
| Sir Henry Bouverie William Brand | 1859 | 1866 |
| Thomas Edward Ellis | 1894 | 1895 |
| Sir William Hood Walrond, bt | 1895 | 1902 |
| Percy Holden Illingworth | 7 August 1912 | 3 January 1915 |
| Rt Hon Benjamin Charles Spoor | 1924 | 1924 |
| William Whiteley | 1942 | 1945 |
| Rt Hon William Whiteley | 1945 | 1951 |
| Rt Hon Martin Redmayne | 1959 | 1964 |
| Rt Hon Hilary Jane Armstrong | 8 June 2001 | 5 May 2006 |
| Angela Eagle | 28 June 2007 | |
| Joanna Carolyn Penn, Baroness Penn | 30 October 2022 |