| John Cranch Walker Vivian | 1870 | 1871 |
| Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | November 1871 | 1874 |
| Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman | 1880 | 1882 |
| Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, bt | 1882 | 1885 |
| William Woodall | 1892 | 1895 |
| Joseph Powell Williams | 3 July 1895 | 1 January 1901 |
| Edward George Villiers Stanley, Baron Stanley | 1901 | 1903 |
| William Bromley-Davenport | 12 October 1903 | 4 December 1905 |
| Thomas Ryburn Buchanan | December 1905 | April 1908 |
| Francis Dyke Acland | 1908 | 1910 |
| Harold John Tennant | 1911 | 1912 |
| George Frederick Stanley | 1921 | 1922 |
| Henry Douglas King | November 1924 | January 1928 |
| Arthur Henderson | February 1943 | May 1945 |
| Frederick John Bellenger | 1945 | 1946 |
| John Freeman | 1946 | 1947 |
| Robert Michael Maitland Stewart | October 1947 | May 1951 |
| Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser | 28 November 1958 | 28 October 1960 |
| James Edward Ramsden | 1960 | 1963 |