| Rt Hon Henry Dundas | 1794 | 1801 |
| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 10 July 1805 | 5 February 1806 |
| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | 25 March 1807 | 1 November 1809 |
| Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool | 1809 | 9 June 1812 |
| Henry Bathurst, Earl Bathurst | 1812 | 1827 |
| Frederick John Robinson | 24 April 1827 | 5 September 1827 |
| Sir George Murray | 30 May 1828 | 22 November 1830 |
| Frederick John Robinson, Viscount Goderich | 1830 | 1832 |
| Rt Hon Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley | 3 April 1833 | 5 June 1834 |
| Rt Hon Thomas Spring Rice | 5 June 1834 | 14 November 1834 |
| Rt Hon John Russell | 30 August 1839 | 30 August 1841 |
| Rt Hon Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Baron Stanley | 3 September 1841 | 23 December 1845 |
| Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone | 23 December 1845 | 27 June 1846 |
| Rt Hon Henry George Grey, Earl Grey | 6 July 1846 | 21 February 1852 |
| Rt Hon Sir John Somerset Pakington, bt | 27 February 1852 | 17 December 1852 |